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Guyana’s Infant Oil & Gas Sector: Doomsday options - tariffs on oil, NOPEC Bill and invoking the nuclear option after a US/Saudi oil war!
The incisive, intense, and increasingly incendiary geo-political, economic, and strategic debate concerning the Saudi Arabia/ US struggle for crude oil market share is basically unacknowledged in the local print and social
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It is hard to argue PNC rigging is all history when history is repeating itself at this very moment.
The reports of the 303 Committee and a memorandum by Thomas H. Karamessines, Deputy CIA Director entitled “Plans of Guyana Prime Minister Forbes Burnham, Leader of the People’s National Congress (PNC), to Rig the Elections Scheduled for Late 1968 or Early 1969” might be a good starting point for
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Masakenari farmlands flooded by rain
Over 50 farms owned by residents of the indigenous community of Masakenari are currently under water as a result of consistent rainfall leaving affected families with limited food
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If David Granger’s character and good name is in question he has only himself to blame
If David Granger’s character and good name is in question he has only himself to blame
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A focal point for malaria should be added to the National COVID-19 task force
A suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 should also receive a malaria test in areas where malaria is
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COVID-19 causes major disruption to large-scale mining
Even with favourable markets, large scale mining of minerals here has suffered major setbacks due mainly to health restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and this has left hundreds without
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In the early morning, just hours after President John F. Kennedy’s speech on national television in support of civil rights, Evers pulled into his driveway after returning from a meeting with NAACP
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Task Force approves conditional return of 300 Guyanese stranded overseas
The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) today approved the return of 300 Guyanese who are stranded overseas once they test negative for
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In April 2015, barely two weeks after the presidential election when the then newly-formed All Progressives Congress (APC) was waiting to take over the reins of power following its historic electoral victory, the then outgoing governor of Kano State, Mallam Rabiu Kwankwaso, basking in the euphoria
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CWI funding model for territories `broken’
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) funding model for territories and venues is “broken”, according to a report by financial consultants, PKF which has created an uproar in the region and calls for the board to take decisive
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Carter Center ‘deeply disappointed’ at not being able to return
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MYO extends benevolence during COVID19 crisis
The Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) which participates in Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) organized cricket competitions is the latest entity to extend acts of kindness during the current COVID – 19
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Region Nine’s indigenous communities and miners clashing over stepped up COVID-19 restrictions
The imposition of more stringent measures by indigenous leaders in their respective communities since the first case of the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was confirmed in Region Nine has resulted in conflict between village leaders and the Rupununi Miners
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Slain lockdown violator’s family sues govt
RELATIVES of a Bulawayo man who succumbed to police assault injuries on the first day of the national lockdown in March have filed a notice of intent to sue the government for the
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Washington D.C., May 22, 2020 (PAHO)— The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent
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