Last Updated on Sunday, 25 August 2024, 21:40 by Writer Britain’s Trade Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jonathan Knott said he would ask his government to increase its United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) funding to Guyana once all of the already increased amount has been exhausted. “The first thing we’ve got to do is exhaust the limit of ...
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A second person succumbs in Saturday’s drive-by shooting
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 August 2024, 20:12 by Writer A total of two persons have succumbed to gunshot injuries they received early Saturday morning outside V’s Delight, Lodge, Georgetown where there was an All Black party, the Guyana Police Force said Sunday. Police said Lawrence ‘Boy-Boy’ Wayne died Sunday morning at about 9 hours. ‘Boy-Boy’ was not named in two ...
Read More »Oil and a slippery path to conflict: ConocoPhillips, Guyana and the hostile elephant in the room
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 August 2024, 13:08 by Writer By: Dr. Vivian M. Williams, Esq. ConocoPhillips knew it was in for a rough ride when it gave in to the lure of Venezuela’s oil and an array of concessions. Oil it was that put Venezuela on a slippery path to conflict on the global stage. Before bedazzling ConocoPhillips in ...
Read More »OPINION: Guyana’s indigenous: perennial political pawns
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 August 2024, 12:18 by Writer by GHK Lall Members of Guyana’s indigenous community came to Georgetown for their own power convention and ended up at a PPP Congress. The Toshaos may have thought that this was going to be their 2024 summit meeting, a version of their state in the state, only for matters quickly ...
Read More »OPINION: Guyana and Suriname on the right side of history
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 August 2024, 12:10 by Writer By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus We all love truth, but they are different kinds of truths. The truth most universally loved is moral and transcendental. We can call this truth in itself; it is spaceless and timeless. Then there is truth that is based on rationality. In this case, ...
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