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By Greg Quinn Guyana in 2015 I first arrived in Guyana in February 2015 – the politics were fractious (what’s changed? some might ask), my predecessor had been called a pariah, and oil had yet to be discovered (and, it must be remembered, was not a sure thing (Shell had found the risks so great they left in 2014). I ...

Former Secretary-General of the British Commonwealth and a former Foreign Affairs Minister, and Attorney General of Guyana, Sir Shridath Ramphal, has died at the age of 95. Sir Shridath was also one of the leading lawyers in the Guyana-Venezuela border dispute before the International Court of Justice. The following announcement was made by his son-in-law, Sir Ronald Sanders. The family ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) presidential candidate, David Granger, Sunday night sought to discourage youths from planting what he strongly suggested to be marijuana and instead get into value-added agriculture and pursue educational opportunities. Urging youths against idleness like smoking and ‘liming’, he said Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) has a number of worthwhile job opportunities in ...