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The French Diplomatic Bureau on Monday began processing Guyanese applications for a Schengen visa to France, but already officials say there is a scarcity of euros (€) to pay for the processing. “Some people have difficulties getting euros because we are asking for cash and cash in euros and I’ve learned this morning that not all banks and not all ...

By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC By now you know that the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to two MIT economists, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, and political scientist, James Robinson of the University of Chicago. The technically correct name of the award is the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of ...

Guyana has become the 113th country that the Federation of World Peace and Love (FOWPAL) is visiting, in its quest to promote a culture of peace with love and conscience. The California-headquartered organisation would be hosting a World Leader Summit on Love and Peace at the Pegasus on Tuesday and hopes that President Irfaan Ali will be there to ring ...

By GHK Lall There is a growing consensus in Guyana that President Ali is a tiring speaker. So fatiguing is His Excellency that he has perfected the art of putting his listeners to sleep; Dr. Ali would be a godsend around the area where newborn babies are housed. The harried nurses would love him, may even vote for him in ...

The evolution of Silica City, a new town that is being proposed on 3,500 acres of land on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, is expected to take up to 50 years and would encompass housing, education, health and commercial facilities that would blend with nature, according to a master plan developed by the University of Miami. “Obviously, this is not something that’s ...

by GHK Lall From Free and Easy in Essequibo Coast, Region Two and SN’s Cost-of-Living serial, episode 93, a Guyanese name Hubert Sukhai spoke hauntingly and painfully. It was about what is not so easy, but exemplary in difficulty, as faced in the circumstances being endured by his family. The plight of his family of more than ten is that ...

by GHK Lall I have always said and believed that it is how leaders react under the pressure of the moment that defines them. How leaders who hold themselves as the best thing since Solomon respond when backed into a corner, or are drawn out into a calculated exchange, or are compelled to deal with the facts at hand is ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said government has asked for international help with “assets” to deal with drug-laden planes that fly over Guyana, just days after the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) unearthed 4.4 tonnes of cocaine from several pits in Matthews Ridge, North West District. “We’ve already asked and we’re ready to work with our partners, once we’re given the ...

By GHK Lall I keep it simple in this chat about democracy versus autocracy in Guyana. I agree and disagree with the erudite Dr. Bertrand Ramcharran. I mostly disagree with those who disagree with him. First, some poor man’s definitions would help. Democracy is government by those with the greater numbers, a system where high ideals once resonated. Autocracy is ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that authorities were reviewing the impact of foreign exchange demands from neighbouring countries, even as he said Guyana’s economy grew by an estimated 49.7% in the first six months and is forecast to end the year with an additional percentage on its overall projection. “An evaluation by a technical team is ongoing now to ...