The construction of an oil refinery on Crab Island, Berbice River, is not currently feasible because of the current oil production output and shallowness of the waterway around the proposed location, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said Wednesday. “We will have to do a bit more assessment and allow the companies to do their assessment as well but it’s ...
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Read More »OPINION: Guyana: from next Dubai to a new Qatar, a few thoughts
by GHK Lall I like it. As a Guyanese, how can I not like Guyana as the ‘new Qatar’. From Guyana being the ‘next Dubai to the ‘new Qatar’ certainly has the sound of music to it. But to be either, I must warn that it is not a frolic across the hills. The hills may be ablaze with promise ...
Read More »Guyana can detect Oropouche virus
Guyana is prepared to test for the Oropouche virus (OROV) which the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) last weekend sounded an alert about, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said Monday. He said the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) has the reagents to test for the virus which can be spread by gnats and mosquitoes. “If people present with signs and symptoms ...
Read More »OPINION: The brink of war: how courts avoid injudicious aggravation of tension between nations
By: Dr. Vivian M. Williams It was a few dreadful months ago that Guyana, one of the world’s recently minted petro-states, was desperately scrambling to mobilize the international community to avert war with Venezuela. The conflict heightened the risk of instability in the Caribbean and Latin America over a decades-old border controversy between two former colonies, squabbling over territory. When ...
Read More »OPINION: Venezuelan election: int’l chessboard active, Guyana must be sensible
by GHK Lall The battlelines are drawn, and they have all that is ominous about them. Russia, China, and Persia (Iran) came out of the blocks first. The Venezuelan election was transparent, the man won another term of office. Fair and square. Free and fair and transparent. Normally, it would be the end of the matter, except that the US ...
Read More »OPINION: Emancipation Day, I call from president to peasant: let there be the fullest self-emancipation
by GHK Lall May all Guyanese make the best of Emancipation Day 2024. Closing in on 200 years since the abolition of slavery by the British, and considering the incomparable blunt traumas inflicted on Africans, a special hand of warmth is extended to Guyanese of that historical heritage on this their extraordinarily sacred day. Emancipation Day, what can I say? ...
Read More »Fulcrum LNG selected to develop gas infrastructure to support upstream developments in Guyana
July 31, 2024 – Houston, Texas – Fulcrum LNG on Wednesday announced that following the Government of Guyana’s public request for proposals, it has been selected to design, finance, construct, and operate the required gas infrastructure to provide gas monetization solutions and support the acceleration of upstream gas developments in Guyana. This key milestone is part of the Government of ...
Read More »Attorney General hints at taking Justice Persaud to Judicial Service Commission for personal attack; says High Court decision disregard’s provoking Venezuela
Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Saturday night accused High Court Judge Gino Persaud of displaying poor judgement by attacking him personally with “intemperate sentiments”, and ignored the likelihood of provoking Venezuela over Guyana’s sovereignty by allowing the registration of a foreign Arbitral Award in Guyana. Mr Nandlall said government would appeal the High Court’s decision, and he left open the ...
Read More »OPINION: Guyana – a rising star
By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus For the past several months, columnist GHK Lall has been trying to make a case against the PPP on economic grounds. He tried everything in his repertoire but came up empty-handed. The truth is the Guyanese economy is roaring both at the level of macro-economic fundamentals, and also at the level of individuals and ...
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