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…several companies express interest in investing in oil and gas sector Following day two of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2019, GO-Invest’s Chief Executive Officer, Owen Verwey says Guyana has seen a significant amount of interest from the industry. He expressed that the positive response will enable businesses to network with partners “that can help increase their abilities and their resourcing to compete for jobs in the oil and gas sector.” The country’s participation in this major event drives home the fact that Guyana is rapidly emerging as an oil…

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…US, Britain, Canada, EU condemns act Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, says that the passage of the motion to honour convicted international terrorist, Abdul Kadir, in the National Assembly is a stain on Guyana globally. At his weekly press conference on Thursday, Jagdeo stated that the APNU/AFC Coalition government should never have allowed such an “ill conceivable, insensitive” resolution to reach the floor of the Parliament much less be passed in the National Assembly. “We owe the world an apology and that is the only way we will remove this stain…

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Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque has expressed the bloc’s interest in the renewal of legislation for the extension of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) waiver beyond December 2019 to allow continued duty-free access to the US market. The Secretary General made the case as he accredited the new US envoy to Caricom, Sarah-Ann Lynch, at the Secretariat’s Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday. He said the Region also welcomed greater flows of US investments in agriculture, tourism, and transportation. Ambassador LaRocque underscored…

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Former Junior Public Health Minister, Dr Karen Cummings has taken up the position of Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. Dr Cummings will be replacing Carl Greenidge, who had to resign from that position owing to his foreign citizenship, which bars him from being a Member of the National Assembly. She took her oath of office Thursday morning before President David Granger at the Ministry of the Presidency. Foreign Affairs Minister and Second Vice President, Greenidge; Minister of State, Joseph Harmon; Public Service Minister, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, and Business Minister Dominic…

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Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow is referred to as the father of Trade Unionism in Guyana. His monument stands tall in the compound of the Public Buildings and was unveiled by the then Premier of British Guiana Dr. Cheddi Jagan on 2 December 1964. As a 21 year old dock worker Critchlow founded the British Guiana Labour Union which fought successfully for the rights of dock workers in Georgetown. (Shaconeil Burnette photo)

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…flacks government for not knowing of increase   Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, on Thursday said that government not knowing of the increase in fees at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is unacceptable and had government gone along with the original plan then the increase in volume would have covered the repayment. “The plan (under the PPP) was to use the airport as a mini-hub to connect with Northern Brazil through Roraima, Suriname, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, North America and Europe through those KLM flights coming through Suriname…it would have…

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The Rupununi Rodeo is perhaps one of the most anticipated events of the National Calendar. Thousands of locals and tourists flocks the Rupununi for the rodeo spectacle that lasts over three days

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…as govt dual citizen MPs resign The Chief Justice, in the case of Compton Reid v. Speaker of the National Assembly et al, declared, on January 31, 2019, that it was unconstitutional for a person holding dual citizenship to be elected as a Member of Parliament. This ruling was affirmed by a majority decision of the Court of Appeal on March 22, 2019. In light of that ruling government dual citizen Members of Parliament, Carl Greenidge, Minister of For-eign Affairs; Dominic Gaskin, Minister of Business; Joseph Harmon, Minister of State…

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…new electoral mathematics! – Fmr Electoral Assoc Chair Professor Emeritus Errol Miller, a retired professor from the University of the West Indies versed in election matters, has waded into the debate on the no-confidence motion that was passed while calling on the Caribbean Court of Justice to render a decision that adheres to legal principles. In a video broadcast dubbed Caribbean Commentary, Professor Miller, who is also a former Chairman of the Caribbean Association of Electoral Organisations, noted that the formula used to invalidate the passage of the 2018 no-confidence…

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… Jagdeo says in justifying hiring of major US lobbyist firm Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo, said he is satisfied with the effectiveness of Mercury Public Affairs and believes his party got value for the G$34 million contract it signed with the US consulting firm. Fielding questions about the company at this weekly press conference on Wednesday, Jagdeo pointed out that he is happy with the decision to hire the lobbyist firm and did so after reviewing their work and found it…

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