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…months after meetings held in NY, Georgia, Toronto A policy to have overseas-based Guyanese contribute to their homeland has been languishing before cabinet. According to Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge, this is due to priorities and a bit of ‘absentmindedness’. The policy in question is the Diaspora Engagement Strategy, especially important considering the current development of the oil and gas sector. But according to Greenidge during a press conference on Monday, cabinet is yet to have a look at the strategy. “That paper has been before cabinet for the longest…

…Guyana Govt tells writer of NY Times article on oil sector The Guyana Government has noted its extreme disappointment with an article written for the New York Times by Clifford Krauss, entitled “The $20 Billion Question.” It has since responded to several of the inaccuracies and the writer’s depiction of Guyana, its people, and their way of life. In a statement issued by the Finance Ministry on Sunday, it said that it would not address what it described as the “laughably simplistic and selective description” of Guyana. The Ministry said…

Mayor Bill de Blasio and DYCD Commissioner Bill Chong have disclosed that the 2018 Summer Youth Employment Program is expected to provide jobs for up to 75,000 young New Yorkers. According to the Mayor’s Office, under the de Blasio Administration, the number of available positions for young people between the ages of 14 and 24 has more than doubled. SYEP, launched in 1963, is the nation’s largest summer youth employment initiative, and provides up to six weeks of entry-level experience at worksites in all five boroughs. “This summer, 75,000 of…

The Barbados Tridents have announced that Australian batsman Steve Smith will join their squad for the 2018 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which will run from 8 August to 16 September. According to CPL, Smith will replace Shakib Al Hasan who is no longer available for the tournament. Smith has played 64 Tests, 108 ODIs and 30 T20 Internationals for Australia and is currently the number one ranked Test batsman in the world. With more than 3000 T20 runs, including a century and 11 fifties, Smith brings a huge amount…

Guyana’s Minister of Local Government, Ronald Bulkan announced on Thursday that Local Government Elections will be held on November 12, 2018. The announcement was made during an address to Toshaos from across the country who are presently in Georgetown for the National Toshaos Conference. Bulkan said the order would be gazetted by the end of Thursday.” Already G$2.1 billion was approved in the 2018 National Budget for the holding of the local polls to elect neighbourhood, village and town councils. The Minister’s announcement came one day after General Secretary of…

…highest level of transparency will be followed – Jagdeo Consequent to a meeting with executive officials of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), to discuss the way forward on plans to select a presidential candidate for the next general elections, General Secretary of the party, Bharrat Jagdeo, declared that a candidate could be selected by year-end. According to Jagdeo, the executives of the PPP are split on the timeframe in which this process should be completed, as some are proposing that it could be done before the Local Government Elections which…

Opposition Leader Dr Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday led a team to meet with a government delegation headed by President David Granger at State House. The meeting was the first set of “meaningful consultations” to discuss the nominees for the appointment of the Public and Police Services Commissions. According to a brief statement from the Ministry of the Presidency, in an invited comment after the meeting, Minister Harmon said that the President as required by the Constitution, has consulted with Jagdeo and he expects that the Commissions will soon be sworn…

…Rystad Analyst Guyana is projected to be ranked among the 30 largest nations in the 2020s for offshore oil services, says Sonya Boodoo, Senior Analyst at Rystad Energy, an independent energy consulting services and business intelligence data firm offering global databases, strategy consulting, and research. In delivering a presentation on Guyana’s share of revenue from oil production and how this is related to international standards for revenue sharing, Boodoo told a small audience on Tuesday at Duke Lodge that the country has enormous potential even though it is a new…

A suspect is now in police custody regarding the alleged double murder of a 61-year-old pandit and his son at their Craig Street, Campbellville, Georgetown home between Saturday last and Tuesday morning. This is according to a police press statement released on Tuesday evening. According to police investigations, 61-year-old Deonarine Liliah aka Dewan Liliah and his son, 28-year-old son, Gopaul Liliah – both of lot 25 Craig Street South half Section’ G’ Cambellville- may have met their demise following a break and enter and larceny. This publication was told that…