Month: August 2020
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Region Five farmers to return to land former REO took away – -Nandlall says increase in MMA rents will be reversed
A number of farmers in Region Five were ecstatic on Saturday to receive news from Attorney General and Minister of…
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New tender for marketing of oil launched
The PPP/C government has scrapped the shortlist of 19 companies that had submitted proposals to sell Guyana’s portion of oil…
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Cabinet clears $600m for GuySuCo – -will cover payroll for rest of year
After several requests for financing from government to meet its payroll obligations, Cabinet on Friday sanctioned a disbursement of $600M…
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Family of 10 from Mahaica among those duped in Ponzi scheme – -AG says major focus is to find the money
More Guyanese are coming forward with stories on how they lost big after being lured into investments with Accelerated Capital…
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Jamaican chef, promoter thrives in NY despite COVID restriction
(Jamaica Gleaner) Self-taught chef and event promoter Omar Walters, who was born in New York to Jamaica parents Maxine Greaves…
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“Our rightful place in the sun”: Marcus Garvey and the 1920 Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World
By Steven Jensen Steven L. B. Jensen is a Senior Researcher at The Danish Institute for Human Rights. The article…
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The sad state of affairs of the Treasury: An analysis of the overdraft on the Consolidated Fund
In last week’s article, we referred to the urgent need to convene Parliament in order to set the legislative agenda…
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High levels of mercury found in skin bleaching products made and sold in Jamaica
(Jamaica Observer) With Jamaica a signatory to the legally binding landmark Minamata Convention on Mercury to protect human health and…
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Jamaica: Two men charged with murder of Excelsior High vice principal
(Jamaica Gleaner) Two men have been charged with the murder of Colleen Walker. The article Jamaica: Two men charged with murder…
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Trinidad national’s artwork makes cover of Time Magazine
(Trinidad Guardian) Twenty-three-year-old Nneka Jones, a recent graduate of the University of Tampa in Florida, is the latest T&T national…
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