Month: September 2020
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Business
Private Sector budget assessment
The National Budget for 2020, referred to as an ‘emergency’ budget, encompassed a variety of fiscal measures designed to quickly…
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Business
GMSA, IDB spearhead historic webinar on tackling COVID-19 agriculture challenges
Looking beyond the formidable challenges posed by the advent of the still rampaging COVID-19, the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association…
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God and Integrity in an Honourable House – -“Adults teaching children to hate”, to lie
– Some positives from the Pandemic This working-class, man-in-the street column has survived virtually twenty-seven (27) years. The article God…
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Daily
Reimagining the prison system
When it was recognized that COVID-19 was not going anywhere for now, one of the first things I thought about…
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Daily
A damning story
Plagued by prolonged delays, missed deadlines, shoddy work and pricey revisions, Guyana’s Chinese-funded and contracted international airport expansion project is…
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News
Trinidad: No ransom demands for kidnapped Cost Cutters co-owner
(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of a Sangre Grande businesswoman, who was kidnapped outside her family’s supermarket on Wednesday morning, are yet…
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News
People flock ‘magic’ herb -Jamaicans turning to vervine for COVID cure
(Jamaica Star) A herb which is allegedly treating persons infected with COVID-19 is now in high demand in Portland and…
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Joint army, police patrol comes under fire from Venezuelan shore
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today said that a joint patrol comprising ranks of the GDF and the Guyana Police…
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News
Court orders Trump’s financial records to be handed over to AG James
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday won a major victory in an ongoing investigation into financial dealings of…
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News
Tropicalfete’s End of Summer Carnival Festival pushes the envelope
“Carnival past, present and future meets” was the tagline for the Brooklyn-based Tropicalfete’s End of Summer Carnival Festival. Alton Aimable,…
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