Month: November 2020
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Business
Manufacturers MOU with diaspora group to provide $$, technical help to small farmers, agro processors
Hard-pressed local micro and small businesses in the agriculture and agro processing sector will benefit from a multi-faceted support package…
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Business
Maduro seeks détente with a Biden administration – With Venezuela’s oil exports at record low…
Under protracted and extreme socio-economic pressure arising out of Washington’s measures to remove his government from office, Venezuela’s President Nicolas…
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Business
Former UN official red flags dangers of unhealthy eating in the Caribbean
In a region where doctors’ warnings and aggressive media-driven advice appear to have done little to bring a greater measure…
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Business
T&T leads CARICOM in signing on to SheTrades support for women-led businesses
Trinidad and Tobago has preceded the rest of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in officially launching SheTrades, an initiative inaugurated by…
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Building trust in the governance process
In a country of incremental advances in media freedom arising through no effort on the part of government but rather…
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Business
Guyana should follow Jamaica’s lead in signing on to IDB accountability regime
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, not least Guyana, have long had to face challenges in matters of public accountability not least…
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Business
Bulkan Timber Works pushing more local lumber use in housing sector
On the back of the Saturday October 31 launch of its new Smyth Street Showroom, Bulkan Timber Works, one of…
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Wildlife exploitation and impacts
As a country with expansive jungles and riverain areas, Guyana’s wildlife is often heavily sold to tourists and locals alike.…
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Concerning two over-70 Presidents – U.S. Elections: Similar, but not at all same
COVID, the laptops and the cable President Donald James Trump has certainly succeeded in making the American elections of November…
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News
The New Movement in turmoil as six executive members quit
Six executive members of The New Movement (TNM) have resigned from the party following what they described as attempts to…
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