Month: April 2021
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Business
COVID-19 learning losses could cost the region US$1.7t in potential earnings: World Bank
More than a year after the global onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered the hurried region-wide closure of schools across…
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Guyana taking another tilt at improving trade relations with the region
With successive political administrations in Guyana having made several failed attempts at improving the country’s trading links with the rest…
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Canje Block outcome no damper on Guyana’s wider oil prospects – Rystad Energy view
Some of the earliest reports on Guyana’s oil & gas discovery and recovery pursuits this year focussed on Westmount Energy,…
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US-based college professor advocates new ministry to help build workforce for oil sector
A United States-based Guyanese college professor is advocating the establishment of a Ministry of Employment and Training Service (METS) in…
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One million barrels of Guyana’s Liza light crude en route to India
A one-million barrel cargo of Guyana’s Liza light crude is currently on its way to India aboard a vessel chartered…
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Guyana: Beyond Oil
By Jerry Haar and Deanne Butchey Newsamericas -March 25, 2021 Many believe that oil is the magic bullet that will…
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Women-led businesses and the IDB’s ‘growing together’ gesture
The recent disclosure that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched a funded programme – Women Growing Together in the…
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The South American Guyana-Suriname Basin could be the last big oil boom
By Matthew Smith for Oilprice.com The oil reserves of the two countries has captured the international oil industry’s attention. The…
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UGIRIE seeking to strengthen links between academia and entrepreneurship
Head of the University of Guyana’s recently established Institute of Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UGIRIE) Professor Pat Francis says that…
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Parliamentary assault
In the halls of power, anything goes. So frequent are accusations of physical and economic violence that both politicians and…
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