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By Donald Rodney Part 3D – language and discretion (Cont’d) This Part 3D concludes on discretion to be exercised when government selects criteria from the ‘list of six’ categories, and with the final item as unpacked from the two published findings of the PPC.

By Anders Åslund STOCKHOLM – Almost three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the West’s financial sanctions have finally started to bite, triggering fierce infighting within the Kremlin over control of Russia’s central bank.

By Anton Allahar Following Donald Trump’s re-election to the US presidency, many wonder how such a flawed and vulgar human being could be sent back to the White House after his disastrous first four years.

There continues to be a peddling of the falsehood that the four forensic audits that I had undertaken in 2015 breached the Audit Act 2004 and the Procurement Act.

By Byron Blake Ambassador Byron Blake is former deputy permanent representative to the United Nations and former assistant secretary general of CARICOM.

By  Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – During the just-concluded US election campaign, I did not follow opinion polls, pore over “evidence-based” predictions, or read “expert” analyses of the race.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 143 Introduction The world continues to process the stunning outcome of Tuesday’s U.S.

By Jason Stanley NEW YORK – Like others, since late Tuesday night, my phone has been blaring with text messages asking how this could have happened (as some of my friends, colleagues, and acquaintances know, I had been fully convinced that Donald Trump would win this election handily).

By Melinda Janki LL.B, BCL (Oxon), LL.M Guyana’s border with Venezuela was determined in 1899  under the Washington Treaty by an Arbitral Award which produced a “full, perfect and final settlement” under international law. 

By Nina L. Khrushcheva NEW YORK – Fans of The Lord of the Rings will remember the scene where King Théoden, with his refuge of Helm’s Deep poised to fall to the marauding orcs and their “reckless hate,” wonders: How did it come to this?

Bu Fatih Birol and Ajay Mathur PARIS – Solar power has been the star of the clean-energy transition, delivering major benefits for the climate, the cost of living, and energy security.

By Donald Rodney Part 3C – language and discretion (Cont’d) This Part deals with the discretion needed by NPTAB to carry out its work of setting (non-price) criteria for bidders.

By Andy Knight W. Andy Knight is Distinguished Professor of International Relations in the Political Science Department, University of Alberta, and past Chair of the Department.

Last week, Transparency International (TI) reported that former President of Peru, Alejandro Toledo, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for collusion and money laundering.

By Farah Nibbs Farah Nibbs is Assistant Professor of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in The Conversation on October 22, 2024.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 142 Introduction The response to Ram & McRae’s recent survey on the 2016 Petroleum Agreement was revealing, particularly Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s immediate dismissal of its findings and his attempt to shut down any discussion of a referendum.

Guyana’s shame is no longer subtle. No longer can we hide in the shadows wearing masks masquerading as what we are trying to be as a country.

If you’re taking advanced math or science courses, you’ll quickly discover that a graphing calculator isn’t just a luxury – it’s an essential learning tool.

By Salome Samadashvili TBILISI – In Georgia’s 2012 election, then-President Mikheil Saakashvili’s pro-Western party was defeated by Georgian Dream, a party led by the Russian-backed oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili.

By Donald Rodney Part 3A – language and discretion Part 2 dealt with the second phase evaluation of tenders; Part 3A deals with the first phase, the examination for responsiveness phase.