Daily Features

The infamous tax certificates We recall from Column 119 that while the tax is paid by the Government of Guyana, the oil companies receive from the Guyana Revenue Authority ‘proper tax certificates’ in their names.

By Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – Competition is what makes markets work (when they do).

By Peter Singer MELBOURNE – Last month, I was invited to join other Princeton University academics in viewing a compilation of raw footage from GoPro cameras carried by Hamas gunmen killing civilians in Israel on October 7.

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is Professor Emeritus and former Lecturer at University of Guyana.

Before proceeding with today’s article, we would like to comment on the exchanges between Chartered Accountant and Attorney-at-law Christopher Ram, and the Attorney General in relation to the apparent overstatement of the balance on the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) account.

According to the Gregorian calendar we are in the year 2024.

By Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Kosenko NEW YORK – As Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to wreak havoc both regionally and globally, the Ukrainian people and their allies demonstrate remarkable determination and courage.

By Chris Patten LONDON – It may shock some Americans to learn that democratic leaders and publics in Europe and elsewhere are more concerned about the prospect of Donald Trump winning their country’s 2024 presidential election than any other world event, including crucial elections in their own countries.

On 11 December 2023, the audited public accounts for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2022 along with the report of the Auditor General thereon were presented to the National Assembly.

By Janette Bulkan Janette Bulkan is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia This column reflects on the Joint Declaration of Argyle against the geopolitical backdrop in which Guyana and Venezuela are enmeshed.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva MOSCOW – Harvard’s Graham Allison recently commented that, while China “is and will be the fiercest rival a ruling power has ever faced,” the current “demonization” of the country “confuses more than it clarifies.”

Among the several challenges facing the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) – also known internationally as a Sovereign Wealth Fund – identified in column 117 published on 22 December, was one which I described simply as “accounting”.

By Emmanuel Macron PARIS – The ongoing war in Ukraine and the fighting in Gaza following Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack must not distract the world from our collective priorities: reducing our CO2 emissions, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050, preserving biodiversity, and fighting poverty and inequality.

During the period between the passing of the vote of no confidence in the previous Government on 21 December 2018 and the swearing in of the President Irfaan Ali on 2 August 2020, we had carried a total of 40 articles on the election-rated matters, including the outcomes of the various court cases that were filed.

By Tamanisha John Tamanisha J. John is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at York University.

By Richard K. Sherwin NEW YORK – On March 5, 2024, the people of Colorado will vote in a “primary election” to determine which candidates can compete for the US presidency in November.

Part 117  Introduction The International Monetary Fund and the Inter-American Bank have both expressed concerns about the structure and operations of the Natural Resource Fund, one of the PPP/C’s flagship projects directly associated with the oil and gas economy.

By Michael J. Boskin STANFORD – The year 2023 will be remembered for many significant economic, political, and technological developments.

The U.S. Embassy’s Consular Section provides emergency services for U.S. citizens in Guyana. 

By Robert Skidelsky LONDON – A little over a year ago, the San Francisco-based OpenAI released its chatbot, ChatGPT, triggering an artificial-intelligence gold rush and reigniting the age-old debate about the effects of automation on human welfare.