By John Kemp
(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
LONDON (Reuters) – The biggest losers from the current price war between OPEC and the shale producers seem set to be producers outside the Middle East and North America caught in the cross-fire.
According to news reports, the Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman, announced that the proceeds of the “Lotto Fund” will be paid directly into the Consolidated Fund and that the Minister of Finance would issue the relevant order soon.
Interviews by Mariah Lall, Aliyah Briggs and Dhanash Ramroop with photos by Keno George
On a recent visit to Linden, First Lady Sandra Granger expressed her hope of one day seeing a woman appointed Police Commissioner or Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force.
When it comes to Cuba what is often missed is that its government’s primary focus is not on the process of normalising its relationship with the US, but on the far more fundamental domestic reforms that are gradually changing the country’s political and economic model in ways that are intended to better deliver its objectives.
Introduction
Last week’s column reported on the Third Financing for Development Conference and the positions it took in regard to the recovery of stolen public assets.
During his trip to Africa last week, President Barack Obama gave a powerful speech asking the region’s long-entrenched leaders to end corruption, respect freedom of the press and stop changing the constitution to remain in power indefinitely.
How dare I – a non-academic, a non-political scientist, a non-professional, qualified analyst or philosophy “logician” – attempt to advise a new government how to entertain or respond to a political/parliamentary Opposition-aggressor, seemingly dedicated to being uncooperative?
Every year about this time, a small group of skilled craftswomen display an impressive array of African fashion in the Main Street Avenue, close to Courts Guyana Inc.
Drafted, re-drafted, re-read, tweaked, tweaked again, tabled, with repeated training. And yet, we are still awaiting the Civil Procedure Rules’ illustrious commencement and implementation in the hallowed halls of our Courts.
Ricardo Hausmann, a former minister of planning of Venezuela and former Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank, is Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at Harvard University, where he is also Director of the Center for International Development.