According to media reports, subsidiaries and/or affiliates of Chinese companies competing to build Guyana’s natural gas power plant at Wales, West Bank Demerara, have been blacklisted for fraudulent practices in relation to the award of contracts funded by World Bank.
By Melinda Janki Melinda Janki is an international lawyer and an attorney-at-law in Guyana In 2016, Raphael Trotman, the Minister responsible for petroleum signed a Petroleum Agreement with three oil companies – Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd.(Esso),
September was an eventful month. The air was filled with jubilation but also tragedy and mourning.
Last week, I participated in a strategy-building exercise with some colleagues from across the Caribbean.
Proud Ole Newton visits New York What!? “Dying Role”? Most my few closer friends are younger than I am.
By Robert D. Kaplan STOCKBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS – Sometimes a news cycle constitutes more than just noise.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan The concept of a Caribbean Civilization has been championed in our region, but needs to be more widely taught and disseminated.
Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali told the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly currently under way that fossil fuels are a necessary means of energy while the world transitions to more sustainable means; and the fossil fuel industry should not be penalized or treated unfairly as the world moves away from that sector.
by Nalini Mohabir Nalini Mohabir is a member of the Guyanese diaspora, and an associate professor in the department of geography, planning and environment at Concordia University in Montreal.
Fishermen are the latest group to receive cash grants from the government.
By Mark Cliffe LONDON – Scientists have longed warned that climate change will adversely affect weather patterns and living conditions around the world.
Already Oil-rich? Or wealth (to come)? I seriously doubt that I have the ability, journalistic/ literary stamina and relevance to write daily letters to the press.
At risk of angering the “Not all men” brigade, I thought it important to explore a long held narrative that has been maintaining its position in popular media, the idea of toxic masculinity.
The late Queen Elizabeth was widely revered for her sense of duty, her wisdom, advice, and the continuity she provided.
The European Commission is proposing that fossil fuel firms that have made windfall profits from soaring energy prices to make a financial contribution to help citizens and industries grapple with high energy bills.
By Percy C. Hintzen Percy C. Hintzen is a native of Guyana.
The end of the seventy-year reign by Queen Elizabeth II triggered a global response as was to be expected.
The passing of the British Queen Elizabeth, predictably brought forward varied responses from the public.
More than three years ago, and even before the first barrel of oil was produced, the 2016 Petroleum Agreement signed by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana limited (Esso) and Hess and CNOOC, its Joint Venture partners, concluded its first renegotiation with the Government of Guyana.
-Ministers anonymous Should a government be “forgiven” for not finding time to facilitate street repairs and upgrades because it’s too busy constructing its evil big-picture apartheid?
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