Stabroek Weekend

Government Take & Reported Reserves – Part 3

Introduction While as indicated last week, over the years Production Sharing Agreements, PSAs, have given rise to well documented generic critiques of their processes, as hinted towards the end of that column, they have also proved to be from the very outset dynamic and even disruptive, as a novel social construct, to the then ruling order of transnational crude oil exploration, development, production, and marketing legal contracts.

Tragedy and fame

Giacomo Leopardi, who was to become one of the greatest poets of his time, was born in 1798 on his parents’ estate near the small Italian town of Recanati in the dusty hills above the Adriatic sea.

Mandesa Williams

As a face for HIV, Mandesa Williams hopes to allay fears

“My name is Mandesa Williams and I am HIV positive.” It took ten years for 30-year-old Mandesa Williams to say those words publicly and now that she has revealed her status to the world, the mother of two is on a mission to make the journey of HIV+ Guyanese one where they do not have to live in perpetual fear of being outed.

Government Take & Reported Reserves – Part 2

Introduction In an effort to provide clarity and boost comprehension of the listed column title in this series, last week’s  column introduced my re-visit of Government Take under Production Sharing Agreements, PSAs, with a summary re-statement of the intellectual origins of PSAs in legal theory, behavioral economics, and institutional theory.

Chess master Anthony Drayton (right) congratulates top junior chess player Kyle Couchman following his victory in the recent simultaneous exhibition at the Giftland Mall (Photo: Shiv Nandalall)

FIDE commission to probe Niemann cheating allegations

As the controversy in international chess deepens, the World Chess Federation’s (FIDE) Fair Play Commission (FPL) has announced that it will set up an investigatory panel to investigate world chess champion Magnus Carlsen’s contention that American Hans Niemann cheated during a  tournament last month in St Louis Missouri.

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