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Education, Healthcare transformation in Region Three key to workforce development –says R3PSInc. Head
Guyana Chronicle
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August 19, 2025
THE people of Region Three are witnessing an unprecedented transformation in their social and economic landscape, as President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali will on Wednesday commission the brand-new Tuschen Secondary School, just weeks after cutting the...
100 +: Notes on Political Parties that shaped Guyana
Stabroek News
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August 18, 2025
By Nigel Westmaas Nigel Westmaas is a researcher and public scholar and Professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Hamilton College, New York. (NB: This is an updated and modified version of an article published in Stabroek News in July...
The pattern of Exxon’s inflated expenditures should trigger immediate investigation by the next government
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
Dear Editor, On July 2nd, 2025, Stabroek News published a letter from the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) disputing Chris Ram’s assertion that the 2024 financials for the Stabroek Block...
Bolivia heads to runoff after right turn in presidential vote
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivians decisively repudiated the leftist party which has ruled the country for most of the past two decades in a first-round presidential election vote, likely paving the way for more market-friendly policies for its...
Land regularisation, fuel farm & ease of trade barriers at Lethem border – Pres. Ali promises
I News Guyana
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August 18, 2025
President Dr Irfaan Ali this evening said that Lethem in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) is transforming at an unimaginable pace as he outlines a series of initiatives to come that will make doing business earlier in the township....
A vote for WIN will eliminate the possibility of political gridlock
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
Dear Editor, It’s time for Berbicians to rally behind Azruddin and WIN as Essequibians. We have witnessed the struggles of Guyanese professionals, and the business community, and the elitism that stifles our progress must be challenged....
Energy Dividend Aristocrats Shine Amid Market Uncertainty
Oil Price
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August 17, 2025
With U.S. markets trading close to record highs, many investors are now turning to dividend-paying stocks as they try to balance growth and income. Dividend investing provides a predictable and reliable source of cash flow that can complement...
Precious little room for fiscal mismanagement and wasteful spending of the nation’s wealth
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
Dear Editor, As Election Day in Guyana approaches not a week goes by without reading that this or that party promises to spend, and spend big, if elected or re-elected. Buying votes with the nation’s wealth is not costless, until a fiscal and...
Rupununi Chamber in meeting with President Ali, Roraima Governor
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
Governor Antonio Denarium (second from left) with some of the participants at the meeting (Antonio Denarium Facebook page) The Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) on Sunday met with President Irfaan Ali and Governor of the Brazilian...
GPF, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s office launch crisis management training ahead of elections
Guyana Chronicle
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August 19, 2025
THE Guyana Police Force (GPF), in collaboration with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, on Monday launched a Crisis Management Training Programme at the Officers’ Training Centre, Camp Road, Georgetown, with 58 ranks from the Tactical Services Unit...
138 health professionals graduate from training programmes
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
The graduates (Ministry of Health photo) The public healthcare sector in Guyana received a significant boost on August 13th when 138 clinical and technical professionals graduated from programmes in Pharmacy Assistance, Rehabilitation Assistance,...
Young jockey’s death highlights safety gaps in horse racing
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
The unfortunate death of young jockey Kishawn Pereira (upright on horse) has raised questions about regulation and safety in the sport Tragedy at Guyana Cup The festive atmosphere of the Guyana Cup turned to heartbreak on Sunday evening when young...
Guyana nominates Muhammad Ibrahim for top IICA post
Guyana Chronicle
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August 17, 2025
THE Government of Guyana has announced the nomination of Muhammad Ibrahim for the position of Director-General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), highlighting his four decades of leadership in agricultural...
Crucial that WIN address these glaring gaps
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
Dear Editor, Previously, I wrote on the concerted effort to downplay the reality of OFAC Magnitsky Sanctions. A curious Press Release from the WIN campaign on Sunday further demonstrates this. The release, titled: “WIN Condemns Unjust Closure of...
OGGN’s tax certificates request should be directed to GRA’s Commissioner General
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
Dear Editor, The directors of OGGN, living overseas, appended their names to a letter in Kaieteur News (16 August 2025), accusing the Minister of not producing Exxon Mobil and other contractors tax certificates. The Minister must resist falling...
Digital ID to streamline access to cash grant programme, other curial services –says President Ali
Guyana Chronicle
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August 19, 2025
PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali on Monday said that the Single Electronic Identification System, a new digital ID initiative for all citizens, will be utilised to simplify registration and access to the government’s cash grant/voucher programme. During...
OFAC can punish, expose non-U.S. persons providing “material support”, doing business with sanctioned individuals
Demerara Waves
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August 17, 2025
Last Updated on Sunday, 17 August 2025, 21:52 by Writer The United States (U.S.) Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has informed lawyers for sanctioned Guyanese businessmen Nazar “Shell” Mohamed and his son,...
Thankful for the CSEC and CAPE successes and the brief respite from politics
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
Dear Editor, When it became clear that the big people were driven to insanity, the young children took over. Thank God for CSEC and CAPE students, and their stellar performances. Whether they came from Queen’s College or the schools of hard...
PPP/C manifesto stresses oil and gas, sugar investments
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
A PPP/C welcome to the conference centre (Ashni Singh Facebook page) The governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) yesterday launched its 2025 elections manifesto which pledges more oil exploration, realization of the gas to energy...
FIFA hit with $76m claim after Diarra transfer case ruling
Stabroek News
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August 19, 2025
(Associated Press) – Lawyers for former France international Lassana Diarra said Monday he is claiming €65 million ($76m) from FIFA and the Belgian football federation after a landmark legal win about transfer rules. Diarra’s decade-long challenge...