Frontier Risk; The Story Of Oil Exploration In Guyana
by Dr Terrence Blackman In 2014, Royal Dutch Shell sold off its acreage in the Stabroek block for $1 and left the country after more than a decade of failed…
“…some of us didn’t listen…”
One of our young people is working on a training program with a foreign company and today he dropped by to chat with me. “Ms Abrams”, he said, “I was…
35th Universal Periodic Review: UK statement on Guyana
“The UK delivers statement on Guyana at the 35th Session of Universal Periodic Review (UPR), sharing recommendations to improve their human rights record.” The United Kingdom welcomes Guyana’s progress since…
10 Facts About The Guyana Diaspora
1: The United States has the highest number of Guyanese outside of Guyana. An average of 6,080 people a year emigrated from Guyana between 1969 and 1976, increasing to an…
Low Income Guyanese Youth Deserve A Chance At A High-Tech Future
“STEM is one way to give kids a vision of life beyond violence. We have to give kids exposure. We have to give them a glimpse into what exists outside…
Exxon Strikes It Big In Guyana, Ups Resource Estimate To 8 Billion Barrels
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com ExxonMobil has revised upward its estimate of recoverable resources offshore Guyana by 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent to 8 billion oil-equivalent barrels, the U.S.…
Purcellville mayor proposes Sister City relationship with town in Guyana
Reprint from loudountimes.com By Karen Graham Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser has introduced a discussion item for Town Council consideration of a Sister City relationship between the Town of Purcellville and…
Diaspora Bond Or Ghana Diaspora Growth Fund?
Reprint from modernghana.com By Adolf Kofi Afful This is a toolAs a keen observer of developments in Ghana, I was struck by the announcement by the Finance Ministry about the…
Diversity is our strength; we squander it to our peril…
by Karen Abrams Companies that hire from culturally diverse talent pools, benefit by recruiting employees with a broad range of skills that are often not accessible when hiring from a…