Guyana to install 1000 internet hubs around the country

Guyana to install 1000 internet hubs around the country

Thousands of persons benefitting from free Wi-Fi Dubbed ‘The 1000 Hubs Project’, the initiative, which is a collaborative effort between the Industry and Innovation Unit at OPM and the National Data Management Authority (NDMA), will result in thousands of persons benefitting from free Wi-Fi, the Department of Public Information said. The hubs will be outfitted […]

Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller launches new political party

Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller launches new political party

An activist who took the British Government to court over Brexit has launched her own political party. Businesswoman Gina Miller’s new True and Fair party was unveiled to an almost empty room as she vowed ‘long overdue changes to British politics’. Ms Miller made headlines in 2016 when she launched a constitutional challenge against the […]

Renowned lawyer Roopnarine Sharma has passed away at 88

Renowned lawyer Roopnarine Sharma has passed away at 88

  Transforming lives through education, inspiration and leadership    By John Persaud and Kamla Sharma Roop Sharma was a trailblazer who transformed lives through education, inspiration and leadership.  For a boy born in Sparta on the Essequibo Coast, Guyana, to a man who rase to great heights through education, his journey was a remarkable one.  […]

Guyana-born, Hilton Cheong-Leen, aka the ‘mayor of Hong Kong’, dies aged 99

Guyana-born, Hilton Cheong-Leen, aka the ‘mayor of Hong Kong’, dies aged 99

Cheong-Leen had been involved in the city’s civic affairs for decades, starting in 1957 Cheong-Leen, who co-founded the Hong Kong Civic Association in 1954, died in the early hours of Tuesday at his home. The cause of death was old age, according to the family. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor expressed deep sorrow over […]

Government of Guyana rushes through passage of Natural Resource Fund without stakeholders’ consultation

Government of Guyana rushes through passage of Natural Resource Fund without stakeholders’ consultation

   By Darshanand Khusial & Dr. Jerry Jailall Oil and Gas Governance Network             The Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) is extremely disappointed that the Government of Guyana has rushed through the passing of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Act without consultation with the parliamentary Opposition or other civil […]

Group wants Guyana government to renegotiate oil contracts

Group wants Guyana government to renegotiate oil contracts

By Dr. Jerry Jailall Head of the Media Unit ,OGGN Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) (www.oggn.org), formed in the summer of 2017, is an advocate and voice for a better deal for Guyana through the renegotiation of the current oil contracts, which have given away the national patrimony. In our view, the number one issue for Guyana […]

Guyanese poet Grace Nichols awarded Queen Elizabeth II’s Gold Medal

Guyanese poet Grace Nichols awarded Queen Elizabeth II’s Gold Medal

Buckingham Palace said: “The Poetry Medal Committee unanimously recommended Grace Nichols as this year’s recipient on the basis of her body of work, in particular her first collection of poetry ‘I Is a Long-Memoried Woman’ (1983), prose and several books for younger readers.” The Poetry Medal Committee was chaired by the poet laureate, Simon Armitage. […]

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