President Granger: Guyana’s 48th Republic Anniversary – February 23, 2018

Guyana’s President signals need for foreign help for GDF

Demerara Waves – February 22, 2018

Guyana: The 2018 Republic Anniversary flag raising ceremony was held at D’urban Park.

President David Granger Thursday midnight- on the eve of Guyana’s 48th Republic anniversary– ratcheted up talk of heightened border security and said he hoped international aid would be provided to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to execute a number of tasks including territorial protection.   

ExxonMobil was not entitled to CGX-like contract- Jagdeo; “We are not going back on it”- govt

ExxonMobil was not entitled to CGX-like contract- Jagdeo;

“We are not going back on it”- Guyana government

Bharrat Jagdeo

February 22, 2018- Demerara Waves: Today, the Guyana government said definitively that it would not be revising the Production Sharing Agreement with ExxonMobil, the same day that Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo questioned why government did not negotiate better contracts than those signed by former Presidents Janet Jagan and Donald Ramotar.

The 2016 agreement between government and ExxonMobil contains a number of contentious clauses that are almost identical to those contained in the CGX Resources signed by President Donald Ramotar.     

More oil? UK company says studies point to 1 billion barrels in their block

Tullow Oil and Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas have identified various leads on their Orinduik block offshore Guyana that could contain more than one billion barrels of oil.

The leads are drawn from studies of several thousand kilometres of 2D data, regional well logs and seismic correlations to ExxonMobil’s nearby Stabroek block wells.   

U.G. presents Dave Martins & Band – Seawall Bandstand – February 25, 2018

Guyana Politics: Jagdeo’s attack on GAWU

Guyana Politics: Jagdeo’s attack on GAWU

Feb 22, 2018 Kaieteur News –  Editorial 

The past few weeks have been a trying period for the sugar workers and their union, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU).The closure of four sugar estates by the government was criticized by the political opposition, unions, especially GAWU and sugar workers.

For years, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) was kept afloat by billions of dollars in subsidies from the government. Since taking office in May 2015, the Granger Administration pumped some $32 billion into GUYSUCO.  

GUYANA: Capitol TV News Videos – 21 February 2018

GUYANA: Capitol TV News Videos  – 21 February 2018

Berbice accident: Survivors share their account of the accident which claimed 12 lives; case set for March 2018 in New Amsterdam high court

Retrenched sugar workers of the closed Wale Sugar Estate staged a picketing action over their severance pay.

The much-anticipated commission of Inquiry into the 2008 Lindo Creek killings has been postponed until further notice

The impact of programmes undertaken by the FAO in Guyana will be discussed at a Regional Conference next month

An electrical contractor is nursing a gunshot injury in a City Hospital after he was attacked and robbed by bandits

Region one residents given the assurances by the Head of State, that they will be protected by the armed forces, as he reminded them the region is on the frontline with Venezuela.

Diamond Mineral Water Sports Roundup – February 21, 2018

Contestants of the 2017 I Am A Big Deal Beauty Pageant teamed up with the Police and other young people in a clean-up campaign of Rose Hall Town

Nikola Tesla on “Liberated Women” – His forecasts made 100 years ago – video

Nikola Tesla on Women – Why He Never Married – video

Universe Inside You  — Published on Jun 18, 2017

Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943)  interview for a newspaper, showed his views on women and why he never married. Even though he was alive over 100 years ago, the observations he made on the deteriorating nature of women seem to have gone its full course, meaning that the article certainly would not be published today.

We are the unfortunate men who are forced to deal with Tesla’s disturbingly accurate predictions.

Nikola Tesla was a great inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system, one of his major projects being power from the Niagara Falls.

Ancient Africans Discovered America Thousands of Years Ago – video

Ancient Africans Discovered America Thousands of Years Ago

Universe Inside You – Published on Jan 23, 2018

Africans had frequently sailed across the Atlantic to the Americas, thousands of years before Columbus and indeed before Christ. The great ancient civilizations of Egypt and West Africa traveled to the Americas, contributing immensely to early American civilization by importing the art of pyramid building, political systems and religious practices as well as mathematics, writing and a sophisticated calendar. The strongest evidence of African presence in America before Columbus comes from the pen of Columbus himself.   

US Congressman Gregory Meeks speaks out – By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine – 2 articles

Congressman Meeks: Why I Boycotted the State of the Union!

Gregory Meeks

By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine

“We cannot stop the emigration of peoples of color into the United States of America,” said Congressman Gregory Meeks at a Town Hall meeting in Queens. The notice may have been short but the lines were long to listen to the Congressman.

“We cannot stop the emigration of peoples of color into the United States of America,” said Congressman Gregory Meeks at a Town Hall meeting in Queens. The notice may have been short but the lines were long to listen to the Congressman.

Read more: Congressman Meeks – Why I boycotted the CoI

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Guyana: Capitol TV News Videos – 19 February 2018

Guyana: Capitol TV News Videos – 19 February 2018

Guyanese man hospitalized in NY after losing memory

Posted: 20 Feb 2018 02:22 AM PST

By Tracey Khan  – An elderly Guyanese man stuck in the Bellvue hospital in Manhattan New York after losing his memory is in tears and pleading for help to return to his country.  He gave his name as Ulric McDonald and Ulric Bobb called “Piah” 75, of Belladrum Village, West Coast Berbice. “As soon as you say […]

It was excitement down several city streets on Saturday, as the Children’s Mashramani Celebrations came to a close with their Mash parade

Another hinterland Radio Station is on the air and this time in Aishalton in the South Rupununi.

In excess of 40 persons are on the breadline after the furniture store they worked at went up in flames.

The Chinese have contributed much to Guyana’s rich Cultural Heritage, says President Granger at the celebration of the Chinese New Year.

President Granger disappointed that no inquest was conducted into the brutal murder of PPP’s Agriculture Minister

CH&PA came under the microscope in the meeting of Public Accounts Committee for 2018