Daily Archives: 01/22/2018

Guyana News Headlines Links – Kaieteur News – January 20-22. 2018

01/22/2018 – 3:43 pm

News – 22 January 2018

ExxonMobil will try to rob us as much as they can

GRA to pursue $20B in outstanding taxes

Jagdeo accuses Govt. of ‘hatchet job’ on Police Top Brass

Petroleum Commission should stay far from revenue collection

Revenue management will be essential to harnessing oil benefits – IMF cautions

Three years after closure…Christianburg residents ready to rebuild school on their own 

From ‘pit latrines’ to ‘water closets’…IDB funds to improve living conditions of low income families

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Commentary: Venezuela sinks further, dragging other countries with it

01/22/2018 – 12:47 am

Commentary: Venezuela sinks further, dragging other countries with it

January 21, 2018 – By Youri Kemp

Venezuela is crumbling right before our very eyes. It’s sad that a once prosperous country — even under the tamest Bolivarian dramatics — is being reduced to rubble under what we can only call mismanagement at its highest level.

Since President Nicholas Maduro took office after quelling a mini-coup and massive dissent to his rule, coupled with ongoing civil unrest, there has been nothing but chaos, confusion, allegations of corruption, the suppression of news, assaults on the opposition and media and the repression of a proud people that deserve better.    Continue reading →

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Dysfunction in Washington – An Apprentice in the White House! – By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine

01/22/2018 – 12:17 am

Dysfunction in Washington – An Apprentice in the White House!

Dr. Dhanpaul Narine

– By Dr Dhanpaul Narine

You knock on his door…  And he kicks you from his Tower. You are not the right color.  But you don’t care. You cook, clean, scrub, babysit, Teach, and serve in uniforms.  You stand tall, dream big Break walls, and soar like an eagle. You too are America!

How about those other ‘S’ words?  We can start with savage, slavery and supremacists. Each word tells a story of inhumanity and the burden of nations trying to rid themselves of an embarrassing past.     Continue reading →

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State of emergency over worsening crime has some Jamaicans relieved – but is it an effective approach?

01/22/2018 – 12:11 am

State of emergency over worsening crime has some Jamaicans relieved – but is it an effective approach?

January 21, 2018

KINGSTON, Jamaica — For the past year or so, as the island’s murder rate has burgeoned, Jamaican netizens have been fixated on one topic: violent crime. Jamaica’s population was 2.881 Million in 2016.

Murders soared to 1,616 in 2017 — an increase of just over 20 percent from the year before. Moreover, only 29 percent of murders were “cleared up” (the local term for a suspect being arrested or killed).     Continue reading →

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