By Lucian K. Truscott IV
Pretty much all you need to know is that you don’t sue for peace when you’re winning. You do it when you’re getting your ass kicked and you want to slither out of trouble without having to sign an unconditional surrender. Kind of like the Russian position took today in its talks with Ukraine in Turkey. We’re going to pull back from Kyiv, and let’s talk about a ceasefire, and by the way, our president is willing to meet with your president whenever we get a deal on the table.
It was right there on the faces of the guys who drew the short straw and were sent out for a press availability when the talks had concluded. Call it fear or dread or discomfort or rank humiliation, whatever it is, those two had it. One guy looked like he was headed back to his hotel room to look up Orbitz for flights out of Istanbul on any airline but Aeroflot, the other guy looked like somebody had been beating on him with a two by four. Something had happened over the last 24 to 48 hours to the Russian delegation and it wasn’t good. Continue reading
GUYANA: Foreign companies already manipulating local content laws – PSC Executive
Ramesh Dookhoo
By Kurt Campbell – NewsRoom- Guyana
Chairman of the Trade and Investment Committee of Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC) Ramesh Dookhoo on Tuesday said that some foreign companies have begun manipulating systems put in place to ensure Guyanese benefit from oil proceeds under the new Local Content Act.
Dookhoo, while speaking at a luncheon hosted by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), said “already we are seeing foreign companies making staff members shareholders in the company and doing other manipulative things to qualify for the local content register.”
The Local Content Act is very specific on who a Guyanese is and what constitutes a local company. Once qualified, citizens and local companies can find themselves on a register with specific benefits guaranteed. Continue reading →
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