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How to Be Invisible on the Internet
Everywhere you look, concerns are mounting about internet privacy.
Although giving up your data was once an afterthought when gaining access to the newest internet services such as Facebook and Uber, many people have had their perspective altered by various recent scandals, billions of dollars of cybertheft, and a growing discomfort around how their personal data may be used in the future.
More people want to opt out of this data collection, but aside from disconnecting entirely or taking ludicrous measures to safeguard information, there aren’t many great options available to limit what is seen and known about you online.
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December 8, 2018. The Economist Magazine
Bank of Baroda. Georgetown. Guyana
India’s Bank of Baroda (BoB) yesterday sought bids from investment bankers to carry out the sale of its Guyana-based subsidiary.
According to the Financial Express “The objective of this assignment is to sell/disinvest Bank of Baroda’s entire 100% stake in its subsidiary BOBGI (Bank of Baroda Guyana Inc) through investment bankers,” BoB said in a bid document.
The report said that the sale is part of a strategy to exit relatively less remunerative international markets by BoB, which continues to call itself ‘India’s international bank’. Continue reading
By Ray Chickrie
Caribbean News Now contributor –
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Guyana attended the 34th meeting of the Guyanese, which was held last week in Istanbul, Turkey. Representing Guyana at the meeting was its permanent ambassador to the United Nations, Michael Ten-Pow, who promoted the opportunities for trade and investment in his country.
It was the first meeting of the COMCEC that Guyana has attended and is an indication that the government is serious about diversifying its economic partners in order to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development. Continue reading
GRENADA’S FIRST 5-STAR RESORT NOW OPEN
Grenada’s newest addition to the hospitality industry, the luxurious Silversands Hotel officially went into full operation on Saturday, December 1st 2018.
The $120M high-end beach front resort, owned by Egyptian multi-millionaire Naguib Sawiris welcomed its first paying guest signaling the commencement of business operation and what many described as a major boost to the Grenada tourism landscape.
According to Naguib Sawiris, the billionaire Egyptian businessman who has spent the past three years developing the resort—the first to open on the island in a quarter century – “You feel good here. It’s that simple. Silversands hotel and private villas are an expression of the love I feel for this island.” Continue reading
BY MICHAEL DIMOCK – MARCH 1, 2018 – Pew Research Center
For decades, Pew Research Center has been committed to measuring public attitudes on key issues and documenting differences in those attitudes across demographic groups. One lens often employed by researchers at the Center to understand these differences is that of generation.
Generations provide the opportunity to look at Americans both by their place in the life cycle – whether a young adult, a middle-aged parent or a retiree – and by their membership in a cohort of individuals who were born at a similar time.
The Opposition “is sabotaging the country” and “protecting the criminal elements.”
Dr Keith Rowley
So said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley as he addressed a public meeting on the City Hall, POS on Thursday night, November 29. 2018.
The Prime Minister said the UNC was “hell bent” on not voting for the Income Tax Amendment bill because it wanted ” to protect the criminal element in the country who is parading in the financial sector, those with money to launder, those with money to hide, and those with money they can’t explain”. He said the Opposition also knew that the outcome of not supporting the measure would be “chaos” and the “ sinking of the banking sector”.
US Ambassador Holloway’s ‘doom and gloom’ comment regarding Guyana’s oil wealth
Mr. Holloway: ’Stop the doom and gloom” … appreciate the benefits of Guyana’s oil wealth
Stabroek News – Editorial – 11 December 2018
Perry Holloway
There are times when it takes an opinion that is detached from what, all too often, is our rumbustious political culture to voice truths about important national issues, we ourselves being too immersed in our prejudices to muster the honesty to speak objectively.
Outgoing United States Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway is harnessed by no such prejudices so that the last week’s ‘doom and gloom’ remark in his assessment of the chatter on the subject of what is now assumed to be Guyana’s imminent ‘oil fortune’ comes as no surprise. Continue reading →
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