Entries for February 10-11, 2021
OIL: ExxonMobil and partners unveil GYD$20 billion Guyana development project
Demerara Waves: Denis Chabrol – Tuesday, 9 February 2021
ExxonMobil and its partners, CNOCC/Nexen and Hess Corp, on Tuesday announced a GYD$20 billion development plan titled “The Greater Guyana Initiative”, saying that the money would not have to be recovered.
“I want to be clear that these initiative will be fully funded by the Stabroek Block co-venturers and will not be part of the cost recovery process,” said President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge at the virtual launch of the project.
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OPINION: GUYANA IS DISORDERED – By Peeping Tom
Feb 10, 2021 Features / Columnists, – Peeping Tom
Kaieteur News – I hate to sound like V. S. Naipaul, but it is problem enough when you are a small country. Imagine, therefore, the problems that arise when you are a small, disordered society.
Guyana is a country with a small population. The small size of the society is further compounded by the ever-increasing disordered nature of the society. No matter what wealth is discovered within this small economic space, it is not going to benefit the population much, unless the disorders are ordered.
With each government, this task is becoming more difficult and two examples will suffice in explaining the dilemma which the government, and any future government, will face. Continue reading →
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ENTERTAINMENT: MOVIE STARS DANCING: “I’m So Excited” – Video using over 80 movie clips
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MOVIE STARS DANCING: “I’m So Excited”
The guy who created this video used over 80 movies and still managed to synchronize the timing!
Films used… Continue reading →
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TRAVEL: The Golden Days of Flying – The Pan Am Clipper – Photos
FLYING THE ATLANTIC DURING THE LATE 1930s…VERY…VERY….IMPRESSIVE…!!!!!!!
The ship analogy was appropriate, as the Clipper landed on the water, not runways.
The Clipper made its maiden trans-Atlantic voyage on June 28, 1939.
But once the US entered World War II, the Clippers were pressed into service to transport materials and personnel.
You Jet-jockeys & Frequent-flyers will really appreciate this nostalgic look back in time at the Pan Am Clipper!
Be sure to look at it all. The ‘fate’ of the Pan-Am Clipper was shocking…
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GANDHI’S GLOBAL INFLUENCE – Latin America and the Caribbean – By Ramnarine Sahadeo
By Ramnarine Sahadeo
Mohandas k. Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was born in Asia, educated in Europe, and after a period of political apprenticeship matured in Africa. He never touched the soil of the Americas yet his influence was global and it would be a dim perception to conclude that his life and message was restricted to a few continents.
His impression on the USA is indelible. President Barack Obama stated in India in 2010 that he would not have been President had it not been for Gandhi and the message he shared with America and the rest of the world. Continue reading →
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Guyanese Author Edgar Mittelholzer: The Dark One – By James Ferguson | Caribbean Beat
Edgar Mittelholzer
Edgar Mittelholzer produced over a dozen books, despite the shadows that closed around him. James Ferguson celebrates his struggle
By James Ferguson | Issue 100 (November/December 2009)
Caribbean Beat – Caribbean Airlines
This year marks the centenary of the birth of the Caribbean’s first professional novelist. There had previously been writers from the region, such as the Jamaican journalist HG de Lisser, who made money from their fiction, but Edgar Mittelholzer, born on December 16, 1909, was the earliest recorded author from the region to make a living – and a very precarious one it would turn out to be – from his pen. Continue reading →..