Entries for February 24-25, 2021
GUYANA: Canadian company finds high-grade gold in Toroparu mine
February 24, 2021 – Guyana Times
The Toroparu project – launches phase 2 drilling project
Gold X Mining, a Canada-based company which operates the Toroparu mine in Guyana, has announced that it found high-grade gold during its recently concluded diamond drill programme, resulting in the company launching phase two of its drilling.
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BUSINESS: These Nine Caribbean Islands Are All Offering Remote Work Programs
By newsamericas – February 23, 2021 – News Americas
Work from the beach in these nine Caribbean countries.
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Feb. 24, 2021: Two more Caribbean islands have launched Remote Work Programs for high-end international workers in the pandemic, bringing the total now to 9.
Here Are All The Options And How You Can Apply Continue reading →
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CARIBBEAN: Can Medical Cannabis Save The Barbados Economy? – commentary
By newsamericas – February 16, 2021
By Felicia J. Persaud & Danielle Corbin
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Feb. 16, 2021: Over a year after the passage of Barbados’ Medicinal Cannabis Industry Act, the Caribbean island nation officially opened for business last month, January 2021.
The launch of the sector, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, comes at a time when the local Barbados economy, and wider regional Caribbean economy – long dependent on tourism for its ‘bread and butter’ – are being hammered, and facing an economic crisis of major proportion. Continue reading →
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GUYANA: MPs open Budget 2021 debates with insults and vulgarity
Feb 23, 2021 Kaieteur News – By Mikaila Prince
Speaker of the House Manzoor Nadir.
– One Government Minister showcases vibrating dildo to make point
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, recently presented to the National Assembly and by extension the country, the largest budget it has ever seen.
During that presentation, the Senior Minister had disclosed the whopping $38.1B budget would catapult the country’s economic recovery, and improve the performance of critical sectors that were severely affected by COVID-19 shockwaves. Continue reading →
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BUSINESS: What’s Driving California’s Mass Exodus? – Video
BUSINESS: What’s Driving California’s Mass Exodus? – Video by CNBC
As Oracle, Palantir and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise move their headquarters out of California and Elon Musk moves to Texas, California is considering raising taxes on the wealthy to unprecedented levels. Experts say California needs to find more ways to reverse the trend.
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BARBADOS: COVID Paralysis Versus VS COVID Management Compared – Opinion
Posted on February 23, 2021 by Barbados Underground Blog- comments
Submitted by Richard Petko to the Barbados Underground Blog
The past two weeks has seen a national pause and a furtherance of the pause. What are the actual goals of the pause? What are the goalposts for re-opening? What are the goals for tourism? These are all valid questions and I think they should be asked and answered. Before answering it is pertinent to see what other Caribbean jurisdictions which are considered as world class as Barbados are doing. Continue reading →
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Also check out the RECIPES on Guyanese Online.. Here are some links:
1. RECIPES From Guyana and the Caribbean – From Guyana Outpost archive
3. Guyana Recipes by Zorinaspice – 43 videos – autoplay