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Guyana: Satellites will spot oil spills, not on-ship experts

The former leader of Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency is criticizing the government's plan to use satellites to monitor oil spills in the South American nation’s waters

The Independent UK

Couple with three young kids to swap UK comfort for jungle life in Amazonian adventure

For a year and three months the Dickens family of five will be based in the Amazon jungle, sleeping between three hammocks and living amongst hazards like snakes and the world’s largest venomous centipede

Daily Mirror

Guyana presidential guard stabbed by attacker at official residence

A presidential guard in Guyana was stabbed five times in capital Georgetown on Thursday by a man who demanded to see President Irfaan Ali after arriving at his official residence, police said.

Reuters

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Guyana opens bidding for offshore oil blocks

Georgetown (Guyana) (AFP) - Guyana's President Irfaan Ali on Friday opened bidding for the exploitation of offshore oil blocks in the tiny country, which has the world's highest reserves of crude oil per capita.

AFP

Memory of macabre cult massacre buried in Guyana jungle

Jonestown (Guyana) (AFP) - Deep in the Guyanese jungle, only a signpost and a nondescript plaque serve as reminders of a cult settlement where one of the most spine-chilling mass murder-suicides in modern history took place almost five decades ago.

AFP

Venezuela asks World Court to throw out Guyana border case

Venezuela told judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday that they should throw out a case filed by Guyana in a long-running border dispute, which could determine which country has rights to offshore oil and gas fields.

Reuters

ALW newcomers United lock in foreigners

Guyana international defender Sydney Cummings has followed American goalkeeper Hillary Beall in signing for A-League Women newcomers Western United.

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IMF urges caution as oil-rich Guyana's economic growth nears 60%

Guyana's economic growth could reach close to 60% this year, the International Monetary Fund said in a statement on Tuesday, urging cautious policies even as the tiny South American nation benefits from surging oil production.

Reuters

Oil money is flooding into Guyana. Who will benefit?

Ever since Exxon Mobil found vast deposits of oil off Guyana's coastline in 2015, government leaders have pledged that black gold would transform the fortunes of one of South America's poorest countries.

Reuters

This Country Just Legalized Hemp, Why Online Cannabis Sales Are Slowing In Alberta & Latest Marijuana Reg Updates

Guyana Parliament Legalizes Hemp A new hemp bill poised to curb unlicensed production in Guyana got a green light from the National Assembly last week, reported News Room Guyana.

Benzinga

Guyana Green-Lights Industrial Hemp Cultivation

By Weederia via El Planteo.

Benzinga

British Airways adds new South American gateway from 2023: Guyana

BA will link London Gatwick with the capital, Georgetown, twice a week

The Independent UK

Paris expo highlights tembe art of 'Maroons' from Suriname, French Guyana

The exhibition "Escaping Slavery, the Art of Breaking One's Chains" introduces us to the history and artistic work of the "bushinenge" – descendants of African slaves who escaped the Dutch plantations in Suriname, in South America, and fled to French Guyana.

Radio France Internationale

Taijul in five-wicket Bangladesh return as West Indies tumble to 178

Providence (Guyana) (AFP) - Taijul Islam made a triumphant return to One-Day International cricket with his first five-wicket innings haul as Bangladesh dismissed West Indies for 178 in the third and final match of their three-game series at the Guyana National Stadium on Saturday.

AFP

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The Independent UK

Queen appears on screen for virtual audiences

The monarch welcomed the High Commissioners of Guyana and Eswatini.

AFP

Pooran blasts West Indies to T20 series win over Bangladesh

Providence (Guyana) (AFP) - Captain Nicholas Pooran was at his devastating best in blazing the West Indies to a comfortable five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the third and final T20 International at the Guyana National Stadium on Thursday.

Miami Herald

US Supreme Court decision could derail abortion rights moves in Latin America

MIAMI — The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision reversing abortion rights is likely to energize efforts to curtail or ban the procedures throughout Latin America, where countries have been slowly moving toward allowing women greater reproductive rights, experts say.

France 24

Activists sound alarm over loose dogs killing endangered turtles in French Guyana

Thirteen endangered sea turtles have been found dead on a beach where they come to lay their eggs in Rémire-Montjoly, French Guyana in just over a month. The animals were all killed by dogs who were not being monitored by their owners. A local organisation has raised the alarm about…

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IPL 2022: Shimron Hetmyer rejoins RR to play against CSK

Rajasthan Royals batter Shimron Hetmyer has rejoined the team's camp after his departure to Guyana for the birth of his first child. Full story on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

‘We can’t eat a new road’: Guyanese voice fears over true cost of Exxon’s oil bonanza

Multibillion-dollar deal promising to lift country out of poverty may be false dawn with dire impact on climate, warn campaigners

Benzinga

What's Going On With CGX, Frontera Energy Shares Today

CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV:OYL) (OTC:CGXEF) and Frontera Energy Corp (TSX:FEC) (OTC:FECCF) have successfully discovered light oil in the Santonian and Coniacian and gas condensate in the Maastrichtian and Campanian at the Kawa-1 exploration well, offshore Guyana. The JV encountered hydrocarbons in multiple zones extending from 4,638 metres in the Maastrichtian to 6,568 metres in the…

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RR's Shimron Hetmyer leaves IPL midway, here's the reason

Rajasthan Royals on Sunday confirmed that Shimron Hetmyer has left the team camp in Mumbai to travel back to Guyana midway through IPL 2022 for the birth of his first child.

AFP

Brazil, Guyana agree to widen energy cooperation

Georgetown (Guyana) (AFP) - Brazil and Guyana on Friday agreed to broaden energy cooperation during a visit by President Jair Bolsonaro to Georgetown, in which the South American neighbors also signed infrastructure and legal deals.

AFP

Brazil, Guayana agree to widen energy cooperation

Daily Mirror

Neil Danns on firing Robbie Savage's Macclesfield to promotion and coaching at Liverpool

Ex-Crystal Palace star Neil Danns scored 21 goals this term to fire Robbie Savage's Macclesfield to promotion and get the reformed club off to a perfect start

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