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A Sampling of Heritage month Indigenous craft offerings

More energetically honouring and celebrating our indigenous heritage

A University of the West Indies lecturer with whom the Stabroek Business spoke with last week whilst viewing an indigenous culinary and craft display on Main Street Avenue made the point that up until now Guyana had failed, “and signally so,” to properly embrace what he described as “valuable” indigenous skills and creativity to bear within the country’s entrepreneurial mainstream.

Caribbean Agriculture Week

About a week ago, sections of the regional media delivered news that the Assistant Director General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), had addressed the opening function of the “High-Level Agricultural Ministerial Meeting” held in Kingston, Jamaica on September 18.

Pauline Chance at the Main street Heritage month event

‘Crafting’ a living fromTibisiri

Engaging craftsmen and women above the din of the music blaring from speakers mounted on a giant truck on Main Street last Saturday evening felt, at times, like ‘sheer torture.’

Chevron’s role still key to upping Venezuela’s oil production

Washington, having been instrumental in deploying mostly sanctions to degrade Venezuela’s oil and gas industry, the administration of United States’ President Joe Biden appears to be mindful that it does not preside over the complete collapse of the energy sector of the country believed to possess the asingle largest volume of oil reserves anywhere in the world.

What will oil make of Guyana?

The earliest public disclosure on Guyana’s first confirmed oil ‘strike’ by ExxonMobil back in 2015, was, without question, one of the most significant pieces of public information to be disseminated to Guyanese in the country’s history.

Stock Market Updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1038’s trading results showed consideration of $4,569,575 from 10,602 shares traded in 23 transactions as compared to session 1037’s trading results, which showed consideration of $40,763,815 from 151,387 shares traded in 20 transactions.

Total set to deliver for Suriname

Less than a week after the Stabroek Business had published a story alluding to Suriname falling behind Guyana in what had been seen for some time as a race between the two countries for first oil, (Suriname’s ‘delayed’ oil breakthrough delaying bilateral ambitions with neighbouring Guyana – Stabroek Business Friday September 15, 203), the French oil company brought the country the ‘good tidings’ that it is on the verge of commencing what another media report has described as “development studies for a large oil project offshore the country” which is scheduled to commence before year end and which it says is expected to position the country for first production in 2028.

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