Three aspects should be covered in talks between teachers’ union and gov’t

Three aspects should be covered in talks between teachers’ union and gov’t

There is indeed a real urgency to reach a satisfactory Teacher-union versus Government administration wages and salaries plus benefit package adjustments for teachers, some of whom are parents. Parents’ empowerment must also be considered additionally because of their special role in raising their children who will form part of the Guyana labour force. There are…

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Zero tax on ExxonMobil is monumental financial loss for Guyana and its people

Zero tax on ExxonMobil is monumental financial loss for Guyana and its people

Parliament’s decision to create—what amounts to—a zero tax clause in the petroleum production agreement keeps power and wealth in the hands of its foreign counterparties and contributes to Guyana’s economic inequality. Additionally, it stagnates the potential for sustainable economic growth here in the local land. While the Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) should be…

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Is the oil sector contributing to national development proportionate to its size

Is the oil sector contributing to national development proportionate to its size?

Articles by Dr. Tarron Khemraj appearing on his business page in SN 2023/09/24 and SN 2023/09/10 require some comments, since the use of ‘Balances from Abroad’ imply that Commercial Banks have readily available sources of foreign exchange that are liquid balances and can be deployed to make good any foreign exchange ‘shortage’ affecting the Private…

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