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Press Release – Re-habilitating Guyanese Politics by Citizens Assembly on Article 13

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What passes for politics in Guyana is so removed from civilized compromise that the recent announcement of Government’s intention to launch a process of constitutional reform next month induces only eye-rolling resignation. While a national conversation on our political battlefield is urgently needed and would be welcomed by Policy Forum Guyana (PFG), a formal constitutional …

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PRESS RELEASE: Selection Completed Of Civic Component Of ‘GYEITI MSG’ Eight

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Selection Completed of Civic Component of ‘GYEITI MSG’ Eight Eight persons have been selected to re-constitute the civic component of the Multi-stakeholder Committee of the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI). An independent five persons Selection Panel comprising senior staff from UG, the Public Service and local and international civil society conducted the selection process. …

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PRESS RELEASE: GUYANESE YOUTHS MOBILIZE TO STOP RACISM

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International Day to Stop Racial Discrimination 2021 finds Guyanese youth launching the campaign “Make Guyana A Racism Free Zone”. The campaign consists of a call for all places where people gather to mount a written pledge to make that place  – whether shops, clinics, police stations, offices, sports clubs, offices or places of religion – …

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PRESS RELEASE: THE VERDICT OF THE CARICOM OBSERVER TEAM SHOULD DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE MARCH ELECTIONS

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Our organizations listed below call on all Guyanese to remain faithful to the original intention of the recount, namely, that the verdict of the Caricom Observer Team would be the determining factor in accepting the results of the March 2nd elections.  Now that their verdict has been rendered, to the effect that the recount process …

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GUYANA POLICY FORUM- PRESS RELEASE

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EXTRACTIVE SECTOR NEEDS TO RE-FOCUS ON LOCAL INVOLVEMENT A well-attended meeting of the Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) on Saturday October 22nd reviewed progress made with respect to Guyana concluding the application process for entry to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).  What should have been a relatively straight-forward process has become a somewhat protracted exercise. …

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Alarming increase in trade misinvoicing in Ghana since 2007 – report

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  According to data on illicit financial flows in and out of Ghana gathered by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington-based non-profit organization, illicit financial outflows from Ghana have risen sharply since 2008 to record levels. According to a report on the nature and extent of trade misinvoicing in Ghana authored by GFI, illicit financial …

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Guyana aims to submit EITI membership application in Nov.

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  Jun 29, 2016 Kaieteur News   The Ministry of Natural Resources aims to submit its application for membership to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in November. Ana Maria Rodriguez, a consultant from the World Bank, is in Guyana assisting the ministry to establish a multi-stakeholder group (MSG). Rodriguez will be providing technical support …

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It’s the economy that needs to be integrated into the environment – not the other way around

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  By Andrew Simms Tuesday 14 June 2016   BP’s call for a ‘meaningful carbon price’ is the latest example of wrongly trying to apply economic theories and tools to the environment ‘There are many economic and scientific problems in pricing nature and the environment – and philosophical issues too.’ Photograph: Philippe Six months and …

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Latin America the world’s most dangerous place for environmental activists

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  Anti-mining causes were the main driver of deadly violence in the region.   More environmentalists were murdered in Latin America in 2015 than anywhere else in the world, with anti-mining causes costing the most lives, a report by Global Witness shows. According to the UK-based organization, which campaigns against natural resource-related conflict and corruption, the region recorded …

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