The issue of unsolved murders in Guyana remains a significant concern within the context of national security and public safety. While no single official figure exists for the cumulative historical …
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Captive by Consent: The 2016 Agreement and the Politics of Resignation in Guyana’s Oil Sector
Guyana’s 2016 oil agreement with ExxonMobil, retaining 1999 terms post-discovery, sparked intense debate. Its low royalty and high cost recovery raise critical questions about national sovereignty and fiscal equity, impacting …
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What Barbados Built
On the Brain Drain, the Broken Republic, and the Question Oil Cannot Answer
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Illustration: Queen’s College, Georgetown — Architectural Pencil Sketch · GBJ Editorial Art
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The Sixty-Year Argument
Sunday Essay · Diaspora & Development Why Guyana keeps having the same diaspora conversation — and what it will take to finally stop By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D. · …
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The Hourly Intensity Problem: A Data-Driven Approach to Flood Management in Georgetown
Infrastructure | Analysis The Hourly Intensity Problem: A Data-Driven Approach to Flood Management in Georgetown By Guyana Business Journal Data Desk|Guyana Business Journal|March 30, 2026 139.4 in Peak Annual Rainfall …
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What the Child Decides
Sunday Essay · Education & Society In the era of oil, what is Guyana teaching its children about their own worth? By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D. · March 30, …
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The Diaspora Is Not the Problem: On Citizenship, Belonging, and the Architecture of Oil-Era Benefit Policy
Social Policy | Analysis The Diaspora Is Not the Problem: On Citizenship, Belonging, and the Architecture of Oil-Era Benefit Policy By Terrence R. Blackman, Ph.D.|Guyana Business Journal|March 23, 2026 878,674 …
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After CARICOM: The Case for a Caribbean Development Doctrine
Sunday Essay · Caribbean Political Economy Why coordination is no longer enough — and what the region must build instead By Terrence Richard Blackman, Ph.D. · March 21, 2026 …
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The Vertical Wound Race, Class, and the Architecture of Elite Control in Guyana
March 15, 2026 “The African and Indian elite of the 1970s drew on the old racist manipulation to defend their interests as rulers.” — Walter Rodney, Columbia University, 1978 “This …