BBC World Questions set to ignite debate on Guyana’s oil windfall and future

(Kaieteur News) – On Tuesday 10 March BBC World Questions will come to Guyana to debate the nation’s political and economic future in the country’s capital, Georgetown. In press release BBC World Questions said that vast offshore oil and gas reserves are transforming the nation and that Guyana is now the fastest growing economy in the […] The post BBC World Questions set to ignite debate on Guyana’s oil windfall and future appeared first on Kaieteur News.


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