Was for gold. Now its for oil. Guyana is fast becoming a petrostate, the Fastest Growing economy in the world. But new wealth has stoked old tensions. Neighbouring socialist venezuela claims a vast chunk of guyanese territory. The stakes are suddenly very high. We shall Never Surrender an inch of our territory. Heavily forested guyana has always been a carbon sink. Now, with the oil and gas flowing, some call it a carbon bomb. Fragile ecosystems are vulnerable to possible oil spills and rising sea levels. Guyana is making choices which will have global impact. Will they be wise ones . Its republic day in georgetown, guyanas capital. Party time for the countrys 800,000 people. The ministry of Natural Resources is on the road. I want to hear you make some noise. The stage is set here for transformational change, a resource driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. In past decades, guyanas dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested in
spills and rising sea levels. guyana is making choices which will have global impact. will they be wise ones? it s republic day in georgetown, guyana s capital. party time for the country s 800,000 people. the ministry of natural resources is on the road. i want to hear you make some noise. the stage is set here for transformational change, a resource driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. in past decades, guyana s dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested interior. to get to the gold mines, you need to take a pretty rough and ready track. it gives you some idea how remote these mines are. i mean, the truth is that there are gold deposits all around here, but finding them is one thing. you ve then got to clear away the forest. you ve got to dig a track to make them accessible. frankly, digging for gold around here is a pretty difficult operation. the alphonso family own a dozen mining concessions. they dig for treasur
jenkins is at a migrant camp across the border in mexico. david spunt is in virginia where undocumented immigrants are expected to be sent very soon, but we start up tonight with white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn. good evening, peter. biko good evening, bret. it has now been six days since president biden said anything about what s going on at the border. members of the administration have been down there gathering facts but officials are trying to get the president s official events more focused on covid-19. president biden: i learned from the recovery act you ve got to be hands on. that was during the visit to a va facility giving a covert shot. no plan right now for a visit to the southern border. a trip for the president as many of you know includes air force one, extensive security, includes all of you of course. a small white house delegation just got back from border patrol and hhs facility for migrants in the first to quit from someo
In TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc. v. MP Gulf of Mexico LLC. the Supreme Court of Texas resolved the chaos created by conflicting dispute resolution regimes in three contracts for ownership.
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday held that parties’ choice of the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, which assign to the arbitrators the power to rule on their jurisdiction, clearly and.