AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoAvian Health & Trade Controls: Barbados stepped up port monitoring after Suriname’s H5 avian influenza outbreak, stressing normal quarantine rules and tighter checks against illegal poultry imports. Regional Health Cooperation: Guyana convened Amazon countries to push malaria elimination, Indigenous health and stronger disease surveillance, with Suriname sharing its community-based malaria response model. Energy & Resource Governance: Dr. Henry Jeffrey questioned why Guyana’s oil wealth hasn’t delivered lasting gains for ordinary citizens, contrasting it with Suriname’s proposed “Royalties for Everyone” approach. Oil & Gas Activity: ExxonMobil said it will continue exploration drilling at Liza Two while producing ~255,000 bpd, and separately reported Guyana’s oil reserves have fallen below 11B barrels. Mining & Illicit Finance: Critical Resources expanded its Suriname gold footprint via the Greenstars project, while APNU called for investigations into financiers behind illegal gold mining after an INTERPOL warning about cocaine profits being laundered through gold. ICT & Industry Services: Telesur completed an upgrade to Cerillion 26.1, adding faster promotions and AI automation for telecom service launches. Education & Local Capacity: Suriname’s education ministry said only 234 of 721 students referred to temporary schools are enrolled, leaving hundreds at risk of missing classes.
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