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The Economy: A review of the White Paper on the future of the Sugar IndustryIn light of the recent revelations in the press that thousands of sugar workers are going to be jobless by…
Transparency Group slams gov’t for deliberate deception on oil bonusThe country’s transparency watchdog has slammed the government, saying it appears to have deliberately engaged in deception in relation…
CCJ upholds High Court ruling against GGMCThe Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today ruled that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) had no authority to…
Vlissengen route back for Mash!After a series of changes in the route, the annual Mashramani Float Parade will make its way back to Vlissengen…
GTT confirms damage to cableThe Guyana Telephone Telegraph (GTT) Company has confirmed damage to one of its cables but did not elaborate on the…
Fmr. Gov’t Minister touts international relief fund for sugar workersNoting that many businesses have lived off the blood, sweat and tears of sugar workers, former Minister of Agriculture, Robert…
Hundreds of Skeldon workers get dreaded severance lettersHundreds of workers at the Skeldon sugar estate have begun receiving letters terminating their service as of December 29, 2017.…
GTT internet cable reportedly damagedThe main cable which provides the Guyana Telephone Telegraph company (GTT) with the internet has developed some faults and the…
MAPM urges Gov’t to prolong suspension of parking metersThe body which organised mass protest actions in the capital city against the parking meters project, is urging Minister of…
Bitter, agonising Christmas for 3,500 sugar workersBy Neil Marks The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will send home an estimated 3, 500 workers by the end of…
THE ECONOMY: Budget 2018 – the economic impacts of GuySuCo’s divestment programme; the future of the industryDuring the course of this week, the National Budget for the fiscal year 2018, was presented by the Minister of…
Gold Board slashes central bank deficit from $14.7B to $6.7BThe Guyana Gold Board (GGB) has reduced its deficit at the Bank of Guyana from $14,469,024,924.00 in November 2016 to…
US$17M MoU signed to provide internet to remote communitiesA US$17M Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Thursday, November 30, by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and…
$117M Business Incubator for BerbiceA $117.4M contract has been awarded for the construction of a business incubation centre at Belvedere Industrial Estate, Region Six…
Update: ExxonMobil contract to be made publicMinister of State, Joseph Harmon today disclosed that the contract between the Government of Guyana and ExxonMobil will be made…
PSC criticises Budget 2018While parts of the business community have welcomed some of the measures introduced in Budget 2018, the Private Sector Commission…
Rose Hall estate begins to lay off sugar workersSugar workers are now contemplating their next move for 2018, after they have received letters from the management of the…
Mixed reaction from businesses to Budget 2018Members of the business community have expressed mixed reactions to Budget 2018. Deodat Indar, President of the Georgetown Chamber of…
