Business
Ten hours fly time to Brazil: Will Guyana make the cut as Latam expands into the Caribbean?
By Kurt Campbell Imagine flying north to go south. Few places illustrate the Caribbean’s connectivity challenges better than Guyana. Travelling from Georgetown to Rio de Janeiro this week for the 82nd Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), I found myself doing what many Guyanese travellers know all too well, flying in...
Guyana avoids airport congestion challenges as air travel accelerates
By Kurt Campbell in Rio de Janeiro kurt@newsroom.gy As aviation leaders warn that overcrowded airports and rising taxes are threatening...
Watch FIFA World Cup 2026™ – Exclusively by ENet
Georgetown, Guyana — ENet announced today that it has secured the exclusive broadcast rights for the FIFA World Cup 2026™,...
Delta Security Firm launched
Businessman Eddie Doolal on Friday launched Guyana’s newest security firm which features a wide range of services including responses to...
As blackout headache continues, new boss appointed to head GPL
Jamaican Albert Gordon has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) and has...
ExxonMobil Earns $19.7 Billion in 2017
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced estimated 2017 earnings of $19.7 billion. See full statement below; Exxon Mobil Corporation announced estimated 2017 earnings...
PSC wants partnership with Gov’t in taking over Enmore Estate
By Devina Samaroo The Private Sector Commission (PSC) wants to set up a Special Purpose Company with the Government to...
800 jobs offered at job fair for ex-sugar workers
By Devina Samaroo The Private Sector Commission’s (PSC) job fair at Patentia on the West Bank of Demerara (WBD) saw...
PSC urges speedy privatisation of sugar estates
By Devina Samaroo There is a glimmer of hope that the retrenched sugar workers will be reemployed at the Enmore...
Guyana officially signs MoUs with India
The Governments of India and Guyana have officially signed Memorandums of Understanding in the areas of Renewable Energy, Cultural Exchange...
Sugar workers warned against hasty investments
By Devina Samaroo Private Sector officials on Monday, January 29, 2018, cautioned the retrenched sugar workers against investing all their monies...
US$114M spent so far on CJIA expansion
By Bibi Khatoon President David Granger and members of Cabinet at the weekend visited the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA)...
‘Probably God wanted sugar estates closed’ – Ramjattan
The closure of four sugar estates, which has left thousands without a job, was the “correct” decision to make, Minister...
Confusion prevails as Enmore sugar workers receive severance
By Devina Samaroo Former sugar workers were a bit annoyed over the lack of coordination in the distribution of their...
Massive Patentia job fair for ex-sugar workers Wednesday
A massive job fair will be hosted on Wednesday (January 31, 2018) at the Patentia Tarmac, West Bank Demerara (WBD)...
Displaced Marudi miners threaten rioting against Romanex
Displaced Marudi Mountain miners are threatening to recommence mining “without approval” from the Government if that approval cannot be granted...
President, Ministers tour CJIA
President David Granger and Ministers of the Cabinet on Saturday, January 27, 2018 visited the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA)...
Talks with Enmore investor in ‘advanced stage’
By Neil Marks The Special Purpose Unit (SPU) set up to manage the divestment of the sugar industry is close...
$78.9M contract awarded for Kitty Roundabout
A $78.9 million contract has been awarded to S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies and Construction Services for the construction of the...
2017 budget measures affected gold production
By Bibi Khatoon Measures implemented in the Government’s 2017 Budget resulted in gold production falling short of its 700,000 target...
“It’s not for me to decide” – GRA boss on GTT tax negotiations
By Devina Samaroo Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia says the onus is not on him...
