Business
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 growth across Latin America and the Caribbean, Guyana appears better positioned than many regional counterparts to accommodate future increases in passenger traffic. Speaking ahead of the International Air Transport Association (IATA’s) 82nd Annual General Meeting...
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™,...
Monarch Bay Phase One oversubscribed in two weeks
Georgetown, Guyana – Phase One of Monarch Bay, Guyana’s first Crystal Lagoons® community – the patented technology behind the world’s...
Hundreds of Skeldon workers get dreaded severance letters
Hundreds of workers at the Skeldon sugar estate have begun receiving letters terminating their service as of December 29, 2017....
GTT internet cable reportedly damaged
The 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 meters
The 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 workers
By 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 industry
During 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 $6.7B
The 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 communities
A US$17M Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Thursday, November 30, by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and...
$117M Business Incubator for Berbice
A $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 public
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon today disclosed that the contract between the Government of Guyana and ExxonMobil will be made...
PSC criticises Budget 2018
While 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 workers
Sugar 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 2018
Members of the business community have expressed mixed reactions to Budget 2018. Deodat Indar, President of the Georgetown Chamber of...
GGDMA welcomes relief in mining sector from Budget 2018
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on Tuesday lauded the government for heeding their cries and bringing significant...
GAWU, NAACIE appeal CJ’s ruling on closure of East Demerara & Rose Hall estates
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union – GAWU – and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees...
Contractors can be banned based on past inferior works
Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan’s frustration over the sloppy works of contractors may soon be coming to an end with...
BoG to complete strategy in 2018 for roll-out of electronic payments
The Bank of Guyana (BoG) has commenced work on a national strategy for payments system reform which will ultimately see...
BUDGET 2018: $267.1B Budget tabled in National Assembly
Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan today tabled the 2018 National Budget totalling $267.1B, a 7.1 percent increase over the revised...
BUDGET 2018: Amnesty granted to all taxpayers
In his Budget 2018 presentation, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan announced that government has decided to grant amnesty to “all...
