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...
GuySuCo Offices at Ogle Estate relocated to LBI Estate Compound
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) today (Friday, April 21, 2017) announced that its Head Office locations at Ogle Estate,...
US$364,727 contract awarded for Diamond overhead pedestrian crossing
The contract for the fourth pedestrian crossing has been awarded to S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies and Construction Services. Minister of...
160 buildings in Capital city up for revaluation says City Treasurer
Officials at City Hall are working closely with the Valuation Department of the Finance Ministry to have some 160 properties...
City Hall Lawyers given green light to go after delinquent tax payers
City Hall is using its last option to recover some 3.2 billion dollars owed to the Council by defaulting tax...
Gov’t taking steps to reverse economic slowdown- Minister Harmon
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said that the government is taking every step to ensure that economic activities are revitalised,...
“There should be no need to fear liberalisation”- Digicel to GTT
-Ironic that GTT is trying to portray itself as a consumer champion while frustrating attempts to provide competition. Digicel Guyana...
Central Bank signs MoU with Reserve Bank of India for supervisory exchange of information
The Bank of Guyana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the...
DEMTOCO affected by cigarette smuggling; calls for a level playing field
By Stacy Carmichael-James DemeraraTobacco Company (DEMTOCO) has announced a $2.8B profit for the year ending December 2016, which represents a...
Gov’t orders investigation into reports of river degradation from gold mining at Puruni and Mazaruni
The Ministry of Natural Resources has ordered a team to visit the Puruni and Mazaruni areas to investigate claims of...
Union not convinced City Hall can relocate some 400 Stabroek Market Vendors by year end
By Mark Murray A body representing the interest of City vendors is not buying that the Mayor and City Council...
Guyana dollar should remain relatively stable due to low price of petroleum imports- Governor tells PSC
Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga opined that no one should be made to pay more than...
Tolls to remain the same for new Demerara River Crossing; Gov’t to acquire Private lands
Stakeholders were today (April 12, 2017) given the opportunity to contribute to the design and location of the New Demerara...
38 drums of fuel, two vessels seized by Energy Agency
Thirty-eight drums containing fuel were estimated to be 1,900 gallons were seized by inspectors of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA),...
Parking Meter project led to significant decrease of traffic across Harbour Bridge
After eight years, vehicular traffic across the Demerara Harbour Bridge saw a 6.7% decrease in February 2017. According to General...
Kitty Market rehabilitation stalled; Council working to settle debts
City Hall will soon be reallocating its resources to the Kitty Market as the Council hopes to have construction completed...
Association mulls legal action against ‘restriction on used tyres’
The Guyana Used Tyre Association today (Tuesday, April 11, 2017), picketed the State House, calling for the restriction on used...
MAPM continues protest action; reiterates call for complete revocation of parking meter contract
The Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) is calling for the ‘start over’ of the process involving the Parking Meter Project...
Jagdeo calls for Public-Private partnerships to increase investments
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo is urging the Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin to develop guidelines and enter into Public-Private partnerships,...
