Rawle Lucas

Balance in Performance In a year when the economy reportedly grew by 2.6 percent, many private businesses seemed to have lost value. 

Pipe Dream As Guyanese consumers absorb the implications of the 2010 budget on their lives, they must also get used to hearing the country talk much about diversifying the economy and achieving very little. 

Greater and Easier Access About six months ago, the first bridge linking Brazil and Guyana was officially opened across the Takutu River. 

E-book Readers The popularity of the Amazon Kindle, an electronic reading device, provides a glimpse into what is perhaps the future of publishing: e-books, a relatively new form of digital media. 

Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice-President of the Lending Services Division.

Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice-President of the Lending Services Division.

Neutral Language The Bank of Guyana reported in its half-year report for 2009 that the performance of the manufacturing sector was stable during the first half of the year.

By Rawle Lucas Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice-President of the Lending Services Division.   Mr.

Glimmer of Hope In a few days, the fiscal year for many financial institutions in Guyana will come to an end. 

By Rawle LucasRawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice-President of the Lending Services Division.

Decline in Dollar Reports emanating from the global financial circles on Wednesday September 9, 2009 revealed that the value of the US dollar had fallen against the currencies of its major economic partners. 

Amidst the good news about the first quarter performance of the economy, there are still concerns that are likely to dissuade potential investors and entrepreneurs from proceeding with haste to invest in Guyana.  

Under Attack Sometime soon the members of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) will commence talks in earnest with Canada on the establishment of a Free Trade Agreement to govern trade and economic relations between the two sides. 

Facilitator of Trade Nearly 17 years after the Trade Point programme was launched, Guyana expects to have its first trade point centre in December 2009.

The contrast is stark.  Guyana covers a geographic space of 83,000 sq.

Unpleasant Truth In the global scheme of things, Guyana is not the first choice of most as a place of relaxation or pleasure, even though some aspects of social life, including the pockets of ebullient night life, would make some Guyanese argue differently. 

Impasse The list of transgressions is short but appears to be impervious. 

Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice-President of the Lending Services Division.

Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice President of the Lending Services Division.

Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice-President of the Lending Services Division.