Private investors in the promising eco-tourism subsector yesterday launched the Tourism Association of Guyana (TAG) and its first elected president Tony Thorne says tourist markets in North America and Europe will be targeted “to put Guyana back on the world map”.
ON the east side of Main Street, sandwiched between State House and what was once the Cambridge Hotel, stands one of Georgetown’s most handsome buildings.
IN HIS inaugural speech, the new Chancellor of the University of Guyana Commonwealth Secretary General Shridath Ramphal made two points.
MISS Guyana 1989 Reeya Majeed, is due back home tomorrow after appearing in this week’s Miss World contest in Hong Kong.
THE GUYANA and Venezuelan governments yesterday signed a 1992 cooperation pact but little details have been released on the programme.
THE Inter-County Guystac Cup cricket final has been washed out for the second consecutive year and Demerara has retained the Cup.
ONE of the implications of the budget was that with the influx of funds from the Support Group and other institutions the foreign currency situation would improve considerably and the Bank of Guyana would be better able to deal with the legitimate requests of businessmen for raw materials, spare parts and other items.
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