With over 2,000 local businesses registered and 70 of those securing joint ventures or other partnerships with international businesses, the Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD) is seeking ways for members to have easier access to finance.
Despite being “dismissed” by the government since March last year, retired judge Charles Ramson Sr says he has continued to perform the duties of Commissioner of Information and entities he has engaged with in the execution of his post have been complying with his requests for information.
Armed bandits invaded Harris Paints on Water Street, Georgetown yesterday morning and held workers at gunpoint before carting off approximately $4 million in cash.
A Rose Hall man, who on Friday refused a transfer from the Port Mourant Public Hospital for further medical treatment and discharged himself, has succumbed to a single stab wound that he sustained during an altercation with a businessman.
With the nascent oil sector expected to transform the nation, the members of the 2019 graduating class of the University of Guyana (UG) yesterday heard calls for them to ensure that development is done right, take a stand against corruption and be the change they want to see.
Local attorneys for Trinidad and Tobago firm Commissiong and Company Limited have issued a demand letter to the Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL) for payment of over GY$80 million for materials acquired and work done under a now aborted agreement as well as for an estimated loss of profits.
Five weeks after an oil-like substance mysteriously appeared in the bottom-flat home of a Parika, East Bank Essequibo family, they are awaiting soil test results while remaining fearful that there could be an explosion at any time.
Although he is not yet out of danger, a man who was recently stabbed by a former friend with a broken bottle is considering not offering any evidence against his assailant.
The results of DNA tests to determine whether charred remains recently found in a torched car are those of Colin Rodney Jr, the key witness in an ongoing murder case, could be known within a month or less, Director of the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) Delon France has said.
As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, Demerara Bank Ltd has registered an after-tax profit of $2.177 billion for the financial year ended September 30th, 2019 and plans to pay out the highest dividend in its history.
As it celebrates its 25th anniversary Demerara Bank Ltd has registered an after-tax profit of $2.177b for the financial year ended September 30, 2019 and plans to pay out the highest dividend in its history.
Governing coalition partners APNU and the AFC differ on when negotiations for a revised Cummingsburg Accord are expected to wrap up, with the AFC saying that Monday will be the last meeting between the two electoral allies while APNU has indicated that talks are likely to conclude before the end of the year.
Despite a more than 35% increase in murders, Crime Chief (ag) Senior Superintendent Michael Kingston yesterday reported a overall 2.5% decrease in serious crimes for the year up to the end of October.
Government cannot be blamed for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) workers not receiving wage increases, Alliance For Changce (AFC) Treasurer Dominic Gaskin said yesterday.
Government’s decision to allow Eastern Airlines to begin its scheduled service between New York and Georgetown followed “heavy lobbying from official US sources,” Director General in the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon has said.