Guyana will resume supplying rice and paddy to Venezuela under a new agreement
Venezuela has formally agreed to resume buying rice and paddy from Guyana. As such millers are asked to pay farmers the same price for paddy. The new rice agreement was signed in Caracas last week, when agriculture More...
A UN ECLAC report states that Guyana earned 294 million US dollars through FDI in 2012
A United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) report states that Guyana earned 294 million US dollar through Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in 2012. The report released on Tuesday More...
The GPF is reporting a decrease in serious crime in comparison to the corresponding period in 2012
The Guyana Police Force is reporting that a total of 36 murders have been recorded at the end of April 2013. The police in a press release said it has recorded a 2 % decrease in serious crimes for the period January More...
GCCI conducts 2013 attitudinal survey
President of GCCI, Clinton Urlin The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has completed its second round of surveys to assess the business trend in 2012. President of GCCI, Clinton Urlin says an important More...
Government recovers millions of dollars through the courts for sacked workers in 2012
Labour Minister Dr. Nanda Gopaul says government recovered millions of dollars through the courts, last year, from employers who had dismissed their workers without benefits. According to the minister, this was More...
DDL and subsidiaries have announced the group’s results for the financial year 2012
Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and subsidiaries have announced the group’s results for the financial year 2012. The group’s profit before tax increased by 12% in 2012, after deducting the one off More...
2013 Budget at a glance
Budget 2013 is presented under the theme Overcoming Challenges Together, Accelerating Gains for Guyana. Key Achievements in 2012 Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 4.8 percent in 2012, a seventh consecutive More...
Top athletes and officials honoured at National Sports Commission’s awards ceremony
Top athletes and officials in the various sport disciplines during 2012 were last evening honoured during the national sports commission’s awards ceremony which was held at the international conference centre. Minister More...
GPF records three percent decrease in crime
The Guyana police force has recorded a three percent decrease in serious crimes at the end of February 2013, when compared to the same period in 2012. The total number of reports of serious crimes made between More...
Trinidad to host EPA model bills meeting
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A two-day meeting allowing for Caribbean legislative drafters to consider and refine draft model bills intended to give effect to provisions of the Economic partnership Agreement (EPA) More...