Last Updated on Friday, 1 November 2024, 18:47 by Writer Even as the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) continues to train people across Guyana to strengthen cybersecurity in the public sector, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) this year ranked the country as evolving (Tier 4) on its 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI). In all, 11 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 31 October 2024, 21:11 by Writer By  GHK Lall When Demerara Waves asked the question, the strangest of answers resulted. A referendum with 14-20 parties expected to contest next year’s elections “will further complicate the entire process and this should be avoided.” Avoid a referendum, Bhar-rat Jagdeo will, as if his life depended on it. Truth ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 31 October 2024, 18:40 by Writer Guyana needs an overhaul of its copyright act, the establishment organisation of creators and publishers and an organisation that would be responsible for the registration and management of rights, according to a recently conducted study by the World Trade Center Georgetown (WTCG). Among the recommendations of the study are the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 31 October 2024, 14:51 by Writer Though many non-bank cambios are selling United States dollars at a rate of GY$219 for US$1, Guyanese are being assured that there is sufficient foreign exchange in the l0cal market and there are new rules governing currency trading. “Most of the banks are comfortable but when they have this money, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 21:14 by Writer Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday ruled out the holding of a popular vote alongside next year’s general elections on whether the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between Guyana and ExxonMobil should be renegotiated. “It might be something that we may want to do but I don’t want to complicate ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 21:09 by Writer Guyana would soon be amending the Income Tax Act to block oil sector companies from evading income tax payments by rotating foreign workers, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said Wednesday. “They’re rotating them for six months and then sending them back so they’re bypassing their eligibility for taxation,” he told a ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 21:05 by Writer The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday ruled that two parliamentary secretaries who were appointed by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration after the March 2020 general elections could now sit and participate in the National Assembly. CCJ Judge, Winston Anderson said the decision, which was prepared by ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 21:01 by Writer By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University A free press is one of the main foundations of a democratic society. Those who don’t have it, long for it. Many have died for it. Yet, some who make a living through the institution of press freedom here in Guyana, have ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 20:50 by Writer by GHK Lall I have been unambiguous before, and will be just as unambiguous today. Exxon must make rich returns on its oil investments in Guyana. It has. Beyond imagination, spreadsheet calculation, leadership vision. In identical fashion, so must Guyana. The Guyanese people must also make money. Much more money ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 22:03 by Writer By GHK Lall Guyanese owe Ram & McRae, a venerable local accounting firm, a word of gratitude for its efforts with that survey. That oil contract and oil management survey took the temperature of Guyanese on their oil. It was warm, warmer, then blistering in some spots. The survey provides ...