Last Updated on Thursday, 3 October 2024, 21:27 by Writer Guyana on Thursday ruled out the restriction or banning of Chinese businesses, in the wake of concerns that the increasing number of mainly supermarkets is outcompeting their nearby locally-owned counterparts with cheaper prices. “If the idea is to stop people based on nationality, it would be impossible to do it. What ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 3 October 2024, 17:27 by Writer An electrician has been jailed for one year after he pleaded guilty to stealing numerous street lights around the young professionals housing units at La Bonne Intention (LBI) Housing Scheme, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said Thursday. Police said 34-year-old Sharmo Jones of Plaisance Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara also ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 3 October 2024, 17:03 by Writer by GHK Lall If one is of a certain frame of mind, lives a certain way, then there is everything to love, even admire, about Guyana’s chief policymaker, Dr. Bharat Jagdeo’s operating style. But only if one were disposed along some curly lines. Take this inspiring development involving a small ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 3 October 2024, 16:54 by Writer by GHK Lall A few warm words of congratulations are extended to President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali for the product of his mind and his pen: a book. From one writer to another, it is good to have another penman as company, a Guyanese born and bred one, is even ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 3 October 2024, 16:40 by Writer The Chief Executive Officer of Suriname’s state-0wned oil company, Staatsolie, has been boasting that his country has clinched a far superior production sharing agreement with TotalEnergies compared to Guyana’s with ExxonMobil and its co-venturers. He said while Guyana has 2 percent royalty and 50 percent profit split and no taxes, ...