A Guyanese company that holds the local franchises for several American fast food chains plans to invest in the agriculture sector for the supply of produce to its latest addition, Pollo Tropical. Managing Director of CAMEX Limited, Terrence Campbell said 90 percent of the meat, fish, provisions, rice and vegetables are being bought locally for Pollo Tropical’s dishes. “It’s not ...

Participants of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) programme were assured that they will receive outstanding payments owed by the end of December. Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe met with residents of Moruca, Region One  on Saturday, and offered apologies to HEYS participants that have not been paid since the end of September. “Before the ...

Still reeling from accusations of corruption and discrimination in some quarters during its 23-years in government, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Saturday set the tone for a makeover of its bruised image in some quarters. At the same time, the PPP took a hard line against patching up relations with members who have left and have been harshly ...

​Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday it is time the‎ People’s Progressive Party unshackle itself from one “isms” and instead focus on what is good for Guyana, even as he said it is time to welcome disappointed supporters of the governing coalition.  Addressing the opening of the PPP’s 31st Congress at Cotton Field Secondary School, Jagdeo expressed concern that some ...

Guyana and Venezuela Friday night welcomed the decision by outgoing United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon to give the two neighbouring South American countries one more year to resolve their border controversy through mediation. However, Guyana and Venezuela continue to differ over whether the matter should be taken to the  International Court of Justice (ICJ) also known as ...

​The United Nations Secretary General has decided to give mediation in the Guyana- Venezuela border controversy one more year. If it fails, the matter will be taken to the International Court of Justice also known as the World Court. Following is the full text of the statement from the United Nations Secretary General’s Office Fifty years ago, shortly before Guyana’s ...

Commissioner- General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Godfrey Statia on Friday refuted claims by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo that several parliamentarians have been politically targeted by being issued property tax demand notices. “I would like to assure the Opposition Leader that if there was any political intervention, any targeting, it would not have been for those five persons because I ...

Suriname’s President, Desi Bouterse and the President of Guyana, David Granger on Friday agreed to appoint a high-level representative who will conduct shuttle diplomacy to resolve several areas of concern. “We have agreed to a mechanism in which the different issues that will be brought up or have been brought up per sector can be discussed and that these will ...

Suriname's President, Desi Bouterse is seen on the saluting dais with President David Granger at the Ogle International Airport.

Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga says central bank’s figures do not show any evidence of dirty money being passed through the financial sector. “We don’t know about any dirty money,” he told a news conference when asked by Demerara Waves Online News. Ganga said the Bank of Guyana has the capacity track informal sector activities, but ...