Business
US wants Guyana govt to issue “strong anti-corruption stance”; businesses advised to pick “reputable” partners
The United States Embassy in Guyana. The United States (US) government has called on the Guyana government to take a...
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GPL vows to intensify action against $5 billion annual electricity theft
System Operations and Planning Engineer, Kempton France; Divisional Director- Operations, Bharat Harjohn, Chief Executive Officer Bharat Dindyal and Divisional Director-Commercial...
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New requirements for granting powers-of-attorney; $5 million fine, imprisonment for fraudsters
The Guyana government is about to amend the Deeds Registry Act to make it harder to grant a power-of-attorney as...
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Teleperformance poised to expand to the Caribbean; Finance Minister urges bigger “footprint” in Guyana
Luis Barreto Teleperformance, Guyana’s largest international call centre, is planning to expand its operations to the Caribbean, but Finance Minister...
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Guyana gov’t cannot afford higher wage increases- financial analyst
Joel Bhagwandin The Guyana government cannot afford a 20 percent wage and salary increase because the public sector wage bill...
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GPL, Chinese community light up Main Street for Christmas
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and the Chinese business community have transformed Main Street Avenue into a nighttime kaleidoscope...
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DDL wants tighter security for transshipped exports in wake of cocaine bust
The blue bags of cocaine that were stashed among the cartons of El Dorado rum being produced by Demerara Distillers...
Read moreDetails“No sign of tampering” of shipping container with cocaine and rum intercepted overseas- CANU
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Tuesday night strongly hinted that approximately 1,100 pounds of cocaine were loaded in a...
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Banks DIH workers to get 9 percent pay hike as part of multi-year agreement
Chief Labour Officer Mr. Dhaneshwar Deonarine (Centre), HumanResources Director Mr. Andrew Carto (right) and General Secretary of the GeneralWorkers Union...
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Trinidad Energy Minister warns Guyana, Suriname about oil sector opportunists
Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Minister, Stuart Young on Tuesday warned Guyana and Suriname about opportunists who would like to take...
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