Government will not turn away investment -Finance Minister

Guyana is ready and ripe for investment and the Government will welcome investors. That assurance came from Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, as he spoke at the launching of the Burger King franchise in Guyana last evening. The investment has been undertaken by the Corum group, which also has the franchise for Pizza Hut and owns […]

Lethem businessman remanded for construction of illegal airstrip

A businessman from Lethem who was initially released on station bail, while being probed about the illegal construction of an airstrip, was remanded to jail today after he was charged with the illegal construction. The businessman, Huta Sahana Ramsingh, made his first before a City Magistrate today, which marked more than five months since the […]

Containing leaks from inside government “not ordinary case of plumbing” -Pres. Granger

Since taking office back in 2015, the APNU+AFC Coalition has found itself being forced to explain various positions, initiatives and plans as a result of the leaking of confidential information from inside the government. Just recently, a document that was shared between senior Finance Officers in the government about the Exxon Mobil signing bonus and […]

Deposit of Exxon funds in GoG Bank of Guyana account was legal and is covered by the law -Greenidge

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge has explained to the National Assembly that the transfer of the ExxonMobil funds to a Government account at the Bank of Guyana is covered by the law and there was nothing illegal about it. In a statement to the National Assembly yesterday, the Foreign Minister defended Government’s decision […]