CDB President praises Linden to Lethem road project as transformative for South America-Caribbean Trade

The recently appointed President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Daniel Best, wrapped up his three day visit to Guyana on Thursday. Before his departure, he praised the Government’s development plan for Guyana and zeroed in on the CDB funded Linden-Mabura road and the larger Linden to Lethem road project. In an interview with NCN, Mr. […]

Muneshwers and John Fernandes join forces in US$14M investment in Mobile Harbour Cranes

Shipping and Logistic Companies, Muneshwers Limited and John Fernandes Limited have joined forces and have commissioned Guyana’s first Mobile Harbour Cranes, through their joint venture company, Cranes Guyana Inc. Mobile harbor cranes are used to load and unload cargo from ships at ports. Prior to the launching of the company, ships would have had to come […]

PNC and AFC agree with Transparency International’s assessment of corruption in Guyana

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) today said that Transparency International’s Report on perceived corruption in Guyana is an accurate reflection of the current state of affairs in the country. The just released report describes Guyana as a state captured by economic and political elites fostering misappropriation of resources, […]

President says Government discussing movement and flight of people with US but no agreement on accepting third country deportees

With American network, CBS News, reporting that the US Government has considered a plan to send third country deportees to Guyana as part of its mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, President Irfaan Ali today said while there have been discussions on migration matters with the US Secretary of State, there has been no talk about […]

President hammers Transparency International as “dishonest” for its report on perceived corruption in Guyana

By Svetlana Marshall Incensed by the latest Transparency International report on perceived corruption, President Irfaan Ali on Thursday hammered the anti-corruption body as dishonest and accused the international organisation of producing a highly tainted report on his Administration’s fight against corruption. In its latest report, Transparency International said although Guyana has created anti-corruption institutions and […]

DDL expands ageing capacity for award winning rum products

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has announced that it has significantly upgraded its ageing capacity for its rum products with the construction of a new barrel aging warehouse at its Diamond, East Bank Demerara facility. The new facility is designed to accommodate 30,000 barrels, and brings DDL’s total ageing and storage capacity to 130,000 barrels. The […]

Brutus withdraws case over appointment of Discipline Tribunal

Former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Calvin Brutus, has withdrawn a case that he recently filed challenging the appointment of a Tribunal that led an investigation into discipline claims against him. The matter which was before the Acting Chief Justice was withdrawn yesterday. It was filed on the 27th January while the Tribunal was still doing […]