By News Source Guyana on February 16, 2025
Finance, News, Politics
As the Government continues to push back on the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report from Transparency International, Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira, believes the findings of the report should be interpreted with caution and supplemented by independent, evidence-based assessments of the state’s governance and anti-corruption performance. In a statement, Minister Teixeira […]
By News Source Guyana on February 16, 2025
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The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry has launched its invoice financing programme targeting contractors in the oil and gas sector. The aim of the new initiative is to ensure easy access to financing for companies that provide services to ExxonMobil. Through this initiative, businesses in good standing can receive up to 80% of the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2025
Crime, News
A young couple from Corentyne in Berbice may not be spending Valentine’s night the way they planned. The husband and wife, Premchand Kalicharran and Shazeeda Kumarie, were arrested last evening after just over five pounds of marijuana was discovered in their Crabwood Creek, Corentyne home. According to a statement from the Police, ranks from the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2025
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
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. […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2025
Finance, News
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2025
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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, […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2025
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One day after President Irfaan Ali stated that the Government will keep the door open to those Mocha squatters who lost their Court challenge to being removed from state lands, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said the displaced residents ought to be returned to the land where many of them lived for more than three decades. […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2025
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2025
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2025
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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 […]
