GCCI reacts with disappointment to negotiations on the AML/CFT Bill
- The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) is calling on all parliamentary representatives to leave political grandstanding out of the negotiations...
Opposition defends walkout; Private Sector disappointed
By Kurt Campbell
– Opposition Members of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee considering the amendments to the Anti – Money Laundering and Countering the...
PPP says it is aware of the Opposition’s connection to drug lords and criminal...
By Kurt Campbell
– People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) General Secretary and Minister with responsibility for security, Clement Rohee has announced that the...
Opposition walks out of AML Select Committee Meeting
- Opposition Parliamentarians on Monday evening (February 3) walked out of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Special Select Committee, after government insisted that the...
Mega Guatemala company eyes sugar investment in Guyana
- A large-scale sugar company in Guatemala is in talks with the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) which could lead to investments here.
This is...
China likely to fund Guyana/Suriname Bridge
– China is likely to fund the bridge across the Corentyne River, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett announced yesterday.
She told reporters during...
Only criminals stand to benefit from non-passage of AML/CFT Bill- President Ramotar
- President Donald Ramotar is questioning whose interest the combined Opposition is representing, since neither the country’s economy nor its people stand to...
Boa Vista diplomat being replaced over ‘wrongdoing’
– Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkette has confirmed that Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Boa Vista, Brazil Leila King, is being...
Guyana opens High Commission in South Africa; first full diplomatic presence since 1991
- Guyana has opened a High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa. It is the first time the country has full diplomatic presence on...
APNU takes Local Gov’t Campaign to Linden
- A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Members of Parliament led by Opposition Leader David Granger conducted an out-reach exercise in Linden- Upper...
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