[www.inewsguyana.com] – New United States Ambassador to Guyana Perry Halloway has over the past several days called on a number of government ministers to discuss on going US-Guyana relations.
Ambassador Halloway met with the Minister of Finance Wnston Jordan, Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin, Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence and Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes. Accompanying Ambassador Halloway was Frisco McDonald, Economic Officer at the US Embassy.
According to a release from the Ministry of Business: “During the meeting, Minister Gaskin conveyed to Mr. Halloway the role of the Ministry of Business in the economic development of Guyana.
“Minister Gaskin further identified some of the challenges facing the country economically and pointed to the need for the development of the value-added sector and increasing foreign investment in Guyana’s economy. He also highlighted the importance of improving the ease of doing business in Guyana and pointed to the need of an automated processing system to handle business transactions with the Government.”
The release added: “Ambassador Halloway pointed to the goodwill the new Government is currently enjoying, as well as the international attention it is receiving following its incident-free elections and recent oil discovery. Mr. Halloway urged that the Government capitalize on this opportunity, re-iterating the US government’s commitment to working with Government to develop Guyana.”
Now we are still hoping for oil. Guyanese want peace not war. Them installed the government and driving the country. Good Will with bad intentions.
LOL. Of course the USA installed this Defacto Government into office. Perhaps they were discussing next steps in terns of how to rig the next election.
Election was not incident free.
I was a supportor of PPP .they rule for 23years ,and yet we are second to Haiti ,the country became lawless ,corruption all over the place ,guns crime drugs were the law !minister disrespectful and lawless .family and friend party ,racist opp leader we need the change weather hook or crook . They are doing a good job .ruling for that long breeds evil and wickedness .diictatorship,Rome wasn’t built in 5 months.yes there are many problem that has to fix .give them a chance
Must say election was incident free, because they helped put them in