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19 March 2021 (Georgetown) – The Executive Management Committee (EMC) of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) paid a Courtesy Call on British High Commissioner to Guyana, His Excellency Ross Denny, on Thursday, March 18th, 2021, at the Commissioner’s Residence in Georgetown.  During the visit, discussions focused on various areas of mutual interest, […]

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) joins the rest of the world in observing International Women’s Day 2021 under the theme, “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, political, and economic achievements of women while focusing on areas requiring further action, particularly as it relates to […]

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) condemns the recent heart wrenching and gruelling incidents of violence perpetrated against women. The GCCI reflected on the recent battering and raping, amongst other ugly actions, meted out against two Venezuelan women as despicable and requiring immediate and strong action by those in authority and Law Enforcement […]

(Caricom Today) (Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) – After an extremely difficult year in which the economies of its 19 Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) contracted by 12.8% on average due to the onset of Covid-19, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is projecting an average gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.8% in 2021. However, this projection, […]

(OilNOW) For the first time, local organisers will be fully spearheading an energy conference that is set for September 28-29, 2021, and that event—the Guyana Energy Conference and Exhibition (GEC-X ’21)—will place keen focus on Guyana’s energy mix as a means of transforming the South American country. Organisers pointed out at the launch on Monday, February 22, […]

(BBC) Oil giant Shell has said it wants net zero emissions both for itself and from products used by its customers by 2050. It has boosted targets to reduce the net amount of carbon dioxide that ends up in the atmosphere. The company also said that its oil production, which peaked in 2019, will be […]

(Kaieteur News) The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) recently revised and fortified a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it signed with the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) in 2014. In a press release yesterday, the GNBS revealed that the revised MOU was signed by Ms. Sharon Roopchand, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and […]

(Guyana Times) Last Friday, the longstanding relationship between the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), MS, and ANSA McAL (Guyana) Ltd was extended when the RHTY&SC’s Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster paid a courtesy call on Managing Director of ANSA McAL Troy Cadogan, at the company’s head office at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara. Cadogan informed […]

(Guyana Times) Guyana has re-engaged the Indian Government through The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to provide technological support in several sectors that will drive its achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. President Dr Irfaan Ali made this announcement during his address to the World Sustainable Development Summit on Wednesday, an annual flagship event […]

(OilPrice.com) Oil prices have rallied back to the point they are almost ready to match pre-Covid levels. There are two key drivers for this miracle, which no one predicted early on as being possible in this period of time. The first is the production curbs by U.S. producers and of course, the millions of barrels […]