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(iNews Guyana) By Jarryl Bryan Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has disclosed that over US$200 million earned in oil revenues is currently in Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF), with the latest payment made in January this year. Jagdeo made this disclosure during a press conference on Tuesday. He explained that US$206.6 million (GY$43.1 billion) is currently […]

(BBC) Cuba has announced it will allow private businesses to operate in most sectors, in what is a major reform to its state-controlled economy. Labour Minister Marta Elena Feito said the list of authorised activities had expanded from 127 to more than 2,000. Only a minority of sectors would be reserved for the state, she […]

(BBC) The price of oil has recovered to its pre-pandemic levels having hit an all-time low last year. While demand for oil is still lower than normal, there are hopes of a speedier than expected economic recovery as vaccines are rolled out. Oil prices are often seen as a barometer for economic activity, still struggling […]

With an emerging Oil and Gas sector that is poised to catapult our country to new heights, the time is opportune for Guyana to consider having a sovereign credit rating. In the context of positive real economic growth expectations for 2021 and beyond, and plans by the Government to transform the economic landscape of Guyana, […]

                    In its continued thrust to promote agriculture and inspire children to love agriculture, the GCCI’s Green Economy Committee, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, took its Vertical Kitchen Garden Project, on Saturday, November 28, 2020, to the David Rose School for the Differently Abled.  […]

-START- The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) condemns the recent spate of grievous incidents of domestic violence meted out against women. It is with much disdain and pain that we have all been increasingly reading in the media of such incidents which leave much to be desired. Domestic Violence culminating in fatality is […]

In celebration of Agriculture Month, on Saturday October 10, 2020, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) continued with its “Plant a Tree,” initiative. Members of the Chamber in collaboration with the Ministry of Education took the initiative to three further schools on a drive to plant fruit trees in several schools in Georgetown […]

In celebration of Agriculture Month, on Saturday October 3, 2020, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) launched its “Plant a Tree,” initiative.  Members of the GCCI, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, went on a drive to plant fruit trees in several schools in Georgetown – Bishops’ High School, Queens College, David […]