From the Blog

By Sandi Bowen The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) welcomed a trade delegation of eight (8) companies from Jamaica on Monday, January 27, 2020. The trade mission was organized by the GCCI and the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) with the aim of deepening business linkages between the two countries. The delegation included […]

(Guyana Chronicle) IN responding to the growing demands and needs of Guyanese, the Banks DIH Group will be investing in the transportation and renewable-energy sectors. “We will be the future of transportation and alternative energy,” said Chairman of the local conglomerate, Clifford Reis, in his address to shareholders at the company’s annual Shareholders’ Meeting, on […]

(Demerara Waves) President of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG), Mitra Ramkumar says the emerging oil and gas sector is boosting hotel occupancy, even as his organisation is preparing to give graduates of Carnegie School of Home Economics internship and job opportunities. Ramkumar, in an address to mark the reopening of Carnegie’s Hibiscus […]

(Oil Now) In its 2020-2024 Floating Production Systems Outlook Report, Energy Maritime Associates (EMA), analyzed the activity in 2019, recent industry trends and conducted a sentiment survey to develop a forecast for all types of Floating Production Systems including FPSO, FLNG, FSRU, TLP, Spar, Semi, and FSO. According to EMA’s seventh annual sentiment survey, 75% […]

(Kaieteur News) With the aim of strengthening bilateral trade between the two states, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in collaboration with the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) have planned to facilitate an incoming trade delegation of 10 Jamaican countries. According to a release from GCCI, the various countries are involved in numerous […]

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) partnered with the AVASANT Foundation to host a Digital Skills Training Information Seminar on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2020 at the Office of the Chamber. The seminar, which was facilitated by Chitra Rajeshwari, Executive Director of AVASANT Foundation, was well attended by representatives of a number of member […]

(IMFBlog) In the October World Economic Outlook, we described the global economy as in a synchronized slowdown, with escalating downside risks that could further derail growth. Since then, some risks have partially receded with the announcement of a US-China Phase I trade deal and lower likelihood of a no-deal Brexit. Monetary policy has continued to support growth and […]

(BBC News) Lockdown measures are increasing across China’s Hubei province to try to control the spread of a new virus that has left 17 people dead. Wuhan, Hubei’s capital of 11 million people where the virus first emerged, has no trains or planes in or out. At least four other provincial cities are seeing clampdowns […]

(Kaieteur News) It was in early 2016 that talks emerged about the need for Guyana to have a depletion policy which allows the leaders of the day to determine how fast or slow the oil and gas resources must be developed. But even after the assumption of its petro-state status years later, the country is […]

(Guyana Times) Chairman of Citizens Bank Limited, Clifford Reis, on Tuesday said that the commercial institution has invested over $600 million into the local agriculture sector and will continue to support small farmers. His comment was made after a shareholder enquired at the Bank’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday whether provisions are made to […]