Year: 2020

Guyana looking to collaborate with bilateral partners to tackle climate change

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President David Granger on Wednesday told several bilateral partners that Guyana is looking to strengthen relations with them on various fronts including tackling the global phenomenon of climate change. This was said at the accreditation ceremony of three new foreign diplomats to serve as non-resident Ambassadors and High Commissioner to Guyana. New diplomats from Portugal, Sierra Leone and Belgium handed over their Letters of Credence to the Guyanese Head of State at the Ministry of Presidency. President Granger lauded the existing relationship Guyana shares with each of the countries and…

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RUSAL fires 326 employees, suspends Guyana operations

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The controversy surrounding the Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated has reached a deadlock and the firm has suspended its entire operations in Guyana and dismissed over 300 workers. On Monday, Government Minister Amna Ally joined Chief Labour Officer Charles Ogle, to engage officials of RUSAL – a company which holds some 90 per cent stakes in the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI). In recent times, the company has been facing some difficulties, which the meeting was called to iron out these issues. However, during these discussions, it was…

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Lennox Parris aims to ease Lindeners’ events burden

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By Lakhram Bhagirat There is a distinctive difference between someone who gets into business just to make a living and someone who gets into business because of their drive and passion for whatever they’re selling. Be it a service or an item, the passion becomes infectious and every customer knows that there is the fire that drives that businessperson. That driving force has been a dominant factor in Lennox Parris’s life for as long as he can remember. It has led him into the world of business from a young…

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Call…

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…to arms You gotta hand it to PNC Chairwoman Volda Lawrence. She doesn’t mince words when it comes to staking out ground for the PNC. With an unemployment rate that keeps heading north, who’s gonna get jobs in the public sector – the biggest employer in the land?? Well, duh!! “The only friends I got is PNC so the only people I gon give wuk to is PNC”!!! And, of course, there’s her latest candid call for a “nightshift” of strong young men to come out on election night to…

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Banks DIH Linden Branch records $91M increase in sales for 2019

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The Linden Branch of beverage giant Banks DIH Limited continues to record significant increase in sales, as was reported at the 64th Annual General Meeting for shareholders hosted at the Linden location in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) on Friday. The Branch’s new Manager, Devon Warwick in the delivery of the Branch’s performance during the financial year ending September 30, 2019, announced that the Branch saw sales moving from $1.1 billion in 2018 to $1.2 billion in 2019, which reflects a sale increase of $91 million or a 2.8 per cent…

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On being hyphenated Guyanese

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(“I trot out this article every five years or so.”) One of the most poignant and persistent cries heard around Guyana – especially around elections time – is, “Why do we have to hear about Africans and Indians or Amerindians? Why can’t we all just be Guyanese?” The poignancy is a bit ironic, however, because those same Guyanese, by and large, have been going into the voting booths and voting along ethnic lines for the past fifty years and more. And creating the problem they implicitly bemoan: divisiveness and lack…

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Better farmer’s welfare’ infrastructural development for Wakenaam – Ali

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Farmers on the Essequibo River island of Wakenaam, Region Three, will see developments that will enhance their businesses if the People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) wins the upcoming March 2 General and Regional Elections. This is according to the Party’s Presidential Candidate, Dr Irfaan Ali, during a public meeting at Wakenaam on Tuesday, where he outlined plans for infrastructural development on the island to boost agricultural activities and improve the lives of residents. Ali noted that the PPP/C understands the issues affecting the island and high among those is transportation. “It…

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Justice…

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…for Guyana On the cusp of an election that from all the signs –- barring the PNC getting away with their rigging by the “nightshift” – the PPP/C will win, Opposition Leader Jagdeo sought to reassure the nation that their government won’t go down any road of “witch hunting and triumphalism”. What he was saying, of course, is that the PPP/C won’t repeat the actions of the PNC-led coalition Government – which made the witch-hunting of Salem look like playing a game of tag in the schoolyard!! Now your Eyewitness…

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Legend of Kaieteur

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The word Kaieteur means Old Man’s Falls, referring to the fall of Kai, a Touchau (Toshao) of the Patamona people, over the waterfalls. Most of us have heard of the Kaieteur News newspaper. We know that the name is derived from the Kaieteur Falls but have you wondered where or how the famous Kaieteur Falls got its name? Well, you are in luck. Continue reading and hopefully, you leave knowing a little bit more about the origin story of Kaieteur Falls. Who is Kai? The Kaieteur Falls was named after…

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AML assessment examining financial risks of Guyana’s oil sector

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A bigger economy has both risks and rewards and according to Attorney General Basil Williams, the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Risk Assessment currently underway will examine a number of new areas, including the oil sector, for loopholes in the system. Williams was at the time speaking at a Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risk Assessment workshop at the Guyana Marriott on Wednesday. According to Williams, these crimes can have a disastrous effect on the country in a number of ways. With Guyana recently starting oil production and a number of businesses…

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