President assures measures in Budget 2016 will jumpstart economy …says more jobs, social programmes...
President David Granger, during the recent airing of the “Public Interest” programme, has promised that Budget 2016 is expected to encompass a variety of...
Republic Bank (Guyana) pledges more support in tackling teenage pregnancy
At a media cocktail on Friday, Republic Bank (Guyana) Managing Director, Richard S Sammy revealed that the bank intends to focus more on supporting...
Businessmen chip in to help ease transportation woes of Berbice students
President David Granger and his Administration yesterday, Friday, January 15, presented the keys to two 30-seater buses for school children to the Region Five,...
1000 jobs to be created with launch of new call centre in Georgetown
U.S.-based call centre, Teleperformance has officially launched its operations in Guyana on Friday, January 15, during a ceremony at the company’s 51 Camp and...
Ministry commences ‘tax concession hearings’ with miners
The Ministry of Natural Resources in collaboration with the Tax Concession Review Committee (TCRC) yesterday, started its first in a series of hearings for applicants...
At US$1.3 billion, America’s Powerball jackpot in world record territory
With Powerball's jackpot now at US$1.3 billion and likely to surge higher by Wednesday's drawing, the U.S. multi-state lottery is offering the world's richest...
Jagdeo trashes Vieira’s comments as nonsense – urges him to come out of ‘bubble’
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo said Chairman of the Sub-committee of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), Anthony Vieira, needs to come out of his...
Republic Bank to sue Kaieteur News – newspaper indicates it will not apologise, retract...
Republic Bank Limited (Guyana) is set to take legal action against the controversial Kaieteur News media outlet following the publication of two misleading articles...
STOCK MARKET TURMOIL – as China suspends circuit breaker
China will, from tomorrow, suspend its new stock market circuit-breaker mechanism - designed to stop free-falling prices, the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges have...
Wall Street spooked – reels under China shock
U.S. stock indexes tumbled more than 2 percent today - the first trading day of 2016 - with the Dow losing more than 400...