East Coast Demerara businessman Faizal Iqbal Alli has threatened legal action against the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department over its refusal to allow entry of four containers of food items from Canada. The businessman has several more containers on the way to Guyana and is hoping for a resolution of the issues. He said…

The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission has indicated that while the Commission will go ahead with the publishing of the names of over 20,000 persons who have not collected their ID Cards in since 2008, those persons will still be allowed to vote if they show up on elections day with some other form…

SANKAR’s  Auto Works, through its Valvoline brand, has come on board as a major sponsor of the November 16th and 17th Clash of Champions race meet of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s event. The company, through Darsho Singh, handed over the sponsorship cheque this week while expressing its support for the event. The

(The Financial Post) The Bank of Nova Scotia has scrapped the sale of its holdings in two Caribbean countries and will continue to run the operations for the time being after running into regulatory and political pushback. Scotiabank announced Friday that it had completed the sale of banking operations in seven “non-core” Caribbean markets —…

The Leaders of the APNU and the AFC, President David Granger and Minister Khemraj Ramjattan met today to deal with issues related to the renegotiation of the Cummingsburg Accord. Representatives for the two sides have been meeting and there are still a number of issues that are still to be addressed. While the AFC Executive…

…Dr. Bynoe says lifting agreement to be completed this week …crude will be sold more or less at a million barrels per lift. By Lisa Hamilton GUYANA’S Crude Lifting Agreement (CLA) is expected to be completed in the coming week even as the country is working towards its first lifting of crude by late February

Diplomats from the Holy See, Malaysia and Jamaica, were accredited by President David Granger Wednesday morning at the Ministry of the Presidency. The new diplomat to Guyana for Holy See, Apostle Nuncio Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, said the Holy See intends to work with the government to implement developmental projects to improve the living standards for…

With an expectation of first oil by the end of this year, the Government of Guyana has stepped up its preparations for the sector. At a press conference this afternoon, the Head of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe announced that contracts have already been signed with marketing and commercial specialist for Guyana’s share…

THE Guyana Elections Commission will, this weekend, publish the names of over 25,000 persons who have failed to uplift their National Identification Cards, having applied for same some 11 years ago. The commission said the names will be published in the daily newspapers and the owners of the cards will have 10 days to show

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be moving ahead with plans to remove the names of over 25,000 persons from the voters list who have not collected their Identification Cards dating back to 2008. GECOM will publish these names this weekend, according to Commissioners Sase Gunraj and Vincent Alexander who spoke with the media shortly…