America Guyana In order to improve business competitiveness and push job creation, Guyana’s government plan for 2022 includes tax cuts for pickups, trucks, contractors and businesses
America Guyana The government pledged that oil-revenues will be mainly directed to the green economy, in order to cut back emissions regardless of their increasing petroleum production
America Guyana Two new major oil discoveries have been made off the coast of the country; officials estimate that 100 billion barrels could be extracted from these newly found reserves
America Guyana Since the Indigenous Carib language is slowing dying out, the remote village of Kwebana is working with women as part of an empowerment program to try an preserve the language and root it in the lives of younger generations
America Guyana Due to the recent boom in the oil and gas industry, a bill was recently passed that will guarantee locals priority over foreigners when getting involved in new oil and gas businesses, thus favouring internal economic growth
America Guyana The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) implemented the Chess in Schools Programme: teaching advanced chess classes in secondary schools should make the mind sport more popular and widespread
America Guyana The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) gave a formal warning to the population stating that significant items shortages are to be expected due to the current worldwide supply chain crisis
America Guyana Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum shared new national crime statistics that demonstrate how in the past year robberies have decreased by 40% and murders by around 24%; serious crimes have never been so low in the past ten years
America Guyana Experts suggest that the recent price increase in crude oil in order to meet power demand will be beneficial for the state, since it will contribute to the nation’s economic development
America Guyana President Irfaan Ali presented a Low Carbon Development Strategy to reach carbon-neutral levels by 2030 and to consequently obtain new carbon credits to further grow in the oil industry
America Guyana The government finalised discussions to build a 220-kilometer subsea gas pipeline in order to depend solely on national energy to deliver goods and services, therefore attracting more foreign direct investment
America Guyana The country has feuded over its shared border with Venezuela for over a century, and now that even more oil reserves have been discovered offshore, the border dispute has been revived
America Guyana The President of the Guyana Cooperative will deliver the keynote address at the region's first Agricultural Technology Investment Summit, given the country's key role in agriculture, agricultural diversification and food security for CARICOM