Local commercial banks are reportedly moving closer to developing modus operandi for compliance with the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) with the banking community preparing for a crucial meeting with the Bank of Guyana to make a presentation on their collective position on FATCA,
Two nature resort owners in Guyana and Suriname are collaborating to launch an initiative designed to undertake the marketing of each other’s facilities in the respective countries along with a collective effort to aggressively promote ‘the three Guianas’ overseas.
If it has long been accepted that the filth and desecration that is commonplace on the streets and sidewalks and in gutters and alleyways in our city are, by and large, the remains of the trading day and that much of the onus is on our urban traders – whether they be street vendors or established merchants – to take some measure of responsibility for the disposal of garbage, the practice of indiscriminate dumping persists unabated.
Poison pill The need to amend the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Terrorism Act (AMLCT) has given the opposition parties some leverage over an intransigent administration that appears unwilling to govern the country in the interest of all Guyanese.
President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Clinton Urling has disclosed that he intends to contest the chairmanship of the Private Sector Commission (PSC); elections are due to be held early next month.
By Andrew Mendes Management theorist Henry Mintzberg places business organizational structures into the following five categories: 1.
Earlier this week West Coast Berbice pig farmer Julian Jones related the story of being visited recently by a potential buyer seeking to purchase a considerably fattened sow.
Alfred Petty’s Unique Electrical & Consultancy Services, situated in Kent Street, New Amsterdam is an example of the many tough and resilient business enterprises that have waged a ceaseless struggle to ascend to the top of the proverbial pile without ever once contemplating that it might not get there.
GASCI reports that session 514’s trading results showed consideration of $11,852,403 from 542,896 shares traded in 16 transactions as compared to session 513 which showed consideration of $13,858,643 from 170,274 shares traded in 22 transactions.
It is difficult to turn a blind eye to the edginess among some business houses in the Upper Corentyne.
Every working day Sattaur Gafoor climbs 33 stairs to get to the third-floor office of the Houston building housing his business complex, a not inconsiderable task for a man who, two Wednesdays ago, celebrated his 73rd birthday.
Krishnand Jaichand is currently serving his second term as President of the Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce.
The commencement of a slide in gold prices on the international market in April coincided almost precisely with new external signals that the local gold-mining sector will have to begin to contemplate what one might describe as life without mercury.
The Business Cartoon
Miles Williams has come a long way from flying twin-engine Islander aircraft for the Guyana Defence Force during the late 1980s; he serves as Chief Pilot and flies Lear Jets for a high-profile company in Naples, Florida.
More weight In reading about small business in Guyana and elsewhere, quite often one encounters the words “entrepreneurship” and “small business” used interchangeably.
Providing the scientific capabilities to match the human resources in the practice of veterinary medicine in Guyana is critical to realising the goals of both delivering high quality foods to the table as well as enhancing market prospects for the country’s food exports.
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