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Public Service Cooperative Credit Union lending more than $100M a month
In a matter of a few weeks the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union will celebrate the 48th anniversary of its establishment.
Rethinking the role of the credit union
FW Raiffeisen who holds the distinction of having organized the first ever credit union in Germany some time during the nineteenth century is reported to have said: “Credit Unions must not confine themselves to granting loans.
Considerable Differences
Differing ImpressionsAfter listening to the Presi-dent’s speech before the Parlia-ment last Friday, it was easy to see why many Guyanese were left with differing impressions of his remarks.
Housing drive opens new niche for Fibre Tech Industries
Somat Ali is not bothered in the least about the fact that his business enterprise is tucked away in the quiet East Coast Demerara village of Mon Repos, more than a mile from the public road.
RedJet has no short term plans to fly to Brazil, Burns says
RedJet’s Chief Executive Officer Ian Burns has dismissed speculation that the company has any short-term plans to extend its low-fare air travel plans to Brazil.
UK/Caribbean Airport Passenger Duty row drifts into the realm of politics
The Caribbean will have to continue to endure a reduction in visitor arrivals from the United Kingdom in the face of continued official resistance to the removal of the controversial Air Passenger Duty (APD) on airline tickets.
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Barbados’ Fortress Fund targets Guyana
One of the Caribbean’s best known investment managers, the Barbados-based Fortress Fund Managers, says the performance of Guyana’s economy places it foremost on the list of Caribbean territories in which it is earnestly seeking new opportunities to broaden its investment thrust.
Ghamandi & Sons Enterprises: Helping local industry to grow
The rains may have brought other forms of business activity to a shuddering halt but for Ghamandi & Sons Enterprises it is an uncharacteristically busy period.
Drained and Irritated
IntentionsAt a sitting of the National Assembly today, the country was likely to hear the views and vision of President Ramotar as he addresses the members of the august parliamentary institution.
Grace Kennedy profile in US food retail sector good for the Caribbean
A three-decade battle by the popular Jamaican brand Grace Kennedy to have its canned and packaged foods become fixtures on the supermarket shelves of the major retail outlets in the United States is beginning to bear fruit according to a recent report on the news service Caribbean 360 website monitored by this newspaper.
Sustained export ban bodes ill for the future of Guyana’s scrap industry
Local scrap metal dealers remain hopeful that their efforts to save the industry from extinction will bear some fruit when the government makes its now overdue latest pronouncement on whether or not there are sufficient safeguards in place to remove a ban on exports, which has been in place since April last year.
WTO paints promising picture for global tourism in 2012
The projection by the World Tourism Organization that global tourist arrivals will reach a billion this year signals a dramatic and remarkably quick recovery for an industry that had been hard hit by the global economic crisis.
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