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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 4, 2020 (CMC) – The Russian-owned aluminium company, RUSAL, yesterday, dismissed all the 326 employees at the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI), citing industrial unrest and damage to property. “The suspension of BCGI will have no ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 4, 2020 (CMC) – The Barbados government said, today, it had launched “consent solicitation”, regarding certain United States dollar-denominated debt instruments, issued by itself and state-owned enterprises, in a bid to amend the terms of these instruments. ...

WASHINGTON, DC January 31, 2020 (CMC) – The former Head of the Antigua Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC), Leroy King, has pleaded guilty, for his role in connection with the Stanford International Bank’s (SIB) seven billion US dollar Ponzi fraud ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 31, 2020 (CMC) – Global credit ratings agency, Fitch Ratings Inc., has affirmed the government’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer and Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating at ‘B+’, and revised the outlook from stable to positive. According to Fitch Ratings, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 31, 2020 (CMC) – Gregory Dean, the Chief Executive Officer of the telecommunications company, Digicel Guyana, is urging the authorities to move towards liberalising the sector, after a petition was posted on social media, urging Guyanese to ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana-based conglomerate, Banks DIH Limited, says it is entering the energy and auto sales industries, in keeping with the needs and demands of the local economy. “The economy, which is poised to undergo ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Tuesday, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – President of the Jamaica Chambers of Commerce (JCC), Lloyd Distant Jn., says the private sector in his country is seeking to partner with the private sector, here, in expanding business opportunities in ...

By Ernie Seon Correspondent NASSAU, Bahamas Friday, January 24, 2020 (CMC) – The Director General of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Frank Comito, says despite a few challenges, 2019  turned out to be a very good year for ...

WASHINGTON, DC Friday, January 24, 2020 (CMC) – Grenada has become the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be approved for a Deferred Drawdown Option for Catastrophe Risks (Cat DDO) to help reduce disaster risks and build ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, January 21, 2020 (CMC) – The Governor of the St. Kitts and Nevis-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy N. J. Antoine, is leading a four-member delegation for talks, here, on the performance and prospects of the ...