Business news and economic coverage from Guyana — oil sector growth, SME development, trade policy, and investment. La Caribeña News reports from the region's fastest-growing economy.
Chevron's third quarter report is due by 9 November 2026 and had not been filed as at 26 October. Its last Form 10-Q, for the quarter ended 30 June, names Guyana twice in 171,000 characters and never names the Stabroek block.
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The Ministry of Agriculture accounts for 29 of the 39 tenders on the Government of Guyana Procurement Opportunities portal on 25 October 2026, through four procuring entities. Two drainage advertisements price 20 lots at G$1,091,013,262. Five fall below G$15 million, where the register is shut.
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President Irfaan Ali discussed US support for developing Guyana into a regional data centre hub with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington on 21 October 2026. The statement named no megawatts, no company and no date. Guyana's recorded peak demand is 244 megawatts.
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Karpowership wrote to Guyana's Minister of Public Utilities on 25 May 2026 that aligning pricing across all its country operations was an essential requirement for continuing. Kaieteur News reported on 25 October, citing unnamed sources, that the renegotiated arrangement runs multi-year.
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The Office of the Prime Minister settled two disputes with Lindsayca Guyana Inc on 14 May 2026, raising the Wales contract 12.8 per cent on US$759 million. The contractor committed to first power by the end of 2026, and the government kept the right to reinstate penalties if that date is missed.
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ExxonMobil Guyana scheduled repairs from 14 October 2026 to a near-shore section of the 220-kilometre Gas-to-Energy pipeline, running to about 1 December. Guyana's gas task force head put repayment at US$55 million a year for twenty years. Exxon has never stated the final cost.
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Prime Minister Mark Phillips commissioned solar mini-grids at Katoonarib, Potarinau and Shulinab on 23 October 2026: 129 kW and 582 kWh of storage for about G$110 million, routed to public buildings. The Guyana Energy Agency puts diesel in off-grid villages at up to three times the Georgetown price.
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The Guyana Police Force told a symposium on 21 October 2026 that cyber-attacks on the country passed a million in the first half of the year, on a figure from a security vendor. The Commissioner of Police separately gave 2025 prosecution figures: 50 cases instituted, 15 convictions, none for fraud.
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The Caribbean Tourism Organization elected its officers at its Annual General Meeting in Georgetown in October 2026. Antigua and Barbuda took the chairmanship and the Board chair, two CARICOM vice-chairmanships went to St Kitts and Nevis and The Bahamas, and the Dutch-speaking seat was deferred.
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About 100 small businesses exhibit at the Railway Courtyard in Georgetown on 24 and 25 October 2026, closing the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry's fifth National Small Business Week. One exhibitor is a free virtual-storefront platform taking payment through MMG.
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President Irfaan Ali put applications to the Guyana Development Bank in the tens of thousands on 20 October, having said on 12 October that nearly 30 per cent of those received by then came from agriculture. The bank opened on 5 October.
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EICCIO Advisors, a corporate compliance and brand visibility consultancy working from La Grange on the West Bank of Demerara, said on 23 October 2026 that it has been accepted into IBM Partner Plus. It has named four areas of focus.
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