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With 215,000 square kilometres (83,000 sq mi), Guyana is the fourth-smallest country on mainland South America after Uruguay, Suriname and French Guiana. The main economic activities in Guyana are agriculture (production of rice and Demerara sugar ), bauxite mining, gold mining, timber, shrimp fishing and minerals.
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Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica: Oil & gas Exploration & production Kingston: 1975 State-owned oil S A Port Authority of Jamaica: Industrials Transportation services Kingston: 1972 Ports and shipping S A Postal Corporation of Jamaica: Industrials Delivery services Kingston: 2000 Postal services S A Rose Hall: Consumer services Travel & tourism ...
Digicel is a Jamaican-based Caribbean mobile phone network and home entertainment provider operating in 25 markets worldwide. Digicel has operated in several countries, including Guyana, Fiji, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa, St. Lucia, Suriname, and Jamaica. In 2024 a group of U.S. private equity firms took over control of the company as ...
Guardian Holdings Limited is a conglomerate of insurance and financial services companies in the Caribbean. Its headquarters are in Westmoorings, Trinidad and Tobago and its history goes back to 1847. At one time it was known as Standard Life and the company has since been rebranded under the name Guardian Group.
This is a list of newspapers in Jamaica: Daily Star [1] The Daily Gleaner, the oldest Jamaican daily published by Gleaner Company, founded in 1834, oldest continually published, English language newspaper in the Western Hemisphere [2] The Agriculturalist, the oldest and most consistent agricultural newspaper in the Caribbean for 28 years ...
Guyana has various communications cables for international connections. The Suriname-Guyana Submarine Cable System (SGSCS) linking Trinidad, Guyana, and Suriname [4] and the Americas II fiber optic submarine communications cable linking the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Martinique, Curaçao, Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, and Brazil with terrestrial extensions to ...
Tourism in Guyana is a fledgling industry compared to other countries in the Caribbean. Tourism is mainly focused on ecotourism, and accommodations for business travelers. [1] Guyana is home to Kaieteur Falls, Mount Roraima, and St. George's Cathedral. In 2020, 18 businesses and 12 tour guides were licensed with the Guyana Tourism Authority ...