{"id":17070,"date":"2024-03-05T04:23:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T04:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17070"},"modified":"2024-03-05T04:24:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T04:24:00","slug":"suriname-guyana-chamber-of-commerce-launched-to-boost-economic-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/suriname-guyana-chamber-of-commerce-launched-to-boost-economic-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce Launched to Boost Economic Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Samuel Gillis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) has been officially launched with the aim of fostering collaboration and networking, as well as expanding economic trade between the two countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch event, held at the Pegasus Corporate Centre, brought together key stakeholders from various sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SGCC consists of businesses spanning sectors such as construction, consultancy, and oil and gas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Vishnu Doerga, Chairman of the Chamber, announced that over 60 companies have already joined, with more expressing interest every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the SGCC&#8217;s commitment to professionalism and advocacy for collaborative efforts among its members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suriname&#8217;s President, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, attended the event and expressed optimism about the opportunities for increased collaboration between Surinamese and Guyanese businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the importance of connecting private sectors through regular interactions, communication, and information sharing to facilitate trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance and Public Service, Dr. Ashni Singh, also addressed the gathering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reiterated the government&#8217;s full support for the SGCC, noting its timely establishment amidst Guyana&#8217;s rapid economic development, particularly in the oil and gas sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Singh encouraged businesses from both countries to capitalize on trade opportunities and explore cross-border ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch of the Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce marks a significant step towards enhancing economic collaboration and trade relations between the two neighboring countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Gillis The Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) has been officially launched with the aim of fostering collaboration and networking, as well as expanding economic trade between the two&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,360,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-energy","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17072,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17070\/revisions\/17072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}