Citing what it says have been “positive results and evident business growth and success among participants, Republic Bank Guyana Ltd has announced that it will further extend its support for EMPRETEC’s Venture Out For Women 2013 programme, by facilitating a total of $1 million in collateral-free loan prizes to the three participants in this year’s programme with the best business proposals. EMPRETEC’s Venture Out programme which has benefited from Republic Bank sponsorship since 2010 is credited with embracing a two-pronged approach to empowering women engaged in small business ventures,