Rawle Lucas

Mood The mood is upbeat at Reunion Manganese Incorporated (RMI) about the prospects for achieving economic success from its Matthews Ridge mining operations. 

Housing Programme The structure of the mortgage market for housing is no accident. 

Expansion The expansion of the construction sector has provided impetus to the mortgage market.

Differing Impressions After listening to the Presi-dent’s speech before the Parlia-ment last Friday, it was easy to see why many Guyanese were left with differing impressions of his remarks. 

Intentions At a sitting of the National Assembly today, the country was likely to hear the views and vision of President Ramotar as he addresses the members of the august parliamentary institution. 

Dedicated Sometime in the not too distant future, the Institute for Private Enterprise Development (IPED) will hold its 26th Annual General Meeting to discuss the performance of the organization over the last year, and most likely attend to other housekeeping matters. 

Fork in the Road The elections of 2011 have brought Guyanese to yet another juncture of history along the path of nationhood. 

Enigma The Guyana stock market could hardly be regarded as a vibrant market place. 

Focusing Belated New Year’s greetings to all Guyanese and in particular to the readers of the Stabroek News and its Business Section!

Digest Even though the waiting might be over, Guyanese will still need to digest the implications of the election results for themselves and the country as a whole. 

Living Conditions Quite recently, the World Bank, in a September update of an online report, observed that Guyana would not meet the goal of poverty eradication as required by the Millennium Development initiative. 

Weak The current administration was aware of the need to push investment in Guyana in an effort to grow the economy and to create jobs, and was engaged in several courses of action to achieve economic diversification through investment. 

Source of Concern The condition of the sugar industry continues to be a source of concern to many Guyanese. 

Unique The United Nations (UN) will launch the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) on October 31, 2011 and there is no publicly available evidence that Guyana is ready to join that effort with its own initiative. 

Spend More There comes a time when monetary policy must concede to fiscal policy. 

Migrant Workers Despite the happy talk of the administration, the current model of development might not be enough to carry Guyana into the future.

Context According to the Bank of Guyana, the economy grew by 5.9 percent during the first half of this year. 

Economic Ties The prominence of China in the Caribbean is a reality that the world will have to contend with, but most certainly the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Fertile Ground For many years now China has maintained a relationship with developing countries through its bilateral and multilateral diplomacy. 

No effort The disclosure on migration emerging from the Wikileaks cable appearing in the daily newspapers might well explain the lack of urgency on the part of the current administration to create the conditions for faster private sector jobs in Guyana.