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The near silence that has greeted the news regarding just where CARICOM’s food import bill has been headed recently is, to tell the truth not altogether surprising though, for a few very obvious reasons it is deeply disturbing.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday February 28, 2019Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 814’s trading results showed consideration of $4,205,894 from 51,419 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 813’s trading results which showed consideration of $12,485,943 from 87,993 shares traded in 10 transactions.

Guyana’s eleventh and twelfth oil finds announced by ExxonMobil in January are listed among the four “high impact discoveries of oil and gas” realized globally so far this year in an article published in the internationally authoritative journal, Oil Industry News, on Thursday February 14.

Guyana is one of eight gold-producing countries that will be partnering with several international agencies in a new US$180 million Global Environment Facility (GEF) – backed initiative targeting the long-term development of the artisanal and small-scale gold – mining (ASGM) sector and aimed at improving conditions for miners while slashing harmful mercury emissions.

Danielle Hodge is an engaging young woman with a passion for the land of her mother’s birth and, having herself ‘discovered’ Guyana, is immersed in an entrepreneurial pursuit which she now treats as though it were a sacred mission. 

Against the backdrop of the sustained challenges associated with adequate international airline services between Guyana and the country’s key tourism markets in North America and Europe, the semi-autonomous agency, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has listed among its 2019 priorities, the creation of a partnership with the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Ministry of Public Infra-structure (MoPI) that targets agreements with two new airlines to serve the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri by  December this year and a total of four new airlines to serve the country’s main international airport by December next year.

Two debilitating rounds of United States sanctions last year have not been able to prevent Russia’s aluminium giant RUSAL from turning in end-of-year production levels that point to significant increases for both the fourth quarter of last year and the entire 2018, the independent news site, the Aluminium Insider, disclosed in a Saturday February 9th  news report.

The story of the rise to prominence of the Eccles-based company Comfort Sleep, is a story of stamina and staying power in the face of business-related challenges as well as tragedy, and Dennis Charran, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, has been at the centre of events for all of more than two decades.

Product Specs                                            Ingredients: Shea butter, Coconut oil, Jojoba oil, Lavender essential oil, Basil essential oil, Rosemary essential oil, Ylang Ylang essential oil, Vitamin E oil.

(Reprinted from World Economic Forum) Stunning technological advances in robotics and artificial intelligence are being reported virtually on a daily basis: from the versatile mobile robots in agriculture and manufacturing jeans, to autonomous vehicles and 3D-printed buildings.

*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana MArketing Corportation or Ministry of Agriculture.

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There is a sense of contempt and callousness in the treatment customarily meted out to workers employed at the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday February 21, 2019  

Joint government/private sector efforts to enhance entrepreneurial ties between local business entities and external investors still continue to fall short of the success that it seeks though there are encouraging signs that local commodities, notably agro-processed goods are beginning to attract the attention of the international market, according to a recently released  Report on last September’s inaugural Guyana Trade and Investment Exposition (GUYTIE) staged at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston.

If Caribbean states are serious about utilising the private sector to pull their economies out of decline, it is imperative that they do more to improve the ease of doing business, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says.