Business

During the course of that portion of his 2018 Budget presentation that had to do with the gold mining industry, Finance Minister Winston Jordan made three important points.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday August 23, 2018  

As medical marijuana becomes an increasing preoccupation in the drug-distribution industry, the region’s first medical cannabis brand is set to open its second medical ganja café, according to the weekend Gleaner.

With the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) moving to bring a greater measure of regulation to the issuance of motor vehicle licence plates, a small,  ‘tech savvy’ Guyanese company situated inconspicuously  in modest premises at the corners of D’Urban and Smyth streets is seeking to present itself as a partner in the initiative.

Recently appointed Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Brian Mullis sees the development of linkages between the evolution of the country’s oil and gas sector and the strengthening of the value of its tourism product.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist and Business Consultant Valrie Grant, who was recently awarded a crime-mapping contract under the Ministry of Public Security has told the Stabroek Business that the initiative by the Government now better positions it to have reliable digital information of “real world events in a computer environment. 

Local Content has become very topical, particularly in poor countries where the discovery of rich deposits of natural resources and the inevitable association of First World entities with the exploitation of those resources gives rise to discourse regarding how smaller businesses and potential local investors in the resource-yielding countries can benefit, directly, through the provision of goods and services necessary for the effective execution of the recovery and exploitation processes.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The climate-change threat to food security has left Jamaica and the Caribbean in search of an effective response to safeguard their ability to feed their people over the long term, and it appears they have found one.

(Trinidad Guardian) As T&T gears up for the Caricom Heads of Government meeting in Port-of-Spain this November, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the growth of the local manufacturing sector relies heavily on the success of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME).

(Trinidad Guardian) Noting the recent improvement in the T&T economy, ANSA McAL Group Chairman Norman Sabga said this has bolstered the conglomerate’s strategy of innovation with its new products.

There appears to be no end in sight to the political and economic woes of the government of Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation andpublished by Stabroek Business as a public service)The New Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

One of the more significant clauses in the 2004 Small Business Act has to do with the provision that it makes to provide access for  small and medium-sized businesses to 20% of state contracts for the provision of goods and services.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 786’s trading results showed consideration of $1,325,725 from 8,455 shares traded in 3 transactions as compared to session 785’s trading results which showed consideration of $3,205,580 from 32,255 shares traded in 8 transactions.

Gold Prices for three day period Thursday August 16, 2018Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

What has now metamorphosed into a protracted public/private engagement involving key government ministers and senior officials of the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) may be moving at a leisurely pace but the private sector officials facing key government officials across the table say that the importance of keeping doors open to ensuring the growth of the manufacturing sector dictates that the two sides remain engaged.

With just over a month left before the inaugural Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GUYTIE) is launched at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, the organizers have told the Stabroek Business that they are accelerating its marketing initiative to ensure that it secures optimum participation from both the local manufacturing sector as well as overseas buyers.

If you had to select a near-coastal community that has persistently demonstrated resilience and ingenuity in the face of adversity, Linden would almost certainly be close to the top of your list.