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GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 774’s trading results showed consideration of $106,100 from 5,125 shares traded in 3 transactions as compared to session 773’s trading results which showed consideration of $20,537,831 from 62,847 shares traded in 7 transactions.

Guyana’s aviation sector will record a modest but important milestone today when it commences the hosting of the 15th Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Aviation Handlers Association (CAHA) in the country’s capital, Georgetown.

A significant step in the direction of forging the long sought closer ties between the University of Guyana and the country’s business community will be taken this weekend when the university’s recently established School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI) commences its first ever Entrepreneurship   and Innovation Conference under the theme “Economic Transformation through Entrepreneurship   & Innovation.”

By Richard Rambarran and Shaleeza Shaw Since the conception of capitalism, competition has been the driver of economic growth, development and unprecedented rise in living standards.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Bankers Association of Trinidad & Tobago (BATT) has noted the optimism by Finance Minister Colm in his 2017/2018 mid-year budget review but said there is still a lot of work to be done to consolidate the gains made and press ahead with restructuring public finances.

You could tell from the expressionless mask that she wore that Veronica Clinton had heard it all before.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A decade ago, the news that the world’s top oil and gas companies had less than 12 years of production left in their reserves might have caused a panicked sell-off in their shares.

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(Trinidad Guardian) The Chinese HNA Group, which has extensive interests in hotels, has been invited to submit a competitive bid to partner with the Government of T&T on the Sandals project once the tender process is initiated.

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday May 17, 2018

-honey, duck meat among items facing hurdles If the Council for Trade and Economic Development is to take seriously long outstanding issues, particularly those relating to non-compliance by member states based on provisions of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, consideration must be given to their rights to take those matters to the Caribbean Court of Justice.

Even as the World Health Organization (WHO) intensifies its global lobby for a sharp reduction in the sugar content of popular soft drinks on health grounds, the regional soda industry is seizing hold of the issue as a selling point for its own sugar-based beverages, through claims that they have moved to reduce sugar levels in their products.

There can be no question than that the high rate of urban unemployment and what is widely believed to be a consequential high rate in the commission of crimes, both petty and significant ones, that those institutions responsible for managing the affairs of the capital at the levels of both local and central government have a responsibility to do what lies within their authority and their resources to create meaningful and sufficient employment for residents of the capital.

None of its natural features make a more eminent case for Essequibo’s potential as one of Guyana’s most attract tourist destinations than its tranquil and idyllic lakes, not least Lake Mainstay, located at the Mainstay/Whyaka Amerindian Village, seven miles from the region’s administrative hub at Anna Regina and a twenty-minute plane ride from Georgetown.

Former Georgetown Chamber President, Vishnu Doerga wants local Business Support Organizations (BSO’s) to improve their capacity to provide advocacy, technical support and other services to the country’s private sector, responsibilities which he says, are not being discharged effectively at this time.

Amidst its political and financial crisis and seemingly in response to widely reported food shortages in the country Venezuela is reportedly continuing to import significant quantities of rice since parting company with the 2009 rice for oil (PetroCaribe) deal with Guyana. 

If fishing has always been an integral part of Essequibo’s economy there is evidence that the transformation that has descended upon business in  the region has rendered the fishing industry increasingly important to the livelihoods of its residents.