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Forever a ‘hot’ item as a store of value, the global craving for gold has over time, pushed individuals and groups to extreme and not always legal options to acquire the precious metal.

By Brooke Glasford A few of months ago I started a series on TikTok called Little Luxuries where I highlighted little ways I elevated parts of my life– very simple things, like having my tea in a proper teacup and saucer, or putting on red lipstick to lift my mood – they are what appear to be completely trivial actions but they added value to my day.

Hopefully, now that Guyana’s now firmly petro-focused economy is affording entrepreneurial space beyond the much narrower options that had obtained up until a handful of years ago, Guyana can begin to put behind it, the age-old cliché about women occupying the lowest rung on the entrepreneurial ladder, largely still wedded to a micro-business culture which, unquestionably, their ambitions have now outgrown.

The Jamaica Gleaner of Wednesday, May 1, has published an article, New Era for Ganja, that reveals an envisaged significant step towards the possible removal of the scourge of illegality, and worse, that have for decades, hovered over efforts to completely sanitize the ‘stain’ that has attached itself to what is commonly referred to as ‘ganja’.

Comment The fact that it took a great deal of prodding and protestation and the eventual intervention of the Courts to cause the obscenity that passes for urban trading to impose itself on the country’s capital for ‘ages’, is a circumstance which, truth be told, ought to be a matter of embarrassment to both the state and the local authority.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday, April 25, 2024

Up to this point in time, the ‘average Joe’ in the Caribbean is probably ‘none the wiser’ as to the real reason(s) behind the unexpected tumult within the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) triggered by what had been described as the suspension of the St.

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1069’s trading results showed consideration of $9,166,600 from 39,110 shares traded in 21 transactions as compared to session 1068’s trading results, which showed consideration of $35,605,782 from 104,845 shares traded in 17 transactions.

x In this issue of the Stabroek Business we complete the feature article ‘Rupununi Rising?’

A handful of the country’s longest –serving private sector entities in the manufacturing sector have been singled out for commendation by the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) in its 2023 Annual Report setting out the various sectorial performances for the year just ended.

Amidst heightening public concern over the erratic nature of the electricity supply in coastal Guyana, and relative muted but boisterous protest by domestic consumers and businesses alike, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) announced on Monday that its Petroleum Committee had facilitated a discussion forum on energy supply with head of the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), Kesh Nandlall.

By Brooke Glasford Last weekend I ventured 40 minutes outside of Georgetown to the West Central Mall for the sole purpose of visiting the West Central Movies.

Even as the latest round of sanctions imposed by the United States against Venezuela, seemingly over Washington’s doubts regarding the likely fairness of the country’s July general elections, the European Union does not appear – at least up to this time – prepared to set aside its support for the potentially highly valued Dragon Gas project between Caracas and Port of Spain. 

Gold Prices for Thursday April 25, 2024

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1068’s trading results showed consideration of $35,605,782 from 104,845 shares traded in 17 transactions as compared to session 1066’s trading results, which showed consideration of $9,073,649 from 52,144  shares traded in 40 transactions.

With the global environmental lobby increasingly focusing its attention on rolling back the increasing avalanche of plastics’ proliferation and its weighty global environmental impact, negotiators and activists were expected to congregate in Ottawa this week to attempt to craft a treaty which, hopefully, will contribute to the rolling back of the plastic pollution menace.