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  Minister in the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment Simona Broomes says the country’s gold-mining industry cannot afford to relax its insistence on higher all-round standards.

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Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday July 21, 2016Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

By Ima Christian   In the Summer of 2014, my younger siblings and I developed an app called Five-O that allows citizens to rate, review and track their interactions with law enforcement.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) may share a common objective of working to create an enabling environment for the enhancement of the interests of the country’s business community, but that does not mean that there is always unanimity on a common approach to that goal, GCCI President Vishnu Doerga has told Stabroek Business.

Come November, Giftland Mall expects to be the venue of “the biggest supermarket in the region,” according to company President Roy Beepat.

By Valrie Grant Entrepreneur, Managing Director, GeoTechVision You are one of the bold ones who have started a small business and now you have a lot on the line, all your savings, expectations, and the fact that you suddenly realize that starting the business may have been the easiest part.

Challenged, it seems, by a local, regional and international increase in demand for coconut and coconut products, the Ministry of Tourism has announced that it will hold the country’s inaugural Coconut Festival from October 16 to 23, 2016.

In a short while the organizers of the Scotia Bank Live Pitch competition for budding entrepreneurs will be in a position to announce the five finalists in a competition designed to test the potential of aspiring business owners.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 677’s trading results showed consideration of $570,000 from 15,000 shares traded in 1 transaction as compared to session 676’s trading results, which showed consideration of $562,041 from 11,935 shares traded in 9 transactions.

Nine Guyanese businesswomen are among participants from 14 Caribbean territories participating in the first ever Women Innovators Network in the Caribbean Acceleration Programme (WINC AP), designed to provide accelerated support for women in business.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) wants the finances of City Hall to be subjected to an urgent and scrupulous audit exercise in order to create a convivial environment in which the recently elected municipal administration can function.

The evidence that all is far from well in terms of the relationship between the government and the private sector can no longer be ignored.

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Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday July 14, 2016

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) is pushing for an incentives model that will galvanize the sector by allowing local manufacturers to benefit from tax concessions based on employment levels.

With its parking meter controversy still very much on the front burner of the urban agenda, City Hall remains tight-lipped over reports that the more than 150 vendors occupying privately-owned property at the corner of Hadfield and Lombard streets after being removed from the Stabroek Market Square, are probably on the threshold of another eviction.

The burden of our responsibility as the Stabroek News’ weekly Business Supplement is to publish stories and points of view on issues pertaining to the growth, development, challenges, limitations, successes and failures of the local business community.