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Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday July 7, 2016Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Even as proficiency in foreign languages continues to be ever more critical to strengthening external ties that are pivotal to the country’s economic development, there appears to be evidence of a diminished appetite for enhancing such proficiency in local educational institutions, President of the privately-run Language Institute Cicely Bernard has said.

Members of the General Contractors Association of Guyana (GCAG) are fuming over the disclosure by the Ministry of Communities earlier this week that it was engaging a Chinese company to construct low and middle-income homes, complete with water and sanitation systems.

Not unmindful, it seems, of the importance of the nexus between efficient and effective application of cement and the success of Guyana’s continually expanding construction sector, Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) Guyana Inc on Thursday, June 30, hosted a seminar titled ‘Use of Cement and Concrete’ at the Regency Hotel.

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Late in 2014, 34-year-old Kwame La Fleur quit his job as a driver/salesman with Ansa McAl.

With crowdfunding fast becoming a familiar word in the language of regional entrepreneurship, two prominent women Caribbean Chief Executive Officers took advantage of the just-concluded Summit of Caribbean Heads of Government to launch an aggressive lobby for FundRiseHER, an initiative that seeks to transform the fortunes of 50 women entrepreneurs from across the region.

Legislation designed to update existing local laws to ensure that they keep pace with the evolution of gaming is currently being drafted and could be completed before the end of this year, Chairman of the new Gaming Authority of Guyana Roysdale Forde has told the Stabroek Business.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has signalled its intention to throw its weight behind the provision in the 2004 Small Business Act that binds government to ensuring that the small business sector secures a minimum of 20 per cent of procurement contracts issued by the state.

Entrepreneur, Managing Director, GeoTechVision Entrepreneurship seems to be the new buzz word these days and while many are trying to build and contribute to creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem, few entrepreneurs have excelled by turning their ideas into high growth businesses.

Stabroek Business has been sent a copy of a memorandum from the 70-member General Contrac-tors Association of Guyana (GCAG) seeking what its Secretary Neil Cort-Rogers says are “important meetings” with two cabinet ministers and the Mayor of Georgetown to find solutions to “critical issues” facing the sector.

One thing that Georgetown appears to have in common with Port of Spain is a premium on parking space and yesterday the Trinidad Express reported that on the previous day the twin-island Republic’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley had turned the sod to commence the construction of a TT$100 million multi-storey car park in the capital.

Sophia is one of those working-class communities where unemployment is high, poverty is ever present and the rate of school dropouts is disturbing.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 675’s trading results showed consideration of $982,190 from 36,450 shares traded in 7 transactions as compared to session 674’s trading results, which showed consideration of $15,420,454 from 79,573 shares traded in 17 transactions.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday  June 30, 2016

Kwakwani is a struggling, underdeveloped community, a poignant example of the fact that the pace of development has not been anywhere near even across the various regions of Guyana.

Business Cartoons

The journey of persons traversing the upper reaches of the East Coast Demerara or extending into Berbice is frequently punctuated by pit stops at Cove and John to refresh themselves on the offerings of the cane juice man.