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FAO, ITTO, CABI hosting key April 12-14 forum in Port of Spain A two-day forum jointly organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO), the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) will address several key issues relating to forestry management in the region.

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday  March 31, 2016

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 661’s trading results showed consideration of $332,956 from 9,522 shares traded in 6 transactions as compared to session 660’s trading results, which showed consideration of $10,472,966 from 480,630 shares traded in 13 transactions.

President David Granger’s perspective on the implications of a stronger local democratic framework for the advancement of Guyana’s economic fortunes and for the welfare of the people of Guyana was set out in an absorbing even if somewhat unconventional presentation to the Annual General Meeting of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).

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Athalyah Yisrael’s entrepreneurial ambitions extend way beyond the modest children’s entertainment facility which she owns and operates and the challenges, she says, have been sufficient for her to be grateful that the beginning of April marks her second year in business.

Samsung Craze:  Guyanese are becoming used to relatively quick and easy access to the latest in telecommunications gadgetry.

Even as controversy persists over the extent to which gold mined in Guyana is smuggled abroad through neighbouring countries, figures recently compiled by the Guyana Geology & Mines Commission (GGMC) indicate that gold declaration for January this year reached 94.6 per cent of what was officially projected.

The financial deprivation which public servants have had to endure on account of decades of having to be satisfied with wages and salaries levels that have failed to keep pace with the cost of living is a “historic injustice,” the responsibility for which has to be placed at the feet of the employer,” President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Patrick Yarde said on Monday.

For all the official discourse and the various initiatives undertaken to talk up the value-added potential of Guyana’s agricultural sector there is no question that the country continues to be way below its potential in this regard.

Eighteen-year-old Stanford University freshman Ima Christian is considered an over-achiever by any measure.

In the face of sluggish oil prices and a consequential reduction in the availability of foreign exchange, oil-rich Trinidad and Tobago is once again being warned of its high-dependency on imported foods and the longer-term consequences for consumer affordability.

Jamaica is hoping that the recent partnership initiative involving the island’s Scientific Research Council (SRC) and its food-manufacturing giant, Grace Kennedy to broaden the range of food items developed from local agricultural produce will both increase the range of options for local food consumers and its market share on North American and other markets.

While the Guyana economy is still some distance away from beginning to factor oil revenues into the country’s economic fortunes, it is not too soon for the administration here to learn critical lessons from its close Caricom sister country, oil-rich Trinidad and Tobago.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 660’s trading results showed consideration of $10,472,966 from 480,630 shares traded in 13 transactions as compared to session 659’s trading results, which showed consideration of $11,181,068 from 536,391 shares traded in 19 transactions.

On Saturday, people travelled from as far away as Linden to be part of the experience shopping—in some instances simply browsing—inside the new Massy Stores Supermarket on its first trading Saturday.

Kite Time: These vendors on the Camp street pavement are anticipating a windfall over the weekend.

The owners of Roraima Duke Lodge consider it their good fortune to have secured the services of Tamby Murphy and Melissa Gill in the kitchen of the high-profile hotel.