Business

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Pegasus Hotel Robert Badal has said that the unfolding circumstances of the Marriott Hotel have given rise to the need for President Donald Ramotar to mount an enquiry into the project “without delay”.

For Zarinah Hameed GuyExpo XV provided a timely opportunity to show her creations to a wider audience while simultaneously broadening her client base.

It takes Joyce Lawrence three days to travel from Aishalton in the South Rupununi to get to GuyExpo.

The lure of gold has given rise to a devil-may-care attitude in some sections of the mining industry and in an overwhelming number of instances, is responsible for the loss of life, Administrative Coordinator of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) Colin Sparman told Stabroek Business on Monday.

At 34, John Lewis bares the persona of an experienced businessman without appearing burdened by the responsibility.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 532’s trading results showed consideration of $2,189,173 from 10,163 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 531 which showed consideration of $23,746,708 from 105,266 shares traded in 9 transactions. 

While most local wood products’ manufacturers embrace the ambition of capturing lucrative overseas markets, the  Hauraruni Agricultural Development Company (HADCO) Farm and Sawmill Incorporated is proceeding in the opposite direction.

President Donald Ramotar has conceded that there has been a decline in the performance of the manufacturing sector, pointing to the continual fall in the sector’s contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the years.

Small, hardworking Guyanese businessmen who have consistently paid their bills on time but have, nonetheless, been largely shut out of the formal credit system are likely to benefit significantly from last week’s launch of the country’s first ever Credit Bureau.

Much of what Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) President Clinton Urling had to say last weekend in his address at a Chamber dinner held to mark the launch of its 2013 Business Directory had to do with crime, its impact on the business community and what could or should be done to address the problem.

Plans to enhance the levels of professionalism and raise service delivery standards among the country’s electricians and electrical contractors will be discussed at an October 12 meeting being held to resuscitate the currently defunct Guyana Electrical Contractors Association.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)            *Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana Marketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.

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With post-harvest losses accounting for an estimated 40 per cent of the region’s agricultural produce, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) is collaborating with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to roll out a plan that will see experts working with the region’s farmers to ensure that greater volumes of farming produce get to markets.

     Upgrading… Hospitality Consultant Marcus Buek with members of staff of the Jerries Snackette chain during a recent training exercise.

Director of the Guyana Metal Recyclers Association Desmond Sears on Wednesday distanced the membership of the organisation at the alleged recent discovery of 3,000 ft of service wire belonging to the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) from the premises of what was described in another section of the media as a ‘dealership’ located at Princes and Bishop streets.

Wresting control of the local pork market from profiteering middle men and raising production standards in the sector are among the primary objectives of the recently established Guyana Swine Producers Cooperative Society (GSPCS).

The recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago under which the government of Guyana has allocated thousands of acres of land to Trinidadian investors for agricultural purposes continues to give rise to controversy among key farming support organisations in Port of Spain and more recently in political circles in the twin-island Republic.

For the second consecutive year, Lawrence Chung, the proprietor of the Lethem-based Ebony and Ivory an enterprise that crafts jewellery from semi-precious stones, will not be participating in GuyExpo.