A lack of “direct powers” of immediate and effective sanction by the now renamed Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission could impact negatively on the intention to provide a more generous measure of justice to consumers, the real intention behind the Consumer Affairs Act assented to in the National Assembly recently, according to a spokesman for the Guyana Consumers Association (GCA).
Pride One year ago, the people of Victoria convened their first Indaba (conference) to confront the economic plight and dim development shadow that hovers over the village.
A year can sometimes make the world of difference in the fortunes of a business enterprise as the recently released 2010 Annual Report of JP Santos and Company Ltd reflects.
The Caribbean tourism industry may well have been thrown a lifeline by what now appears to be an imminent review of Britain’s controversial Airline Passenger Duty (APD) which came into effect on November 1 last year and has already impacted on ticket costs to the Caribbean.
Starr Computer Inc has commenced collaboration with the internationally renowned information technology company Samsung under a recently concluded distribution agreement by hosting two of the South Korean giant’s personnel to conduct training for its staff in the areas of technical support and administrative services.
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GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 414’s trading results showed consideration of $290,525 from 13,007 shares traded in 3 transactions as compared to session 413 which showed consideration of $854,608 from 98,531 shares traded in 7 transactions.
Though no definitive pronouncement can be made on the real value of the new Consumer Affairs Act until we see how it works in practice, it has to be said that its intentions, as set out in the actual document are to be applauded.
Erratic rainfall patterns and shortage of capital pose perpetual threats to efforts to restore the sugar industry to a condition of viability, but the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Board of Directors has also identified its skills’ shortage as an equally formidable hurdle to be crossed in the quest to salvage the industry.
Some local jewellers are guilty of passing off poor quality gold jewellery as top-of-the-line, high-carat items, stakeholders say, insisting that the largely unregulated nature of the industry poses a near insurmountable challenge to efforts to stamp out the practice.
There used to be a time when kitchen gardens were commonplace in the Caribbean.
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Legal Jeopardy One of the busiest market places in Guyana is the cambio, where foreign currency is bought and sold daily.
Forces favouring forest destruction—including food and fuel prices—could overwhelm efforts aimed at preserving what remains of the world’s rainforests, according to the Japan-based International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO).
Recent comments reportedly made by two cabinet ministers from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago on the safety of aircraft operated by the low-fare airline REDjet has prompted a statement from the airline’s management asserting that its safety was being “unfairly maligned.”
Having faced much criticism over what has been regarded as their general indifference to the need for local responses to persistent warnings of an impending global food crisis, it appears that Caribbean governments are beginning to make modest responses.
The Caribbean Brewers Association (CBA) opened its two-day technical conference at Thirst Park in Georgetown yesterday with a presentation by CBA Chairman and Banks DIH Ltd Assistant Managing Director and Marketing and Sales Director George Mc Donald.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 413’s trading results showed consideration of $854,608 from 98,531 shares traded in 7 transactions as compared to session 412 which showed consideration of $9,586,059 from 839,957 shares traded in 4 transactions.
Differences of opinion have surfaced between the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) following last week’s expression of concern by GGMC Chairman Major General (rtd) Joe Singh over the difference between gold production targets and declarations to the Guyana Gold Board.
President of the United Minibus Union (UMU) Ian Andrews says that the umbrella body has two objectives.
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