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Cassava has long been an integral part of the staple diet in a number of Caribbean households; today, however, Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries are pressing this versatile root crop into service in pursuit of a critical contemporary mission.

Less than three years after having its application to operate flights between Jamaica and the United States turned down by the authorities in Kingston, the air carrier service Airone is set provide travel services to the Caribbean.

The Monday, February 21 issue of the Barbados Business Authority, one of the more informative business newspapers in the region, contains an article titled “Attractive Environment For Investment” authored by Michael Austin, the Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados-based offices of Illuminat, a Neal and Massy subsidiary with interests elsewhere in the region that provides information technology and communications products, services and solutions that help to manage, develop and troubleshoot businesses.

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The health of farmers and consumers and the viability of local agricultural enterprises are under threat from fake chemicals which are being illegally imported and sold to farmers across the country, according to Managing Director of Caribbean Chemicals Guyana Ltd Victor Pires.

By Clinton Urling Something is wrong with the way our sporting organisations operate and function.

Stabroek Business has learnt that Kamene Seepual, who is currently serving as Assistant Director/Warehouse Manager in the Materials Management Unit of the Ministry of Health has become the first Guyanese to be awarded a

“It is time that the private sector demands more accountability and the government initiates a comprehensive review of the ways in which sporting organizations conduct their operations” A city business owner and executive member of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has criticized businesses for continuing to pour millions of sponsorship dollars into sports organizations,

Charges of foot-dragging by the vast majority of Caribbean Community (Caricom) governments in pursuit of their commitments towards the fulfilment of the Jagdeo Initiative on Agriculture in the region have been raised by Antigua’s Agriculture Minister Hilson Baptiste.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 397’s trading results showed consideration of $25,768,066 from 458,389 shares traded in 17 transactions as compared to session 396 which showed consideration of $15,720,384 from 323,401 shares traded in 24 transactions. 

Guyanese and other Caribbean private sector firms are eligible to access a special US$1 billion fund mobilized through contributions by international funding agencies under the auspices of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to ensure regional participation in the rebuilding exercise currently underway in Haiti following last year’s devastating earthquake.

Local information technology (IT) equipment and service provider Starr Computers has inked an agreement with the US firm American Power Conversion (APC) for direct distributorship of APC products in Guyana.

In a recent interview with this newspaper, President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Clinton Williams expressed the view that some of the sub-sectors in the local private sector were not being sufficiently aggressive in seeking markets for their goods and services beyond the shores of Guyana.

The Business Cartoon

(Part 1)   Services At 63 percent, the service sector is responsible for the biggest share of income of the Guyana economy. 

By Clinton Urling I recently had an unpleasant experience with a real estate agent who has his name and contact information on almost every property up for sale in Guyana.

By signing on to the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Global Trade Finance Programme (GTFP), the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) is now better placed to offer more trade finance options to small and medium-sized businesses operating in key sectors in Guyana.

Concerns over meeting local consumption forced Guyana to significantly reduce its rice exports to some of its traditional markets last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture’s Commodity Market Update (CMU) for the fourth quarter of 2010.

Just a few months shy of its third birthday, the Guyana Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, (GBCHA) has come to symbolize the acknowledgement of the country’s private sector that corporate board rooms and business houses cannot shut out HIV/AIDS.