Business

Catherina Young owner of Cathys treats
Catherina Young owner of Cathys treats

Catherina Younge’s sweet-toothed pursuits

In the continually unfolding environment of local entrepreneurship where modest ‘hopefuls,’ no less than the more ambitious ones, seek earnestly to ‘cash in’ on the winds of change that appears to have drifted Guyana’s way on promises of an economic transformation driven by our protracted, now realized oil and gas ‘dream,’ Guyanese women are sending unmistakable signals that they are determined not to be left behind. 

Climate Change Champion
Climate Change Champion

Irreconcilable positions could collide in Dubai

Even the increasing robustness of the climate change lobby remains insufficient to push back the determination of the ‘big players’ in the global oil and gas industry, if some of the recent reports on the posture of the oil majors are anything to go by.

Lead players
Lead players

Regional food security: Pressure and polemic

Up to this time it appears to be the case that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries are making ‘heavy weather’ of trying to navigate their way out of the choppy waters’ of food insecurity communicated to the region by the World Bank/ Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) as far back as 2021 and at least twice thereafter, the two latter warnings coming over the past two years.

Stock Market Updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1027’s trading results showed consideration of $1,863,115 from 2,903 shares traded in 13 transactions as compared to session 1026’s trading results, which showed consideration of $88,321,064 from 317,043 shares traded in 72 transactions.

No excuse for absence of regular updates on Food Security Terminal

For all the measures put in place by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to roll back the tide of food insecurity following the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) revelation late last year that 4.1 million people (or 57 percent of the region’s population) were facing food insecurity, concerns persist that the region is still some distance from being out of the woods on the issue.

GCCI and ExxonMobil officials

GCCI, Exxon Guyana officials meet

On July 6th, 2023, members of the Executive Management Commit-tee of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry met with representatives of Esso Explora-tion & Production Guyana Ltd.

Small Business Week, July 21-29, 2023

The Stabroek Business welcomes the recent disclosure by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) regarding the staging of a Small Business Week (July 21-29), whilst, simultaneously raising some issues which, we believe, are critical to ensuring that the event is impactful insofar as it redounds to the benefit of the small business community, as a whole.

Flashback: In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. (Washington Examiner)

IMF blog floats recommendations for mitigating Caribbean’s climate woes

A recent article on climate change in the Caribbean published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the island territories, collectively, are “the most exposed region to climate-related natural disasters,” and puts its “estimated adaptation investment needs” at more than $US 100 billion, an amount which the article says is “equal to about one-third of its (the region’s) annual economic output.”

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian Supermarket Association of T&T president Rajiv Diptee shares a light moment with Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon at Nestle’s booth during the Caribbean Food and Beverage Event at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya

Region must collaborate to reduce food imports

By Raphael John-Lall (T&T Guardian) President of the Supermar-ket Association of T&T (SATT) Rajiv Diptee is warning of dire consequences like hunger and malnutrition if T&T and the rest of the region do not achieve food security in the short term.

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