Business

As part of its effort to improve its capacity to respond to the requirements of its membership, the Georgetown Chamber of Com-merce and Industry (GCCI) has announced the launch of an Intern and Volunteer (I&V) programme aimed at recruiting skilled persons to undertake research and other assignments associated with the Chamber’s delivery of services to its members.

Expanded membership drive for small business sector Executive Director of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Jean Bacchus has told Stabroek Business that strengthening the “capacity and influence” of the Chamber is critical to growth and development of the urban business and that it is the business houses themselves that must work to enhance the ability of the Chamber to impact on urban commercial life, “At the moment the GCCI has a membership of around 100 organizations and we estimate that around 35 per cent of our members pay an active interest in the work of the Chamber.” 

Even as the Chinese bauxite company continues to provide assurances that the worsening dust menace at Linden arising out of stepped up bauxite production will ease by next September with the installation of a new dust shield, residents of the mining community continue to express    mixed feelings about the possible harmful effects of the problem and the extent to which the company should move to bring short-term relief from the problem.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 275’s trading results showed consideration of $5,908,598 from 84,122 shares traded in 15 transactions as compared to session 274 which showed consideration of $624,958 from 75,000 shares traded in 5 transactions. 

The number one seeded player in the women’s draw of the Open singles of the 2008 Le Meridien Pegasus-sponsored lawn tennis competition Shelly Ramdyhan stormed into the final with a  6-0, 6-1 whipping of Aruna Ramrattan on Monday evening at the hotel’s courts.

More than $600m in contributions still owed The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) could slip into a condition of crisis unless urgent steps are taken to remedy serious operational and organizational deficiencies in the running of the Scheme, according to a source close to the organization.

-Ottawa trade commissioner A breakthrough by the Canadian oil company CGX in pursuit of its search for oil in Guyana’s maritime space can change the course of Canadian investment in Guyana and pave the way for the importation of significant levels of Canadian equipment and services associated with the oil industry.

We note with interest the appeal by the Commissioner of Customs and Trade Administration to businessmen to help put an end to corruption within the Customs department by ceasing the practice of offering bribes.

As concerns over the depletion of global environmental resources heighten, the harvesting practices of the local logging industry are coming under increasing scrutiny.

Dryer stack raised The Chinese bauxite company, Bosai is working towards a September 2009 deadline set by the local Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the installation of a dust shield at the Linden bauxite plant to alleviate what residents of the mining community say has been a worsening problem.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 274’s trading results showed consideration of $624,958 from 75,000 shares traded in 5 transactions as compared to session 273 which showed consideration of $333,308 from 29,242 shares traded in 8 transactions. 

Raising the profile of the Canadian business sector in Latin America and the Caribbean and generating an increased level of two-way trade and investment is one of Canada’s major foreign economic policy priorities, according to High Commissioner to Guyana Charles Court.

It’s an opportunity to package and sell our Dutch heritage -THAG President Even as stakeholders in the local tourism sector worry about the decline in visitor arrivals, the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) is currently pursuing new approaches to attracting visitors to Guyana.

Problem has worsened because of higher production The health and environmental implications of bauxite production for Linden and its environs ought to be factored into the operations of the companies involved, according to Chairman of the Interim Management Committee of the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LMTC), Orrin Gordon.

The Chinese company Bosai is the latest in a series of expatriate companies which, over the decades, have been involved in bauxite production at Linden; and the people of Linden understand only too well that the dust emission from the bauxite plant is inextricably linked to the well-being of the community and the economic fortunes of the country as a whole.

By Rawle Lucas Impressive Numbers The combined output of crops, livestock and fisheries accounted for about 34 percent of the income generated by the Guyana economy over the last 10 years. 

As concerns over the depletion of global environmental resources heighten, the harvesting practices of the local  the logging industry are coming under increasing scrutiny.