Business

Science and tech advisory board to be set up An Industry Advisory Board designed to provide advice and practical support for the science and technology needs of the local private sector could be established by September this year according to Director of the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) Dr.

GASCI (www.gasci. com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 260’s trading results showed consideration of $871,630 from 15,863 shares traded in 4 transactions as compared to session 259 which showed consideration of $4,613,276 from 279,010 shares traded in 25 transactions. 

GASCI Summary of Financials    Session 260 July 14, 2008 Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

Upgrading of treatment facilities to follow $1.2B infrastructure boost Residents of large areas of south and north Georgetown can anticipate major   improvements in water quality early next year to add to a more than $1.2B investment in water delivery infrastructure completed in those areas last year, according to Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Chief Executive Officer Karan Singh. 

Another chicken price hike looms As the price of imported feed continues to spiral on the back of rising oil prices, another increase in the price of chicken is on the horizon according to Managing Director of Bounty Farms Ltd, Peter deGroot.

Slowly, imperceptibly, we have lost control of downtown Georgetown to the chaos and confusion that constitutes commercial life.

IT GovernanceBy Andre Griffith “Ah, to hell with it, its your decision anyway.

By Rawle Lucas (Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice President of the Lending Services Division.

The Stabroek Business has agreed to publish this article on the culture of potable water use which was prepared by Guyana Water Inc.

Bounty cuts mark-up by 10% on essential commodities Bounty Farms Ltd.

-Auditor General’s report Deficiencies in the computer software package commissioned by City Hall to efficiently administer rates collection by the municipality may have compromised the entire rates collection system according to the recently completed report by the Office of the Auditor General arising out of a special investigation into the operations of the City Treasurer’s Department.

Parked containers, cordoned sections of pave add to commuter misery City Hall appears to be losing its protracted battle of attrition with vendors to bring a sense of order to some of the main streets in the capital as increasing numbers of itinerant traders occupy pavements and streets.

Says he will not preside over weak Commission Newly elected Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Captain Gerry Gouveia has told Stabroek Business that he has no intention of allowing differences of opinion between government and the private sector to derail the PSC’s agenda for the growth and development of the business sector specifically and Guyana in general.

The public face of Guyana Water Inc. The Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc Karan Singh strongly believes that the problems associated with the payment of water rates are, for want of a better word “cultural.”

Evadnie Fields-Benfield is the Information Co-ordinator at the Guyana National Bureau of Standards Introduction “In order to serve their intended purpose, the public must be able to trust certification marks”.

Engineers, managers desperately needed Rate collection figures released to Stabroek Business by the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) point to what Chief Executive Officer Karan Singh described as “an encouraging but still far from satisfactory” improvement in the response by consumers to appeals for the timely payment of water tariffs.

…while many starve and the environment suffers By Karen Abrams While food prices increase, and food shortages plague developing countries, producing countries lose a large supply of food annually to waste due to transportation, cold storage and distribution problems, while in developed nations like the UK, US, and Japan, consumers and organizations waste billions of dollars in food each year due to over buying, poor planning, busy schedules and a myriad of reasons explored below.

Part I By Andre Griffith Introduction This series looks at applications of information and communications technologies to traditional businesses in Guyana, and at some of the implications for the formation of a new business sector based on the so called atomic e-business models such as information processing, online retailing and others.