Business

This column explores initiatives to improve the business climate of our nation and make Guyana Open for Business a reality.

Karen Abrams holds an MBA from UC San Francisco. She is a Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the US and Caribbean.

Corporate Social Responsibility Last Wednesday the Canadian High Commission in Georgetown hosted a forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a concept that has gained considerable ground in recent years in the global discourse on the issue of desirable operating practices in the international corporate community.

Finance Ministry still to release Tenders for 1.5m euro second phase of Ogle Airport project The consortium of local aircraft owners who hold a lease agreement with the Government of Guyana for the development of the Ogle Aerodrome has declined to comment on the possible reasons for the protracted delay in the release of funds provided by the European Development Fund (EDF) – and being administered by the Government of Guyana – for the second phase of the modernization of the facility.

The raft of recommendations contained in the recently completed report on the reform of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) can only be effectively implemented if they are energetically supported by the political administration including President Bharrat Jagdeo according to an informed NIS source.

Few phenomena account more for the slow economic growth and the frustrations of normal domestic life in Guyana than our electricity supply system.

Airstrips, navigational aids, security, search and rescue capacity all deficient …Mekdeci The privately-run aviation sector is so concerned about what it says is the lack of qualifications and competence of the serving Flight Inspector at the Guyana Civil Aviation Autho-rity (GCAA) that it offered some months ago to meet the salary costs of a qualified replacement.

By Karen Abrams I have met Captain Gerry Gouevia, the Chief Executive Officer of Roraima Airways.

By Peter R Ramsaroop Overview Last week I started a short series on critical issues as it relates to our farmers and recommended major improvements in order for them to be able to strategically position themselves to improve their products, marketability and financial results.

GASCI Summary of Financials Session 243

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 243’s trading results showed consideration of $13,489,102 from 398,314 shares traded in 18 transactions as compared to session 242 which showed consideration of $3,627,631 from 160,576 shares traded in 24 transactions.

The consortium of local aircraft owners who hold a lease agreement with the Government of Guyana for the development of the Ogle Aerodrome has declined to comment on the possible reasons for the protracted delay in the release of funds provided by the European Development Fund (EDF) – and being administered by the Government of Guyana – for the second phase of the modernization of the facility.

The raft of recommendations contained in the recently completed report on the reform of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) can only be effectively implemented if they are energetically supported by the political administration including President Bharrat Jagdeo according to an informed NIS source.

The privately-run aviation sector is so concerned about what it says is the lack of qualifications and competence of the serving Flight Inspector at the Guyana Civil Aviation Autho-rity (GCAA) that it offered some months ago to meet the salary costs of a qualified replacement.

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Few phenomena account more for the slow economic growth and the frustrations of normal domestic life in Guyana than our electricity supply system.

I have met Captain Gerry Gouevia, the Chief Executive Officer of Roraima Airways.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone N