Business

Another scam to ‘gouge’ poor people

The disclosure by the Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department that retailers are mixing flour with powdered milk and offering the mixture for sale as pure powdered milk is one of those shameful and infuriating manifestations of a thoroughly corrupt commercial culture that has long been an occupational hazard of shopping in Guyana.

GT&T officials ‘talk up’ land-line telephone service

The “elaborate telecommunications” buildout undertaken by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) since the signing in 1991 of an agreement with the Government of Guyana and Atlantic Tele Network (ATN) has completely revolutionized several critical sectors of the Guyanese economy and improved the quality of life in Guyana as a whole, according to the company’s Deputy General Manager, Public Communications, Terry Holder.

Unscrupulous retailers strike again as…

Consumer complaints that unpackaged powdered milk being offered for sale to consumers in shops and markets is being ‘mixed’ with flour to ‘push up’ the profit margins of shopkeepers and vendors have led to calls from the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department for the milk to be “bagged and labelled” before being sold to consumers.

Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Column

Which place in Guyana do you enjoy doing business with, because it offers you the service that you, as a customer, expect and which you would like to see publicly recognized and honoured for its commitment to customer service?

Stock market updates

Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

Erosion of ACP Sugar Protocol

The IMF’s 2007 Regional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere says the erosion of European Union (EU) trade preferences will cause Guyana to have a cumulative output decline of up to 6.5% by 2010 as the preferential sugar trade is phased out.

Editorial

Earlier this week the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce issued a press statement in which it expressed its concern over the likelihood that businessmen travelling through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport could become enmeshed in set ups associated with what the release suggests is now the prevalent practice of placing illicit drugs and other illegal items in the baggage of innocent passengers.

CARIFESTA presents an opportunity to boost heritage tourism

Executive Director of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Maureen Paul believes that Guyana’s hosting of next year’s Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) provides the tourist industry with an important opportunity to promote the local tourist industry through the Heritage Tours that allow visitors to experience first hand the cultural diversity of the country.

Some local tour operators facing insurance pressures

The ability of local nature resorts to secure potentially lucrative agreements with overseas tour operators that could both boost their earnings and increase the number of visitors to Guyana is being hampered by the reluctance of the insurance industry to grant adequate insurance cover to the resorts, according to information reaching Stabroek Business.

Stock market updates

Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

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