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Three recent events, the April 30-May 1 UncappeD event at the National Stadium, Providence, the May 19-21 Agri Investment Forum at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre and the May 26-29 Barbados Agro Fest, collectively, did much to focus national and regional attention on the agro-processing sector.

Historically, the agriculture sector has been male-dominated. While, historically, women have been known to work side by side with men in the sugar industry and to develop and sustain ‘kitchen gardens’ to keep the family pot ‘boiling, men, apart from being dominant on large farms across the sector have been known to dominate various other disciplines associated with food production.

Rhonda Grovosner-Marcus’ passion for the beauty industry derives, she says, from enjoying “seeing other people look good.”

Lawrence Braithwaite is one of many creative Guyanese who, over many years, have transformed their ‘knack’ for ‘working magic’ in the kitchen into foods that ‘catch on’ not just at the family table but with a much larger market of ‘foodies,’ big enough to transform a hobby into a profitable worthwhile economic venture.

By Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas The Russian invasion of Ukraine has opened a new chapter in international relations, with important implications for the global economic order.

Backed by the attraction of an oil-driven expanding national economy the government of Guyana is pushing to ensure that the country’s July 22-24 Building Expo to be staged at the National Stadium, Providence, East Coast Demerara will serve to generate even further interest in the country’s building and perhaps more importantly to further push back the architectural barriers which, up until now, do not fully reflect the reality of a country in transformation.

The oil-producing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) state of Trinidad and Tobago has been put on notice by the country’s central bank that the recent “windfall” from the country’s oil and gas sector should not be mistaken for a long-term phenomenon and that those earnings should be directed at making such adjustments as have been rendered necessary by the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The prime minister of Barbados evoked a Jamaican reggae legend Wednesday as she described in stark terms the “triple crisis” in her region that’s threatening the health and welfare of the entire Western Hemisphere.

What we are already beginning to discover is that for all the global concerns arising out of what we are told is the nexus between fossil fuels and the worrisome threat of cataclysmic climate change, Guyana’s remarkably rapid transformation from a ‘banana republic’ to one of the most-watched countries in the hemispheric is entirely a function of our new-found oil and gas resources.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 971’s trading results showed consideration of $4,302,621 from 12,381 shares traded in 20 transactions as compared to session 970’s trading results which showed consideration of $49,593,989 from 93,383 shares traded in 38 transactions.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday June 16, 2022

One of the more recent indicators of external perceptions of the state of health of the Guyana economy was reflected in the pronouncement by British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller, on Thursday July 2 that Guyana has now positioned itself as Britain’s top trade partner in the Caribbean.

With the Caribbean now focused on positioning its agricultural sector to accomplish the goal of reducing  extra-regional food imports by 25% by 2025, the  recent Guyana Agri-Investment Forum and Expo staged at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre has attracted a fair measure of attention across the region, never mind the fact that, perhaps understandably, skeptics continue to take furtive glances backwards at the succession of ‘false starts’ which the region has had to endure in seeking to fix its food security limitations..

UN News – The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed progress towards universal access to electricity and clean cooking fuels and technology, and the fallout from the war in Ukraine could result in further setbacks, according to a UN-backed report, published on Wednesday.

By Matthew Smith for Oilprice.com The Guyana-Suriname Basin has emerged as the world’s hottest offshore oil play and with the changes occurring to the global energy mix after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Caribbean is becoming an important player in world oil markets.

The trade group representing the cruise ship industry unsuccessfully pushed international authorities to water down new environmental regulations despite its members’ climate commitments, experts in marine air pollution warn.