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Outgoing President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce (GCC) Captain Gerry Gouveia has told Stabroek Business that the business community cannot hope to proceed with its entrepreneurial pursuits in ‘splendid isolation’ from the currents in the wider society since the social and political developments that occur in Guyana impact directly on the welfare of the business sector.

A total of 2710 women received maternity benefits and grants from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) totaling more than $86m between January and December last year, according to information released by the Scheme recently.

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All countries have taken note of the potentially significant contribution that ICTs can make in their development process and in the eradication of poverty.

It is my hope that our visitors in Guyana for World-Cup cricket take some time to look at our country from an investment perspective.

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

Eleanor Hamilton-English, Carol-Ann Hamilton and Deslyn Hamilton are among the many enterprising examples of emerging Guyanese who are embracing business challenges in a local private sector that is becoming increasingly dominated by small and medium-sized businesses.

The Hand-in-Hand Group of Companies Tuesday evening launched Cricket at Bourda a wonderful book written by Ian McDonald and Paul Chan-A-Sue at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda.

Mark Vieira will lead a star-studded team to represent the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) in Jamaica for the first leg of the 2007 Caribbean Championship on April 8.

Unless the West Indies team can somehow shake themselves out of the inexplicable lethargy that has typified their cricket over the past three days, the remaining month of the World Cup will be more misery for their host of long-suffering supporters.

After bursting upon the international cricket scene by bouncing highly vaunted Pakistan out of the Cricket World Cup the Ireland World Cup cricket team is excited to be in Guyana for three “Super 8” matches the first of which gets underway today against England.

England’s captain, Michael Vaughan said that the focus of his team ahead of today’s Super Eight contest against minnows, Ireland would be the certainty of the two points they can pick from winning the match.

Ireland’s captain, Trent Johnston admitted yesterday that the Irish team was the underdog team for today’s match against England at the Providence National Stadium, but said that they will focus on doing the basics right with a 120 percent effort.

A stand-off that involved the courts and the government ended yesterday after a shipment of 946.68 metric tonnes of bulk soybean meal left Guyana for France aboard the vessel Myra after local authorities refused to offload the cargo for fear of salmonella contamination.

Dear Editor, Recently, there was an appeal sent out by City Hall with the slogan “Respect for the dead” asking relatives to co-operate in painting up the cemetery.

Many restaurants in the city experienced major water woes yesterday as GWI struggled to resume full supply amid the world cup matches and increased numbers of visitors.

Dear Editor The Sheriff Night Club should be shut down. Imagine that it harboured a gang of men who attacked, beat and sexually assaulted its patrons, including a minor, then casually went back into the bar.

All of Bartica was in darkness last night following almost three weeks of load-shedding that saw sections of the area receiving power for a few hours at a time.

Guyana’s top golfers will be on show at the Windies Sports Bar-sponsored Golf Competition tomorrow from 12:30 at the Lusignan Golf Club, East Coast Demerara.

“Excellent” was how ICC CWC Chief Operating Officer, Don Lockerbie described the running of the Guyana National Stadium for Wednesday’s Super Eight match and he also said that concerns raised last week over preparedness for the tournament were budgetary.