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Lack of attention to customer concerns in a range of key and critical public and private sector service entities across Guyana has saddled the country with a “poor” reputation for customer service, local International Develop-ment Consultant Joycelyn Williams told a seminar hosted by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Tuesday.

While Caribbean Community (Caricom) governments are showing signs of a greater sense of earnestness in their pursuit of enhanced levels of food security, the realisation of that goal continues to be threatened by huge expenditures on high volumes of imported foods.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 533’s trading results showed consideration of $2,066,876 from 102,109 shares traded in 6 transactions as compared to session 532 which showed consideration of $2,189,173 from 10,163 shares traded in 9 transactions. 

After 20 years in the business of fashioning craft Kenneth Nelson – Ras Judah to the brothers and sisters of the faith – is unsure of the condition of the industry.

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The jury may still be out on the health and nutritional issues that attend the proliferation of international food franchises in developing countries, but those considerations are doing little to deter Guyanese investors.

In the same interview during which she told us she believed Caribbean governments were displaying evidence of a greater sense of urgency as far as the food security of the region is concerned, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Resident Representative Dr Lystra Fletcher-Paul conceded that the pace of change was, perhaps, not matching the urgency of the situation.

On Thursday afternoon last, GuyExpo XV was declared open by President Donald Ramotar, who, along with the various other functionaries, said his piece about the event being billed as the country’s premier trade show.

A near interminable wait for the launch of the US$10 million Micro and Small Enterprise Development (MSED) Project comes to an end on Monday with the unveiling of the first phase of the project by President Donald Ramotar at the International Conference Centre at Liliendaal.

For all the vigorous and, frankly, fanciful and far-fetched efforts of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) to sell GuyExpo XV as a flawless success, it is patently obvious that nothing can be further from the truth.

For the past ten years a determined group of women have been journeying by boat, tractor and trailer, truck and Canter to Georgetown and to GuyExpo.

Nandkishore Andrews is one of those exhibitors whom we were desperately hoping would put in an appearance at GuyExpo XV.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Pegasus Hotel Robert Badal has said that the unfolding circumstances of the Marriott Hotel have given rise to the need for President Donald Ramotar to mount an enquiry into the project “without delay”.

For Zarinah Hameed GuyExpo XV provided a timely opportunity to show her creations to a wider audience while simultaneously broadening her client base.

It takes Joyce Lawrence three days to travel from Aishalton in the South Rupununi to get to GuyExpo.

The lure of gold has given rise to a devil-may-care attitude in some sections of the mining industry and in an overwhelming number of instances, is responsible for the loss of life, Administrative Coordinator of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) Colin Sparman told Stabroek Business on Monday.

At 34, John Lewis bares the persona of an experienced businessman without appearing burdened by the responsibility.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 532’s trading results showed consideration of $2,189,173 from 10,163 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 531 which showed consideration of $23,746,708 from 105,266 shares traded in 9 transactions. 

While most local wood products’ manufacturers embrace the ambition of capturing lucrative overseas markets, the  Hauraruni Agricultural Development Company (HADCO) Farm and Sawmill Incorporated is proceeding in the opposite direction.