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Luxury can be defined as a state of great comfort or elegance, especially when difficult to obtain.

When Stabroek Business arrived at Stall A3 Giftland Mall on Wednesday it was as if a small squall has just passed through the cramped space.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday March 1, 2018

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is spearheading the cultivation of 25,000 tomato seedlings which will be allocated to meet the production needs of the Pakaraima Flavours Sundried Tomato Project of Region Eight.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 762’s trading results showed consideration of $4,685,043 from 25,094 shares traded in 18 transactions as compared to session 761’s trading results which showed consideration of $20,735,105 from 251,919 shares traded in 30 transactions.

The reported brouhaha over the alleged two-month gap in the payment of salaries to security guards providing services at state locations in Region Five would appear to point to the persistence of an entrenched practice of employer exploitation of security guards by private contractors providing service at state institutions.

Even as Roraima Airways prepares to host the annual Wedding Expo next month, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Gerry Gouveia has told Stabroek Business that the process of amending the country’s Marriage Act to reduce the residency requirement from fifteen days to two days for non-nationals wishing to marry in Guyana, must be accelerated.

S&P Global Platts, the international provider of energy and commodities information has reported in its January 2018 Global Survey of member countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that, for the sixth straight month Venezuela’s oil output has fallen,  reaching 1.64m barrels per day in January.

Berlinda Duncan- Persaud has spent much of the past two years trying to interweave the art and craft of the Amerindian communities into mainstream Guyanese life by making the work of indigenous craftsmen and women available to a coastal market and even to extend the demand outside of Guyana.

In an advertisement in this week’s Stabroek News, Guyana Deep Water Operations Inc (GDO) listed 31 areas for service opportunities.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Renovation of the first 600 metres of berth under the first phase of the expansion of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT), being undertaken by operators Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited, is now completed and ready to accommodate Panamax vessels.

Winners of this year’s Race To The Altar, the most popular feature of the annual Roraima Airways Company -staged Wedding Expo will benefit from collective contributions to their ‘dream wedding’ from some of the most prominent service providers in the business community valued at more than $3 million, Stabroek Business has been informed.

(Jamaica Observer) Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr Andrew Wheatley (left) and Group General Manager of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Winston Watson, officially unveil the cover of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Standards Guide at the launch held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston yesterday.

CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican buyers imported ten times more corn from Brazil last year amid concern that NAFTA renegotiations could disrupt their U.S.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 761’s trading results showed consideration of $20,735,105 from 251,919 shares traded in 30 transactions as compared to session 760’s trading results which showed consideration of $2,535,754 from 35,463 shares traded in 15 transactions.

It is hard to think of any national issue that has secured more traction with the populace over the past two years than the issue of the discovery of oil offshore Guyana and the processes involved in recovering and exploiting the commodity for the nation’s benefit.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)