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Minister Broomes (right)  in a bilateral exchange with one of the delegations which she engaged in Australia recently
Minister Broomes (right) in a bilateral exchange with one of the delegations which she engaged in Australia recently

Australia minerals forum raises prospects for Guyana’s gold sector

Prospects for significantly enhanced cooperation between Guyana and Australia in the mining sector could be significantly enhanced in the wake of what Minister in the Ministry of Natural Resources Simona Broomes has told the Stabroek Business was Guyana’s “fruitful participation” in Latin America Down Under (LADU).

Participants at a recent food safety seminar delivered by the Food and Drugs Department
Participants at a recent food safety seminar delivered by the Food and Drugs Department

Food vending on the streets: An over-stretched Food and Drugs Department

Third Instalment As if the weighty responsibilities associated with monitoring consignments of foods being imported into Guyana for sale to the consuming public were not enough, the Government Analyst Food & Drugs Department (GA&FDD) has other equally weighty responsibilities that have to do with monitoring the safety of street-vended foods.

The noise in the market

A review of the performance of the “other crops” sector for the first four months of this year prepared by the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) painted what, from all appearances, was a justifiably glowing picture of the yield from commonly used greens, vegetables and fruit in Guyana. 

Co-operative conversation

The International Labour Organization Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean in Collaboration with Red Thread, Guyana and the Department of Cooperatives recently staged a Workshop of the formation of a Domestic Workers’ Cooperative at the Cara Lodge.

Local hopefuls prepare for Washington ‘adventure’

First ever robotics expo seeking business support

Coordinator of Guyana’s first ever National Robotics Exhibition, Karen Abrams has told Stabroek Business that the event provides the local private sector with “as good an opportunity as is available to the business community to make a meaningful investment in the qualitative growth of the country, not for this year and the next but for generations to come.

Import substitution

Earlier this week we received some uplifting news from the agricultural sector, through the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) regarding a breakthrough in the cultivation of some crops not previously known to have been cultivated on a sustained basis in commercial quantities in Guyana, including onion and potato.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 721’s trading results showed consideration of $8,876,776 from 247,472 shares traded in 13 transactions as compared to session 720’s trading results, which showed consideration of $14,425,378 from 230,078 shares traded in 4 transactions. 

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