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Roraima Airways Chief Executive Officer Gerry Gouveia
Roraima Airways Chief Executive Officer Gerry Gouveia

Government, private sector standoff immature and embarrassing – Gouveia

The present standoff between the APNU+AFC Coalition Government and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) following a sharp public exchange between the two earlier this month is “a counterproductive development that is unacceptable given the uncertainty of the present economic climate,” former PSC Chairman and Roraima Airways Chief Executive Officer Gerry Gouveia told Stabroek Business in an interview on Tuesday.

Essequibo Chamber President Deleep Singh

April expo could be catalyst for new entrepreneurial directions in Essequibo

Chastened by the relatively sudden disappearance of the economic windfall that had been triggered by the PetroCaribe oil for rice deal, the business community on the Essequibo Coast is still seeking to find its feet in a changed economic environment where the loss of a 200,000-tonne rice market has created deep uncertainty for the industry.

Fiddling while Rome burns?

We note with interest that two high-profile private sector officials, one a veteran leader of both the Georgetown Chamber and the Private Sector Commission and the other the incoming President of the Chamber have endorsed the sentiment expressed in our editorial last Friday regarding the desirability of a meeting between the government and the private sector.

 Director of the GAFDD,                        Minister of Public  Marlan Cole

Food and Drug Department wants US company suspended

With the country now plagued by the persistence of food imports that transgress the Food and Drugs Act and pose possible serious health risks to consumers, the Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department (GAFDD) this week moved to have a United States-based company suspended from providing supplies to local food importers.

Elegance personified

Roraima Group’s ninth Wedding Expo opens today

As the organizing team prepares to roll out the Roraima Group of Companies’ three-day ninth Annual Wedding Expo later today, the company believes it can look back at the short history of the event with a considerable degree of satisfaction.

Hemchand Jaichand

Berbice business chambers to meet Jordan today

Re-elected Chairman of the Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce Hemchand Jaichand says that the range of business-related issues facing the community poses the new executive with “a number of exacting challenges” not least of which is the need to provide responses to questions that continue to arise in relation to the future of the Skeldon sugar estate.

Mainstay/Whyaka community gets capacity-building boost

Enhancing capacity to market Guyana’s tourism product is an important preoccupation particularly in indigenous areas and on Saturday, March 11, some 25 residents of Mainstay-Whyaka, including Toshao Joel Fredericks and councillors, participated in a tourism and hospitality training exercise.

Market prices

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service) The New Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

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