The recalcitrant posture of the majority Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) towards the right of their employees to be affiliated to trade unions of their choice has now become “a stern test case” for government “that could now present itself as a measuring rod for determining its own commitment to protecting workers rights…,” General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis has said.
On Tuesday October 18, the Stabroek News’s editorial titled ‘Crime statistics and public security’ raised the issue of the relevance of the crime figures routinely published by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in the context of the role that the figures play in helping the public to arrive at a reliable assurance regarding just how safe we are.
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A lack of sustained attention to the economic potential of the local beekeeping industry continues to stunt its growth and cause the country to “miss out” on a multi-million dollar sector, according to Vice President of the National Apiculture Society (NAS) Linden Stewart.
The East Bank Berbice corridor is dotted with farmers who ply their trade with a sense of purpose, cognizant of the fact that while farming can be a profitable pursuit, you get out of it only as much as you put into it.
This article is being published by the Stabroek Business as a service to the secretariat organizing the October 21-23 Coconut Festival being held at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre.
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Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday October 20, 2016 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.
The newly established Guyana Oil and Gas Association (GOGA) on Tuesday evening used the occasion of its launch at the Marriott Hotel to call for “transparent governance” of the sector and to caution against Guyana going the way of other oil-producing countries.
Raymond Trotz believes that next week’s Coconut Festival to be held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre is just the sort of impetus which the local industry needs in its pursuit of a rejuvenation.
It is not the easiest thing in the world to speak glibly about safety in the gold mining sector in circumstances where most of us who dwell outside of that circle do not know much about the associated risks.
By Karen Abrams, MBA Co-Founder, STEMGuyana The University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Electrical and Computer Science Team has an idea for STEM education in Trinidad and Tobago and it could potentially benefit the entire Caribbean.
Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday October 13, 2016 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.
Focused on exploiting the broadest possible range of marketing techniques to promote the locally manufactured Amy’s Pomeroon Coffee (APC), Chief Executive Officer of Amy’s Pomeroon Foods Inc Louis Holder has embarked on an exercise aimed at popularizing the product at government ministries and other state-run entities.
Maxwell Nurse concedes that when he embarked on his first entrepreneurial venture, M&M Graphics in the late 1990s his knowledge of the essentials of running a business was limited to a decidedly deficient understanding of the concept of making a ‘mark up.’
Co-proprietor of the multi-service enterprise operating under the trading name Solutions Pro, Marlon George, is currently engaged in initiatives designed to consolidate the business entity which was created in February 2014 and which, he believes, still has a considerable road to travel.
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