Business

Market works wonders In our first piece, we began the inquiry into the functioning of markets in Guyana noting that the members of the private sector-households and the business community-were inextricably locked in a dependent relationship of mutual survival.

Kamarang is an Amerindian community situated on the confluence of the Kamarang and Mazaruni rivers.

Surinam Airways is moving to increase the number of its scheduled weekly flights between Georgetown and Miami in response to the high demand from its Guyanese passengers, the Airline’s Guyana Station Manager Rudi Westerborg said in an interview earlier this week.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 502’s trading results showed consideration of $2,665,264 from 76,979 shares traded in 15 transactions as compared to session 501 which showed consideration of $1,756,747 from 22,597 shares

By Mike Mohan Mike Mohan is the Chief Executive Officer of Starr Computers However much we might pretend to the contrary, security is everybody’s business.

North Carolina State University Solid Waste specialist Rhonda Sherman conducting a hands on workshop on making compost for farmers and kitchen garden ‘buffa’ at the St Stanislaus College  farm earlier this week. 

What is interesting about Brittney Ally is the fact that at 18 she already holds a private pilot’s licence, but is yet to secure a driver’s licence.

Stabroek Business has learnt that the long-awaited formal launch of the LCDS Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) and Building Alternative Livelihoods for Vulnerable Groups project, which will be administered by the Small Business Bureau situated within the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, will take place before the end of March.

A US expert on compost production and solid waste disposal, who is here to work with local farmers on maximising the transformation of backyard waste into useful manure, has told Stabroek Business that understanding the value of backyard waste can contribute to the creation of more efficient and safe regimes for the disposal of solid waste.

Wherever and whenever we experience a persistent spate of robberies – whether these may target sections of the business community, private homes or citizens going about their routine business – those institutions responsible for protecting the citizenry have every right to worry.

General Agreement Guyana began its return to a market economy in 1989 with the implementation of the “Economic Recovery Programme” (ERP) which was introduced by the Hoyte Administration. 

President of the George-town Chamber of Com-merce and Industry (GCCI) Clinton Urling says the chamber wants to see an increased level of private sector compliance with codes and regulations relating to fire safety.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 501’s trading results showed consideration of $1,756,747 from 22,597 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 500 which showed consideration of $12,493,690 from 195,200 shares traded in 19 transactions.

By Clinton Urling Recently, when the local chapter of Trans-parency International (TI) announced the results of the latest edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the report raised many eyebrows and ruffled many feathers throughout the community. For

Guyana could shortly be joining other Caribbean countries currently engaged in actively promoting the region as a wedding tourism destination if efforts are successful to have amendments made to existing legislation governing marriage licences.

In just over 20 months the dream of the country’s leading distributors of Japanese motor vehicles and engineering services of relocating  operations outside the capital is scheduled to become a reality.

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has been sounding off on what he says is the desirability of Guyanese assuming a more assertive buy local posture, while warning local agro-processors to ensure their products secure official certification from the Food and Drugs Department or they will effectively be barred from local supermarket shelves.

Twice in as many weeks Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has commented on what he perceives to be protectionist trends in intra-regional trade that are locking Guyanese products out of some regional markets.