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Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday March 18, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

SB: After the recent Market Day at Mocha, you advocated that the farmers and agro-processors there be afforded a market as well as processing & packaging facilities.

The bountiful spread of fruit and vegetable ‘markets’ that manifest themselves across the country including evidence of a marked increase in the number of new vendors at various vantage points across the capital and in parts of other regions, is one of the many manifestations of the aggressive pursuit of entrepreneurial options arising out of the economic squeeze created by the onset of Covid-19.

By Deodat Maharaj   Caribbean economies have largely been primary producers with a focus on commodities for much of our history.

For all the damage that has been inflicted on Jamaica’s tourism industry by the onset of COVID-19, notably its impact on tourist arrivals and consequential tourist spending, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) territory continues to back its visitor appeal by projecting a better year for the industry, the ongoing travails of the pandemic notwithstanding.

Reports in sections of the Trinidad and Tobago media earlier this week assert that the Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (FIUTT) tagged a total of 1,831 procedures deemed to have fallen into the realm of Suspicious Transaction and Suspicious Activity and that these were reportedly worth some TT$27 billion.

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The recently installed Joe Biden administration in Washington is being pushed to provide a multi-million dollar funding initiative to assist Barbados and the various other Caribbean territories with their post-COVID economic revival pursuits.

Guyana’s agricultural sector can anticipate various types of assistance from the local office of the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) as the UN agency proceeds with the execution of its mandate as the body responsible for celebrating 2021 as the designated International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV).

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday March 11, 2021    Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Stock market updates GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 905’s trading results showed consideration of $9,104,182 from 48,311 shares traded in 25 transactions as compared to session 904’s trading results which showed consideration of $20,853,801 from 228,829 shares traded in 24 transactions.

SN: What went before farming? AS: Farming has always been my life.

This is not the first time that the Stabroek Business has commented on official pronouncements on economic diplomacy and the particular role of the Foreign Service in pursuit of the goals of attracting external investors, creating openings for the growth of markets for goods and the marketing Guyana as a haven for external investment.

The government’s 2021 budget may well end up being a missed opportunity for expanding support and nourishing growth of Guyana’s small business sector.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday March 4, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

With the Caribbean widely believed to have been the hardest hit region by the still rampaging COVID-19 pandemic, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) late last week finalised a loan agreement with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to provide funding for a social protection initiative targeting citizens most affected by the pandemic.