{"id":28996,"date":"2026-03-25T18:39:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=28996"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:39:41","slug":"steady-prices-amid-flood-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/steady-prices-amid-flood-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Steady Prices amid flood concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>NCN visited Bourda Market in Georgetown to check on the latest food prices amid unpredictable weather and rising flood concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shoppers and vendors are seeing some relief as prices for key items have so far remained stable, offering a sense of reassurance during an otherwise uncertain period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite unpredictable weather, food prices remain stable, with meat and poultry selling for $480 to $500 per pound, eggs $1,300 to $1,600 per tray, and vegetables like eshallot at $500 per pound, and cabbage, carrots, and tomatoes between $260 to $300, as authorities continue monitoring rainfall and potential flooding risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a sense of stability that vendors say is helping to keep customers coming back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha says measures are in place to reduce flooding, though blocked drains remain a concern, while the met office warns that continued heavy rainfall could increase flooding risks in several areas.<br><br>For now, the markets remain steady, a small but meaningful comfort for households already watching every dollar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCN visited Bourda Market in Georgetown to check on the latest food prices amid unpredictable weather and rising flood concerns. Shoppers and vendors are seeing some relief as prices for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28998,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28996\/revisions\/28998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}