Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 23:13 by Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall Can it be said that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Government is now an actually listening government?  Yes, I say.  Regardless if such listening only suits its interests.  Yes, again.  Could this listening and responding appropriately be due to elections hanging out in the street waiting ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 23:14 by Denis Chabrol India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who received Guyana’s highest national award, the Order of Excellence,  on Wednesday praised President Irfaan Ali for his role among the Indian Diaspora in the country. “Today, the Indian community in Guyana is making a very important contribution to its development. President Irfaan Ali ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 23:14 by Denis Chabrol Antigua and Barbuda-based former employees of the bankrupt and shuttered LIAT (1974) Limited would soon receive some monies from the government there, but their counterparts in Guyana and other countries would have to await talks among the former shareholder governments, according to Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Brown. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 21:04 by Writer India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Wednesday offered the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to fight transnational crime, supply ferry vessels and convert the troublesome sargassum seaweed into fertiliser. Addressing the opening of the 2nd India-CARICOM summit in Georgetown, Mr Modi proposed that India partner with the region in the implementation ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 20:56 by Writer India continues to be interested in a long-term agreement to buy Guyana’s crude oil of 2 million barrels per lift, but Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat said government was sticking to its position that sales must be done competitively. Mr Bharrat also said ExxonMobil, the operator in the Stabroek Block, ...