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Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat (right) with India’s Minister of External Affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar yesterday at State House. (Office of the President photo)
Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat (right) with India’s Minister of External Affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar yesterday at State House. (Office of the President photo)

India seeking two million barrels of oil at a time but no deal so far – Bharrat

India has expressed interest in locking in an agreement for purchasing at least two million barrels of crude oil at a time but Guyana  has maintained its position that it is not yet ready for a fixed agreement and will focus on the MoU signed yesterday that focuses on other opportunities.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking yesterday. Next to him is the Chairman of CARICOM, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell. (CARICOM photo)
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking yesterday. Next to him is the Chairman of CARICOM, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell. (CARICOM photo)

Modi proposes 1,000 more scholarships for CARICOM, help with millets

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday proposed 1,000 more scholarships for CARICOM nationals over the next five years, help with mobile hospitals and the promoting of millets as a superfood in a wide-ranging address that also encompassed training for women cricketers.

The road when it was dug

Sisters Village residents still concerned over road work

`All like this morning, I wet the road, and now is like we got a dust storm’ By Milton Grannum The residents of Sisters Village, located on the West Bank of Demerara, are continuing to express  frustration at ongoing road construction between Duncan Street and Saw Pit Turn that saw the undermining of part of the thoroughfare on Saturday after excavation works..

Leoner Gonzalez

Venezuelan jailed over cocaine, cannabis

Leoner Gonzalez, a 26-year-old miner and Vene-zuelan national, appeared yesterday at the Kama-rang Magistrate’s Court to answer separate charges of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Nathaniel Burrowes

Agatash man fined for DUI

Nathaniel Burrowes, a 25-year-old labourer of Agatash Village, Bartica, appeared in the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Teriq Mohammed, to answer to the charge of driving a motor vehicle whilst his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit.

President Irfaan Ali(right) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the conferral of the Order of Excellence.  (Office of the President photo)

Indian PM conferred with Order of Excellence

President Irfaan Ali last night conferred Guyana’s highest national award “The Order of Excellence” on India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi at a State Dinner hosted by the President and his wife, First Lady Arya Ali, at their official residence.

GWI staff assessing the damage to the pipe at Dennis Street.

Electrician crushed to death by truck on Sheriff St

By Khamisi Slowe An electrician was crushed to death yesterday on Sheriff Street after two speeding trucks came into contact with each other and one careened into a house and the other was left precariously perched over a trench after piercing a water main.

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