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- 22 December, 2024
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Business Articles by CounterPunchTT
NGC CONTRACTORS FRUSTRATED OVER PAY DELAY
CONTRACTORS and suppliers at National Gas Company (NGC) are expressing frustration over the time they are forced to wait for payments.
ROWLEY SELLS MILL WHILE GUYANA EXCEEDS RICE TARGET
PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley is selling the country’s rice mill while Guyana has just exceeded its mid-year production target.
GOOGLE ILLEGAL IN US BUT MONOPOLIES RULE IN T&T
MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR business monopolies are being permitted in Trinidad and Tobago even as a United States court has ruled that Google is an illegal monopolist.
HALLIBURTON’S PROFIT BOOSTED BY GUYANA
A MAJOR energy service company that moved much of its regional operations from Trinidad and Tobago to Guyana is reporting high profit. The company’s 2024
WHAT IS MUSK’S AGENDA IN GUYANA?
ONE of the world’s richest men calling the leader of the fastest-growing economy! What could be the interest here? The official statement speaks in nebulous
INDIAN BUSINESSMAN TO BUY RICE MILL
NOW an Indian businessman is moving to buy National Flour Mill’s (NFM) rice mill at Carlsen Field.
LOOK WHO IS TALKING INVESTMENTS
IN 2022, the most recent year for which official statistics are available, net investments to the value of almost US $1 billion fled Trinidad and Tobago.
Finance Minister Colm Imbert has revealed that it takes three and a half years to enforce contracts and two and a half years to resolve insolvencies.
PROTEST OVER $3 B FOR ELITES
A GROUP of conscientious nationals is planning a protest against Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s support of $3 billion in loans from an African bank to local elites.
BUSINESS PLEADS FOR ACTION ON INVESTMENTS
THE business community is pleading with the Government to take effective measures to attract local and international investments.
TAXPAYERS STILL PAYING $4.4 B PETROTRIN LOANS
TAXPAYERS still owe $4.4 billion for scandalous Petrotrin project cost overruns from the Patrick Manning era.
So far, the country has repaid $7.5 billion on a number of loans to finance several hugely expensive ventures at Pointe-a-Pierre.