13 – January – 2021 – Kaieteur News

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When will you demand your pot of gold?

Jan 13, 2021 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on When will you demand your pot of gold?

Kaieteur News – Our political leaders want us to believe that oil will deliver a pot of gold. We at this newspaper, however, believe that our political leaders are bent on deceiving citizens by...

Gas-to-shore project, another cash cow for ExxonMobil

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Gas-to-shore project, another cash cow for ExxonMobil

Stabroek block deal reveals… By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – On the surface, the proposed gas-to-shore project appears to be one of the solutions to Guyana’s energy supply woes, but once...

Only 10 GRA officers auditing Guyana’s billion-dollar oil sector

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Only 10 GRA officers auditing Guyana’s billion-dollar oil sector

Kaieteur News – The 2019 Auditor General’s report has revealed that as of 2019, Guyana has only ten officers from the Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) Petroleum Revenue Department involved...

CARICOM firmly rejects acts of aggression by Venezuela

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM firmly rejects acts of aggression by Venezuela

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed their deep disappointment and concern at the decree and subsequent statements by Venezuela with respect to that country’s...

Appeal Court tells convicted rapist ‘Go back and serve your sentence’

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal Court tells convicted rapist ‘Go back and serve your sentence’

Kaieteur News – The Court of the Appeal yesterday rejected a request from convicted rapist, Calvin Ramcharran, essentially telling him to go back to serving his 23- year jail sentence. The...

Guyana, U.S sign goods and servicing agreement

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, U.S sign goods and servicing agreement

Kaieteur News – Guyana and the United States of America (USA) yesterday signed an agreement which allows the exchange of goods and services between the two countries’ defence force. The...

Maduro regime in border – PR offensive on Essequibo claims

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Maduro regime in border – PR offensive on Essequibo claims

Kaieteur News – The Venezuelan president, Nicholas Maduro Morro, and his regime have started to proactively use public relations to put forward their position on claiming the Essequibo. The...

Suspected “Sindicato” gang members rob Kaituma businessman

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected “Sindicato” gang members rob Kaituma businessman

Kaieteur News – Three Venezuelan nationals suspected to be members of the notorious “Sindicato” invaded the home of a Port Kaituma businessman on Tuesday and robbed him of guns, ammunition...

Police Service Commission in talks to settle promotions case out of court

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Police Service Commission in talks to settle promotions case out of court

Kaieteur News – The Police Service Commission (PSC) is in talks to settle the court cases over unfair practices in senior cop promotions. Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs...

EAAF director claims he was never offered autopsy video – Ministry of Home Affairs, Police say he is lying

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EAAF director claims he was never offered autopsy video – Ministry of Home Affairs, Police say he is lying

Gruesome murder of West Berbice teens… Kaieteur News – Even as Director of the Argentine Forensic Team (EAAF), Dr. Luis Fondebriber has stated that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has never...

Coalition’s GECOM Commissioners withdraw from meeting after Chair’s refusal to meet Amna Ally

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition’s GECOM Commissioners withdraw from meeting after Chair’s refusal to meet Amna Ally

– PPP’s Gunraj refutes claims Kaieteur News – Three Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioners, Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin and Desmond Trotman, yesterday withdrew from a...

Five years now, alleged rape victim 16, awaiting justice

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Five years now, alleged rape victim 16, awaiting justice

Kaieteur News – It has been more than five years since a report was made concerning the alleged rape of an 11-year-old girl, and the perpetrator has not been brought to justice. Recently,...

Who gan bell de big cats?

Jan 13, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Who gan bell de big cats?

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De fastest way fuh spread a virus is fuh get it in de schools. Dat is why dem boys bin understand when de government bin close de schools when de pandemic start...

Honesty is the best policy

Jan 13, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Honesty is the best policy

Kaieteur News – If the APNU+AFC is serious about assessing, truthfully and honestly, its loss in the 2020 elections, it has to cease the parody, halt the blame-game and be prepared to be...

Outrageous humans in the world found in Guyana in 2020

Jan 13, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Outrageous humans in the world found in Guyana in 2020

Kaieteur News – We start with one of the top leaders of the AFC that the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has allowed to damage its reputation, maybe permanently. What a dystopian, dysfunction...

The Sabre Rattling to the West

Jan 13, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Sabre Rattling to the West

Kaieteur News – Once again, some weeks after the International Court of Justice, not unpredictably, ruled that it had jurisdiction over the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela, in...

GECOM Chair refutes Commissioners’ claim of her “refusal” to meet with PNC

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair refutes Commissioners’ claim of her “refusal” to meet with PNC

Kaieteur News – Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh has refuted claims by opposition-nominated Commissioners, Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin...

Recruitment soon on for more Labour and OHS officers – Labour Minister

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Recruitment soon on for more Labour and OHS officers – Labour Minister

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s labour force is set to be strengthened with the Ministry of Labour’s plan to recruit more Labour Officers and Occupational Health and Safety Officers (OHS)...

U.S. has no intention of setting up any military base in Guyana – U.S Admiral

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. has no intention of setting up any military base in Guyana – U.S Admiral

Kaieteur News – During a press conference yesterday, Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Navy Admiral Craig S. Faller, stated that the United States of America (USA) has no intention on...

Five witnesses testify… Murder PI for Vryheid’s Lust woman allegedly killed by son-in-law

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Five witnesses testify… Murder PI for Vryheid’s Lust woman allegedly killed by son-in-law

Kaieteur News – The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Velma Pickering, 56, of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara (ECD), who was allegedly stabbed and killed by her son-in-law, on...

ExxonMobil sees potential for 10 oil producing vessels offshore Guyana

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil sees potential for 10 oil producing vessels offshore Guyana

Kaieteur News – Oil supermajor ExxonMobil is planning for 10 Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels offshore Guyana. A statement by ExxonMobil’s Global Vice President of...

Police Constable granted bail on forgery charges

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Police Constable granted bail on forgery charges

Kaieteur News – Police Constable, Omali Lloyd, was yesterday charged and granted bail on forgery charges after he appeared at the Linden Magistrate Court before Magistrate Wanda Fortune. Lloyd,...

Driver injured after fuel tankers burst into flames

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Driver injured after fuel tankers burst into flames

Kaieteur News – A driver had to be rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital after two fuel tankers caught fire yesterday at First Koker, Parika-Salem, East Bank Essequibo (EBE). The driver, Zahir...

Approximately over 2000 homes affected by flooding – CDC

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Approximately over 2000 homes affected by flooding – CDC

Kaieteur News – Approximately over 2000 households have been severely affected by flooding caused by excessive rainfall and high tides during the period January 1 to 9 of this year. This is...

Chinese Embassy rejects US Admiral’s statement on fishing vessel

Jan 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese Embassy rejects US Admiral’s statement on fishing vessel

Kaieteur News – The Chinese Embassy, in a statement late last evening, outright rejected the “erroneous remarks” made by Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Admiral Craig S. Faller,...