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TT lost US$17B in 7 years by rushing into gas sector

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on TT lost US$17B in 7 years by rushing into gas sector

– Expert urges Guyana to take note Kaieteur News – Lack of knowledge and, perhaps, a heavy dose of gullibility are two of the main reasons why Trinidad and Tobago ended up losing billions...

Blackout a norm despite millions invested into GPL – Consumer advocate

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Blackout a norm despite millions invested into GPL – Consumer advocate

– CEO plans to invest US$292M for new master plan Kaieteur News – Consumer advocate, Dexter George, last week stated that despite millions of dollars being invested into the Guyana Power...

Petroleum dealer alleges malicious prosecution by GEA

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Petroleum dealer alleges malicious prosecution by GEA

…calls licence cancellation ‘vindictiveness’ Kaieteur News – The export of crude from the Liza oil field in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, has been the main focus of Guyanese since...

ExxonMobil set to begin pipeline route survey for gas-to-energy project

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil set to begin pipeline route survey for gas-to-energy project

Kaieteur News – According to the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd. (EEPGL) is set to undertake geotechnical and...

Foreigner gets private security service licence in 25 days

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Foreigner gets private security service licence in 25 days

– Locals made to wait months, years Kaieteur News – A local mining company has raised concerns after it discovered that another mining conglomerate headed by a Belgium national got...

Close to 11,000 NIS claims now resolved

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Close to 11,000 NIS claims now resolved

Kaieteur News – Some seven months after the new Board of Directors of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) was appointed, about 11,000 claims from citizens have been resolved and efforts are...

Health Minister believes COVID-19 variants are here

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister believes COVID-19 variants are here

Kaieteur News – Over the last three months, health authorities have been noticing a spike in COVID -19 hospitalizations as well as in deaths. Not only that, but children are now being affected...

Pick de right hat before yuh pick a fight!

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pick de right hat before yuh pick a fight!

Kaieteur News – Sometimes some people does be wearing one hat and underneath dat hat is another one. So yuh don’t know when dem talking is which hat dem really wearing. Dat is wah does cause...

Shihan Jeffrey Wong receives official Karate-do conferment in Florida, USA

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shihan Jeffrey Wong receives official Karate-do conferment in Florida, USA

Kaieteur News – Chief Instructor and Chairman of the International Karate-do Organization’s Academy of Guyana, Sensei Jeffrey Wong who is currently on an official Karate visit to the United...

Metro Office Supplies, RHTYSC renews female cricket sponsorship for 13th successive year

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Metro Office Supplies, RHTYSC renews female cricket sponsorship for 13th successive year

Kaieteur News – The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS is the only cricket club in Guyana to have a fulltime female cricket team. The team was established in 2008 after management of the...

Guyanese cricketers to play at Dassie tournament

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese cricketers to play at Dassie tournament

Kaieteur News – Dassie and Friends are set to run off a one-day 10-10 knockout softball extravaganza at Keele Top, Toronto on Saturday in memory of former Cricket Canada team manager Johnny...

Health Ministry records three more COVID-19 fatalities

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry records three more COVID-19 fatalities

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Ministry of Health (MoH) in a release reported that three more persons who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease have died. As a result of...

Private investor to set up multimillion dollar pasteurizing plant in Region Five – Agri. Minister

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Private investor to set up multimillion dollar pasteurizing plant in Region Five – Agri. Minister

Kaieteur News – Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha MP, says a new multimillion dollar pasteurizing plant will soon be established in Region Five by a private investor, creating...

Op-Ed: Will Our Beaten, Bruised Democracy Finally Die in ExxonMobil’s Pipeline?

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Op-Ed: Will Our Beaten, Bruised Democracy Finally Die in ExxonMobil’s Pipeline?

Kaieteur News – By Simone Mangal The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process for the proposed Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited’s (EEPGL) Gas to Energy Project is underway....

Three bandits who robbed businesswoman now in custody

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Three bandits who robbed businesswoman now in custody

Kaieteur News – Three individuals who robbed a businesswoman of Rockstone Junction, Region 10 on Friday, are now in police custody. Following a police report regarding the alleged robbery...

Linden would not be left out of Guyana’s development – PM

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Linden would not be left out of Guyana’s development – PM

Kaieteur News – Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips, stressed that Linden would not be left out of his Government’s Development plans. He made these comments...

One-man show or one-party partnership?

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on One-man show or one-party partnership?

Guyana can be a funny place. Imagine, some persons are concerned that the PNC/R is becoming a one-man show, yet ironically these very persons by implication are attempting to convert the APNU into a...

Stabroek News and the GHRA: Oh life in this country is so funny

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Stabroek News and the GHRA: Oh life in this country is so funny

Kaieteur News – I have a nephew visiting and while driving, I told him that Guyanese have an evocative sense of humour you do not find among other nationalities except maybe Jamaicans. He...

Ministers engage farmers’ groups to resolve land issues

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ministers engage farmers’ groups to resolve land issues

Kaieteur News – Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, recently met with two groups of farmers primarily from the Shieldstown/Rampoor area in West...

Linden to Bartica trail fixed

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Linden to Bartica trail fixed

Kaieteur News – As was promised by the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat and the Association Construction Services (ACS), the Linden to Bartica trail has been fixed. The promise to...

Residents of these Berbice villages are having problems with garbage disposal

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Residents of these Berbice villages are having problems with garbage disposal

Dear Editor,. Please allow me some space in your column just to highlight the problems the residents of Albion, Hampshire, Kilcoy, and Chesney areas are facing with the issue of garbage disposal....

Why keep voting for parties whose internal structures are undemocratic?

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why keep voting for parties whose internal structures are undemocratic?

Dear Editor, Mark Zuckerberg was a billionaire at 23 years old. France’s Emmanuel Macron was 39 years when he assumed office. He now controls one of the world’s superpower. Kamla Persad-Bissessar...

Every Covid-19 death is one too many

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Every Covid-19 death is one too many

Dear Editor, As of July 17, 2021, Guyana has recorded over 500 deaths due to Covid-19. Every death is one too many. While politicians and social media commentators continue to point fingers, families...

The President and Attorney General are subordinate to the Constitution

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President and Attorney General are subordinate to the Constitution

Dear Editor, Flashback 2017. Attorney-at-law, Anil Nandlall successfully represented Carvil Duncan who was then Chairman of the Public Service Commission, and a member of the Police Service...

How the real Exxon operates

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on How the real Exxon operates

Kaieteur News – An article in the Wall Street Journal and compressed by KN on July 9, gives a peek into the attitudes and conduct of Exxon’s leaders whenever money is involved. The company,...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more