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Exxon plans to use highly toxic chemical banned in UK to contain oil spill offshore Guyana – Industry Expert warns

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon plans to use highly toxic chemical banned in UK to contain oil spill offshore Guyana – Industry Expert warns

Kaieteur News – Should an oil spill occur offshore Guyana at one of ExxonMobil’s Projects, be it the Liza Phase One, Liza Phase Two, or Payara, the oil company is proposing to use a highly...

Winston Brassington libel judgements against Kaieteur News now over $36M

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Winston Brassington libel judgements against Kaieteur News now over $36M

Kaieteur News (KN) now owes former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington, in excess of $36 million for libel suits...

Woman pursued bandits despite shots being fired at her

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Woman pursued bandits despite shots being fired at her

Kaieteur News – The woman who had trailed three armed bandits on Friday and slammed one into a gutter with her SUV had actually pursued them despite shots being fired at her. The bandits had...

After 20 years, ‘temporary’ residents still living in Tucville Big Yard

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on After 20 years, ‘temporary’ residents still living in Tucville Big Yard

By Kellisha Hackett Kaieteur News – Residents of the community known as ‘Big Yard’ in Tucville, Georgetown, area are now left feeling abandoned after years of promises from both People’s...

Man attacks acquaintance with knife during home invasion

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man attacks acquaintance with knife during home invasion

Kaieteur News – A man decided to invade the home of his friend yesterday and placed a knife to his neck before robbing him of his valuables and motorcycle. Cops identified the friend as Hassan...

Get a Gas Master Plan before expending billions on project – Int’l Analyst urges Guyana

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Get a Gas Master Plan before expending billions on project – Int’l Analyst urges Guyana

Kaieteur News – A Gas Master Plan (GMP) plays a crucial role in ensuring that a country’s Natural gas resources are developed in a rational and sustainable manner and if executed properly,...

Free food sharing at vaccine site

Aug 29, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Free food sharing at vaccine site

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De best place fuh give de Pfizer vaccine is in de schools. If all de vaccines is fuh dem school children, it mean dat de best place fuh ensure a faster uptake is...

Public services have been involuntarily privatised

Aug 29, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Public services have been involuntarily privatised

Kaieteur News – A letter writer in another newspaper has noted the privatisation of public services – from education, public transportation, health care, electricity generation and security...

The politics of Guyanese revolutionaries: Revisionist notes on racial instincts

Aug 29, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The politics of Guyanese revolutionaries: Revisionist notes on racial instincts

Kaieteur News – There will be one tantalising question after the historian reads this column. That person is bound to say, “Freddie, there is a contradiction in your analysis that must be...

Guyana has a sly mongoose for an oil partner

Aug 29, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana has a sly mongoose for an oil partner

Kaieteur News – Most Guyanese are familiar with that popular song, which has this line as part of its lyrics: “Sly mongoose, your name gone abroad…” Well, though we have said it...

Charmaine Blackman launches new single

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Charmaine Blackman launches new single

Kaieteur News – Ms. Charmaine Blackman, one of our popular local artistes, is back again with her latest exciting Soca song “Wuk or Stay Bruk” which was released last Monday. The latest...

RE/MAX real estate office slated to open in Guyana

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on RE/MAX real estate office slated to open in Guyana

Kaieteur News – RE/MAX, one of the world’s leading franchisors in the real estate industry is scheduled to come to Guyana within the next two months. Founded in 1973, it currently has an...

High Court grants default judgment to Enrico Woolford in $150M libel suit against Ramsammy

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on High Court grants default judgment to Enrico Woolford in $150M libel suit against Ramsammy

Kaieteur News – Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln has granted a default judgment to former Chief Executive Officer of the National Communications Network (NCN) and veteran journalist, Enrico...

GNBS – WORKING TO MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY IN RICE PRODUCTION IN PREPARATION FOR SECOND CROP

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS – WORKING TO MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY IN RICE PRODUCTION IN PREPARATION FOR SECOND CROP

Kaieteur News – The harvesting of the second rice crop for 2021 is about to commence in the various rice growing regions of Guyana, and while farmers are aiming to maximise profits from their...

Presidents Santhoki and Irfaan Ali have done their countries extraordinarily well

Aug 29, 2021 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Presidents Santhoki and Irfaan Ali have done their countries extraordinarily well

By Pat Dial In the first quarter of the 21st century, the most memorable events which occurred in Guyana were the discovery of large deposits of oil in Guyana’s territory with the promise of...

Coronavirus: The next wave has reached our shores; hope you’re prepared

Aug 29, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: The next wave has reached our shores; hope you’re prepared

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – Over the past fortnight, we have been seeing a slow rise in cases and the numbers are...

Repeat offenders at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Repeat offenders at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts

The Court Journal… By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – Imagine being locked away in a small room with a filthy mattress to lie on. In that very room, imagine having just a small container in...

The Bullet Ants (Paraponera clavata)

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on The Bullet Ants (Paraponera clavata)

Interesting Creatures… Kaieteur News – Paraponera clavata is a species of ant, commonly known as the bullet ant, named for its extremely painful sting. It inhabits humid lowland rainforests...

The Give A Chance Foundation

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on The Give A Chance Foundation

…The children and young adult charity making a case for emotional intelligence learning in schools “One hundred percent of all the efforts made to assist us goes into the work we do and ensuring...

Multi-Purpose Technician, Ginnel Garraway

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Multi-Purpose Technician, Ginnel Garraway

Our Frontline worker of the Week is… “I love my profession and being able to provide health care to patients on a daily basis motivates me to get up every day and keep going.” Kaieteur News...

GEM to emerge from hiatus soon

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GEM to emerge from hiatus soon

Kaieteur News – After an almost four-year hiatus, GEM, Guyana’s premier digital and print lifestyle magazine, will be making a return to production come the end of September 2021 with issue...

Bids open for rehabilitation of Itabali to Puruni & Bartica Potaro Road projects

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bids open for rehabilitation of Itabali to Puruni & Bartica Potaro Road projects

Kaieteur News – During the opening of tenders yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), 12 companies submitted expression of interest for the Ministry of...

School reopening, poor handling, and possibly worse in the making

Aug 29, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on School reopening, poor handling, and possibly worse in the making

Encouraging Events, Disturbing Developments By GHK Lall Kaieteur News – I was against from the inception, disturbed that the Government and Minister of Education would rush ahead so recklessly...

More women and girls sign up

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on More women and girls sign up

…As ‘Human Services’ launches ‘WIIN’ in Region Two Kaieteur News – More than 160 women and girls of Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) this week signed on to the Women’s Innovation and...

Bids open for rehabilitation of Itabali to Puruni & Bartica Potaro Road projects

Aug 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bids open for rehabilitation of Itabali to Puruni & Bartica Potaro Road projects

Kaieteur News – During the opening of tenders Thursday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), 12 companies submitted expression of interest for the Ministry of...

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COME MAKE YOUR CASE: CWI president Shallow urges BCA, GCB to use special meeting to voice concerns as decision on governance reform inevitable

Gimme de ting wah the doctor order me!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The government’s decision to go ahead with the universal healthcare voucher scheme is... more