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ExxonMobil gets green light for fourth project

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil gets green light for fourth project

Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday that it approved the Environmental Authorization for the US$10B Yellowtail Development Project. The Environmental...

Exxon subsidiary says AG legally tasked to defend public’s rights not KN publisher

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon subsidiary says AG legally tasked to defend public’s rights not KN publisher

Court case filed over tax exemptions… Kaieteur News – Exxon Mobil’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has filed a response in the Court essentially...

Yellowtail Project to cost US$10 billion – Natural Resources Minister says

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Yellowtail Project to cost US$10 billion – Natural Resources Minister says

Kaieteur News – Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat disclosed yesterday that the Government of Guyana and Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) signed the Petroleum...

Yellowtail approval predictable

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Yellowtail approval predictable

– Govt. appears to dance to the tune of any interests but the people’s – Transparency Group Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of the...

Canal No.1 pump station pegged at $649 million

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Canal No.1 pump station pegged at $649 million

– but contractor bids $50M below engineer’s estimate Kaieteur News – One of the six contractors vying to construct a pump station at Canal Number 1 on the West Bank of Demerara which is...

Truck driver strangled at worksite then dumped in river

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver strangled at worksite then dumped in river

Kaieteur News – Police are now probing a case where a 69-year-old truck driver was attacked and strangled at his worksite, BK Quarries, located along the Mazaruni River in the Region Seven...

EPA still pressing ExxonMobil to provide parent guarantee for entire Stabroek Block – Parsram

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on EPA still pressing ExxonMobil to provide parent guarantee for entire Stabroek Block – Parsram

Kaieteur News – Even though the government has provided its blessings for ExxonMobil to move ahead with its US$10B Yellowtail Project, Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Kemraj...

Slapping and cussing gat consequences

Apr 02, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Slapping and cussing gat consequences

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Chris get de slap but it look as if Will gan be de one to hit Rock bottom. Will gan pay a big price fuh storming on stage and slapping Chris. Dem might even tek...

The Auditors are coming!

Apr 02, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Auditors are coming!

Kaieteur News – In the past, whenever civil servants heard that the auditors would soon be arriving, there would usually be a spurt of activity to ensure that all the accounts and records were...

Sanjeev Datadin’s points are also powerfully theoretica

Apr 02, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sanjeev Datadin’s points are also powerfully theoretica

Kaieteur News – This newspaper carried yesterday, an enunciation by attorney, Sanjeev Datadin, a Member of Parliament on how elected governments use power. I am sorry I missed his presentation....

Criminal governance at its best

Apr 02, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Criminal governance at its best

Kaieteur News – Leaders in the PPP/C Government may think they are so sophisticated that what they are doing goes over the heads of Guyanese. Perhaps, if the government’s practices were some...

Trade union promises intensified protest action over cost of living woes

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Trade union promises intensified protest action over cost of living woes

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Workers’ Union (GWU) is gearing up for intensified protest action if the government does not show compassion to its citizens, and render them much needed assistance...

Man volunteers to take rap for five suspects

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Man volunteers to take rap for five suspects

Prashad Nagar $12.5M drug bust… Kaieteur News – A man yesterday showed up at Georgetown Magistrates’ Court in company of a lawyer to take the rap for five suspects who were busted on...

Oil must drive economic diversification if Guyana is to avert Dutch Disease – U.S Ambassador Lynch

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Oil must drive economic diversification if Guyana is to avert Dutch Disease – U.S Ambassador Lynch

Kaieteur News – United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch is of the firm conviction that Guyana has a golden opportunity before it to use its oil earnings to...

Construction of US$600M Vreed-en-Hoop Port to commence this year

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Construction of US$600M Vreed-en-Hoop Port to commence this year

Kaieteur News – The construction of the US$600 million Vreed-en-Hoop Port, which will sit on 400 hectares of coastal land, is slated to commence this year. NRG Holdings Incorporated, a...

4 patients still in COVID-19 ICU

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 4 patients still in COVID-19 ICU

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health on Friday reported that there are still four patients at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit. According to its daily reporting, the Ministry said too that it...

75 percent discount on internet service for GTT retirees

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 75 percent discount on internet service for GTT retirees

Kaieteur News – Retired staff members of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) company are set to benefit from a 75 percent reduction in their internet costs. This was revealed by Jasmin...

Hennessy ‘Day Dream’ event set for Easter Sunday

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Hennessy ‘Day Dream’ event set for Easter Sunday

Kaieteur News – Ansa McAl Trading Limited, the official distributor behind one of the world’s most popular cognac in Guyana, Hennessy, is set to host its Ultimate All White Experience event...

Flour to see another steep increase in prices

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Flour to see another steep increase in prices

Kaieteur News – With the cost of wheat increasing, the Caribbean Millers’ Association (CMA) has pointed to the increases in prices for flour across the region. It said drought in the US and...

Financial mechanism for small farming communities, Indigenous people need to be implemented – Minister Mustapha

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Financial mechanism for small farming communities, Indigenous people need to be implemented – Minister Mustapha

FAO 37th session… Kaieteur News – In his address at the 37th session of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean in...

Lusignan Golf Club to host STP Investments Inc tournament today

Apr 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lusignan Golf Club to host STP Investments Inc tournament today

Kaieteur News – The Lusignan Golf Club will be hosting the STP Investments Inc golf tournament today. The format of the tournament will be medal play over 18 holes and shotgun start, and the...

Sustainable and productive agriculture sector needed to realize food security – Min. Mustapha

Apr 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Sustainable and productive agriculture sector needed to realize food security – Min. Mustapha

Kaieteur News – Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha recently stated that in order to ensure food security, Guyana must seek to ensure it has a sustainable and productive agriculture...

Softball fraternity in shock at sudden passing of Lakeram ‘Mike’ Singh

Apr 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Softball fraternity in shock at sudden passing of Lakeram ‘Mike’ Singh

Kaieteur News – The softball fraternity was left in a state of shock as Wellman Masters, Legends and Wellwoman owner Lakeram ‘Mike’ Singh passed away on Thursday in Florida. Singh was at...

Pugilists sign on the dotted line

Apr 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pugilists sign on the dotted line

Guyana Fight Night – Road to Redemption… Kaieteur News – Just three weeks remain before the return of professional boxing to Guyana as pugilists prepare for Guyana Boxing Board of...

T&T to host remaining WI Championship matches

Apr 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T to host remaining WI Championship matches

– Guyana resumes campaign against defending champs Kaieteur News – When the 2022 West Indies Four-Day Champion resumes on May 18, the next three rounds that are scheduled to unfold,...