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ExxonMobil and partners raked in G$1.23 trillion in profits from Stabroek Block in 2022, more than double what Guyana received in profits and royalties from 2019 to April 2023

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil and partners raked in G$1.23 trillion in profits from Stabroek Block in 2022, more than double what Guyana received in profits and royalties from 2019 to April 2023

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil Corporation and its partners made a handsome profit from the Stabroek Block last year totalling GYD$1.23 trillion (US$5.9B). This is more than...

Exxon worth US$429B but only offering Guyana US$2B parent guarantee for oil spills – Int’l Financial Analyst

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon worth US$429B but only offering Guyana US$2B parent guarantee for oil spills – Int’l Financial Analyst

Kaieteur News – Financial Analyst, Tom Sanzillo finds it quite troubling that American oil giant, ExxonMobil Corporation, is pushing for Guyana to accept a meager US$2B parent guarantee for oil...

EPA submitted unsigned US$600M Exxon insurance to High Court one week before expiry

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on EPA submitted unsigned US$600M Exxon insurance to High Court one week before expiry

Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in arguing against the need for an unlimited parent company guarantee submitted an unsigned insurance policy to the High Court on...

14,000 oil wells left unplugged in Gulf of Mexico

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 14,000 oil wells left unplugged in Gulf of Mexico

…could cost US-billions to safely seal Kaieteur News – Plugging and abandoning wells is a policy priority because unplugged wells present potential financial and environmental risk to the...

Mahdia dorm had 26 heavily-grilled windows, 5 padlocked doors– Fire Service Report

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia dorm had 26 heavily-grilled windows, 5 padlocked doors– Fire Service Report

– Indigenous group calls for thorough probe of all dormitories Kaieteur News – The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said that that the ill-fated Mahdia Secondary School female dormitory had...

For old time sake!

May 25, 2023 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on For old time sake!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – “Hi love, good to see you again.” How come yuh visiting me now? Yuh used to pass me straight pon de road. What happen now? Yuh want something me?”...

Social justice requires regional cooperation, policy coherence – ILO DG

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Social justice requires regional cooperation, policy coherence – ILO DG

Kaieteur News – Social justice requires greater multi-lateral and regional cooperation as well as policy coherence by Caribbean leaders and organisations, which will help to advance sustainable...

We live like prisoners in our own homes

May 25, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on We live like prisoners in our own homes

Kaieteur News – When a Guyanese is surprised that a friend or colleague has only now discovered a fact, they usually say, “Boy, you are like Christopher Columbus!” This is our way of...

Fair comment

May 25, 2023 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Fair comment

Kaieteur News – “Fair is foul, and foul is fair”, so chanted the witches in the opening scene of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It is where the standing order of things is tampered...

Two students remain in critical condition; one laid to rest

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Two students remain in critical condition; one laid to rest

Mahdia dorm fire… Kaieteur News – Two of the eleven girls who are admitted at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) following the devastating fire at the Mahdia Secondary...

EU calls for robust campaign financing regulations

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on EU calls for robust campaign financing regulations

…says Guyana must guard against corruption, adopt int’l conventions for elections Kaieteur News – With its newfound oil wealth, Guyana must adopt international conventions to guard against...

Another great escape

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Another great escape

Kaieteur News – We have some characters here, who are blessed with more flair and fortitude than Steve McQueen in his cinematic ‘Great Escape.’ For Guyanese, the problem is that this is...

$13.7M health post commissioned in Barabina, Region One

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on $13.7M health post commissioned in Barabina, Region One

Kaieteur News – Hundreds of residents of Barabina, located in the Mabaruma sub-district of Region One, are now benefitting from enhanced healthcare services with the construction of a new...

Hope Estate receives additional 13,000 high-yielding Brazilian Green Dwarf coconut seed nuts

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Estate receives additional 13,000 high-yielding Brazilian Green Dwarf coconut seed nuts

– some 250 to 300 farmers set to benefit; coconut shredder procured to push value-added Kaieteur News – Guyana’s coconut industry is set to benefit from additional inputs as the...

Yoruba Singers to host 52nd Anniversary Dance at Transport Sports Club

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Yoruba Singers to host 52nd Anniversary Dance at Transport Sports Club

Kaieteur News – The legendary Yoruba Singers will be celebrating its 52nd Anniversary this Saturday at the Transport Sports Club on Thomas Lands at 8 pm. Admission is only $1000. It promises to...

Exxon awards Houston firm multi-million dollar contract for gas-to-energy project

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon awards Houston firm multi-million dollar contract for gas-to-energy project

Kaieteur News – Trendsetter Engineering Inc., a firm based in Houston, United States has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited...

PAHO Director urges “bold actions” to reduce risks, prepare for future health emergencies

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO Director urges “bold actions” to reduce risks, prepare for future health emergencies

Kaieteur News – Geneva, 24 May 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, has urged Ministers of Health and high-level delegates at the...

Four teams level on eight points with 2 rounds to go

May 25, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four teams level on eight points with 2 rounds to go

CWI Women’s T20 blaze… Kaieteur Sports – The race for the title in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s T20 Blaze is heating up with four teams at the top of the table on eight points...

Golden Jaguars for encampment in Jamaica, Miami ahead of Gold Cup prelim

May 25, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars for encampment in Jamaica, Miami ahead of Gold Cup prelim

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Team is gearing up for the upcoming Concacaf Gold Cup Prelims in June, as Jamaal Shabazz-coached team set to participate in two...

Release of video interview with suspect in ‘Sir Mars’s’ murder improper

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Release of video interview with suspect in ‘Sir Mars’s’ murder improper

– defence lawyer writes “Top Cop” to explain how it was leaked Kaieteur News – Attorney Bernard Da Silva has written the Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken to explain why a...

GGA calls for “Light Up Guyana” on Sunday in Showing Solidarity for Mahdia

May 25, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on GGA calls for “Light Up Guyana” on Sunday in Showing Solidarity for Mahdia

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and Nexgen Golf Academy join the nation in expressing heartfelt condolences to the families of all those affected by the senseless tragedy...

Father of seven found dead after fight

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Father of seven found dead after fight

Kaieteur News – A father of seven was on Tuesday afternoon found dead in his yard at D’ Urban Street, Georgetown hours after he was involved in a fight with three men. Dead is Terrance...

National Men’s Hockey Team Selected for CAC Games

May 25, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Men’s Hockey Team Selected for CAC Games

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has selected a 16-member men’s team to represent Guyana at the Central American & Caribbean Games, scheduled from June 26th to July 6th,...

Miner shot at Sussex Street

May 25, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Miner shot at Sussex Street

Kaieteur News – Police are currently looking for two men who shot a 27-year-old miner on Tuesday at Sussex Street Albouystown, Georgetown. Hospitalised with a gunshot wound to the left thigh is...

Space Gym 2.0 powers GAPLF’s Intermediate/Masters Championships

May 25, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Space Gym 2.0 powers GAPLF’s Intermediate/Masters Championships

Kaieteur Sports – In their continuing efforts to back the uplifting and development of sports in Guyana, the Principals of Space Gym 2.0, located at the Royal Orchid Garden Hotel and Mall,...