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Govts. must ensure robust legal framework in place to govern oil companies’ development plan – Commonwealth Economic Advisor

Jul 19, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Govts. must ensure robust legal framework in place to govern oil companies’ development plan – Commonwealth Economic Advisor

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – If governments are desirous of having their oil resources developed optimally and in the interest of their people, then they must ensure clear legislative...

Exxon has legal right to pursue Wales Gas project

Jul 19, 2023 KNews Court Stories, ExxonMobil, Features / Columnists, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Exxon has legal right to pursue Wales Gas project

…no need for residents’ approval – High Court told Kaieteur News – Esso Exploration and Production Guyana limited (EEPGL), commonly referred to as ExxonMobil Guyana, has told the...

Gold declarations decline further in 1st quarter of 2023 – Bank of Guyana

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Gold declarations decline further in 1st quarter of 2023 – Bank of Guyana

Kaieteur News – Over the past six years, Guyana’s gold declarations have been falling, even with the massive discoveries being announced. This year, the trend seems no different, with the...

Driver crushed to death after log truck topples down hill

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Driver crushed to death after log truck topples down hill

Kaieteur News – A driver was on Monday crushed to death after a log-truck, which he was driving toppled down a hill along the Ituni Trail, Region Ten. Dead is 31-year-old Rodwell Peters and...

Annandale man wanted for Laing Avenue murder

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Annandale man wanted for Laing Avenue murder

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday issued a wanted bulletin for Carlton Newbourne Waldron. Waldron is wanted in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Dequan Pyle of...

Man struck and killed by lightning at Swan Village

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Man struck and killed by lightning at Swan Village

Kaieteur News – A 29-year-old man was on Sunday struck and killed by lightning at Swan Village, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Dead is 29-year-old Shawn Eastman of Swan Village. Police believe that...

Singapore’s cabinet Minister arrested in top-level corruption probe

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Singapore’s cabinet Minister arrested in top-level corruption probe

The Guardian – Singapore’s Transport Minister has been arrested in connection with a rare top-level corruption investigation that has also ensnared a billionaire hotel tycoon, the country’s...

“Guyana’s National Development Pathway aligned to focus on food security, climate change, agriculture financing” – Min. Mustapha

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on “Guyana’s National Development Pathway aligned to focus on food security, climate change, agriculture financing” – Min. Mustapha

DPI – The Government of Guyana has aligned the country’s National Development Pathway to focus on priority areas such as food security, climate change, and agriculture financing as it works...

Man killed by falling tree branch identified

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed by falling tree branch identified

Kaieteur News – The Amerindian man, who was reportedly killed after being struck to the chest by a tree branch, has been identified as 26-year-old Leroy Sandy, a pork knocker of Port Kaituma,...

Mahdia dorm fire victim to return home next month from New York

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia dorm fire victim to return home next month from New York

Kaieteur News – The Mahdia Secondary School student who was medevaced to the Northwell Health, Burns Center, Staten Island University Hospital in New York two months ago is scheduled to return...

CATS host aviation outreach for secondary school students

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CATS host aviation outreach for secondary school students

Kaieteur News – Some 320 secondary school students from across the country benefitted from an aviation outreach hosted by the Civil Aviation Training School (CATS), the training school of the...

CARICOM’s Eminent Persons Group recommends continued talks on Haiti

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM’s Eminent Persons Group recommends continued talks on Haiti

Kaieteur News – The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) visited Haiti on 12-15 July 2023, as agreed at the end of the meeting of Haitian stakeholders in Jamaica on 11-13 June 2023, to continue...

Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide

Kaieteur News – Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as countries stepped up efforts to address the historic backsliding in...

GTA to launch 15 new tourism products

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GTA to launch 15 new tourism products

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) will be launching a number of tourism products and experience this year that will give both local and international travelers a variety of...

Food prices remain high globally – World Bank

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Food prices remain high globally – World Bank

– says Latin America one of the regions hardest hit Kaieteur News – Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world, the World Bank said in its latest food security update....

‘Guyana’s Indigenous Peoples rights are promoted through government policies’ – Min. Sukhai tells UN forum

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Guyana’s Indigenous Peoples rights are promoted through government policies’ – Min. Sukhai tells UN forum

Kaieteur News – Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai on Tuesday told attendees at the 16th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) being held at the...

Bar Council mourns passing of Joseph King, SC

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Bar Council mourns passing of Joseph King, SC

Kaieteur News – The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana said it has noted the passing of Joseph Arthur King, S.C. on 16 July 2023 with deep regret. In a statement on Tuesday, the Bar...

Opposition submits Motion to PAC quorum

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition submits Motion to PAC quorum

Kaieteur News – The combined A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU+ AFC) Opposition has submitted a Motion to the National Assembly in a bid to reverse Government’s...

Compensation offered to families of Mahdia dorm fire insulting – Opposition MPs

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Compensation offered to families of Mahdia dorm fire insulting – Opposition MPs

Kaieteur News – Opposition Member of Parliament (MP), Amanza Walton-Desir has responded to the move by the Government of Guyana to give the relatives of the 20 children who died in the Mahdia...

Motorcyclist dies after crashing into utility pole

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dies after crashing into utility pole

Kaieteur News – A motorcyclist died Monday night after he crashed into a utility pole at Wales, West Bank Demerara (WBD). Dead is Immanuel Lamazon of Independence Street, La Grange, WBD....

Two injured in Mazaruni River boat mishap

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Two injured in Mazaruni River boat mishap

Kaieteur News – Two persons were injured early Monday morning in a Mazaruni River boat mishap while returning from a wedding house in Batavia Village, Region Seven. According to police, two...

Lewis is the GTA One Guyana Open Men’s Champion as tourney concludes

Jul 19, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lewis is the GTA One Guyana Open Men’s Champion as tourney concludes

Kaieteur Sports – The GTA One Guyana Open 2023 Tournament is a pillar of the emerging National Sports Academy; an initiative which is funded by the National Sports Commission (NSC), the...

Water taxi operators to work 24-hrs during four-day closure of Harbour Bridge

Jul 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Water taxi operators to work 24-hrs during four-day closure of Harbour Bridge

Kaieteur News – Water taxi operators plying the Georgetown to Vreed-en-Hoop route have agreed to work for 24 hours per day to transport persons across the Demerara River due to the closure of...

Four titles for Guyana at CASA Junior Championship

Jul 19, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four titles for Guyana at CASA Junior Championship

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana is well-positioned to defend the overall title at the ongoing Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships, having already secured numerous individual...

H@rd Truths By GHK Lall – A One-Question Democracy

Jul 19, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on H@rd Truths By GHK Lall – A One-Question Democracy

Kaieteur News – President Ali repeatedly says that he is about transparency in his conduct of government affairs. If any other Guyanese tried pulling that one, he or she risks being lifted...