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World Bank blacklisted all three Chinese companies that bid for Wales gas plant project

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

– accused of bribing officials, falsifying documents and fraudulent practices By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Three Chinese firms competing to build Guyana’s Natural Gas Fired Power...

Lack of taxes, ring-fencing shorten Guyana’s profits from oil sector – former Ambassador

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – As the Government of Guyana (GoG) maintains its position of non-renegotiation of the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with US oil major ExxonMobil, former Guyana...

Teen girl drowns during outing in Linden

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – Seventeen-year-old Nazana Samaroo of Little Diamond Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara drowned on Sunday in a creek in Wismar while on a family outing. Reportedly, Nazana, her...

Parents, teachers protest deplorable state of Santa Rosa school

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

– leaky roof, rotten floors, lack of ventilation among issues Kaieteur News – Several teachers and parents of students of the Santa Rosa Primary School in Region One yesterday protested...

Guyana could renegotiate for 15% royalty – Nigel Hinds

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

– unwillingness of politicians will lead country into crisis Kaieteur News – International experts and other oil and gas stakeholders have warned particularly, Third World nations...

Friends get life imprisonment for murder of Sophia woman

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – Gold miner, Cleavaughn Hamilton, called ‘Quarters,’ of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, and his friend, Ranachal Singh, 37, a taxi-driver of Lot 7 Goodfaith, Mahaicony, ECD,...

‘Cash grant won’t solve woes of fishing industry’ – Patterson

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

– says initiative will breed corruption, will not address low catch Kaieteur News – Government’s $150,000 one-off cash grant to fisherfolk is a band-aid approach to solving the problems...

Sophia resident remanded for unlawful possession of firearm, ammo

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – Twenty-four-year-old Akeem Daniels, a miner of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Georgetown was on Monday remanded to prison for the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Daniels...

Guyana has right to fish in Surinamese waters based on CARICOM agreements – Agriculture Minister

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

By Zena Henry Kaieteur News – Guyana is banking on the inter-country agreements within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to pressure Suriname into honouring its promise to deliver 150 SK...

Former diplomat wins libel suit against Speaker

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – Former diplomat and board member of Guyana Power & Light (GPL), Kirk Hollingsworth, has been awarded damages in the sum of $7.5 million by Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln in a...

Wanted bulletin issued for Sand Hill Landing murder suspects

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Monday issued wanted bulletins for the suspects in relation to the murder of 22-year-old Ray Wame Narine of Spring Garden, Essequibo Coast....

Businessman wanted in relation to defamatory publication

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has issued a wanted bulletin for businessman, Dorwain Bess, 45 of Lot 162 Rupa Place, Bel Air Park, Georgetown, in relation to a defamatory...

Man wanted for $400M gold heist, turns self in

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – Andray Duncan, called Junior, 27, of Lot 718 Kaneville, Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD), another suspect in the $400 million gold heist on Monday morning turned himself over to...

PAHO director reflects on decade of championing universal health

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

– calls for renewed attention to immunization at Pan American Sanitary Conference Kaieteur News – Washington, DC, 26 September 2022 (PAHO) – At the opening of the 30th Pan American...

No new COVID-19 cases, 7 persons hospitalised

Sep 27, 2022 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – With no new COVID-19 cases and no deaths, the Health Ministry yesterday reported that seven persons are in institutional isolation, 77 are in home isolation and to date, a total...

Release the tax particulars… Will President Ali?

Sep 27, 2022 KNews Editorial 0

Kaieteur News – The hope is that President Mohamed Irfaan Ali would respond in a timely and appropriate manner. The President is being pressed to share the details on the tax payments made by...

De Private Sector want holiday!

Sep 27, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 0

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Jus suh dry de private sector want a holiday fuh today because of de cricket. But dem nah know dat de stadium can only hold about 8,000 persons and dis country...

Bourgeois politics

Sep 27, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

Kaieteur News – The anti-PPP/C politics of race should not surprise anyone. It was predictable that those antagonistic towards the ruling party would have resorted to charges of racial...

Oil hypocrisy meets election hypocrisy

Sep 27, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

Kaieteur News – In its editorial yesterday, the Stabroek News wrote the following words: “While more voices are needed, the yeoman’s work being done by members of civil society in relation...

AAG anticipates large attendance at South American 10K on November 6

Sep 27, 2022 KNews Sports 0

By Rawle Toney The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is aiming to have one of the largest South American 10K on Sunday November 6. At a press conference yesterday, AAG president, Aubrey Hudson,...

Namilco renews sponsorship with RHTYSC U21 and 1st Division teams

Sep 27, 2022 KNews Sports 0

– Foster unveils plans for youths at senior level The National Milling Company of Guyana last week renewed their cricket sponsorship of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club during a simple...

Hetymer signs as Valvoline Ambassador

Sep 27, 2022 KNews Sports 0

Sankar’s Auto Sales CEO Sasenarine Sankar and 25-year-old West Indies & Guyana Amazons Warrior Skipper Shimron Hetmyer yesterday signed an agreement making the cricketer the Valvoline Brand...

Hudson takes the blame!

Sep 27, 2022 KNews Sports 0

…but insisted the GOA could’ve helped By Rawle Toney Aubrey Hudson, president of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is taking full responsibility for the country’s track and field...

Dominion Enterprise honours National Grade Six Assessment Students

Sep 27, 2022 KNews Sports 0

The Georgetown base, Dominion Enterprise, honoured students who would have written the 2022 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) for their outstanding performance. As part of its commitment to social...

Dozens turn out for beginners’ golf event

Sep 27, 2022 KNews Sports 0

The Nexgen Golf ‘Just for Beginners’ Golf tournament, sponsored by Survival Supermarket Sheriff Street was held on Saturday with over 50 participants, many of whom had never played...