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ExxonMobil to build HQ, hotel, helipad, training centre, etc.

Jan 21, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil to build HQ, hotel, helipad, training centre, etc.

– identifies 10 acres of land from Ogle Airport Inc. ExxonMobil will soon begin developing 10 acres of land under the control of Ogle Airport Inc (OAI), the company that operates the...

Money recovered from audit exceeds profits from oil and gas in Timor-Leste

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Money recovered from audit exceeds profits from oil and gas in Timor-Leste

By Kiana Wilburg Cost recovery is a fundamental part of all Production Sharing Agreements (PSA). This mechanism allows the operating company to recover costs from the petroleum produced. The...

Inflated $69M NIS office in Corriverton… 6 years later, sections of roofing being replaced

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Inflated $69M NIS office in Corriverton… 6 years later, sections of roofing being replaced

Its construction was overshadowed by allegations of wrongdoings. In May 2016, a key audit report found that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) building at Corriverton, in Corentyne, Berbice, that...

Top cop set to return tomorrow

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Top cop set to return tomorrow

Amidst uncertainty about his future, Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud, will return to office tomorrow after being off the job since July last year and after serving 56 additional days of...

Appoint GRA as single collecting agency for royalty, petroleum tax revenue-IMF

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Appoint GRA as single collecting agency for royalty, petroleum tax revenue-IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that the Government of Guyana should appoint the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) as the single collecting agency for royalty and petroleum tax revenue....

GRA TEAMS UP WITH IMF… Teams to be sent overseas to learn tricks of oil and gas companies

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA TEAMS UP WITH IMF… Teams to be sent overseas to learn tricks of oil and gas companies

By Kiana Wilburg The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be taking a proactive approach when it comes to learning all that comes with taxation and the oil and gas industry. This is according to...

First female elected Press Assoc. head, Nazima Raghubir, is a ‘Special Person’

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on First female elected Press Assoc. head, Nazima Raghubir, is a ‘Special Person’

“I don’t want to be somebody who only looks at women issues in the media; I don’t want to be held in that light. The membership of the media is representative of our society; it is a wide...

Dem boys seh See-all coming back wid blood in ee eyes

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh See-all coming back wid blood in ee eyes

De Top Cop chair got glue. Once you sit down inside you does do everything fuh keep out anybody from sitting down. All dem Top Cop wicked. Dem boys remember way back, when Laurie Lewis was...

Cops seek tricksters who eat at restaurant, send bill to K/News

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek tricksters who eat at restaurant, send bill to K/News

The fine-dining crime? Like any other couple, a neatly dressed man accompanied by a young and “fancy looking” female went to the New Thriving Restaurant in Providence, East Bank Demerara...

House approves appointment of accountant, lawyer for FIU

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on House approves appointment of accountant, lawyer for FIU

The National Assembly on Friday night adopted the Fourth and Fifth Reports of the Standing Committee on Appointments to address matters relating to the Appointment of the Accountant and...

Education Minister adopts title of ‘Doctor’, but is yet to be conferred with PhD

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister adopts title of ‘Doctor’, but is yet to be conferred with PhD

Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, has accepted the title of ‘Doctor’, although she is yet to complete her PhD, which is being funded by taxpayers’ dollars. The Ministry of the Presidency...

Regions Five and Six farmers seeing promising results in ongoing Purple cabbage trials

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Regions Five and Six farmers seeing promising results in ongoing Purple cabbage trials

While the purple cabbage is commonly used to enhance the appearance and taste of salads or coleslaw, it could be consumed in a variety of ways. Every bite of this colourful vegetable is highly...

Team Benschop distances self from M&CC representative

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Team Benschop distances self from M&CC representative

Social Activist Mark Benschop has distanced himself from Councillor Jameel Rasul. Rasul was selected to represent Team Benschop at the level of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC). Team...

Youth Violence and the Education System

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Youth Violence and the Education System

By Olato Sam The increase in violence among our youth is cause for great concern. The headlines are replete with accounts of the incidents and the statistics speaks to troubling trends in...

Recognising Guyanese youth for their contributions to society

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Recognising Guyanese youth for their contributions to society

(Continued from last week) This week Kaieteur News concludes the feature on Guyanese youth who were recently recognised by ASPIRE Guyana Network for their contributions to society. These youth have...

UG gets $5M Philanthropic bursary

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UG gets $5M Philanthropic bursary

… Rajdai Elizabeth, Seobarran James Outar are sponsors The first major philanthropic gift by an individual private family establishing a perpetual bursary has been received by the University of...

Disgruntled ‘half-day cleaners’ protest for their pay increase

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Disgruntled ‘half-day cleaners’ protest for their pay increase

More than two dozen ‘half-day cleaners’ in Linden on Tuesday expressed their dissatisfaction and disgruntlement over several issues facing them, including poor working conditions and no increase...

Department of Education establishes reading corner for Region Six health centres

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Department of Education establishes reading corner for Region Six health centres

There is a new initiative to improve reading and make visits to health centres more accommodating and friendly to mothers and other visitors. The Ministry of Education is teaming up with the Ministry...

Grey-necked wood rail (Aramides cajaneus)

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Grey-necked wood rail (Aramides cajaneus)

The grey-necked wood rail or grey-cowled wood rail (Aramides cajaneus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae, the rails. It lives primarily in the forests, mangroves, and swamps of...

River ambulances, school bus… Major purchases for Region Ten this year – Regional Chairman

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on River ambulances, school bus… Major purchases for Region Ten this year – Regional Chairman

By Enid Joaquin In a press briefing on Thursday hosted by Chairman of Region Ten, Rennis Morian, capital projects and projections for 2018 were highlighted including two major purchases to be...

The Plight of the Sweeper Cleaner

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Plight of the Sweeper Cleaner

The minimum wage within the Government sector has seen an increase in each of the budgets presented so far since the Coalition Government took office; however, there is a group of people who are paid...

Sachia Vickery makes contribution to GLTA

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sachia Vickery makes contribution to GLTA

American Born Tennis gem Sachia Vickery who recently announced her desire to represent Guyana at the Olympics, gave back to the youths of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA), last Friday...

Overseas-based Guyanese give back to their homeland

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese give back to their homeland

Being a humanitarian is a noble undertaking, but persuading others to join a humanitarian drive is by far a more demanding task. It was just such a role that Asia Alli has been playing for...

Pensioner struck after church service praying for recovery

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner struck after church service praying for recovery

A pensioner who was struck down last Sunday, just as she came out of Church is praying with each day passing for her recovery, so that she can take care of her ailing husband. Everette Beckles, 64,...

GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 Intra Association League…Ten EBFA teams participate in historical March Past with Forde in attendance

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 Intra Association League…Ten EBFA teams participate in historical March Past with Forde in attendance

It was launched almost one year ago, March 14, 2017 to be exact by President of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football, Victor Montagliani who was on a short...

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Sammy to be appointed as West Indies Senior Men’s Head Coach for all formats

The oil industry is a casino of cash, power and corruption

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in her book, Blowout: “The oil and gas industry... more