February 2020

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Guyana to conduct its own surveys of oil blocks

Feb 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to conduct its own surveys of oil blocks

The Department of Energy is almost done with the procurement process for a consultant to help it study Guyana’s oil blocks. This was revealed by Energy Director, Dr. Mark Bynoe, during a press...

Interesting Creatures… South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens)

Feb 16, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens)

The South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens, formerly Otaria byronia), also called the Southern Sea Lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found on the Ecuadorian, Peruvian, Chilean,...

Kaieteur News Cartoon Feb 16

Feb 16, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon Feb 16

Guyana’s Post Oil GDP Growth Rate and its Implications

Feb 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s Post Oil GDP Growth Rate and its Implications

Dear Editor, While Guyana might indeed turn out to be the fastest-growing economy in the world in 2020 with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 86% (IMF), one might note that there are...

Modernising waste management

Feb 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Modernising waste management

Dear Editor, Georgetown, once the Garden City of the Caribbean, with luscious trees, the greenest foliage and clean, pleasant environment, has unfortunately become described as – ‘The Garbage...

Do not sell your birthright for money!

Feb 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do not sell your birthright for money!

Guyanese please, do not give up your birthright for a few dollars. In the book of Genesis 25:30-34, Esau gave up his birthright for a bowl of food. Some years later, his descendants lost their right...

GECOM and International observers must

Feb 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM and International observers must

address attempts of alleged voter suppression Dear Editor I wish to bring to the attention of the Guyanese electorate and GECOM that there appears to be a series of calculated efforts to deny certain...

What does it mean to give up US$55 Billion?

Feb 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on What does it mean to give up US$55 Billion?

Dear Editor, Global Witness has revealed that Guyana stands to lose at least US$55 billion from the current 7.9 billion barrels in the Stabroek Block. The major political parties have not indicated...

Quintuple Tragedy: Guyana Oil Deals, Rusal,

Feb 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Quintuple Tragedy: Guyana Oil Deals, Rusal,

Bauxite Workers, Bauxite Union and Government Dear Editor, The Bauxite workers have been and are being treated in a crude and crass manner by the global aluminum giant Rusal. The Rusal corporation is...

Negotiations for the Stabroek Block licence… Guyana held a lot of power but didn’t realise it

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Negotiations for the Stabroek Block licence… Guyana held a lot of power but didn’t realise it

– Chatham House Fellow Associate By Kiana Wilburg In the report that the coalition administration commissioned last year from international law firm, Clyde and Company, it was noted that the...

IDB loans Guyana $121M to boost expertise in Energy Dept.

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on IDB loans Guyana $121M to boost expertise in Energy Dept.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has loaned Guyana US$606,062 (approx. G$121M) which will go towards strengthening the technical functions of the Department of Energy (DE). According to...

Businessman claims oil company has him on watchlist after Facebook live

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman claims oil company has him on watchlist after Facebook live

Businessman Brian Macintosh, popularly known as Bryan Max, believes that a recent Facebook live video is the cause that he is being followed. Macintosh, who says he has been an advocate for the...

Free UG, gas plant, 20,000 house lots among promises in APNU+AFC’s 2020 manifesto

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Free UG, gas plant, 20,000 house lots among promises in APNU+AFC’s 2020 manifesto

A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) yesterday launched its 2020 manifesto under the header ‘Together Let’s Move Forward’. The key promotions of this document are a...

Man, 54, who raped girl, 6, on the run

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 54, who raped girl, 6, on the run

Police are on the hunt for a 54-year-old man who was accused of raping a 6-year-old girl while viewing pornographic material. Commander, Superintendent Yonette Stephens disclosed to Kaieteur News...

World’s Longest-Serving Ruler Must Reveal His Assets for an IMF Bailout

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on World’s Longest-Serving Ruler Must Reveal His Assets for an IMF Bailout

Pull Quote: Oil was discovered in Equatorial Guinea in the 1990s. Revenues from offshore oil fields have supported investments in large infrastructure programs over the years, but left little room...

Chainsaw operator crushed by tractor

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chainsaw operator crushed by tractor

A chainsaw operator was killed in gruesome fashion after he was crushed by the tractor he was travelling in on Thursday. The dead man was identified as 43-year-old Keith Simmons of Coomacka Mines,...

Three youths hospitalised after SUV ploughs into them

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three youths hospitalised after SUV ploughs into them

Three youths, ages 9, 14 and 16, are presently hospitalised with serious injuries about their bodies after the driver of a Nissan Xtrail ploughed into them on the Bushlot, Corentyne, Berbice public...

Some people want rob Guyana even more

Feb 15, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Some people want rob Guyana even more

Global Witness does do investigations all over de world. It does investigate corruption in de extractive sector. It find out that Exxon use aggressive tactics when it was negotiating wid de...

I DO NOT ENDORSE THIS MESSAGE

Feb 15, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on I DO NOT ENDORSE THIS MESSAGE

“This is David Granger and I endorse this message”. This was the promo which came on at the ending of an APNU+AFC political advertisement featuring public servants or, at least, persons in...

Tucville man found with gun in crotch, jailed

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tucville man found with gun in crotch, jailed

Magistrate Annette Singh yesterday jailed a mason who was caught by the police in November, last, with a gun in his pants crotch. Darrell Kennedy, 20, of Perry Street, Tucville, appeared in the...

Republic Bank now processing last year’s transactions to several customers’ accounts

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank now processing last year’s transactions to several customers’ accounts

After days of being berated on social media for what seemed to be questionable transactions to several accounts of customers, Republic Bank has provided an explanation. It appeared that thousands of...

Thief knocks 12-year-old student unconscious, steals bookbag and phone

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Thief knocks 12-year-old student unconscious, steals bookbag and phone

A 12-year-old student of West Demerara Secondary School has been left traumatized after he was beaten and robbed by a lone bandit last Monday around 16:05hrs. At the time of the incident, the child...

Children rescued from burning home

Feb 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Children rescued from burning home

By: Anastacya Peters A 26-year-old mother of two is thanking several residents in the Sophia Community for their swift action in putting out a fire that was consuming her home while her children were...

MOU signed to facilitate cyclists training at National Park

Feb 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on MOU signed to facilitate cyclists training at National Park

A Memorandum of Understanding, in the name of cyclist Jude Bentley who passed away recently in an accident on Rupert Craig Highway, was signed yesterday to allow the country’s cyclist to use the...

Milo football tourney opens today and continues tomorrow

Feb 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo football tourney opens today and continues tomorrow

Action in the Milo Schools football tournament, organised by the Petra Organisation for 2020, will commence today with three matches. The venue for the contests is the Ministry of Education ground on...

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Petra fine-tunes preparations for Republic Bank U18 football league

Oct 14, 2026

…Eight schools receive final briefing and equipment ahead of Sunday’s kickoff By Kester Williams (Kaieteur News) – With the countdown to kickoff gathering momentum, the Petra Organisation...

The PNCR and the power-sharing fairy tale

Oct 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – When it comes to shared governance, the historical evidence suggests that the party’s commitment to sharing power is limited to talk. The PNCR does not practice what it preaches. When the PPP/C is in office, the PNCR discovers the virtues of inclusive governance,...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

Guyana Development Bank Board

Oct 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Just as I suspected. A Guyana Development Bank board of directors that fits the PPP mold perfectly. Some names that ring a certain way. Some faces from barren places. A dash of color. People in whom the party, the government, have confidence that they could see a cow,...

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