February 2020

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GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…An old stranger calls her by another name

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…An old stranger calls her by another name

By Michael Jordan It was on a Friday night in mid-July that Vibert Sealey finally saw the girl. He had returned to the old Ritz Guest House, obsessed by the thought that a woman who resembled the...

The chef’s mystery lady

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on The chef’s mystery lady

….and other cold cases that have followed the police into 2020 On the night of Saturday, September14, 2019, Andre Gordon, 51, invited a woman into the Station Street, Kitty house in which he...

Guyana’s offshore: Facts, Risks and Challenges

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s offshore: Facts, Risks and Challenges

DEAR EDITOR, In 2015 ExxonMobil struck oil in 2 out of 3 exploratory wells in Liza prospect, offshore Guyana, Stabroek block. Appraisal work has placed Liza asset under an estimate of 450 MMBOE to...

School Violence and The Role of Society

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on School Violence and The Role of Society

DEAR EDITOR, The recent tragedy in Linden involving the stabbing of a school child by another pupil brings much into focus; from matters pertaining to the education sector, mental health, and even...

Kobe’s death reminds us once again of our Earthly transience

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kobe’s death reminds us once again of our Earthly transience

DEAR EDITOR, It was snowing heavily in Montreal when I got the call. Kobe is dead? Died in a helicopter crash. No word was mentioned of his daughter also meeting her demise. The caller hung up,...

Putin, Trump, Maduro and Guyana (guess who)

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Editorial, News Comments Off on Putin, Trump, Maduro and Guyana (guess who)

Guyanese have flourished through purposeful failure to recognize the bigger picture(s) of the nuanced and intricate world inhabited. We have done that with our border dispute and steeply discount the...

Shocking details of death of man, 74, only now revealed in 2014 Medical Council report

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Shocking details of death of man, 74, only now revealed in 2014 Medical Council report

– private hospital, doctors ordered to settle matter with family – patient’s colon perforated accidentally; glaring breaches found As concerns continue to mount over the operations of a...

Despite enjoying decades of massive profits… GTT’s parent company now complains about potential loss of revenues ahead of telecoms liberalisation

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Despite enjoying decades of massive profits… GTT’s parent company now complains about potential loss of revenues ahead of telecoms liberalisation

By Kiana Wilburg Introduction Over the years, Kaieteur News has exposed the modus operandi of foreign companies—their Executives enter these shores and cut deals, which allow them to walk away with...

Papua New Guinea scraps gas talks with Exxon over poor terms

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Papua New Guinea scraps gas talks with Exxon over poor terms

(Reuters) – Papua New Guinea on Friday called off negotiations with Exxon Mobil regarding the P’nyang gas project, casting a shadow on a $13 billion plan to double the country’s gas exports...

Rusal tells GRA auditors: “leave or we leave”

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rusal tells GRA auditors: “leave or we leave”

Auditors of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) who descended on bauxite operations of Rusal/Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI), a few months ago, were told to leave or the company will shut...

Sale of Govt.’s 20% shares … NICIL to draw down US$7.5M more from GTT

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sale of Govt.’s 20% shares … NICIL to draw down US$7.5M more from GTT

On March 15, 2019, Justice Franklin Holder issued a judgment against Hong Kong Golden Telecom Limited (HKGT) to pay up US$10.7 with interest at the rate of 12% until paid, as a result of HKGT’s...

Legality of Bridging Deed in question

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Legality of Bridging Deed in question

Details surrounding the inking of a bridging deed in 2016 between Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman, and the Stabroek Block oil and gas companies are finally beginning to unfold. Some...

Chopping spree lands three in hospital two in lockup

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chopping spree lands three in hospital two in lockup

A dispute among several relatives last Friday in the Sophia community has left three persons hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and two in police custody. The incident...

Kaieteur Block holds estimate of 2.1 billion oil equivalent resources – First prospect to be drilled this year

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur Block holds estimate of 2.1 billion oil equivalent resources – First prospect to be drilled this year

The Kaieteur Block which spans 13,500 km2 and holds a gross estimated prospective resource of 2.1 billion barrels for nine prospects will see its first target being drilled in the first quarter of...

De leaders of Guyana encouraging eye pass

Feb 02, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De leaders of Guyana encouraging eye pass

For years now, de Waterfalls boss man telling people dat de last thing anybody should want is to have a farriner come and insult de people who live in dis country. Dat use to happen in de colonial...

NICIL help ex-sugar workers turn to farming

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL help ex-sugar workers turn to farming

Since being forced to part ways with the Wales Sugar Estate, a number of ex-sugar workers have now turned to farming. This development became a reality through efforts tailored by the National...

Conductor, who drank poison after stabbing Bank Teller to neck, dies

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Conductor, who drank poison after stabbing Bank Teller to neck, dies

Twenty-four-year old Clifton Richmond, called “Steve”, the minibus conductor who on Thursday ingested a poisonous substance and jumped in the Demerara River after stabbing his reputed wife to her...

US bans travellers from China as coronavirus toll spikes

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US bans travellers from China as coronavirus toll spikes

Beijing criticises US move temporarily barring entry to most foreigners who had been in China in the past two weeks. The United States has declared a public health emergency and temporarily banned...

Cervical Cancer Killing Slowly

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cervical Cancer Killing Slowly

By Dr. Martin Campbell Cervical cancer is akin to the Sloth, one of several of the slow-moving arboreal mammals inhabiting South and Central America. It would be fatal, to link the sloth of the...

Guyanese man dead in Tortola accident

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man dead in Tortola accident

Police have confirmed that one man is dead while another is in critical medical condition following two separate traffic accidents on the main island of Tortola. The dead man has been identified as...

The Coronavirus and Guyana’s readiness

Feb 02, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Coronavirus and Guyana’s readiness

Other countries and authoritative bodies have announced where they stand with regards to the coronavirus development, through concrete actions. Even as those seek to soothe and satisfy, they succeed...

Accuracy in the petroleum industry depends on routine verification by the GNBS.

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Accuracy in the petroleum industry depends on routine verification by the GNBS.

STANDARDS IN FOCUS The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), which is empowered under the Weights and Measures Act of 1981, has been mandated to check and verify the accuracy of bulk meters,...

Forensic accounting comes to Guyana

Feb 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic accounting comes to Guyana

The Caribbean Institute of Forensic Accounting (CIFA) Guyana Inc. was officially launched at Herdmanston Lodge with a cocktail reception on Friday. The event was hosted by the partners Mr. Chetram...

THE TOBACCO CONTROL COUNCIL EMBARKS UPON ITS 2020 PROGRAMME

Feb 02, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on THE TOBACCO CONTROL COUNCIL EMBARKS UPON ITS 2020 PROGRAMME

PAT DIAL The theme of educating the population against the dangers of tobacco is one to which consumer advocates always return since it is among the greatest causes of death and debilitation in...

The Story Within The Story… This is nothing else but “eye-pass”!

Feb 02, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on The Story Within The Story… This is nothing else but “eye-pass”!

By Leonard Gildarie We are in the month of February. General and Regional Elections are a mere month away. Do we really understand how crucial the elections are? At this time, aside from the many...

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

Sep 08, 2026

…GDF, Police and Monedderlust march to three points By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Defending champions Slingerz Football Club and former champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC maintained...

When wealth becomes a god

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to return for some life lessons. So, on my return to his temple, I went looking for him. I found him sitting in exactly the same state in which I had left him: peaceful, unhurried and completely unimpressed by the frantic movement...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Mohamed must rethink, refine himself

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Here I am again. The Hon Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to have an epiphany. A radical renovation of his thinking and carriage is now compulsory. He must stop seeing himself as the Leader of the Opposition (OL); a man going places. He must see himself...

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