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Tricky Exxon!

Aug 23, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Tricky Exxon!

ExxonMobil is cunning. The new government must not fall for its excuses or entrapments. ExxonMobil says that it will be forced to reduce production because of ‘gas flaring’ concerns. That is a...

ExxonMobil giving wishy-washy answers on critical environmental matters for Payara

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil giving wishy-washy answers on critical environmental matters for Payara

– EPA head insists all concerns have to be addressed before approval By Kiana Wilburg As the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government continues with the review of the Payara Field...

Maid’s other son participated in burning body of kidnapped Canadian

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Maid’s other son participated in burning body of kidnapped Canadian

– rice farmer still being grilled Investigators attached to the Major Crimes Unit at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Georgetown are still grilling the Corentyne rice farmer who...

Ramkarran, Shuman, Gouveia appointed government advisors

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ramkarran, Shuman, Gouveia appointed government advisors

The Irfaan Ali administration yesterday announced three new political appointments as advisors. The Office of the President, in a release, announced that Chairman of the Private Sector Commission...

Two Kaieteur News reporters test positive for COVID-19

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two Kaieteur News reporters test positive for COVID-19

– Guyana spends billions to renovate old hotel but only has one testing machine Two Kaieteur News reporters were recently informed that they tested positive for COVID-19, but the time it took...

APNU+AFC spends over $92M on Law Reform Commission …no work done

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC spends over $92M on Law Reform Commission …no work done

The Coalition Government had expended over $92M to pay secretarial staff, rent a building on Robb Street, and pay for other facilities for a Law Reform Commission (LRC) which remains inoperable years...

Coalition used close to $50M tax dollars to pay for elections, other court cases

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition used close to $50M tax dollars to pay for elections, other court cases

– Special audit to follow –AG Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, says he has uncovered enormous spending of tax dollars by the previous administration on the...

Contracts of “political fat cats” of SARA to be scrapped – AG

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Contracts of “political fat cats” of SARA to be scrapped – AG

Minister of Legal Affairs, Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, has announced that the new Irfaan Ali-led People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government will move to terminate the contracts of the...

$15M boat bought by Region Six two years ago never used

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $15M boat bought by Region Six two years ago never used

The Regional Administration of Region Six had in 2018 purchased a boat and engine to use in the riverain areas when needed. The purchase was an initiative under the then Regional Executive Officer...

No work started on Wales cold storage, agro-processing project

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No work started on Wales cold storage, agro-processing project

– 200 acres prime, waterfront lands gifted to foreign company Days before the March 2nd elections, there were a flurry of announcements by the state-owned National Industrial Commercial and...

We might as well shut down the oil sector if Guyanese don’t share in the prosperity – Jagdeo

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on We might as well shut down the oil sector if Guyanese don’t share in the prosperity – Jagdeo

Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, is of the firm view that if the Guyanese people do not share in the prosperity of oil, there is no use in keeping the local industry running. He appeared on last...

Ponzi gat some people sittin pun posey

Aug 23, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ponzi gat some people sittin pun posey

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys is like de Critic. Dem nah know who is dem great grandfather. But dem boys gun start fuh search because, like de Critic, dem boys gat lil Portuguese blood running through dem...

A comprehensive audit of SLED is required

Aug 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A comprehensive audit of SLED is required

A controversy has erupted over the arrest of former Director of Sport, Christopher Jones, and the search of his home. Supporters of Jones have sought to focus on the actions of the police; while his...

Motorcyclist caught riding up one-way assaults traffic rank, attempts to escape

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist caught riding up one-way assaults traffic rank, attempts to escape

A motorcyclist riding up a one way on King Street, Georgetown, yesterday, was caught on video brutally assaulting a traffic rank. He was caught after attempting to escape. The brutal attack on the...

COVID-19 cases barrels down on 1,000-mark

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 cases barrels down on 1,000-mark

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) announced 35 new cases of the novel Coronavirus yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 925. According to the Ministry’s daily update, there...

Headache for Berbice as more Cubans illegally cross into Guyana

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Headache for Berbice as more Cubans illegally cross into Guyana

Eleven Cubans along with two Guyanese are currently being held at the quarantine facility in Georgetown after they were arrested in Berbice on Friday evening. Information provided to Kaieteur News by...

GPL looking for up to 30MW of power

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPL looking for up to 30MW of power

Growing demands for energy has Guyana searching now for 30 megawatts of power. According to the state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), through a ‘Request For Expressions of Interest’...

Army chief briefed on security at Kaikan

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Army chief briefed on security at Kaikan

During the command visit to Location Eteringbang, on Wednesday, the army’s Chief-of-Staff (COS) Brigadier Godfrey Bess, has urged ranks to take steps to protect themselves from COVID-19. He also...

Army medic helps to delivery Kaikan baby

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Army medic helps to delivery Kaikan baby

Guyana Defence Force(GDF) Medic, Lance Corporal, Thirston Tappin, has rendered medical attention to a Kaikan resident, resulting in the safe delivery of a baby boy. According to the army yesterday,...

WATER RE-FILLERS SHOULD CONFORM TO NATIONAL STANDARD

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on WATER RE-FILLERS SHOULD CONFORM TO NATIONAL STANDARD

STANDARD IN FOCUS: The number of water re-filling establishments continues to grow countrywide to serve the needs of residents purchasing potable water in the various communities. However, the...

Queen Elizabeth II congratulates President Ali

Aug 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Queen Elizabeth II congratulates President Ali

– expresses her desire to deepen ties President Irfaan Ali has received a congratulatory letter from Her Majesty Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, who...

Why Can’t We Be Like Neighbours?…We Must Learn

Aug 23, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Why Can’t We Be Like Neighbours?…We Must Learn

We are good at talking about ethical, transformational, and servant leadership, along with all the other kinds of sterling national leadership that inspires listening citizens. We do so at every...

A foundational text deserving of inclusion in schools’ social studies curriculum

Aug 23, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A foundational text deserving of inclusion in schools’ social studies curriculum

(A Review of David Granger’s The Village Movement: 1839-1889. The cradle of the nation.) David Granger’s The Village Movement: 1839-1889 is an informative and richly-illustrated book written for...

Shifting Sands: Sex and Culture in the Caribbean

Aug 23, 2020 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Shifting Sands: Sex and Culture in the Caribbean

Book Review… Book: Gender Variances and Sexual Diversity in the Caribbean – Perspectives, Histories, Experiences Edited by Marjan de Brun and R. Anthony Lewis Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD...

Coronavirus: Life in the ER is getting tougher; help us to help you

Aug 23, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Life in the ER is getting tougher; help us to help you

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center “Doc it’s becoming very difficult for us”. Those were the words of a member of my team recently while...

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The PPP has started the intimidation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In politics, as in life, what goes around comes around. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic... more