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Only Exxon has an appreciation for the value of money.

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Only Exxon has an appreciation for the value of money.

The indisputable evidence is that the Scottish of Europe are looked upon differently. Must be the world-class whisky! How else does one explain why ExxonMobil spent US$186M to address gas flaring...

Payara FPSO under construction without Govt approval

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Payara FPSO under construction without Govt approval

ExxonMobil continues to speed ahead with preparations for its intended Payara development in the Stabroek Block, despite no formal approval from government yet on the company’s third well. The...

Govt. slashes US$158M by redesigning East Bank bypass road project

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. slashes US$158M by redesigning East Bank bypass road project

– costs down to US$50M Moving ahead with its development agenda that will see an enhancement of traffic flow along the East Bank of Demerara corridor, the Government has retailored the Ogle to...

Review begins on $30B GuySuCo bond

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Review begins on $30B GuySuCo bond

– multi-stakeholder Development Authority mulled for Wales President Irfaan Ali has affirmed his Government’s commitment to ensuring the survival of the sugar industry by implementing a...

AFC says it was ‘concerned’ about environmental issues in oil, gas

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AFC says it was ‘concerned’ about environmental issues in oil, gas

Despite silence in Govt… – says ExxonMobil taking advantage of Guyana with flaring Even though it was noticeably silent on critical environmental issues in the oil and gas issues during...

Two years later no St. Roses High School

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two years later no St. Roses High School

– despite contractor receiving $60M advance By Mikaila Prince In 2018, the previous A Partnership For National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration had awarded a contract to...

Panama commits to paying rice farmers debt with interest

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Panama commits to paying rice farmers debt with interest

The Government of Panama has indicated that they are committed to clearing their debt of $1.9B owed to Guyana for rice exports. They also stated that they will be repaying with interest and they are...

Gun-toting bandits rob pressman of motorcycle

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gun-toting bandits rob pressman of motorcycle

A Kaieteur News pressman was yesterday robbed at gunpoint by two gun toting bandits of his brand new black Honda CB motorcycle CK 5166, while riding through a street in Lamaha Park, Georgetown. The...

Guyana, Brazil commit to completion of Linden-Lethem road link

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Brazil commit to completion of Linden-Lethem road link

Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Maria Clara Duclos Carisio, yesterday congratulated Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, on his recent appointment...

$All de riggers should go right to de fracking jail$

All de riggers should go right to de fracking jail

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on All de riggers should go right to de fracking jail

Dem Boys Seh… De Worst Possible Alternative – according to de Kabaka – was covertly and overtly part of de attempt to steal de elections. Dem boys would not be surprise to learn that some...

Will you be alive by the time the vaccine gets here?

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Will you be alive by the time the vaccine gets here?

The results of 500 COVID-19 test results were expected to be returned yesterday from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) which operates a reference laboratory. Those results will give a...

Two more COVID-19 deaths pushes total death toll to 46, 15 new cases

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two more COVID-19 deaths pushes total death toll to 46, 15 new cases

Guyana recorded two COVID-19 related deaths for the second day in a row. The two new deaths bring the total number of deaths to 46. The Ministry of Health yesterday revealed the two latest...

Cyber-Sovereignty and Guyana

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Cyber-Sovereignty and Guyana

In its most recent avatar of its future areas of focus, the now opposition APNU+AFC Coalition has floated, without details, the concept of the Digital State. Scarcity of detail – both framing and...

Mother who lost her baby during delivery at New Amsterdam Hospital seeking answers

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mother who lost her baby during delivery at New Amsterdam Hospital seeking answers

A 24-year-old woman of Williamsburgh, Corentyne, Berbice had her dream of expecting a healthy baby shattered last month and is now seeking answers. Vanita Bipat lost her baby at the New Amsterdam...

Govt. urged to consider Engineering Bill

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. urged to consider Engineering Bill

– association offered to play role in state bodies The Guyana Association of Engineers yesterday met with the Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, where the group, among several other...

Man pleads guilty to narcotics charge, gets 18 months imprisonment

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man pleads guilty to narcotics charge, gets 18 months imprisonment

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment yesterday, after he pleaded guilty to a trafficking in narcotics charge. The accused, Jaimaine Jacobs, appeared in the Vreed-en-Hoop...

Surge in COVID-19 cases seen because PPP abandoned Coalition’s “strategic plan” – Granger

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Surge in COVID-19 cases seen because PPP abandoned Coalition’s “strategic plan” – Granger

Former President David Granger is of the view that the reason why Guyana has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases is because the new People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) administration abandoned the...

Patterson expected to shadow Oil & Gas sector in Parliament

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Patterson expected to shadow Oil & Gas sector in Parliament

Former APNU+AFC Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson revealed yesterday that he will be the Opposition’s shadow minister with responsibility for oil and gas in the National Assembly,...

Sinclair grateful for CPL opportunity to showcase his skills globally

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sinclair grateful for CPL opportunity to showcase his skills globally

By Sean Devers At age 20, Berbice all-rounder Kevin Sinclair has represented Rose Hall Town, Berbice, the West Indies emerging players and most recently, the Guyana Amazon Warriors. Sinclair is fast...

Moral values are fast disappearing from Guyana

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Moral values are fast disappearing from Guyana

I have lived in and studied Guyana for all my life and I don’t think there has been any period, whether months or years, where moral values were so butchered than the last five months – March 4...

Shariff crowned Junior Chess online champion

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shariff crowned Junior Chess online champion

Omar Shariff showed fine form last weekend to resume competitive chess with a strong performance following a long break to win a Junior online competition. The “Chess in Schools” junior chess...

Promising stats for GAW heading into CPL semifinals

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Promising stats for GAW heading into CPL semifinals

The Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) will head into the final four of the eighth Caribbean Premier League (CPL) on a high once again as they seek out a historic maiden triumph in the regional franchise...

Guyana’s problems of classism, discrimination, racism and colourism and our amputated soul

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s problems of classism, discrimination, racism and colourism and our amputated soul

DEAR EDITOR, On May 10, 2020 – Kaieteur News and Guyana Times published a letter I submitted, captioned “Recounting Deep Down the Rabbit Hole: Coming out Requires No Prosecution”....

Floyd Haynes is a welcome addition to the local content team

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Floyd Haynes is a welcome addition to the local content team

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to congratulate the President Dr. Ali for appointing Floyd Haynes to the local content team. Not only is Floyd educated at Harvard University and the University of Oxford....

Calling out Dr. Vishnu Bisram for academic achievements

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Calling out Dr. Vishnu Bisram for academic achievements

DEAR EDITOR, I write to hail and call out Dr. Vishnu Bisram for his extraordinary academic achievements, voluminous writings, election polling, and the stupendous role he has played on diaspora...