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Who is in bed with Exxon?

Nov 15, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Who is in bed with Exxon?

Kaieteur News – In 2018, the IDB approved a US$11.6M (GY$2.55B) loan to help Guyana police its oil reserves. The loan agreement was signed with the understanding that Guyana needed time to...

Guyana will owe ExxonMobil US$20B by 2025

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana will owe ExxonMobil US$20B by 2025

– Will not have enough oil money to cover budget deficits – Will also not be able to save significantly By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Since the discovery of oil in 2015, local...

Canje Block may be more valuable than Stabroek Block

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canje Block may be more valuable than Stabroek Block

– Estimated at 10 billion barrels in over a dozen wells Kaieteur News – The Canje Oil Block is estimated to hold 10 billion barrels of oil in just over a dozen prospects to be drilled,...

EPA halts Peter’s Hall chemical storage facility construction amid environmental concerns

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EPA halts Peter’s Hall chemical storage facility construction amid environmental concerns

Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put a halt on the construction of a chemical storage and warehouse facility at Peter’s Hall on the East Bank Demerara after...

MoF’s Finance Secretary sent packing

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on MoF’s Finance Secretary sent packing

Kaieteur News – Finance Secretary, Michael Joseph, was on Friday terminated from his post under Ministry of Finance (MoF). In the November 13 termination letter seen by Kaieteur News, Minister...

Businessman arrested as probe gets underway

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Peter’s Hall land giveaway… Kaieteur News – Businessman, Eddie Doolal was taken into police custody Friday as investigations continue into the National Industrial and Commercial Investments...

500 largest US companies express investment interests in Guyana – US Ambassador says

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 500 largest US companies express investment interests in Guyana – US Ambassador says

Kaieteur News – Companies from the Fortune 500, a ranked list of the largest companies of the United States (US), have expressed their interest in investing Guyana’s lucrative and diverse...

Oil waste treatment plant moved to remote Little Diamond location …after concerns raised by EBD residents

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil waste treatment plant moved to remote Little Diamond location …after concerns raised by EBD residents

Kaieteur News – Amid concerns from residents at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had announced that the company changed the location for a proposed...

“Jinga Harry” arrested after alleged shootout with Cops, and GRA

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Jinga Harry” arrested after alleged shootout with Cops, and GRA

Kaieteur News – Alleged smuggler, Harrielall Motilall, popularly known as “Jinga Harry” has once again landed in hot water, after he was taken into police custody following a shootout...

Politics good fuh yuh bank book

Nov 15, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Politics good fuh yuh bank book

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys thought dem eyes bin playing tricks pun dem. But now dem boys sure that dem eyes is not the problem. Since some of dem APNU+AFC politician lose power dem looking ‘pull...

Remigration is not the answer, Robert Persaud!

Nov 15, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Remigration is not the answer, Robert Persaud!

Kaieteur News – Robert Persaud’s diaspora and remigration policy is misguided. It is no different from the policy pursued by the APNU+AFC because it is premised on limiting push factors and...

M&CC files court order to set aside LGC’s decision on hiring of new Town Clerk, other staffers

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC files court order to set aside LGC’s decision on hiring of new Town Clerk, other staffers

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has filed a petition in court, challenging the Local Government Commission (LGC)’s decision not to approve several...

Hire purchase bill to protect consumers back on table – President Ali

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Hire purchase bill to protect consumers back on table – President Ali

Kaieteur News – During the Annual General Meeting of the American Chambers of Commerce-Guyana on Friday, President Irfaan Ali announced that the government has placed the Hire Purchase Bill...

Guyana records 70 new COVID-19 cases

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records 70 new COVID-19 cases

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 70 new COVID-19 cases, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 4,794 as indicated in their daily dashboard. Further, the...

US$17.5M works on three regional hospitals to commence next year

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Kaieteur News – The government is set to commence works estimated at US$17.5 million on three regional hospitals next year. The regional hospitals to be upgraded are the Suddie Hospital in...

Corentyne man to face trial over killing of 70-year-old

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man to face trial over killing of 70-year-old

Kaieteur News – A Corentyne fisherman who killed a 70-year-old pensioner following a misunderstanding was committed to stand trial in the next sitting of the Berbice High Court on a charge of...

Pedal cyclist killed in Berbice accident

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Kaieteur News – A 21-year-old pedal cyclist of Number 8 Village, West Coast Berbice, lost his life Friday night after a car collided with him on the Number 8 Public Road. The dead man has been...

Mother of three stabbed to death by husband

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of three stabbed to death by husband

Kaieteur News – Another woman, a mother, has violently lost her life at the hands of her partner. Dead is Amrita Rahim, called ‘Sally,’ 28 years old, a housewife of Marcy Dam,...

PESTICIDES – ITS DANGERS

Nov 15, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on PESTICIDES – ITS DANGERS

CONSUMER CONCERNS PAT DIAL Kaieteur News – In the last week of October, Pesticides Awareness Week was commemorated in Guyana. This observance is a regional one and was established by the...

GNBS OFFERS SERVICES CRUCIAL TO THE TOURISM SECTOR

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STANDARDS IN FOCUS Kaieteur News – As the focus continues on observances for Tourism Awareness Month 2020, it is important that we underscore to various services offered by the Guyana National...

Greater attention must be paid to defense policy

Nov 15, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Greater attention must be paid to defense policy

Kaieteur News – (A Review of David Granger’s National Defense: A small state in the subordinate system. ISBN-10 978-976-8178-14-0 (pbk) (Reprint 2012).) A change of government often presents...

Book Review… Revisiting Gay and Queer Life in the Caribbean

Nov 15, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book Review… Revisiting Gay and Queer Life in the Caribbean

Book: Beyond Homophobia: Centering LGBTQ Experiences in the Anglophone Caribbean Editors: Moji Anderson and Erin C. MacLeod Critic: Glenville Ashby. PhD ‘Beyond Homophobia’ offers new paradigms...

Dr. Saif Ally is our ‘FRONTLINE WORKER OF THE WEEK’

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Saif Ally is our ‘FRONTLINE WORKER OF THE WEEK’

Kaieteur News – “It doesn’t matter the walk of life you come from, the pandemic doesn’t see that, it teaches you a lot, even millionaires are not spared.” – Dr. Ally As Kaieteur News...

Social Unrest and US Elections are over… Now What for Black America?

Nov 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Social Unrest and US Elections are over… Now What for Black America?

A Roadmap to Empowerment Contributors: Queen Mother Nan Dannon Sechemin, Glenville Ashby, Ph.D. The cry of “Black Lives Matter” reverberated after the tortuous death of George Floyd, Jr., at the...

COVID-19: The Disease where keeping it simple became so difficult

Nov 15, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on COVID-19: The Disease where keeping it simple became so difficult

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – As I reflect on how we responded as a world and as a country to this pandemic, it pains...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more