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BREAKING – Exxon strikes heavy oil in Kaieteur block; well likely to be abandoned – Westmount

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING – Exxon strikes heavy oil in Kaieteur block; well likely to be abandoned – Westmount

ExxonMobil has struck heavy oil in the Kaieteur block’s Tanager-1 well,16 metres of net oil pay, according to investment firm, Westmount Energy. This represents the first discovery in that...

Robert Persaud’s attempts to distract from those two oil blocks

Nov 17, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Robert Persaud’s attempts to distract from those two oil blocks

Kaieteur News – Former Minister, Robert Persaud, who was in the middle of the oil block fiascos, found his voice to mystify Guyanese. He says that it will take a generation for Guyana to...

Guyana will be stuck in a “never-ending stream of payments” to ExxonMobil — Christopher Ram

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana will be stuck in a “never-ending stream of payments” to ExxonMobil — Christopher Ram

Kaieteur News – Over the weekend, Kaieteur News had reported that by the year 2025, Guyana will have owed some US$20B to ExxonMobil and its partners in the Stabroek Block. This is because the...

$1B Westminster school expected to be completed this month-end

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $1B Westminster school expected to be completed this month-end

After two years… Kaieteur News – The $1B Westminster Secondary School currently being constructed at La Parfaite Harmony, Region Three (Essequibo Island- West Demerara), is expected to be...

Killer confessed to wife’s murder; police sent him away

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Killer confessed to wife’s murder; police sent him away

Kaieteur News – It was a single stab wound to the heart that ended the life of Amrita Rahim, a mother of three, killed by her husband. This is according to the post mortem result. The autopsy...

BK wants Gov’t. to review termination of $827M school contract

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on BK wants Gov’t. to review termination of $827M school contract

Kaieteur News – Local contractor, BK International Incorporated, has written to Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General (AG), Anil Nandlall, requesting a review of the government’s...

Security guard, GTI student, among 4 nabbed in car with guns

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard, GTI student, among 4 nabbed in car with guns

Kaieteur News – On Saturday, a security guard was among four persons nabbed with illegal guns in their vehicle on Queen and William Streets, Kitty. While the Guyana Police Force did not release...

Serial shooter on the prowl… E’bo labourer hit in the back

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Serial shooter on the prowl… E’bo labourer hit in the back

Kaieteur News – A labourer, 22, is left nursing a wound to his back, after he was shot outside his yard at the Onderneeming Sand Pit Village, Essequibo coast, Sunday night. The victim has since...

Teen strangled; drinking partner vanishes

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Teen strangled; drinking partner vanishes

Kaieteur News – A 16-year-old girl was on Sunday last found dead behind her mining backdam home, while her drinking partner has vanished, leaving her mother clueless. According to a police...

Police matter nah fuh debate

Nov 17, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Police matter nah fuh debate

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De Opposition writing motion about police investigation. Dem boys wan know is weh dem living. De police investigating dem deaths about which dem drafting motion....

The paymaster calls the shots

Nov 17, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The paymaster calls the shots

Kaieteur News – In one of yesterday’s newspapers, it was reported that the PPP/C paid more than G$60M to a lobbying firm during its election bid. The cost would have substantially increased...

Over 25,000 tested for COVID-19 by Govt.

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 25,000 tested for COVID-19 by Govt.

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday reported 51 new COVID-19 cases, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 4,894. The information was presented in their daily...

Regional officials’ project reports not matching Auditor General’s findings – Minister Dharamlall

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Regional officials’ project reports not matching Auditor General’s findings – Minister Dharamlall

Kaieteur News – Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, recently announced that some regional officials have submitted project reports that do not reflect the...

‘Tidy Up’ promotion to reward customers for refills

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Tidy Up’ promotion to reward customers for refills

Kaieteur News – ‘Tidy Up,’ a local detergent company will be having a Christmas promotion, rewarding customers for refills. Persons are being welcomed to take their ‘Tidy Up’ detergent...

Watchman’s drinking buddy to be charged for his murder- police sources

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Watchman’s drinking buddy to be charged for his murder- police sources

Kaieteur News – The man who claimed to be a drinking buddy of Bharrat Dass, a watchman of Medi-Care Pharmacy, is likely to be charged today for his murder. Dass was found by one of his sons on...

Prison officer released on $150,000 bail for ganja found in barrack room

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Prison officer released on $150,000 bail for ganja found in barrack room

Kaieteur News – A prison officer was yesterday released on $150,000 bail for a narcotics charge, which alleged that a quantity of cannabis was discovered in his barrack room. The defendant,...

GNBS now capable of testing concrete hollow blocks

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS now capable of testing concrete hollow blocks

Kaieteur News – The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is now fully capable of testing the compressive strength of locally manufactured concrete hollow blocks. This will help to...

Coalition files parliamentary motion for speedy probe into West Coast Berbice murders

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition files parliamentary motion for speedy probe into West Coast Berbice murders

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s main opposition, A Partnership For National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition, yesterday presented a motion to the National Assembly, calling on the...

Govt. starts mapping areas for new housing projects

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. starts mapping areas for new housing projects

Kaieteur News – The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has commenced surveys for new housing projects. The activity is part of Government’s plan to demarcate and map out new...

Over 400lbs of imported duck meat seized

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 400lbs of imported duck meat seized

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) and the Ministry of Health yesterday seized a total of 438 pounds of illegal and expired, packaged duck from a popular city...

Man struck down, killed by garbage truck

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man struck down, killed by garbage truck

Kaieteur News – A man was on Sunday struck down and killed by a garbage truck owned by Puran Brothers Inc. on Stewartville Public Road, West Coast Demerara. While the Guyana Police Force did...

Natural Resources condemns illegal mining along the Potaro River

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources condemns illegal mining along the Potaro River

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) says it is gravely concerned about reports of illegal mining in a buffer zone area, in Potaro, Region 8. Photographs of the shocking...

Over 5,000 jobs lost between March and August

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 5,000 jobs lost between March and August

– COVID-19 cash grant strengthening economy – Minister Teixeira Kaieteur News – The $4.5 billion set aside by the Government for COVID-19 relief cash grant distribution is finding...

Trumpism or Burnhamism

Nov 17, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Trumpism or Burnhamism

Kaieteur News – Yesterday I read the weekly feature in the Stabroek News, “In The Diaspora” (ITD). The article was titled, “Trumpism stalled: Democracy and the recent American...

US company signals interest in converting ‘waste’ plastic to fuel

Nov 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US company signals interest in converting ‘waste’ plastic to fuel

Kaieteur News – Guyana may soon receive a proposal to convert its waste plastics into fuel, as discussions along this line were yesterday fostered in the office of the Public Works Minister,...

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$1.5M up for grabs at K&S National Futsal Championship

A broad-based movement for the people’s voice on oil

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The call for a referendum on Guyana’s oil contract is a step in the right direction,... more