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The PPP has a bad track record with State projects

Nov 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP has a bad track record with State projects

DEAR EDITOR, This letter includes my commentary to The Dialogue (https://www.thedialogue.org/energy-advisor/) on the current state of Guyana’s oil industry (published on 27-Nov-2020). The questions...

OPEN LETTER to MINISTER of EDUCATION, Honourable Ms. Priya Manickchand

Nov 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on OPEN LETTER to MINISTER of EDUCATION, Honourable Ms. Priya Manickchand

DEAR MADAM, As I write this letter, my mind is tired and my body exhausted from not only moulding the nation’s children but spending sleepless nights studying to ensure that I’m the best teacher...

Cotton Tree – the best option

Nov 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cotton Tree – the best option

DEAR EDITOR, I understand that there are some severe differences of opinions and positions about the utility and possible validity of the hailed Argentine team of forensic experts. It just had to be,...

Protecting our children, protect the future

Nov 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Protecting our children, protect the future

DEAR EDITOR, The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child highlights the need for a few things with regards to children. These include the right to health, education, family life, play...

The new colonisation

Nov 30, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The new colonisation

Kaieteur News – It is timely to remind again of an old-fashioned saying. It is: be careful of what is wished for, as it could come true. This is exactly what is happening in Guyana, with Exxon...

Guyanese lives not worth US$300M to ExxonMobil

Nov 29, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Guyanese lives not worth US$300M to ExxonMobil

Kaieteur News – According to Exxon’s priorities, the lives of Guyanese are not worth a miserly US$300M. This is the sum which the company is reluctant to spend to protect this country’s...

Exxon, Total renegotiate major gas sharing deal

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon, Total renegotiate major gas sharing deal

Kaieteur News – By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com – Supermajors ExxonMobil and Total are renegotiating a natural gas resource sharing deal for their respective liquefied natural gas...

Oil company traps Ghana in long-term deal to take more gas than it needs

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil company traps Ghana in long-term deal to take more gas than it needs

– Int’l Watchdog warns Guyana to take heed Kaieteur News – An independent policy center called Institute of the Americas is warning Guyana to be careful as it negotiates its deal with...

EPA ill-equipped to handle mass importation of hazardous chemicals

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EPA ill-equipped to handle mass importation of hazardous chemicals

– Former EPA Head Kaieteur News – Ensuring the protection of Guyana’s environment should come as the utmost priority for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), but without the...

Oil companies must use local goods and services – Suriname laws

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil companies must use local goods and services – Suriname laws

– Five years later, Guyana without proper local content provision Kaieteur News – No stone is left unturned when it comes to Suriname securing maximum benefits for its people. In fact,...

Driver runs away leaving car, after fatally hitting down man

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Driver runs away leaving car, after fatally hitting down man

Kaieteur News – A manhunt is on for a driver who struck down a pedestrian on Friday and ran away leaving his car behind. The pedestrian identified as Kayum Alie of Bushy Park, East Bank...

Oil companies must not prohibit employees from becoming unionized- Labour Minister

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil companies must not prohibit employees from becoming unionized- Labour Minister

Kaieteur News – The Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, has made it clear that oil companies and their sub-contractors which are operating in Guyana, must not prohibit their employees from...

Blame de pandemic

Nov 29, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Blame de pandemic

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De bossman of de Waterfall paper walk in de pressroom. Immediately everybody start to scratch de palm of dem hands. Dah had de boss man baffle. He thought was...

It is a miracle! The GPSU is alive!

Nov 29, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on It is a miracle! The GPSU is alive!

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is up to its tricks. Having demanded that all nurses benefit from the allowance which was announced for ‘frontline’ workers in the...

The PNC’s horrible and horrific mistreatment of Nigel Hughes

Nov 29, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PNC’s horrible and horrific mistreatment of Nigel Hughes

Kaieteur News – If there is any philosophy I embrace in life is that a man must fight for his family; family comes first. I love Janet Kissoon and have been married to her for 42 years. You can...

East Bank hire car drivers complain about being removed to accommodate beer carts

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank hire car drivers complain about being removed to accommodate beer carts

Kaieteur News – Hire car drivers at the East Bank Demerara Park at the Stabroek Market Square are complaining about a recent move by the police that has left many of them without work. A group...

Sexual offences Court continues to make impact in criminal justice system

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sexual offences Court continues to make impact in criminal justice system

Three years after establishment…. Kaieteur News – On November 13, 2017, Guyana’s first Sexual Offences Court was established with the Supreme Court of Judicature (High Court) in Georgetown....

Govt. needs to tell the truth about oil deal pitfalls

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. needs to tell the truth about oil deal pitfalls

– Demand ExxonMobil, others obey the law – Janki Kaieteur News – International lawyer and transparency advocate, Melinda Janki is of the firm conviction that it is high time the...

Minister briefed on recent ganja bust in prison officers’ quarters

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Minister briefed on recent ganja bust in prison officers’ quarters

Kaieteur News – Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn has been briefed on the recent marijuana bust in the prison officers’ quarters located at the Lusignan Prison Officers’ Sports Club....

GTA launches new experiential tours in awareness of tourism month

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GTA launches new experiential tours in awareness of tourism month

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) yesterday virtually held its ‘Experiential Tourism Product Launch’ in awareness of Tourism Month at the National Exhibition Centre,...

Third option added to Guyana’s COVID-19 testing portfolio

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Third option added to Guyana’s COVID-19 testing portfolio

– Private health institutions to be certified once criteria is met Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has added the rapid antigen test as a third option to Guyana’s COVID-19...

Citgo 6: US oil executives convicted of corruption in Venezuela

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Citgo 6: US oil executives convicted of corruption in Venezuela

Kaieteur News – Six US oil executives have been jailed after being found guilty of corruption by a court in Venezuela. The men all worked for Citgo, a US refining company owned by...

Fire destroys part of National Psychiatric Hospital building

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys part of National Psychiatric Hospital building

Kaieteur News – Investigations are ongoing into the cause of a fire of unknown origin which occurred about 20:30 hrs on Thursday evening in the National Psychiatric Hospital at Fort Canje...

Friendship Secondary wins virtual debating competition

Nov 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Friendship Secondary wins virtual debating competition

Kaieteur News – On Wednesday, the Friendship Secondary School of Education District Four (4) emerged victorious at the Ministry of Education’s first Virtual Debating Competition. The East...

A contribution to the authentic history of Dutch colonization of Essequibo and Demerara

Nov 29, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on A contribution to the authentic history of Dutch colonization of Essequibo and Demerara

Kaieteur News – (A Review of David Granger’s Laurens Storm van’s Gravesande: His life and times in Essequibo and Demerara) Laurens Storm van’s Gravesande was a towering figure of the...

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Guyana falls short against Suriname in Nations Cup B/ball finals

The path forward for the Caribbean

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When the Cold War ended, western liberalism declared its victory over communism. It immediately... more