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ExxonMobil’s prime contractor touts aggressive local content plan

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil’s prime contractor touts aggressive local content plan

– But sidesteps key questions on targets and achievements Kaieteur News – On the heels of a decision to move its regional headquarters to Guyana, ExxonMobil’s prime contractor,...

Go to Diaspora and stop hiring foreign oil experts – Dr. Vincent Adams

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Go to Diaspora and stop hiring foreign oil experts – Dr. Vincent Adams

Kaieteur News – The former Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams, believes that if the integrity of the country is to remain protected, Guyana should stop the...

Exxon had offered more gas than needed. Now, it’s offering Guyana even more

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon had offered more gas than needed. Now, it’s offering Guyana even more

– Now, it’s offering Guyana even more Kaieteur News – After it was revealed earlier this month that ExxonMobil offered the former government more gas than Guyana needs, the numbers have...

Coalition Govt. overpaid $8M for fence

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition Govt. overpaid $8M for fence

Kaieteur News – It has been highlighted in the 2019 Auditor General’s (AG) report that the Ministry of Social Protection, under the former coalition government, overpaid a sum of $8.330...

Health Minister rejects lobbies for opening of nightclubs and bars

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister rejects lobbies for opening of nightclubs and bars

– says authorities to clamp down on house/ private parties Kaieteur News – The Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, has rejected lobbies for clubs and bars to be opened in light of the...

Minister has too much power over oil fund – US Analyst

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Minister has too much power over oil fund – US Analyst

Kaieteur News – One red flag in the framework for ensuring the transparent management of Guyana’s natural resources revenue is the fact that the Minister of Finance holds too much power over...

Banks DIH’s profit soars to $5.2B in 2020 despite COVID

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH’s profit soars to $5.2B in 2020 despite COVID

Kaieteur News – Notwithstanding the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the contentious March 2, 2020 General and Regional elections, Banks DIH Group of Companies managed to rake...

Police also gat secret code

Jan 23, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Police also gat secret code

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De traffic cops out in dem numbers. But like dem blind. Dem gat some vehicles does be double parking on Church Street near de junction with Camp Street. Dem...

Slap on the wrist or will the hammer fall?

Jan 23, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Slap on the wrist or will the hammer fall?

Kaieteur News – It is now becoming increasingly obvious why David Granger lost the Presidency. The litany of improper conduct, renegade behaviour, mismanagement, incompetence and personal...

The entire country should do what the NIS has done

Jan 23, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The entire country should do what the NIS has done

Kaieteur News – It was never meant for bureaucratic laws to be cast in cement. Context is everything in life. There are times when regulations within certain contexts have to be approached with...

Guyana records 76 new COVID-19 infections

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records 76 new COVID-19 infections

Kaieteur News – Guyana recorded 76 new COVID-19 infections yesterday, increasing the case toll to 7,143. This is according to the Ministry of Health’s daily dashboard update. The dashboard...

Guyana is open for business – Finance Minister tells Latin American investors

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana is open for business – Finance Minister tells Latin American investors

Kaieteur News – “Guyana is open for business” was the invitation given to Latin American investors by Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh as he outlined the...

Exxon cannot survive without Guyana

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon cannot survive without Guyana

Kaieteur News – It may sound farfetched, but it is not. Exxon cannot survive without Guyana; at the very least, its hard road in the struggle for a persuasively profitable standing on a...

Man placed on $25,000 bail for allegedly assaulting Linden Town Council worker

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man placed on $25,000 bail for allegedly assaulting Linden Town Council worker

Kaietuer News – A man was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail after he denied assaulting an employee of the Linden Mayor and Town Council. The defendant, Lindsay Parkes, appeared in the Linden...

Sophia man shot in thigh after behaving disorderly during arrest

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia man shot in thigh after behaving disorderly during arrest

Kaieteur News – A Sophia man is now nursing a gunshot wound to his left thigh from a police corporal after he reportedly behaved in a disorderly manner while being arrested. According to a...

Armed bandit robs Sales Rep of $8M, cellphone and car

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandit robs Sales Rep of $8M, cellphone and car

Kaieteur News – A sales representative employed with Beepats located at Sophia is now counting his losses after he was robbed of his motorcar, $8M, and a cellphone by a lone gun man on...

Hemraj (5-24 & 109) dominate final practice game at LBI

Jan 23, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hemraj (5-24 & 109) dominate final practice game at LBI

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Jaguars wrapped up their practice matches in preparations for next month’s Regional Super50 tournament set for Antigua with the last of three games yesterday at the...

Contraband found during Camp Street prison exercise

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Contraband found during Camp Street prison exercise

Kaieteur News – A number of items were yesterday discovered during a joint exercise by members of the Guyana Prison Service and ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF). According to a police...

Chinese Embassy officials visit MSC as venue set to become multipurpose sports facility

Jan 23, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chinese Embassy officials visit MSC as venue set to become multipurpose sports facility

Kaieteur News – In a release yesterday afternoon from the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Management Committee, it was disclosed that on Thursday they held a meeting with officials from the...

Alert, articulate and immaculate… Herman Haynes is Linden’s latest Centenarian

Jan 23, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Alert, articulate and immaculate… Herman Haynes is Linden’s latest Centenarian

By Enid Joaquin Kaieteur News-Living to a ripe old age, to many, is but a dream. Few experience the reality. But for Herman Fitzgerald Haynes, it is not merely a dream for he is currently...

Bandits rob Chinese restaurant

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits rob Chinese restaurant

Kaieteur News – Four bandits on Thursday robbed a Chinese restaurant on Thomas Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown. According to a police report, the bandits escaped with $45, 000. The owner...

Guyana makes the list of eligible federations to compete in FIBA 3X3

Jan 23, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana makes the list of eligible federations to compete in FIBA 3X3

Kaieteur News – FIBA Americas Zone Board has confirmed 25 National Federations to compete for the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup2021. The format foresees 12 men’s and 12 women’s National Teams...

Man remanded for allegedly robbing solider at gunpoint

Jan 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for allegedly robbing solider at gunpoint

Kaieteur News – A 33-year-old man of East Ruimveldt was on Thursday remanded to prison for allegedly robbing a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank at gun-point. The defendant, Melvin Jeane,...

‘Batters let us down for better part of a decade’- Johnson As Jaguars hunt first 50-over title in 16 years

Jan 23, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Batters let us down for better part of a decade’- Johnson As Jaguars hunt first 50-over title in 16 years

By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – The last time Guyana won a Regional 50-over title was 16 years ago when Shiv Chanderpaul led Guyana to the 2005 KFC Cup with victory against Barbados at Bourda....

The Caribbean region looks forward to heightened and more meaningful engagement with the new US administration

Jan 23, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Caribbean region looks forward to heightened and more meaningful engagement with the new US administration

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News – As the Biden/Harris team takes office at the helm of the world’s most powerful democracy, the new Administration’s proposed foreign policy gives new hope to a...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more