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Get the best to build your oil industry; don’t rush to sign deals and live to regret it – African Oil Expert

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Get the best to build your oil industry; don’t rush to sign deals and live to regret it – African Oil Expert

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – As the members of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Government pursue the development of a robust regulatory and legislative framework for the oil...

Indian Bank to cash-in on ‘golden opportunity’ from Guyana’s oil

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Indian Bank to cash-in on ‘golden opportunity’ from Guyana’s oil

– named country’s newest mortgage finance institution By Gary Eleazar Kaieteur News – India’s third largest public sector bank—the Bank of Baroda—on Wednesday last saw its Guyana...

Govt. signs US$70M in Contracts for housing development in one day

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. signs US$70M in Contracts for housing development in one day

Kaieteur News – Government on Tuesday signed close to 200 contracts totalling US$70 million (G$14 billion) for housing development, forging ahead with its promise to provide 50,000 house-lots...

Guyana’s resources useless if unexploited – Pres. Ali tells Summit

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s resources useless if unexploited – Pres. Ali tells Summit

Kaieteur News – All of Guyana’s resources, the black gold in our Stabroek Block, our timber, gold and bauxite, would be useless to our development if not exploited says President, Irfaan Ali,...

Juvenile detained; to appear in court today

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Juvenile detained; to appear in court today

Murder of 10-year-old boy… Kaieteur News – A 16-year-old will appear in court today for the murder of 10-year-old Anthony Cort. The lad was shot dead last Thursday by armed bandits who...

ExxonMobil on track to triple production capacity in Stabroek Block

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil on track to triple production capacity in Stabroek Block

– as 220,000 bpd Liza Unity nears completion Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil and its production partners in the Stabroek Block are on track to triple its production capacity offshore Guyana,...

Labour Ministry flags Indian logging company for inadequate employees’ living conditions, other violations

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Ministry flags Indian logging company for inadequate employees’ living conditions, other violations

Kaieteur News – As the Ministry of Labour continues to roll out its Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) campaign to ensure maximum compliance across all sectors countrywide, an Indian logging...

Petroleum Commission Bill to be tabled in a matter of weeks – Minister Bharrat

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Petroleum Commission Bill to be tabled in a matter of weeks – Minister Bharrat

Kaieteur News – Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, announced yesterday that the independent regulator the government promised to establish for the oil sector – the Petroleum...

Guyana gat more ‘jookers’ dan jokers

Mar 18, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana gat more ‘jookers’ dan jokers

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Whatever happened to de sanctity of contracts? Dat is de excuse wah de PPPC bin using fuh not re-negotiating de Exxon contract. Dem seh dem gat fuh respect...

Time for the President to act!

Mar 18, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Time for the President to act!

Kaieteur News – It is now becoming obvious just who is advising the government in relation to the pandemic. And no wonder the situation is where it is today. The total number of active cases...

Hamley Case, Burnham and the lad in the Health Ministry compound

Mar 18, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Hamley Case, Burnham and the lad in the Health Ministry compound

Kaieteur News – On Sunday in Massey Supermarket, I met someone that I have something in common with – entrepreneur and former diplomat, Hamley Case. Mr. Case, for Christmas 2014, sent me...

Reclaim these streets

Mar 18, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Reclaim these streets

Kaieteur News – There is a new movement taking shape in furious form in Britain. It is called “Reclaim These Streets” and came about on the heels of the disappearance and later discovered...

IPED unveils paintings in commemoration of Women’s History Month

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on IPED unveils paintings in commemoration of Women’s History Month

Kaieteur News – In recognition of Women’s History Month, the Institute of Private Enterprise Development Ltd. (IPED) honoured renowned female Guyanese artist and entrepreneur, Merlene...

GMRA appealing to President to reopen scrap metal trade

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GMRA appealing to President to reopen scrap metal trade

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Metal Recycler’s Association (GMRA) is publicly appealing to President Irfaan Ali, to look into their plight and have systems put in place to reopen the scrap metal...

UG lecturer gets Elsevier ATLAS Award for COVID-inspired article

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on UG lecturer gets Elsevier ATLAS Award for COVID-inspired article

Kaieteur News – Mrs. Temitayo Deborah Oyedotun, a lecturer attached to the University of Guyana (UG), has surfaced among 1,000 other individuals, winning the Elsevier ATLAS award for her...

Another teenager raped in Region One

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Another teenager raped in Region One

– four alleged rapists still to be apprehended Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) reported the second alleged rape of a child under the age of 16 in Region One for...

Bulletin issued for mason who killed brother-in-law

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bulletin issued for mason who killed brother-in-law

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a mason who allegedly stabbed and killed his brother-in-law, sometime after they had an argument over a lost...

Homeless man found dead under K/News’ shed, identified

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Homeless man found dead under K/News’ shed, identified

– Security guards remain in custody Kaieteur News – Yesterday detectives obtained an identity for the homeless man who was found dead under a shed at the Kaieteur News’ Saffon Street,...

Govt. in talks with investor to power mining operations with Liza gas

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. in talks with investor to power mining operations with Liza gas

Kaieteur News – “The Guyanese government is in talks with an international investor about a proposal to power mining operations in the country’s interior by using liquefied natural...

Prisoner recaptured less than 12 hours after escaping

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner recaptured less than 12 hours after escaping

Kaieteur News – Less than 12 hours after he escaped from the Lusignan Prison, a prisoner who escaped by jumping over the fence of the Prison, was nabbed by ranks of the Guyana Police Force at...

Govt., Opposition MPs receive initial COVID-19 jab

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt., Opposition MPs receive initial COVID-19 jab

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 immunization campaign has now moved to Members of Parliament (MPs), who turned up to Parliament Building yesterday to receive their first jab...

Business School Director’s sexual assault trial commences

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Business School Director’s sexual assault trial commences

Kaieteur News – The trial into the alleged sexual assault of a former Accountant of The Business School (TBS) by the entity’s Director commenced in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on...

Trevor Benn questioned over two more illegal land transactions

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Trevor Benn questioned over two more illegal land transactions

Kaieteur News – Former Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC), Trevor Benn, was yesterday questioned by fraud investigators for two more illegal land transactions....

42-year-old is latest COVID-19 fatality

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 42-year-old is latest COVID-19 fatality

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday reported the death of a 42-year-old male from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) as Guyana’s 210th COVID-19 fatality. In its...

GPSU calls Govt. to the table for salary negotiations

Mar 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU calls Govt. to the table for salary negotiations

By Rehanna Ramsay Kaieteur News – The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is calling on Government to commence outstanding negotiations for increased wages, salaries and allowances for 2020 and...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more