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Ministry silent on daily flaring, production data

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry silent on daily flaring, production data

…as ExxonMobil tells stakeholders to ask Govt.—TIGI Transparency International Guyana Incorporated (TIGI) — the Local Chapter for the anti corruption international watchdog body — is...

Exxon to drill Whiptail well this month

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon to drill Whiptail well this month

…as operator heightens activities in Stabroek Block Days after scoring big with another successful oil discovery at the Urau-2 well in the Stabroek Block, ExxonMobil Guyana is moving ahead with...

Public officials using pandemic to avoid media scrutiny – GPA President

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Public officials using pandemic to avoid media scrutiny – GPA President

By Sueann Wickham Kaieteur News – President of the Guyana Press Association (GPA), Nazima Raghubir, who was recently named President of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM), has...

PPP/C condemned oil contract signed by Coalition but won’t renegotiate – Lincoln Lewis

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C condemned oil contract signed by Coalition but won’t renegotiate – Lincoln Lewis

Kaieteur News – Even though while in opposition, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), would have heavily criticised the Stabroek Block Agreement signed between the former Coalition...

Ministry sets deadline for pre-qualification of contractors

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry sets deadline for pre-qualification of contractors

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Public Works has set May 13, 2021, as the extended deadline for contractors’ submissions in order to be prequalified for projects and services to the Ministry...

COVID-19 death toll surpasses 300

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 death toll surpasses 300

Kaieteur News – The country’s COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 300. This materialised yesterday after the Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that four more persons who tested positive for...

Unsuccessful home invader found with three bullet wounds

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Unsuccessful home invader found with three bullet wounds

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old man is currently nursing three bullet wounds after he reportedly tried to enter a businessman’s home last Sunday. According to a police report, 33-year old...

Police await advice from DPP on way forward

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Police await advice from DPP on way forward

Linden shallow grave murder…. – as autopsy reveals that victim died from a bullet to the head Kaieteur News – An autopsy conducted yesterday on the remains of 20-year-old Linden woman,...

Makeup and mask is not like bald head and hat

May 04, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Makeup and mask is not like bald head and hat

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys see a man with a mask talking to he boss. Underneath de mask, he mouth moving fast fast but no sounds nah coming out. When he come out of de room,...

Who will it be?

May 04, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Who will it be?

Kaieteur News – The PPP/C administration has appointed one of Guyana’s most senior career diplomats, Mr. George Talbot, as Ambassador to CARICOM. This decision portends the intention of the...

Amanza Walton-Desir: What is said is one thing, who says it, is another

May 04, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Amanza Walton-Desir: What is said is one thing, who says it, is another

Kaieteur News – Twice I produced an email in the Stabroek News’ publication of letters as part of my response to Tacuma Ogunseye’s political culture. For those who are weighing in on the...

South America reels, Guyana grins

May 04, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on South America reels, Guyana grins

Kaieteur News – If the world doesn’t stop the region’s surging caseload, it could cost us all that we’ve done to fight the pandemic. Those were the words of one health official (“After...

Taxi driver among two remanded for robbing Chinese businessman

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver among two remanded for robbing Chinese businessman

Kaieteur News – A taxi driver is among two individuals who were remanded on Friday last for robbing a Chinese businessman on April 25 last, while he was opening his supermarket located along...

Ramesh Persaud appointed DDL’s Managing Director

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ramesh Persaud appointed DDL’s Managing Director

Kaieteur News – The Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Group yesterday announced that it is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ramesh Persaud as Managing Director with effect from...

Timehri man found guilty of rape

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Timehri man found guilty of rape

Kaieteur News – Vickram Persaud was yesterday found guilty of rape in the Georgetown High Court by a mixed 12-member jury that returned a unanimous verdict on the crime, which occurred on June...

Man remanded for allegedly trafficking Jamaicans

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for allegedly trafficking Jamaicans

Kaieteur News – Forty-four-year-old Tito Browne called “Tommy” and “Yankee,” yesterday made his first court appearance and was remanded to prison for allegedly trafficking two...

Two life sentences for Craig man who confessed to 2015 killings, attempted murders

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Two life sentences for Craig man who confessed to 2015 killings, attempted murders

Kaieteur News – Two life sentences have been imposed on Orpheus Johnson who confessed to shooting and killing two men in 2015, as well as attempting to murder a woman and her 18-month-old son...

Sleepin’s boss, employee, customers charged for breaching COVID-19 regulations

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Sleepin’s boss, employee, customers charged for breaching COVID-19 regulations

Kaieteur News – The owner of Sleepin International Hotel, Restaurant and Bar, Clifton Bacchus, 50, of Lots 288-289 Church Street, Georgetown, one of his employees and two customers were...

Region One likely to face the brunt if oil spill occurs

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region One likely to face the brunt if oil spill occurs

Kaieteur News – Given that Guyana is an oil-producing nation with production currently on-going in the Stabroek Block just off the coast, if a spill were to occur, Region One (Barima-Waini)...

Mechanic loses finger during brawl – brother chops peacemaker

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic loses finger during brawl – brother chops peacemaker

Kaieteur News – Two men, a mechanic and a peacemaker are now hospitalised suffering from multiple chop wounds about their bodies after they were involved in two separate brawls over the...

Businesswoman’s father recalls finding bodies of daughter, two grandsons

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman’s father recalls finding bodies of daughter, two grandsons

Anna Catherina home invasion murders… Kaieteur News – Kumar Persaud, the father of murdered Anna Catherina woman, Jennifer Persaud, yesterday recalled how he found the bodies of his daughter...

$92M judicial living quarters commissioned in Berbice

May 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $92M judicial living quarters commissioned in Berbice

By Malisa Playter-Harry Kaieteur News – A spanking new edifice that will serve as living quarters for Judicial Officers and Magistrates, who have been assigned to Berbice to carry out their...

Sheltez Independence Junior Tennis Tournament motors on with weekend action

May 04, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sheltez Independence Junior Tennis Tournament motors on with weekend action

Kaieteur News – The Sheltez Independence Junior Tennis Tournament which was launched at the Le Ressouvenir Tennis Club with matches also contested at the GBTI Court in Bel Air and commenced...

Ramson bullish on restoring grounds to accustomed quality as well as expanding accessibility

May 04, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramson bullish on restoring grounds to accustomed quality as well as expanding accessibility

By Franklin Wilson Kaieteur News – Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, the Honourable Charles Ramson Jr. is unapologetic in his and government’s quest to restore grounds across Guyana to its...

Dhanpat cops best net title at Massy Group golf tourney

May 04, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dhanpat cops best net title at Massy Group golf tourney

Kaieteur News – On Saturday last, the Massy Group held a Shot gun Medal play Golf Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club in which 44 golfers participated. Naro Dhanpat won the best net overall...