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EPA giving ExxonMobil permission to flare in special cases, applying new US$30 charge unlawful –Int’l Lawyer

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EPA giving ExxonMobil permission to flare in special cases, applying new US$30 charge unlawful –Int’l Lawyer

Kaieteur News- Though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has claimed this past week that its recent modification to ExxonMobil Guyana’s Liza Phase One Environmental Permit to allow flaring...

Guyanese file case against ExxonMobil’s Stabroek Block projects

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese file case against ExxonMobil’s Stabroek Block projects

– Calls on court to determine if polluting operations consistent with right to healthy environment Kaieteur News – Two Guyanese, through their lawyers, have filed a case in the...

Secret Aurora Gold Contract!! Former Pres. Sam Hinds and Chinese Co. say $1,000 per acre rental for gold lands “standard”

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Secret Aurora Gold Contract!! Former Pres. Sam Hinds and Chinese Co. say $1,000 per acre rental for gold lands “standard”

Kaieteur News – The Management of Guyana Goldfields says that the rent of US$5 or G$1,000 is a standard rental arrangement that is offered to all investors desirous of making significant investment...

GWI calls in cops, says close to $30M stolen from bank account

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GWI calls in cops, says close to $30M stolen from bank account

Kaieteur News – The Board of Directors for the Guyana Water Incorporated informed the media yesterday that a fraud was perpetrated at a Commercial Bank, which led to almost $30M being removed from...

$19.4M forged cheques matter… GRA employees, others charged

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $19.4M forged cheques matter… GRA employees, others charged

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, two employees from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), and two other men appeared before a City Magistrate to answer to the charge of forging $19.4M in GRA cheques....

DDL Subsidiary, AGT Energy ink MOU with Oil and Gas service provider UPS for Guyana, Suriname Upstream Sector

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on DDL Subsidiary, AGT Energy ink MOU with Oil and Gas service provider UPS for Guyana, Suriname Upstream Sector

Kaieteur News – Demerara Contractors and Engineers Limited (DCEL) and AGT Energy Group Inc. (AGT) have announced that they recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Universal Plant...

India May Become Guyana’s Most Important Oil Client

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on India May Become Guyana’s Most Important Oil Client

Kaieteur News – By Gerald Jansen https://oilprice.com/: Nowadays one of the main buzz stories of the crude market has been focusing on Indian oil demand slumping as a consequence of the...

Dem Boys Seh… In love with inequality

May 22, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Boys Seh… In love with inequality

Aunty Priya deh in she own world. She nah understand dat people nah want equality. Dem in love with inequality. Is only governments does talk about equality. And dat is because dem want get people...

Linden hospital now offering dialysis

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Linden hospital now offering dialysis

Kaieteur News – Residents residing in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region (Region 10) who have been diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease and are required to undergo hemodialysis for survival,...

Agri. Minister talks community development, kitchen gardens in East Ruimveldt

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Agri. Minister talks community development, kitchen gardens in East Ruimveldt

announces 55th Independence seed distribution drive Kaieteur News – Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Thursday last was part of a ministerial delegation that met with residents...

MCY&S/GCF Independence Three-Stage Road Race 2021… Alexander Leung and Aneisha Crandon, the 13 year-old duo with a bright future ahead

May 22, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCY&S/GCF Independence Three-Stage Road Race 2021… Alexander Leung and Aneisha Crandon, the 13 year-old duo with a bright future ahead

Kaieteur News – By Franklin Wilson Following a hiatus of some four years, this nation’s most prestigious multiple stage race on the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) calendar made a welcome...

ALL of MCY&S Programmes to undergo change, new initiatives being birthed – Minister Ramson

May 22, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on ALL of MCY&S Programmes to undergo change, new initiatives being birthed – Minister Ramson

Kaieteur News – By Franklin Wilson With a very robust approach already underway as regards infrastructure development and expansion, Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr. has...

‘Uncle Vic’ was a humble man and an exceptional professional – President Ali

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Uncle Vic’ was a humble man and an exceptional professional – President Ali

– Says long-serving Chief of Protocol leaves lasting impact on public service Kaieteur News – During the home-going Service of the late Eshwar Vevakanand Persaud, CCH, that was held...

Man hospitalised with severe burns after crashing into utility pole

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man hospitalised with severe burns after crashing into utility pole

Kaieteur News – A father of two, who on Wednesday lost control of his motorcar and crashed into a utility pole, is currently a patient in the Mabaruma Regional Hospital. He is suffering from...

Domestic-based ‘Lady Jags’ kickstart training today

May 22, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Domestic-based ‘Lady Jags’ kickstart training today

Kaieteur News – The long road to Australia and New Zealand begins this weekend, as the domestic-based senior women’s national squad starts its preparations for 2023 FIFA World Cup...

National TT player Chelsea Edghill lands historic Olympic berth

May 22, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on National TT player Chelsea Edghill lands historic Olympic berth

Kaieteur News – National Table Tennis Player Chelsea Edghill will represent Guyana at the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8. Edghill, Guyana’s highest-ranked...

Kashif Muhammad is Chairman of the NSC – Steve Ninvalle tipped to become Director of Sport

May 22, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kashif Muhammad is Chairman of the NSC – Steve Ninvalle tipped to become Director of Sport

Kaieteur News – Kashif Muhammad, Co-Director of the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation MS has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Sports Commission. Kaieteur Sport also understands...

Coronavirus: Our behaviour patterns are fuelling super mutants

May 22, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Our behaviour patterns are fuelling super mutants

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Centre Kaieteur News –All around the world, newer variants of the SarsCov2 virus (coronavirus) are being formed...

Children picking “whitee” leads to chopping incident

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Children picking “whitee” leads to chopping incident

Kaieteur News – While picking Sijan or “whitee” as it is commonly known, a 12-year-old boy was chopped to his heel by his 10-year-old playmate on Thursday. According a police report, the...

COVID-19 claims lives of two more Guyanese

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 claims lives of two more Guyanese

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced that two persons who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. Their deaths now bring Guyana’s COVID-19...

Family of man killed by police protest outside Ministry of Home Affairs

May 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Family of man killed by police protest outside Ministry of Home Affairs

Kaieteur News- The family and friends of Peter Headley, who was shot and killed by a policeman last weekend, protested outside the Ministry of Home Affairs at Brickdam on Friday at 11:30 hrs....

At the risk of angering my wife, I say I never did and will never like Rex McKay

May 22, 2021 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on At the risk of angering my wife, I say I never did and will never like Rex McKay

Kaieteur News- My wife was annoyed that I wrote the following words in my March 23, 2021 column “I never liked Gaskin. See my revulsion of him as a Stabroek News columnist in 1989. That is 31 years...

Something Aubrey Norton told me at the Thomas Street lime

May 22, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Something Aubrey Norton told me at the Thomas Street lime

I have always regarded Aubrey Norton as a PNC person who has a sound analytical mind. I have had countless political conversations with Aubrey and he has the competence to analyse the Guyanese...

The PNC/R is breaking its own heart

May 22, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PNC/R is breaking its own heart

The leadership of the PNC/R is fooling no one other than itself that the PPP/C rigged the 2020 elections. If the PPP/C had done so, there was no way that the PNC/R and its supporters would have...

Is the former President/PM Hinds telling us how good we have it?

May 22, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the former President/PM Hinds telling us how good we have it?

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the letter from Mr. Samuel A. A. Hinds titled, “Work to create partnerships not sensational headlines” (SN and KN May 21). I once held former President and Prime Minister...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more