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Who is the middleman?

Jul 11, 2021 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Who is the middleman?

Kaieteur News – Back in ancient times, steam power was the principal means of generating industrial energy. With the advent of heavy oils, the source of energy generation became even dirtier....

Exxon now tells Guyana it will sell natural gas liquids to third parties; dry gas to be sold here

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon now tells Guyana it will sell natural gas liquids to third parties; dry gas to be sold here

– Govt. did not disclose this key detail at gas project presentation Kaieteur News – About four months ago, Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, held a press conference at the Arthur Chung...

Guyanese environmentalist asks Exxon official to justify need for local gas-to-shore project, but gets no response

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese environmentalist asks Exxon official to justify need for local gas-to-shore project, but gets no response

Consultations for proposed gas project…. Kaieteur News – A Guyanese environmentalist participating in the ongoing virtual consultation led by Exxon Mobil subsidiary, Esso Exploration and...

Region 10 Chairman’s Driver in custody for Linden GECOM fire matter

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 Chairman’s Driver in custody for Linden GECOM fire matter

Kaieteur News – Three Lindeners were on Friday remanded to prison by Magistrate, Wanda Fortune, at the Linden Magistrate’s Court, for unlawfully and maliciously setting the GECOM Linden...

Falling asleep pun de wuk

Jul 11, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Falling asleep pun de wuk

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys see pictures of dem Opposition parliamentarians sleeping in de National Assembly. One ah dem even sprawl off on de floor. De man fall off he chair...

The race is not for the swift

Jul 11, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The race is not for the swift

Kaieteur News – The PNC/R has no other choice but to retain David Granger at its Leader. He is the most fit and proper person to guide the party over the next five years. Intellectually and...

The future shape of Guyana’s foreign policy

Jul 11, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The future shape of Guyana’s foreign policy

Kaieteur News – When I was at the University of Toronto, one of the widely recommended articles on foreign policy by the Department of International Relation was “The Big Influence of Small...

The Oil Sector needs competent people to regulate it

Jul 11, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Oil Sector needs competent people to regulate it

Kaieteur News – “Govt. must set itself apart from financial skullduggery by Stabroek Block partners – install competent people to regulate sector – Chris Ram” (KN July 5). We agree...

SIDS should acquire concessional financing given vulnerabilities – Dr. Singh

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on SIDS should acquire concessional financing given vulnerabilities – Dr. Singh

Kaieteur News – Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Hon. Dr. Ashni Singh, is strongly advocating for access to concessional financing for Small...

Twenty GTT call centre agents graduate from training programme

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Twenty GTT call centre agents graduate from training programme

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company Limited on Friday hosted a graduation ceremony for twenty new additional call centre agents at their Lot 79 Brickdam location –...

Two stabbed by friend in Lethem

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Two stabbed by friend in Lethem

Kaieteur News – A 19-year-old man was arrested after a heated argument led to a double stabbing on Saturday at Tabatinga, Lethem, Central Rupununi, Region Nine. The incident occurred at 00:30...

KN employee falls prey to Stabroek Market’s choke-and-rob gang

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on KN employee falls prey to Stabroek Market’s choke-and-rob gang

Kaieteur News – A Kaieteur News (KN) staffer recalled gasping for air while being choked and robbed on Wednesday in the presence of a vendor by three men in the Stabroek Market area. The KN...

ExxonMobil is world’s largest producer of polluting single use plastics – 2021 plastic pollution report

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil is world’s largest producer of polluting single use plastics – 2021 plastic pollution report

Kaieteur News – A report on the phenomenon of plastic pollution, published in May by the Minderoo Foundation, one of Asia’s largest philanthropies and conducted by academics from the London...

Elderly homes enriched tapping ancient wisdom

Jul 11, 2021 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Elderly homes enriched tapping ancient wisdom

By Pat Dial Kaieteur News – We would like to compliment Dr. Vindhya Persaud and her Ministry of Human Services and Social Security for their appointment of an Elderly Homes Visiting Committee....

DDL renews GMP and HACCP certifications

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on DDL renews GMP and HACCP certifications

Kaieteur News – Local manufacturing giant, Demerara Distillers Limited, recently received their recertification for both the Goods Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical...

All systems in place to commence second half stamping of devices

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on All systems in place to commence second half stamping of devices

Kaieteur News – This week, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) will commence the second verification of all weighing and measuring devices used in trade for 2021. Inspectors within...

Chinese mining company makes immediate changes for local workers

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese mining company makes immediate changes for local workers

Kaieteur News – Local workers at Aurora Gold Mines (AGM), Region Seven, related yesterday that Chinese Company, Zijin Mining Group, has made some immediate changes following the recent...

Bandits stop policeman, steal motorcycle

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits stop policeman, steal motorcycle

Kaieteur News – A policeman was robbed of his motorcycle on Saturday evening, by two suspects. According to a police report, the 23-year-old officer along with his 14-year-old sister, were...

Driver dead after crashing into Apex Education’s gate

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Driver dead after crashing into Apex Education’s gate

Kaieteur News – A man is now dead after the vehicle he was driving collided with the sliding gate of the Apex Education building on Montrose Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD). According to...

Coronavirus: Vaccines have stood the test of time; here’s proof

Jul 11, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Vaccines have stood the test of time; here’s proof

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – Vaccines have been around for more than a century and have proven their worth time and...

Monitoring by EPA needed to preserve ‘Tree of Life’ in quest to slow global warming – Environment Consultant warns

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Monitoring by EPA needed to preserve ‘Tree of Life’ in quest to slow global warming – Environment Consultant warns

Kaieteur News – Can the ‘Tree of Life’ really slow down global warming? Yes, it can. Even though Ité palm, otherwise known as the ‘tree of life,’ is exclusively found in the southern...

Interesting Creatures… Viperidae

Jul 11, 2021 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Viperidae

Kaieteur News – The Viperidae (vipers) are a family of venomous snakes found in most parts of the world, with the exception of Antarctica, Australia, Hawaii, Madagascar, as well as various...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nurse Vidya Ketwaroo

Jul 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nurse Vidya Ketwaroo

“The body begins producing antibodies to the coronavirus with just one shot of the vaccine, and these antibodies help the immune system to fight the virus if you are ever exposed to COVID-19 and...

Cotton Tree, Guyana’s oil and police brutality

Jul 11, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Cotton Tree, Guyana’s oil and police brutality

By GHK Lall Kaieteur News – Though said before, it is worth saying again: it is a struggle to find the encouraging. As events unravel, efforts are made to discover the positive, but sober...

Caring for an 8-yr-old with Hemophilia is a full-time job for Savita, a mom of two

Jul 11, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Caring for an 8-yr-old with Hemophilia is a full-time job for Savita, a mom of two

“It is not easy. Sometimes I have to run around when the baby sleeping to make sure I finish the work in time because I don’t want to leave he alone and when we use to like go to the play park...

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$1.5M up for grabs at K&S National Futsal Championship

A broad-based movement for the people’s voice on oil

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The call for a referendum on Guyana’s oil contract is a step in the right direction,... more