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Exxon concedes renewable cheaper, cleaner, direction the world is heading

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon concedes renewable cheaper, cleaner, direction the world is heading

…says it’s your Govt. that’s pushing gas-to-energy project Kaieteur News – Mike Ryan, Production Manager for ExxonMobil Guyana, has conceded that renewable energy which involves the use...

Systems to realize maximum value in Guyana’s oil sector weak – Int’l Body

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Systems to realize maximum value in Guyana’s oil sector weak – Int’l Body

– Says country secured weak score on performance index Kaieteur News – The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) disclosed this week that Guyana’s oil and gas sector has placed...

Dealer under investigation for smuggling fuel from Venezuela

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Dealer under investigation for smuggling fuel from Venezuela

…Was previously banned from Suriname Kaieteur News – The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has launched an investigation into a Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) fuel dealer for allegedly bringing...

Drilling new oil well in Corentyne Block estimated to cost US$85M – CGX

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Drilling new oil well in Corentyne Block estimated to cost US$85M – CGX

Kaieteur News – Canadian based exploration company, CGX Energy Inc., says that it is preparing to drill another oil well offshore Guyana in two weeks time and estimates the cost to be some...

Top cop refuses to disclose “whereabouts” of $3M reward money

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Top cop refuses to disclose “whereabouts” of $3M reward money

Kaieteur News – In the face of a second round of queries by the media, Acting Commissioner of Police, Nigel Hoppie, has once again refused to disclose the ‘whereabouts’ (location) of reward...

EPA’s old guidelines do not cater for gas-to-energy project

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EPA’s old guidelines do not cater for gas-to-energy project

Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), six days before announcing that it would require ExxonMobil Guyana to conduct scoping meetings to guide the Environmental Impact...

Parking can be hazardous to yuh pocket

Jul 14, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Parking can be hazardous to yuh pocket

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Parkin is a problem in de city. Sometimes yuh does be late fuh wan appointment nat because yuh nah leff home pon time but because yuh does gat fuh spend a lang...

The Ecstasy and the Agony

Jul 14, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Ecstasy and the Agony

Kaieteur News – Euro 2020 and COPA America 2021 have just concluded. The former was the most absorbing football tournament seen for decades, despite the fact that the early rounds of the...

Random traffic stop: When people choose to be slaves

Jul 14, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Random traffic stop: When people choose to be slaves

Kaieteur News – I will not accept, now and into the future that a large number of drivers do not know that the Police Force does not stop drivers at random and request their documents. I have...

Where is the private sector and civil society?

Jul 14, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Where is the private sector and civil society?

Kaieteur News – We came across an interesting article in the June 19 edition of the New York Times, Dealbook section that was titled, “How Public Letters Became Companies’ Favourite Form of...

Health Ministry instructs police not to use Lyken Funeral Parlour

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry instructs police not to use Lyken Funeral Parlour

Kaieteur News – Deputy Director of the Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Stan Gouveia, confirmed yesterday with Kaieteur News that the Ministry of Health has...

Region Four residents succumb from COVID-19

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region Four residents succumb from COVID-19

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday reported that two more persons who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, have died. As a result of this, the...

Haresh Singh murder case file was not missing – Crime Chief clarifies

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Haresh Singh murder case file was not missing – Crime Chief clarifies

Kaieteur News – Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum, has indicated that contrary to what was reported with regards to the Haresh Singh murder case file, “at no time whatsoever...

Berbice policeman dies following breathing complications

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice policeman dies following breathing complications

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force disclosed that one of its members, Albert Perriera, 44, died yesterday following breathing complications at his home in Sheet Anchor, Berbice. Kaieteur...

Youth remanded for armed robbery, discharging loaded firearm

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Youth remanded for armed robbery, discharging loaded firearm

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old male was on Monday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, after he was slapped with two counts of discharging a loaded firearm and two...

Firearm found under tree

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Firearm found under tree

Kaieteur News – A firearm was discovered on Monday night after a search was conducted by police ranks. According to a police report, ranks from the Anna Regina Police Station in Region Two,...

Agri. Ministry to spend $58M to improve shrimp production in Region Six

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Agri. Ministry to spend $58M to improve shrimp production in Region Six

Kaieteur News – Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, has announced that a whopping $58M will be invested to improve the shrimp industry in Region Six. In March, Minister Mustapha had...

Judiciary introduces virtual hearing/interview rooms for Domestic Violence court cases

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Judiciary introduces virtual hearing/interview rooms for Domestic Violence court cases

– dealt with over 5,000 DV cases last year Kaieteur News – The Supreme Court of Judicature yesterday opened two new virtual hearing and interview rooms at the Wales and Leonora...

Dead man found was last seen alive on Tuesday

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Dead man found was last seen alive on Tuesday

– Autopsy reveals injuries consistent with that of accident Kaieteur News – The dead man whose nude remains were found on Wednesday last, along New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast...

Six-year-old critical after Kuru Kuru crash

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Six-year-old critical after Kuru Kuru crash

Kaieteur News – A six-year-old is among four persons who were left hospitalised on Sunday night following a two-vehicular collision on the Kuru Kuru Public Road, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The...

Paramakatoi miner stabbed to death at mining camp

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Paramakatoi miner stabbed to death at mining camp

Kaieteur News – A miner from Paramakatoi, Potaro-Siparuni, Region Eight, was stabbed to death during an argument with another worker at the Ithaki Backdam on the Mazaruni River, on Sunday....

Over $74.4M in equipment commissioned to boost agriculture sector

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Over $74.4M in equipment commissioned to boost agriculture sector

Kaieteur News – Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Monday commissioned several pieces of equipment that form part of the 2021 capital expenditure for the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary...

FAO, NAREI launch virtual Agroecology training

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on FAO, NAREI launch virtual Agroecology training

Kaieteur News – The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has collaborated with the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) for a two-day Tool for Agroecology...

More vaccines expected from COVAX, African Union agreement

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on More vaccines expected from COVAX, African Union agreement

Kaieteur News – Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, says Guyana is expecting another consignment of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility and the CARICOM/African Union agreement, later...

Agri. Ministry receives seeds, planting materials from IICA as part of flood-relief assistance

Jul 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Agri. Ministry receives seeds, planting materials from IICA as part of flood-relief assistance

Kaieteur News – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) on Monday handed over a number of seeds and planting materials to the Ministry of Agriculture to assist with...