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Govt. predicts need for more FPSOs with new oil finds in Stabroek Block

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. predicts need for more FPSOs with new oil finds in Stabroek Block

Kaieteur News – The Stabroek Block continues to prove to be a prolific oil and gas basin with Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL)—ExxonMobil Guyana—yesterday announcing...

Opposition to grill Govt. over $14B housing contracts

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition to grill Govt. over $14B housing contracts

Kaieteur News – Former Minister with responsibility for the Housing and Water Sectors, Annette Ferguson, has signalled an intention to grill substantive Minister, Collin Croal, over the award...

South African offshore oil exploration authorisation challenged in court

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on South African offshore oil exploration authorisation challenged in court

Kaieteur News – Just months after Guyana had seen its first climate change case filed against the oil and gas companies operating here, the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA)...

Husband killed with own knife had tried to set ‘wife’ on fire

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Husband killed with own knife had tried to set ‘wife’ on fire

Kaieteur News – Anthony Pakamram, the father of three who was fatally stabbed by his reputed wife on Sunday, was in 2012 arrested for allegedly attempting to set the woman on fire in a house...

Man who strangled woman with towel captured

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man who strangled woman with towel captured

Kaieteur News – Luck for the mechanic who used a towel to strangle a Brazilian woman until she was unconscious, ran out yesterday after he was captured by Region Three police ranks. The...

Alleged Ponzi schemers fail to appear in court

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged Ponzi schemers fail to appear in court

– Police suspect they forged positive COVID-19 results Kaieteur News – Alleged Ponzi scheme operators, Yuri Garcia-Dominguez and his wife, Ateeka Ishmael, on Tuesday failed to appear in...

Locals to set up US$600M shore base facility at Vreed-en-Hoop

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Locals to set up US$600M shore base facility at Vreed-en-Hoop

Kaieteur News – Three local businessmen have teamed up to meet the growing demand for oil and gas support services with the proposal of a mega shore base project at Foreshore, Plantation Best...

Smarter de population wiser de government

Jul 29, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Smarter de population wiser de government

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Guyanese lining up fuh cricket ticket. While some people dying to see cricket, others praying fuh rain fuh wash out de game. Dem afraid dat dem gan get a...

Kiss tomorrow goodbye!

Jul 29, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Kiss tomorrow goodbye!

Kaieteur News – With the discovery of new oil wells in the Stabroek Block, the US$18M signing bonus now increasingly looks like a breadcrumb. Guyana accepted this pittance when it signed the...

The Guyana Revenue Authority and the NIS 55 years after Independence

Jul 29, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Guyana Revenue Authority and the NIS 55 years after Independence

Kaieteur News – I have been in active struggle to change Guyana for the better for over 50 consecutive years. I am going in to 33 consecutive years as a newspaper columnist with several of the...

What is the problem with presenting truths?

Jul 29, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on What is the problem with presenting truths?

Kaieteur News – There is a growing problem in Guyana with speaking truths, and sharing them publicly. It is a big problem that threatens to get even bigger. The PPP government and its senior...

Fatal blow was caused by heavy object – PM reveals

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Fatal blow was caused by heavy object – PM reveals

Man found dead in boss’ truck… Kaieteur News – A post mortem examination conducted on the remains of Laurel Samaroo, 31, the man found dead in his boss’ truck, has revealed that he was...

Good Samaritan gives support to elderly man abandoned at GPHC

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Good Samaritan gives support to elderly man abandoned at GPHC

Kaieteur News – Following Kaieteur News’ article on Mr. Ovid, an elderly man who believes his relatives have abandoned him at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), a Good...

Poor record keeping blamed for discrepancies in $$B school feeding prog.

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Poor record keeping blamed for discrepancies in $$B school feeding prog.

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education (MoE) has blamed poor record keeping for the financial discrepancies identified in the school feeding programme by the Auditor General (AG)’s 2016...

Suspect out on bail for shooting, robbing businesswoman, skips court – Arrest warrant issued

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect out on bail for shooting, robbing businesswoman, skips court – Arrest warrant issued

Kaieteur News – An arrest warrant has been issued for Ronlee Rampersaud, a suspect out on bail for shooting and robbing Kitty businesswoman, Selina Edwards, of $200,000 at her home on...

3 women are country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 3 women are country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities

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

Harding fails in bid to have lawsuit against State for baton-rape restored

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Harding fails in bid to have lawsuit against State for baton-rape restored

– Ordered to pay $2M in court costs to respondents Kaieteur News – Colwyn Harding, the man who was allegedly sodomised by a police rank with a baton back in November 2013, has lost his...

Disability organisation encourages vaccine uptake

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Disability organisation encourages vaccine uptake

Kaieteur News – Even as it encourages vaccine uptake, especially among persons living with disabilities, the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) commended...

SPARTANS REIGNS! Wins the late Faye Joseph – Gold is Money sponsored Domino Birth Anniversary Competition

Jul 29, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on SPARTANS REIGNS! Wins the late Faye Joseph – Gold is Money sponsored Domino Birth Anniversary Competition

Kaieteur News – As predicted the dominant Spartans Domino Team won the just concluded the Late Faye Joseph Birth Anniversary dominoes tournament which was contested at Turning Point. In the...

SPARTANS REIGNS! Wins the late Faye Joseph Gold is Money sponsored Domino Birth Anniversary Competition

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on SPARTANS REIGNS! Wins the late Faye Joseph Gold is Money sponsored Domino Birth Anniversary Competition

Kaieteur News – As predicted the dominant Spartans Domino Team won the just concluded the Late Faye Joseph Birth Anniversary dominoes tournament which was contested at Turning Point. In the...

Agri. Minister commits to carrying out needed drainage works at Buxton/Friendship

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Agri. Minister commits to carrying out needed drainage works at Buxton/Friendship

Kaieteur News – Farmers of the Buxton/Friendship area on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) will soon benefit from much-needed upgrades to the communities’ drainage and irrigation system. This...

Second round of exhibition volleyball games on Tomorrow night

Jul 29, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Second round of exhibition volleyball games on Tomorrow night

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) is hosting a second round of exhibition matches tomorrow night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The games will begin from 6:30pm with...

Caribbean Champ Clarke gets boost from Dr. Dukhi

Jul 29, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Champ Clarke gets boost from Dr. Dukhi

Kaieteur News – Reigning Central America and Caribbean (CAC) bodybuilding Championships winner; Kerwin Clarke, received major support from Neurospine Services Inc. that is run by Guyana’s...

Region 4 CPGs trained in anger management, conflict resolution

Jul 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region 4 CPGs trained in anger management, conflict resolution

Kaieteur News – Members of Community Policing Groups (CPG) in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) recently benefitted from a one-day training programme that was conducted by the Gender Affairs...

Allard’s 127 not out highlights ORSCA’s third round

Jul 29, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Allard’s 127 not out highlights ORSCA’s third round

Kaieteur News – Destructive right-handed batsman Zaheer Allard hit an entertaining 127 not out to inspire Renegades to a convincing 104-run win over Cool Runningz on Sunday in Brampton as...