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Exxon’s poor environmental track record and flaring

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exxon’s poor environmental track record and flaring

Dear Editor, Much attention is currently focused on the gas-to-shore project thanks to the EPA meetings through which some, not much, information on the project has been forthcoming, though...

‘Too much to stomach’

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Too much to stomach’

Dear Editor, I am appalled that an aspect of the Auditor General’s Report for 2016 exposed mismanagement and spitefulness by the previous administration. This is way ‘too much to stomach’ as we...

What will it take?

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on What will it take?

Dear Editor, Reminiscent of a huge fire earlier, it is alleged firefighters turned up to a fire without tools to break heavily grilled doors and windows (News Room, July 29), thus being unable to...

A Behavioural Science Unit in the GPF will influence excellent behaviour

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Behavioural Science Unit in the GPF will influence excellent behaviour

Dear Editor, On Friday July 02, 2021 Peeping Tom in an article in the Kaieteur News screamed, “Character assessment should form part of police recruitment.” In the article, Peeping Tom...

Saving lives is an act of worship

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Saving lives is an act of worship

Dear Editor, One of the most significant lessons we have learned from this pandemic is that we are all in this fight together. Our actions, or lack thereof, have a huge influence not just on...

A Linden Riverfront Development Master Plan is needed to effectively guide developmental works

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Linden Riverfront Development Master Plan is needed to effectively guide developmental works

Dear Editor, We are certainly pleased with the allocation of $30 million for the Linden Riverfront Development by the Ministry of Public Works, as recently reported. It should be noted that while the...

Some thinking for school reopening

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some thinking for school reopening

Dear Editor, With talks of schools being reopened, I share a concern that many parents may also share. Our children have been home for over a year. Throughout this time, they have had to adjust to...

The PPP/C’s glaring track record on local government

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C’s glaring track record on local government

Dear Editor, On November 4, 2018, the Guyana Chronicle carried an editorial, “The Importance of our Local Government System.” In that piece, the editor sought to highlight the careful thought...

In absence of ring-fencing provisions, new discoveries mean little for Guyana – Int’l expert

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on In absence of ring-fencing provisions, new discoveries mean little for Guyana – Int’l expert

Kaieteur News – In light of ExxonMobil’s recent announcement that more oil was found at the Whiptail-1 and Whiptail-2 wells in Stabroek Block, an international financial group has come...

EPA acted outside its powers, current EIA process is improper – …environmentalist

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EPA acted outside its powers, current EIA process is improper – …environmentalist

Gas-to-energy project… By Carlos Gonsalves Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) undertaking of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Esso Exploration and...

Government now moving to update 36 year old petroleum laws

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Government now moving to update 36 year old petroleum laws

Six years after oil discovery… Kaieteur News – More than six years after Guyana discovered crude in commercial quantities, coupled with repeated promises by consecutive administrations,...

Venezuelan women trapped, killed in fire

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan women trapped, killed in fire

Kaieteur News – Two Venezuelan women yesterday morning perished in a fire at an apartment building located at Lot 136 Fifth Street, Alberttown, Georgetown. They were identified as 25-year-old...

Parliament unable to debate Exxon flaring until October

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament unable to debate Exxon flaring until October

Kaieteur News – The National Assembly has on its agenda, a motion calling for government to intervene through various means, including amendments to the Liza I and Liza II permits, in addition...

City Mayor says Public Works Ministry should settle its $300M tax debt

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on City Mayor says Public Works Ministry should settle its $300M tax debt

Kaieteur News – Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine has reminded Minister of Public Works, Hon. Juan Edghill that his Ministry owes the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) over $300M and should...

Thieves empty fridge stocked for workshop breakfast

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves empty fridge stocked for workshop breakfast

Kaieteur News – Three persons between Thursday and Friday allegedly broke into the meals kitchen of the Nappi Primary School located in Nappi Village, Region Nine and emptied a fridge that was...

Woman recounts how reputed husband was killed with his own knife

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Woman recounts how reputed husband was killed with his own knife

Kaieteur News – “I thought I was going to die because he kept pelting stabs at me,” were the words of the 29-year-old woman who was arrested in relation to the death of Anthony Pakamram,...

De numbers falling but it gan rise after de big matches!

Jul 30, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De numbers falling but it gan rise after de big matches!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys hoping dat dem wah plan fuh watch cricket tomorrow gan get ask to wear a mask during de match and keep it on. Is downright recklessness of de guvment to...

HOW NOT TO SPEND AN ENJOYABLE EVENING

Jul 30, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HOW NOT TO SPEND AN ENJOYABLE EVENING

Kaieteur News – Going on a weight-reduction diet is not a Guyanese thing. Guyanese love to eat. Just take a drive by any of the many fast-food services that abound in Guyana and you would think...

The USA and Guyana: Psychic breakdown

Jul 30, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The USA and Guyana: Psychic breakdown

Kaieteur News – The population of India and China each has a billion more people than the US. Countries like Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Nigeria have numbers close to the US. But the...

Vaccination and Themistocles’ Two Goddesses

Jul 30, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Vaccination and Themistocles’ Two Goddesses

Kaieteur News – Themistocles, one of the leaders of the ancient city-state of Athens in the early years of democracy, understood something fundamental about the exercise of the free will of the...

Trini boat workers stuck in Guyana

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Trini boat workers stuck in Guyana

– Need help to get back home Kaieteur News – Stuck on a boat with no food, no money and no clean drinking water are three Trinidadian workers who have not been paid by their employer for...

Health Ministry records two more COVID-19 deaths

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry records two more COVID-19 deaths

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

National Law Enforcement Team formed to tackle the trafficking of firearms and ammunition

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on National Law Enforcement Team formed to tackle the trafficking of firearms and ammunition

Kaieteur News – On Tuesday, the Minister of Home Affairs Hon. Robeson Benn formed a National Team that will focus on priorities of the National Action Plan for the Firearms Roadmap in respect...

Report finds global climate change lawsuits have doubled since 2015 Paris agreement

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Report finds global climate change lawsuits have doubled since 2015 Paris agreement

By Carlos Gonsalves Kaieteur News – UK-based researchers have recently said in a new report released in July that climate-related litigation has soared globally since 2015, with governments and...

One remanded, another placed on bail for exposing genitals

Jul 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on One remanded, another placed on bail for exposing genitals

Kaieteur News – A Linden man was on Wednesday remanded to prison for allegedly raping a minor, while another was placed on $200,000 bail for allegedly exposing his genitals. Both men appeared...

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Hayley Matthews and Sherfane Rutherford named in ICC ODI Teams of the Year

Development requires more than oil revenues

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In one of the most impassioned pleas ever made, an evangelical Bishop Rev. Mariann Edgar... more