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7 years later, Guyana struggling with basics for oil and gas sector

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 7 years later, Guyana struggling with basics for oil and gas sector

…as migration crisis looms — Ramkarran Kaieteur News – Guyana discovered hydrocarbons—oil and gas in commercial quantities, back in 2015 at the time the Coalition Administration was being...

50 percent of Region’s gas reserves may be left stranded –IDB warns

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 50 percent of Region’s gas reserves may be left stranded –IDB warns

Kaieteur News – When one considers the global movement towards renewable energy sources, driven largely by the need to bring the earth’s temperature down to 1.5° Celsius, the future of...

GECOM losing autonomy with Govt. pulling purse strings – Commissioner

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM losing autonomy with Govt. pulling purse strings – Commissioner

Kaieteur News – For one year now, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has not been being paying its rent for several properties, which it occupies since money is not being released by the...

ExxonMobil targeting 36 wells next year offshore Guyana

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil targeting 36 wells next year offshore Guyana

Kaieteur News – While it awaits approval from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to drill 24 wells evenly across the Kaieteur and Canje oil blocks, operator of the two deepwater...

Woman cries for justice after alleged beating by police

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Woman cries for justice after alleged beating by police

Kaieteur News – A young woman is calling on the Police’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), to investigate an alleged severe beating meted out to her by ranks at the Sparendaam and...

Veteran aviator Malcolm Chan-A-Sue dies weeks after car crash

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Veteran aviator Malcolm Chan-A-Sue dies weeks after car crash

Kaieteur News – Veteran aviator, Malcolm Chan-A-Sue, died yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), while receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)....

Man charged with assaulting ex-girlfriend, cop

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with assaulting ex-girlfriend, cop

Kaieteur News – Forty-year-old Jason Roberts, of Princes Street, Georgetown, was yesterday charged for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, a member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and was...

Stop de drama and help dem wah need help

Nov 23, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Stop de drama and help dem wah need help

Kaieteur News – Yuh ever notice how when it comes to putting yuh money way yuh mouth deh, Guyanese does dodge de issue. Like de odder day with de child wah bin need some money fuh a medical...

The PPP/C appears allergic to having a PPC

Nov 23, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPP/C appears allergic to having a PPC

Kaieteur News – The secret signing of the US$18M signing bonus between Esso, Hess and CNOOC, on the one hand, and the Government of Guyana, on the other hand, raises serious issues of...

Environmentalist questions ‘independence’ of Exxon’s Consultant

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Environmentalist questions ‘independence’ of Exxon’s Consultant

…says regulator is now an asylum run by inmates Kaieteur News – Overseas-based Guyanese environmentalist, Simone Mangal, is raising concerns over what she believes is a ‘red flag’ in the...

C/bean coastal mitigation efforts could exceed 5% of its GDP – World Bank Official

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on C/bean coastal mitigation efforts could exceed 5% of its GDP – World Bank Official

Kaieteur News – It could cost some Caribbean countries more than 5 percent of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP), each year for coastal mitigation efforts against the rising sea levels,...

Police ranks questioned about Eve Leary fire — Fire Chief

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Police ranks questioned about Eve Leary fire — Fire Chief

Kaieteur News – Police ranks from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) who occupied the barracks at Eve Leary, Kingston, Georgetown, are now being interrogated over the inferno that destroyed the...

Venezuelan child refugees treated for diarrhoea, skin rashes at Anabisi

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan child refugees treated for diarrhoea, skin rashes at Anabisi

Kaieteur News – Over the weekend, local health authorities were able to treat about 50 Venezuelan children who were found suffering from diarrhoea, skin rashes and other infections at Anabisi,...

Taxi driver remanded for allegedly killing passenger

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver remanded for allegedly killing passenger

Kaieteur News – A sixty-two-year-old taxi driver accused of dropping home a ‘dead’ passenger, Indira Lall, 52, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged for her murder. The...

Man killed while removing friend’s car from trench

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed while removing friend’s car from trench

Kaieteur News – A canter operator who left his home on Sunday to help remove his friend’s car from a trench along the Zeelugt Public Road, East Bank Essequibo, (EBE), ended up being...

Shiwnandan’s Clinic now certified to provide service to oil and gas workers

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Shiwnandan’s Clinic now certified to provide service to oil and gas workers

Kaieteur News – Dr. Shiwnandan’s Clinic Inc. is among the newest ISO 9001:2015 Certified companies in Guyana that is now geared at providing medical services to those employed in the oil...

Motorcyclist killed after colliding with car

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist killed after colliding with car

Kaieteur News – A Culvert City, Rupununi, Region Nine, teenager was killed on Sunday last, after his motorcycle crashed into a car close to a bridge along the Tabatinga Public Road. The dead...

TidyUp and Win for Christmas

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on TidyUp and Win for Christmas

Kaieteur News – TidyUp has launched its 2021 Christmas promotion, ‘TidyUp and Win’ with more prizes for its valued customers up for grabs this time around. To win, simply shop $2,000 or...

Rebuilding Ogle Fire Station estimated to cost $85.6M

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Rebuilding Ogle Fire Station estimated to cost $85.6M

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana is currently inviting contractors to reconstruct the Ogle Fire Station, East Coast Demerara (ECD), at an estimated cost of $85.6M. This is according to...

Election rigging: Listen, read and reply so people can learn

Nov 23, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Election rigging: Listen, read and reply so people can learn

Kaieteur News – Zoom is the big thing in the world. One journalist sits in a café in Nairobi and talks to an international athlete and citizens in Jamaica can see them chatting on Zoom. A dog...

Police struggling to bring rape suspects to justice in Region One

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Police struggling to bring rape suspects to justice in Region One

Kaieteur News – Region One Commander, Superintendent of Police, Boodnarine Persaud, during last week Tuesday’s edition of the weekly, “Police and You” programme said, ranks in the region...

Woman, 48, succumbs to COVID-19

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, 48, succumbs to COVID-19

Kaieteur News – A 48-year-old woman from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), who contracted the novel Corona virus (COVID-19) disease, is Guyana’s latest victim to have succumbed. This is...

COVID-19 takes toll on drug importation for pharmacies

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 takes toll on drug importation for pharmacies

…widespread shortages reported for common medication Kaieteur News – Pharmacy owners are currently experiencing widespread shortages for some of their Over-The-Counter (OTC) drugs, due to the...

APOLOGY

Nov 23, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on APOLOGY

Kaieteur News – The Chinese Embassy in Guyana said that it never used its diplomatic status to practice any commercial activities for personal profit. The Embassy made the statement as it...

Top of the table clash in GFF U – 13 football ends in stalemate

Nov 23, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top of the table clash in GFF U – 13 football ends in stalemate

Kaieteur News – A top of the table group game between East Demerara FA and Georgetown FA played at the NTC Providence in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Under-13 Inter Association...