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Govt. overspending has wiped out oil earnings

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. overspending has wiped out oil earnings

…financial hole now being filled with borrowings —Jordan Kaieteur News – With more than US$600M currently sitting in the Guyana Government’s Natural Resources Fund, former Minister of...

Guyana 2021 oil take is one million barrels less than expected

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana 2021 oil take is one million barrels less than expected

Kaieteur News – Guyana had earlier this year projected collecting at least six one-million barrels of oil lift entitlements under its Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with Esso Exploration...

ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail project to drive up annual gas emissions by 30%

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail project to drive up annual gas emissions by 30%

…claims Guyana’s forest will offset environmental impacts Kaieteur News – The Non-Technical Summary (NTS) for ExxonMobil’s fourth project, the Yellowtail development, has revealed that...

EPA to now procure modern instruments to monitor pollution impacts

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EPA to now procure modern instruments to monitor pollution impacts

Six years after oil discovery… Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disclosed yesterday that it is in the process of bolstering its monitoring and assessment capabilities...

PAC chair proposes fast tracking review of coalition’s spending

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on PAC chair proposes fast tracking review of coalition’s spending

–Govt. members object Kaieteur News – Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Jermaine Figueira is proposing that a review of the audit reports on government spending for the...

Scores of Nandy Park residents to be displaced for New Demerara River Bridge

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Scores of Nandy Park residents to be displaced for New Demerara River Bridge

Kaieteur News – The New River Bridge across the Demerara River, meant to replace the decades-old existing two-lane facility, is not expected to cause extensive environmental impacts during its...

Brazil reports first Latin American cases of Omicron variant

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil reports first Latin American cases of Omicron variant

Kaieteur News – (Reuters) – Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday that two Brazilians had tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the first reported cases in Latin...

Soon-to-be-abandoned Central Fire Station to get new $11M washroom facility

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Soon-to-be-abandoned Central Fire Station to get new $11M washroom facility

Kaieteur News – During the opening of tenders yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office, bids were opened for the construction of a “general...

Kangress gan be a soulful affair!

Dec 01, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kangress gan be a soulful affair!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – It look as if de Kangress of de Pee-N-Cee gan be one singing competition. One man done pull note. People bin hear he yesterday in de bathroom practising: “If...

You want to share my cake?

Dec 01, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on You want to share my cake?

Kaieteur News -There is a lot of cake around at Christmas time. Cakes are part of the traditional staple in the homes of Guyanese. It is hard to imagine a Guyanese home without Christmas cakes. It...

The PNC and their surrogates discover Black West Indians

Dec 01, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PNC and their surrogates discover Black West Indians

Kaieteur News – If you ask all PNC and AFC leaders, and their surrogates who they prefer to be the Chief Election Officer, they would choose West Indians who are short-listed. But that is a...

A principled policeman

Dec 01, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A principled policeman

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) gets beaten up and beaten down so often that it is good to learn of and write about a good development involving the GPF. This was what surfaced in...

Two locals under investigation for allegedly stealing gold from Chinese mining company

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Two locals under investigation for allegedly stealing gold from Chinese mining company

Kaieteur News – Two local employees are under police investigation for allegedly trying to steal small quantities of gold from Chinese company, Zijin Mining Group, at the Aurora Gold Mines...

Man drowns after drinking session

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man drowns after drinking session

Kaieteur News – A 21-year-old construction worker, Shaheed Ali, of B Field Sophia drowned on Monday after a drinking session. The incident took place at Hope Canal, East Coast Demerara on...

Man who allegedly stole from magistrate remanded

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man who allegedly stole from magistrate remanded

Kaieteur News – Forty-six-year-old Omawalie Caesar called “Wallie” of lot 1235 ‘B’ Field Sophia, was on Monday remanded to prison for allegedly stealing from a Magistrate. The defendant...

Half ton coke found in Guyanese rum shipment was not loaded here

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Half ton coke found in Guyanese rum shipment was not loaded here

– CANU Head Kaieteur News – Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh told Kaieteur News on Tuesday that the half ton of cocaine found in a rum shipment from Guyana was...

Govt. has failed to develop a comprehensive plan to curb COVID-19 – Harmon

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. has failed to develop a comprehensive plan to curb COVID-19 – Harmon

Kaieteur News – Leader of the Opposition, Joseph Harmon during a recent Press Conference said that the PPP Government has failed to develop a comprehensive plan to tackle the deadly...

Mining sector accounts for more than 50 percent of workplace deaths

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Mining sector accounts for more than 50 percent of workplace deaths

– Increased fines being mulled by Labour Ministry By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – The mining sector has accounted for more than 50 percent of all workplace deaths to date in 2021....

Pandemics will thrive as long as inequalities do

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Pandemics will thrive as long as inequalities do

—UNFPA Executive Director on World AIDS Day 2021 Kaieteur News – As the world embarks on the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem is urging the...

Sheriff Street/ Mandela road project sees substantial completion, despite constant delays

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Sheriff Street/ Mandela road project sees substantial completion, despite constant delays

Kiaeteur News – The Sheriff Street/Mandela road project saw substantial completion to the tune of 95 percent, despite constant delays and challenges faced by the ministry and contractors. The...

Boy, 5, among new COVID-19 fatalities

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 5, among new COVID-19 fatalities

Kaieteur News – A 5-year-old boy from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and a fully vaccinated 49-year-old woman from Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) who contracted the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Case against parents for St Agnes teacher assault dismissed

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Case against parents for St Agnes teacher assault dismissed

Kaieteur News – The case against the parents who were charged for allegedly assaulting a St. Agnes teacher last year, all walked free of the charges that were laid against them. Involved in the...

Hunger in Caribbean at its highest

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Hunger in Caribbean at its highest

—new FAO report says 13.8 million people in Latin America and Caribbean affected kaieteur News – Washington, DC, November 30, 2021 – Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean is at...

Health Minister urges pregnant women to get vaccinated as COVID-19 infections increase

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister urges pregnant women to get vaccinated as COVID-19 infections increase

Kaieteur News – Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony urges pregnant women to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 disease, because more of them are being hospitalised as infections triggered by...

Trial continues today for pharmaceutical supplier charged with providing fake HIV testing kits

Dec 01, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Trial continues today for pharmaceutical supplier charged with providing fake HIV testing kits

Kaieteur News – The trial of the pharmaceutical supplier, who allegedly provided the Ministry of Health (MOH) with fake HIV testing kits will continue today in the Leonora Magistrate’s Court....

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more