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Pres. Joe Biden to increase royalties for Exxon & other majors

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Joe Biden to increase royalties for Exxon & other majors

– says current arrangement with oil companies short-changes Americans By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – US President, Joe Biden recently disclosed his aggressive plans to reform the...

Yellowtail EIA “significantly deficient” on waste management – Environmentalist

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Yellowtail EIA “significantly deficient” on waste management – Environmentalist

By Davina Baggot Kaieteur News – Oil giant ExxonMobil has failed to outline in its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Yellowtail development, exactly how much waste would be...

Fishermen concerned about ‘oily substance’ floating in Atlantic

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Fishermen concerned about ‘oily substance’ floating in Atlantic

…fearful oil companies may be silent about likely spill Kaieteur News – Some fishermen operating in the Atlantic Ocean offshore Guyana are expressing growing concerns over what they describe...

Guyana has an attractive investment package – Oil Minister tells Toronto Summit

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has an attractive investment package – Oil Minister tells Toronto Summit

Kaieteur News – Guyana this year participated in the Investors Summit in Toronto, Canada, with Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat reaching out to Canadian investors touting potential...

Substantial pay increases depend on renegotiating the oil contracts – Dr. Jailall

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Substantial pay increases depend on renegotiating the oil contracts – Dr. Jailall

…while we squabble among ourselves on these silly things, the oil companies are dancing and carting away our oil wealth because we have some dunces for leaders. Wake up people! Take a stand for...

Ignore influx of foreign companies

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ignore influx of foreign companies

…locals must ‘pool resources in order to compete’ –Pres. Ali tells manufacturers Kaieteur News – In recent weeks, months and even years, there has been growing discontent among some...

Thirty companies express interest in gas-to-shore project

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Thirty companies express interest in gas-to-shore project

Kaieteur News – Some 30 companies have expressed interest in the government’s gas-to-shore project, which is pegged at US$900 million. Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat in an...

Progress does mek people run mad

Dec 05, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Progress does mek people run mad

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Progress does mek some people glad. But it does also mek some people mad. Depending on which side of de political divide yuh deh, yuh does sing and dance when...

Why work when there is Ma and Pa to provide?

Dec 05, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Why work when there is Ma and Pa to provide?

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s labour problem is not numerical. We do have a large number of persons who are unemployed but who are not necessarily looking for work. On a very quiet morning a few...

I threw more than 50 years of experience onto the lap of Bryan McIntosh

Dec 05, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I threw more than 50 years of experience onto the lap of Bryan McIntosh

Kaieteur News – I have known Bryan McIntosh for a few years now because we live in the same compound. I got to know him better during the five-month election rigging drama when he was part of...

Exxon to Guyana – Don’t worry, trust us

Dec 05, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Exxon to Guyana – Don’t worry, trust us

Kaieteur News – ‘Only in Guyana’ is not a cliché anymore, but a confirmed fact of life. Nowhere is this more obvious than in how we manage this oil blessing of ours, which daily assumes...

Suriname-based Guyanese fisherman missing after falling overboard

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname-based Guyanese fisherman missing after falling overboard

Kaieteur News – A Guyanese fisherman who has been living in Paramaribo, Suriname for the past two and half years, has been deemed missing after he reportedly fell overboard into Suriname waters...

3 men are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 3 men are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities

Kaieteur News – With three more recorded deaths, Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has moved to 1,004. According to the Ministry of Health, the deaths are that of a 62-year-old unvaccinated man...

UG presents inaugural bursaries to 28 NGSA candidates

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on UG presents inaugural bursaries to 28 NGSA candidates

Kaieteur News – Twenty-eight (28) children of staff members of the University of Guyana (UG), who sat the 2021 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) and will now move on to high school in...

Ghana’s VP arrives for 4-day visit

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ghana’s VP arrives for 4-day visit

Kaieteur News – The Ghanaian Vice-President (VP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is currently in Guyana for an official four-day visit. Bawumia arrived yesterday at the Cheddi Jagan International...

Local climate change case…State required by the constitution to protect the environment – lawyers argue

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Local climate change case…State required by the constitution to protect the environment – lawyers argue

Kaieteur News – The State has a legal obligation to protect the environment against the harmful effects of greenhouse gases. That is essentially the argument of attorneys in the first case...

CCJ grants leave for Neesa Gopaul’s mother to appeal conviction

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ grants leave for Neesa Gopaul’s mother to appeal conviction

Kaieteur News – Special leave has been granted to Bibi Sharima-Gopaul, the woman who was convicted and sentenced for the murder of her 16-year-old daughter, Neesa Gopaul, in 2016. According to...

Cartoon – December 05, 2021

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Almost two months later…PS caught in sting operation taking bribe still to be charged

Dec 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Almost two months later…PS caught in sting operation taking bribe still to be charged

Kaieteur News – December 7 will be two months since Sharon Hicks, a Permanent Secretary (PS) attached to the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs was caught in a police sting operation taking a bribe...

TIPS FOR GOOD MEASURE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

Dec 05, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on TIPS FOR GOOD MEASURE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

Kaieteur News – The beginning of December affirms that the Christmas holiday season is upon us in Guyana and most parts of the world. Most consumers are drafting their lists of goodies to...

COVID-19: Vaccines are safe; new evidence suggests that an adjustment in how they are given can prevent the complication that worries many

Dec 05, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on COVID-19: Vaccines are safe; new evidence suggests that an adjustment in how they are given can prevent the complication that worries many

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Kaieteur News – In the initial phase of COVID-19, we all felt helpless and couldn’t wait for a vaccine to come out and help...

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Girls’ Hockey team selected for 2025 PAHF Jr Challenge

Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more