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USA aiming to slap 50% tax on oil companies

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on USA aiming to slap 50% tax on oil companies

…had already increased its royalty from 18 ¾ % in December …as politicians in Guyana call any increase ‘breach of contract’ Kaieteur News – The United Kingdom recently slapped its oil...

American company boasts of “highest grade” bauxite find in Guyana

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on American company boasts of “highest grade” bauxite find in Guyana

– Has been shipping out resource since 2018 Kaieteur News – “The extreme low impurities make this bauxite stand out in a class of its own,” is how an American Company, First Bauxite...

Each Guyanese owes ExxonMobil $9M presently, here’s how and why

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Each Guyanese owes ExxonMobil $9M presently, here’s how and why

…if is not our debt and we ain’t owe anything, why ExxonMobil taking out money every day from our oil. Is not we oil money ExxonMobil using to pay back for everything out there.” – Glenn...

UN doubles down on renewable energy on World Environment Day

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on UN doubles down on renewable energy on World Environment Day

…as Paris Agreement to limit global temperature by 1.5 degrees will likely fail Kaieteur News – Today, Guyana joins the world in observance of World Environment Day under the theme: “Only...

Guyanese unable to combat onslaught of rapid oil and gas projects – Environmentalists tell Exxon & partners

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese unable to combat onslaught of rapid oil and gas projects – Environmentalists tell Exxon & partners

Kaieteur News – In a sparsely populated country which remains mostly uneducated in matters pertaining to the oil and gas industry, the people of Guyana have become burdened and more so unable...

Common sense, road sense and business sense better dan degree

Jun 05, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Common sense, road sense and business sense better dan degree

Kaieteur News – Y’all listen to wah Glenn Lall telling yuh. De man might nat be an oil expert but he know wah he talking. Yuh don’t need all dem fancy degrees fuh understand wah tek place...

Is Jagdeo out of his depth?

Jun 05, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is Jagdeo out of his depth?

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Second Vice President was asked a simple question by a Kaieteur News reporter. But even to that simple question, he could not provide a coherent answer to a...

Shawn Hinds told me he couldn’t participate in the plan to kill me

Jun 05, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Shawn Hinds told me he couldn’t participate in the plan to kill me

Kaieteur News – Adam Harris and I had countless differences while working as two senior operatives at Kaieteur News (KN). But there is a but. But after each quarrel, Adam and I got along in the...

The vital importance of Guyana’s oil to Exxon

Jun 05, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The vital importance of Guyana’s oil to Exxon

Kaieteur News – If there were any doubts before about the significance of Guyana’s oil to Exxon, those can now be discarded. The CEO of the American oil giant said so himself (“Guyana’s...

World Environment Day encourages all countries to play their part to protect the Planet

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on World Environment Day encourages all countries to play their part to protect the Planet

Kaieteur News – Today, Guyana is observing World Environment Day under the theme ‘Only One Earth’. This year’s theme calls for collective, transformative action on a global scale to...

Abandoning subsea oil and gas platforms save oil companies big on clean-up cost

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Abandoning subsea oil and gas platforms save oil companies big on clean-up cost

– oil nations use clean up money to manage artificial reefing progs. Kaieteur News – The idea recently touted by ExxonMobil’s Guyana subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana...

We can never reduce oil spill risk to zero

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on We can never reduce oil spill risk to zero

…UN urges Guyana to fully prepare Kaieteur News – The United Nations (UN), an intergovernmental organisation, has urged Guyana to fully prepare for an oil spill disaster as the risk of...

Ramjattan, Patterson set to square off for AFC’s leadership

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan, Patterson set to square off for AFC’s leadership

…as newcomer, Juretha Fernandes leads nominations list Kaieteur News – Long time political stalwart and current leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) has been nominated again by eight of...

GNBS joins in celebrating World Environment Day 2022

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS joins in celebrating World Environment Day 2022

==GNBS IN FOCUS== Kaieteur News – Today, June 5, is World Environment Day (WED), a day which is celebrated globally to create awareness of environmental issues and encourage action from all...

ADDRESSING THE NOISE NUISANCE; GPF AND EPA SIGN AGREEMENT

Jun 05, 2022 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ADDRESSING THE NOISE NUISANCE; GPF AND EPA SIGN AGREEMENT

By Pat Dial Kaieteur News – Over the years, the Guyana Consumers Association has been lobbying the Police Force to take action on noise nuisance. For example, an area of continuous concern is...

Covid-19, the flu and common cold: They are all here at the same time

Jun 05, 2022 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Covid-19, the flu and common cold: They are all here at the same time

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Emergency Medicine Specialist Kaieteur News – This is currently the season where respiratory illnesses peak in Guyana mainly due to the change in weather during the rainy...

Going to court? Here is what you need to know

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Going to court? Here is what you need to know

==The Court Journal== By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – This article is aimed at being a guide to persons who may find themselves before a court of law for one reason or another. This week, I...

Applying creativity to save our planet

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Applying creativity to save our planet

==The Creators’ Coven== By Zena Henry Kaieteur News – Planet Earth, our home, is under threat. For centuries we have been heating her up. At this point, the world seems to be gravitating...

Interesting Creature… Seriemas

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Interesting Creature… Seriemas

Kaieteur News – The seriemas are the sole living members of the small bird family Cariamidae, which is also the only surviving lineage of the order Cariamiformes. Once believed to be related to...

An aspiring doctor’s life snuffed out before delivering crucial message

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on An aspiring doctor’s life snuffed out before delivering crucial message

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – The West Bank Demerara (WBD) community of Goed Fortuin was plunged into grief on Wednesday after residents received the tragic news that the life of one of...

Amaila Falls, citizens’ pressure and judicial appointments

Jun 05, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Amaila Falls, citizens’ pressure and judicial appointments

>>>Encouraging Events, Disturbing Developments<<< By GHK Lall Kaieteur News – It is all about governance, the candid and clean kind. The three issues I chose this week...

OGGN continues call for renegotiation of the oil contract

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on OGGN continues call for renegotiation of the oil contract

Kaieteur News – Activists of the Oil & Gas Governance Network (OGGN) were out Saturday morning at the SYBIL’S RESTAUANT Sq., Richmond Hill, Queens, New York displaying their banners and...

A Guyanese entrepreneur shares her quest to help stray animals

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on A Guyanese entrepreneur shares her quest to help stray animals

“For as long as I can remember, my father, brothers and I have always loved animals. My husband, Tony Da Costa is also an animal lover so I didn’t have a problem…I always cared for animals but...

Woman, 50, is country’s latest COVID-1 9 fatality

Jun 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, 50, is country’s latest COVID-1 9 fatality

– 95 new cases recorded Kaieteur News – A partially vaccinated woman from Region Four is now Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality. The Ministry of Health on Saturday reported that the...

Will Summit of the Americas fulfill CARICOM’s goals?

Jun 05, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Will Summit of the Americas fulfill CARICOM’s goals?

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – Next week’s Summit of the Americas, being hosted by the government of the United States, has been plagued by controversy over which Heads of Government...

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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