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Jagdeo, Norton, Ramjattan, Patterson unsure whether Exxon recovering 2 % royalty

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo, Norton, Ramjattan, Patterson unsure whether Exxon recovering 2 % royalty

By Zena Henry Kaieteur News – Taking into account that oil companies do what they must for maximum profits, and the fact that loopholes in production sharing agreements allow them to cream off...

Guyana may already be in the middle of an oil curse- Int’l lawyer

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana may already be in the middle of an oil curse- Int’l lawyer

By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – Citing the daily debts that continue to rack up as Guyana forges ahead with the production of its oil, coupled with the “astonishing” deal it accepted from...

CDB presses Caricom to transition to renewables

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on CDB presses Caricom to transition to renewables

– but VP Jagdeo says solar, wind, hydro options too expensive for Guyana Kaieteur News – Energy security is on top of the agenda for Caribbean countries and President of the Caribbean...

COVID-19 death toll now 1,248 – fully vaccinated man latest fatality

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 death toll now 1,248 – fully vaccinated man latest fatality

Kaieteur News – On Monday, the Ministry of Health reported that a fully vaccinated 75-year-old man from Region Three, who contracted the COVID-19 disease, has died. As a result of this, the...

$79M in contracts to build nursery school, extend dorm

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $79M in contracts to build nursery school, extend dorm

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development on Monday signed two contracts worth over $79 million for the expansion of a dormitory and the construction of a new...

Bodies of Pomeroom accident victims recovered from river

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Bodies of Pomeroom accident victims recovered from river

Kaieteur News – The bodies of 28-year-old Devor Naughton and Sherwayne Welcome, 18, of Hackney, Pomeroon River, were on Monday recovered from the Pomeroon River, on Monday by a search party....

Govt awards hospital contract to Austrian firm without tendering project

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt awards hospital contract to Austrian firm without tendering project

By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana has, behind closed doors, approved and awarded a contract to an Austrian company, VAMED to construct a maternal and paediatric hospital...

De go-between gat he fee tuh

Jun 21, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De go-between gat he fee tuh

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem systems don’t wuk too good in Guyana. If dem systems bin a wuk good, everything woulda been smood sailing. Suh dat’s why we does gat suh much go-between....

Press freedom is under threat again

Jun 21, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Press freedom is under threat again

Kaieteur News – The President of Guyana waxed lyrically about his government’s respect for the media in his address to a World Press Freedom Day event earlier this year. During his...

Oil cash grant is contextually horrific nonsense

Jun 21, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Oil cash grant is contextually horrific nonsense

Kaieteur News – Winston Jordan, former Finance Minister (has he settled down, meaning, no libel threats anymore to me?), no doubt being on the same political wave length as Professor Clive...

Take half, leave half

Jun 21, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Take half, leave half

Kaieteur News – What Exxon is doing to Guyana is nothing but barbaric. It pays Guyana US$607M in two years, as our share of royalties and profits, but collects US$355.7M for decommissioning...

Calls grow for swear-in of procurement commission after Vice News revelations

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Calls grow for swear-in of procurement commission after Vice News revelations

Kaieteur News – The Opposition’s calls for the swearing in of the Public Procurement Commissioners (PPC) have effectively gotten louder following damning allegations made against Vice...

Economist calls for probe into distribution of prime State lands

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Economist calls for probe into distribution of prime State lands

– underscores need for sale or lease of all national assets to be made public Kaieteur News – When it comes to the distribution of Guyana’s national assets, the need for transparency is...

Speeding driver dies following East Bank accident

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding driver dies following East Bank accident

Kaieteur News – Relatives of Ezekiel Edmond of Plantation Hope, West Coast Berbice were thrown into a state of mourning on Saturday, after he succumbed to his injuries following an accident he...

Guyana among three Caribbean countries producing more than 50% of its own food

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana among three Caribbean countries producing more than 50% of its own food

Kaieteur News – Guyana is among three Caribbean countries that produces more than 50 percent of its own food. This was highlighted during the featured address of Dr. Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon,...

Exxon to hand Guyana another US$2B in bills over next three years

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon to hand Guyana another US$2B in bills over next three years

– on leases, capital purchases for Stabroek Block Kaieteur News – Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL)—ExxonMobil Guyana—plans to spend G$276,434,609, 999 or US$...

Veteran Nigel London cops top honours in Linden Town Week Classic

Jun 21, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Veteran Nigel London cops top honours in Linden Town Week Classic

After being delayed for a few weeks the Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycling Club was finally able to host this year’s annual Linden Town Week (LTW) Classic where veteran cyclist Nigel London took the top...

Nandu shines again in Canada with 75

Jun 21, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nandu shines again in Canada with 75

Guyana and West Indies U19 opener Matthew Nandu continued with his outstanding form in Canada. On Saturday last he scored an impressive 75 to help Kaieteur Cricket Club beat Canadian Eagles by 130...

Guyana/Suriname seeking to pre-qualify contractors to bridge Corentye River

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana/Suriname seeking to pre-qualify contractors to bridge Corentye River

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Government under the auspices of the Ministry of Public Works has commenced the first phase of bridging the Corentyne River connecting the country’s physically to...

Jamaica beat Windwards by 8 Wkts on DLS System for semis place

Jun 21, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica beat Windwards by 8 Wkts on DLS System for semis place

GC United Women’s Super50 Cup By Sean Devers Jamaica, led by an unbroken 79-run third wicket stand between Skipper Stefanie Taylor and Rashada Williams, beat the Windward Islands by 8 wickets on...

Delmur Company Inc. and its subsidiary Dequan Trading Inc. assists National U19 female Cricket selectee

Jun 21, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Delmur Company Inc. and its subsidiary Dequan Trading Inc. assists National U19 female Cricket selectee

Kaieteur News – The Prospects of National Female U19 Cricket Selectee Realeanna Grimmond has been given a tremendous boost after she received cricket gear compliments of Delmur Co Incorporated...

PAHO urges Caribbean to produce own medicines, vaccines

Jun 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO urges Caribbean to produce own medicines, vaccines

– calls for greater cooperation to increase regional self-sufficiency for medical products Kaieteur News – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Carissa F. Etienne, called...

Engineers needed to address flooding situation

Jun 21, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Engineers needed to address flooding situation

Dear Editor, I read a proposal, obviously well intended by Ganesh Harilal titled “Invite the Dutch to comprehensively study the flooding.’ The question of flooding requires dedication, discipline...

Celebrating mediocrity in the Public Service

Jun 21, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Celebrating mediocrity in the Public Service

Dear Editor, There was a time when the Guyana Public Service consisted only of persons recruited ostensibly within the purview of an active Public Service Commission, and in appropriate view of an...

The good life should benefit all classes of people

Jun 21, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on The good life should benefit all classes of people

Dear Editor, It is gratifying to know that the current government is making leaps in assisting Guyanese. Free fertiliser for rice farmers, $150,000 grants for fisherfolk, $100,000 grants for children...

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The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more