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ExxonMobil awards contract to lay gas-to-shore pipeline without EPA permit

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil awards contract to lay gas-to-shore pipeline without EPA permit

Kaieteur News – The subsidiary of American oil giant, ExxonMobil, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has moved ahead with awarding the contract to lay the pipeline for the...

Guyana left open to abuse by not utilising US$20M World Bank loan to strengthen management of oil sector – Former Finance Minister

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana left open to abuse by not utilising US$20M World Bank loan to strengthen management of oil sector – Former Finance Minister

Kaieteur News – Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan believes Guyana is taking several steps backward by failing to make prompt use of a US$20M World Bank loan that was taken in 2019 to...

Guyana should brace for more sugar shortage – source

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana should brace for more sugar shortage – source

Kaieteur News – With the agreements already in place for a significant quota of Guyana’s sugar to be exported and sold on the world market, locals are likely to experience further sugar...

GAWU defends pact with TT oil union

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU defends pact with TT oil union

– maintains industrial relations climate in oil and gas sector poor Kaieteur News – The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) is strongly defending its recently...

$64M to build office for DPP in Reg. 2 – Engineer’s Estimate

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $64M to build office for DPP in Reg. 2 – Engineer’s Estimate

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Legal Affairs is looking to apply part of a Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan to construct a building to house the Essequibo branch of the Chambers of...

Man shot dead after killing miner

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot dead after killing miner

Kaieteur News – A High Wine drinking session on Tuesday ended in bloodshed at Blackwater Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region, Seven after a miner was chopped to death and his alleged killer shot dead...

‘Romantic bandit’ spared jail time

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Romantic bandit’ spared jail time

…as victim accepts repayment, drops charges Kaieteur News – A 25-year-old woman who pretended to be an Englishman on Facebook to rob another of $85,000 was on Wednesday spared from being...

Vice News put we local journalists to shame

Jul 29, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Vice News put we local journalists to shame

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De Vice News people come and do dem mischief and guh away. Dem claim dem was not who dem really was. Dem impersonate investor and manoeuvre dem way into de Vice...

The protests are about bread and butter

Jul 29, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The protests are about bread and butter

Kaieteur News – On Wednesday, gasoline was being sold at petrol pumps in Saudi Arabia at half the price at which petrol was retailing in the United States. The reason for this is because the...

The Charrandass/Ramjattan libel: The mysterious part

Jul 29, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Charrandass/Ramjattan libel: The mysterious part

Kaieteur News – My co-host on the Gildarie-Freddie Show, Leonard Gildarie asked me on air if I was being paid by the PPP. Leonard said he has heard snippets of that talk from my detractors. Not...

Who is for Guyanese?

Jul 29, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Who is for Guyanese?

Kaieteur News – Is there anybody out there for Guyanese? Which one of our leaders, our public institutions, our representatives is rising up and taking a stand for increasingly alarmed...

Guyanese fishermen detained in Suriname after busted with false fishing licenses

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese fishermen detained in Suriname after busted with false fishing licenses

Kaieteur News has been able to confirm that a number of Guyanese boats and crews have been detained in Suriname after authorities there found them with false fishing licenses. This newspaper...

Heyliger (5-34) pilots Canada to victory

Jul 29, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Heyliger (5-34) pilots Canada to victory

Right-arm seamer and Canada-based Guyanese Dillon Heyliger grabbed five wickets for 34 runs to help Canada beat Denmark by 74 runs on Wednesday at King City ground, North Toronto. It was the start of...

67.2 percent adults fully vaccinated against COVID

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 67.2 percent adults fully vaccinated against COVID

Kaieteur News – Approximately 67.2 percent of the adult population has been fully vaccinated against the devastating COVID-19 virus, as the Ministry of Health advances efforts to ensure Guyana...

Albion sugar workers protest poor management of GuySuCo

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Albion sugar workers protest poor management of GuySuCo

Kaieteur News – Shop stewards of the Albion Sugar Estate on Wednesday staged a spirited picketing exercise outside of the estate, calling for better management of the industry. The stewards are...

Unit established at Covid Hospital to handle monkeypox cases

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Unit established at Covid Hospital to handle monkeypox cases

Kaieteur News – A special unit has been established at the Guyana’s Infectious Disease Hospital, Liliendaal, to accommodate anyone who might be subdued to the global monkeypox virus locally....

Drivers fined for Amelia’s Ward hit-and-run accident

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Drivers fined for Amelia’s Ward hit-and-run accident

– police awaiting advice on the charge for causing death Kaieteur News – Two drivers on Thursday appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Linden Magistrate’s Court and answered...

‘Rich-on-paper’ Guyana faces two sets of danger as it produces more- former US official

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Rich-on-paper’ Guyana faces two sets of danger as it produces more- former US official

Kaieteur News – International bodies as well as local officials have touted Guyana as the fastest growing economy in the world because of its oil and gas sector but a former US Bureaucrat told...

GAWU denies ignoring plight of AMCAR

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU denies ignoring plight of AMCAR

Kaieteur News – With some 30 workers now on the breadline and their employer currently shutting its doors, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) which represents the severed...

56 new COVID-19 cases detected, 1 person in ICU

Jul 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 56 new COVID-19 cases detected, 1 person in ICU

Kaieteur News – On Thursday, the Ministry of Health via its daily dashboard disclosed that within the last 24 hours, they have recorded a total of 56 new cases across the country, bringing the...

Wiltshire begins Guyana Squash campaign today

Jul 29, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire begins Guyana Squash campaign today

By Sean Devers Guyana opens their campaign in Squash at the 19th Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England this morning at 8:30 AM (Guy time) when Caribbean Junior Champion Shomari Wiltshire faces...

Malteenoes Cricket Academy closing ceremony to be held today

Jul 29, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malteenoes Cricket Academy closing ceremony to be held today

By Sean Devers After two weeks of fun-filled cricket related activities, the curtains come down on Malteenoes cricket Academy today with closing ceremony at its Thomas Road venue. Despite the...

Keep Your Five Alive Football to be launched on July 30

Jul 29, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keep Your Five Alive Football to be launched on July 30

Adoni Productions is set to launch its 8th annual “Keep Your Five Alive” football tournament tomorrow, Saturday July 30th, 2022. Due to overwhelming public interest the tournament will see over...

Head Coach Mahaica pleased with progress of NSC swim camp

Jul 29, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Head Coach Mahaica pleased with progress of NSC swim camp

By Zaheer Mohamed The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/ National Sports Commission (NSC) annual Swim camp commenced recently with a record 1500 participants. The camp is being held at Colgrain...

Double Carifta 1500m bronze medalist Shaqua Tyrrell wings out today on two year scholarship at Mississippi’s Hinds Community College in USA

Jul 29, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Double Carifta 1500m bronze medalist Shaqua Tyrrell wings out today on two year scholarship at Mississippi’s Hinds Community College in USA

After landing successive bronze medals at the Carifta Games in 2018 and 2019 over 1500m, Linden’s former Wismar/ Christianburg Secondary School middle distance athlete Shaqua Tyrrell has won a...