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30 to 60 days not enough to do proper review of Field Development Plans – Expert

Sep 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 30 to 60 days not enough to do proper review of Field Development Plans – Expert

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Field Development Plans (FDPs) are one of the most detailed documents oil companies must submit to governments when planning to extract oil or gas resources...

Lethem Passport Office opens in one day

Sep 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem Passport Office opens in one day

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali had promised that the $42.5M passport office at Lethem, Region Nine that was languishing for years would become operable in one month but after the Kaieteur...

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Rashleigh Jackson dies

Sep 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Former Foreign Affairs Minister Rashleigh Jackson dies

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and former Foreign Minister, Mr. Rashleigh Jackson has died. He was 93. Jackson who had suffered multiple...

PPP ditches inter-ministerial committee on oil sector development and spending

Sep 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on PPP ditches inter-ministerial committee on oil sector development and spending

…shifts full responsibility to President’s Office Kaieteur News – In the 2017 assessment of Guyana’s oil and gas capacity, the World Bank found that the previous Government had put in a...

Opposition does not rule out contesting Local Govt. polls

Sep 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition does not rule out contesting Local Govt. polls

…but Norton reiterates calls for ‘clean’ voters list Kaieteur News – Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton says his party is not to be counted out in the upcoming Local Government polls despite...

Fire destroys two houses at Agricola

Sep 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys two houses at Agricola

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – At least three persons on Thursday have been left without a place to live after a fire ripped through two houses at 94 Brutus Street Agricola, East Bank...

‘Smallie’ sentenced to death for murder of GDF Corporal

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on ‘Smallie’ sentenced to death for murder of GDF Corporal

Kaieteur News- Mark Royden Williams, popularly known as ‘Smallie’ who is already on death row for the massacre in Bartica, Region Seven, was on Thursday sentenced to death for the 2008 murder of...

I am complaining to the health authorities about Aubrey Norton

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I am complaining to the health authorities about Aubrey Norton

Kaieteur News – The PNC held a rally at Parade Ground on Middle Street and AFC speakers shared the platform. There will be a repetition of this in the coming days at Golden Grove. AFC leader,...

Who God bless no man curse!

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Who God bless no man curse!

Kaieteur News – Deh gat some people who really lucky in Guyana. Dem know how to play dem cards. Dem know when to jump pon de bandwagon and when fuh jump off. Dem know when fuh open dem mouth...

When doing less leads to more

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on When doing less leads to more

Kaieteur News – The Opposition PNC/R leadership is being accused of not showing enough militancy and of not grounding sufficiently with its grassroots supporters. Both propositions –lack of...

Taxi driver pleads guilty to killing Sophia woman

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver pleads guilty to killing Sophia woman

…but child father denies the charge Kaieteur News– The child-father of 25-year-old Simone Hackett, who was found with her throat slit in a trench at Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown,...

Construction commences on $198M new annex buildings at QC, Bishop’s

Sep 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Construction commences on $198M new annex buildings at QC, Bishop’s

Kaieteur News – Construction work on the new $103 million annex building at Queen’s College and another $95.4 million one at the Bishop’s High School have commenced. The new buildings are...

Carpenter found dead during crab-hunting trip

Sep 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Carpenter found dead during crab-hunting trip

Kaieteur News – Police in Region Six are investigating the suspected drowning of a 40-year-old carpenter of No.74 Village, Upper Corentyne whose body was found Wednesday morning in a clump of...

Killer of former Top Cop’s brother to be sentenced this month

Sep 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Killer of former Top Cop’s brother to be sentenced this month

Kaieteur News- On Thursday, a youth pleaded guilty to killing the brother of former Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud back in 2017. The accused is expected to be sentenced later this month. It...

Institutional heads insulting intelligence of Guyanese

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Institutional heads insulting intelligence of Guyanese

Kaieteur News – A few public institutions in Guyana are tumbling like billiard balls. Senior officers run these sensitive State agencies aground with what prompts great scorn, barely muffled...

Slingerz FC hunting first title upon return against Den Amstel

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC hunting first title upon return against Den Amstel

…WDFA league final promises fireworks tonight at Leonora By Rawle Toney Kaieteur News– Former Elite League Champions, Slingerz FC have so-far lived up to the expectation of being one...

Vishal Nagamootoo gives back on recent visit home

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vishal Nagamootoo gives back on recent visit home

Kaieteur News- At 45, former Berbice and Guyana Wicket-Keeper turned New York Barber, Vishal Nagamootoo, is now looking to give back to those who needs it as those who contributed when he needed it...

Gorbachev – a ‘Commie’ I could have liked, good and bad

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gorbachev – a ‘Commie’ I could have liked, good and bad

Dear Editor, Mikhail Gorbachev was my kind of Russian. I stretch myself to the limit, and submit that he was even that most problematic of creatures for me: he was an acceptable communist. He did...

Sparta to battle Slingerz in ‘Keep your five alive’ futsal final

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sparta to battle Slingerz in ‘Keep your five alive’ futsal final

Kaieteur News – Sparta will battle Slingerz in the final of the ‘Keep your five alive’ futsal tournament tomorrow night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Sparta beat Swag Entertainment 4-0...

City Council’s help needed

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Council’s help needed

Dear Editor, It has proven difficult for us to access active attention of the M&CC. As a result this is an appeal to your discretion to publish our concern regarding the erection of what we...

Potaro Strikers dominate in clash of Bartica teams

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Potaro Strikers dominate in clash of Bartica teams

GFF Women’s Development League: Kaieteur News – Potaro Strikers Women rose to the occasion on Wednesday night when they met the Bartica All-Star Women in their fixture of the GFF...

Yarrowkabra Cobras win Strikers Sports Club All Female Dominoes Tourney 2022

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yarrowkabra Cobras win Strikers Sports Club All Female Dominoes Tourney 2022

Kaieteur News – It was a glorious evening in which fans were treated to spectacular playing of dominoes as the curtains came down on Strikers Sports Club Summer Special All Female Dominoes on...

YMCA Old Fort teams dominate second night

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on YMCA Old Fort teams dominate second night

Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament… Kaieteur News – The second night of the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament saw YMCA Old Fort boys and men teams capturing solid victories over their...

The 1990s: A Critical Turning Point

Sep 02, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on The 1990s: A Critical Turning Point

Dear Editor, The following views on the political developments in the 1990s are intended to provide young Guyanese (18-25 years) in particular, with a broader understanding of the nature of the...

Coalition accuses Govt. of trying to take over Public Service Credit Union

Sep 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition accuses Govt. of trying to take over Public Service Credit Union

Kaieteur News – The A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) said it is convinced that efforts are afoot by the ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C)...