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ExxonMobil to give up 20% of oil-rich Stabroek Block next year

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil to give up 20% of oil-rich Stabroek Block next year

Kaieteur News – Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday disclosed that 20 percent of the Stabroek Block which spans 6 million acres would be returned to the State next year. The top...

Guyana gets US$97M IDB loan to Strengthen Health Services

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gets US$97M IDB loan to Strengthen Health Services

Kaieteur News – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$97M loan to strengthen Guyana’s health care network – through expanding the capacity of seven hospitals across...

Guyana launches auction for 14 offshore oil blocks

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana launches auction for 14 offshore oil blocks

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali, on Friday, announced the commencement of Guyana’s inaugural bid round for 14 of its offshore oil blocks, estimated to hold more than 10 billion barrels...

Speedboat operators strike after Govt. denies request for fare increase

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Speedboat operators strike after Govt. denies request for fare increase

Kaieteur News – A month-long battle between speedboat operators and the Government for an increase of the Stabroek Market to Vreed-en-Hoop water taxi fare resulted in a strike on Friday. The...

Guyana tops Caribbean at CSEC, CAPE exams – for the 4th time

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana tops Caribbean at CSEC, CAPE exams – for the 4th time

Kaieteur News – One day after it was announced that Uotam Heeralall of the Anna Regina Secondary School and Atishta Seenarine of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan School topped the country at the...

Texas firm to build Whales power and NGL plants for US$759 – Bharrat Jagdeo

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Texas firm to build Whales power and NGL plants for US$759 – Bharrat Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana on Thursday finalized the award of the contract for Lindsayca Inc. in joint venture with CH4 Inc. to build a gas fired power plant at Wales, West Bank...

Additional $520M to complete Good Hope Secondary where $840M was already spent

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Additional $520M to complete Good Hope Secondary where $840M was already spent

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana will spend some $520M more to complete the Good Hope Secondary School, East Coast Demerara (ECD) scheduled for completion by June 2023. The Ministry of...

Comfort Sleep, Aquafina ‘Made In Guyana’ certified

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Comfort Sleep, Aquafina ‘Made In Guyana’ certified

Kaieteur News – Two companies are the latest to be inducted into the Guyana National Bureau of Standards’ (GNBS) Made in Guyana Certification Mark Programme. The two companies are...

Govt. to spend $2.4B to reconstruct 13 more hinterland bridges

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to spend $2.4B to reconstruct 13 more hinterland bridges

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Public Works on Friday awarded approximately $2.4B in contracts to several contractors to upgrade 13 more hinterland bridges to international standards –...

GECOM clarifies issues on electronic fingerprinting and demarcation of boundaries for LGE

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM clarifies issues on electronic fingerprinting and demarcation of boundaries for LGE

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Friday sought to clarify two issues directly related to the holding of the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE), namely the use...

‘Lookout thief’ escapes while accomplices arrested for attempted burglary

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Lookout thief’ escapes while accomplices arrested for attempted burglary

Kaieteur News – A lookout thief on Friday ran away and left his two accomplices stranded in a clothing store at Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD) after cops showed up and foiled their burglary...

SOCU arrests Carol Joseph over allegedly defrauding MARDS $6.1M

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU arrests Carol Joseph over allegedly defrauding MARDS $6.1M

Kaieteur News – Former Director of the Mahaica Abary Rice Development Scheme (MARDS) Rice Milling Complex Limited and a member of the Opposition People’s National Congress (PNC) Carol Joseph...

“People are the country’s true resources”

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on “People are the country’s true resources”

– UG Valedictorian says at institution’s 56th Convocation Kaieteur News – Emphasising human resource is the country’s most valuable and “true” resource; University of Guyana’s 2022...

Exxon to spend US$50B buying back shares as cash flow soars over next 5 years

Dec 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon to spend US$50B buying back shares as cash flow soars over next 5 years

Kaieteur News – US oil major, ExxonMobil is expending a whopping US$50B to buy back its shares as the company projects massive returns from lucrative oil projects over the next five years. With...

Croatia sends Brazil dancing out the World Cup

Dec 10, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Croatia sends Brazil dancing out the World Cup

BBC – Tournament favourites Brazil were knocked out of the World Cup on penalties as Croatia kept their nerve to edge through to the semi-finals. Croatia, beaten finalists four years ago,...

Messi, Martinez saves the day for Argentina

Dec 10, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Messi, Martinez saves the day for Argentina

BBC – Lionel Messi’s World Cup dream lives on after Argentina edged out the Netherlands on penalties after a hugely dramatic quarter-final at Lusail Stadium. Messi looked to have inspired...

MVP Sports Futsal Tournament culminates tonight

Dec 10, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on MVP Sports Futsal Tournament culminates tonight

– A lucky fan to ‘ride away’ Kaieteur News – The day of reckoning is finally at hand – the Petra organised MVP Sports Futsal Tournament concludes its third edition with the finals...

Neser leads Australia charge under lights after Head’s run-out anguish

Dec 10, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Neser leads Australia charge under lights after Head’s run-out anguish

(Cricinfo) – An accurate Australia attack menaced with the pink ball under lights to leave West Indies in disarray after day two of the second Test in Adelaide. In response to Australia’s...

UG awards Sir Clive Lloyd with Honourary Doctorate

Dec 10, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on UG awards Sir Clive Lloyd with Honourary Doctorate

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s premier tertiary institution, the University of Guyana (UG) on Friday awarded the Honourary Degree of Doctor of Letters to legendary Guyanese cricketer, Sir Clive...

Dolphin Swim Club wins Short Course meet

Dec 10, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dolphin Swim Club wins Short Course meet

Kaieteur News – The Dolphin Speed Swim Club held its annual Inter-Club Short Course Swim Meet, on Sunday, December 4, at the National Aquatic Centre Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. The Swim...

A secret about Father Malcolm Rodrigues revealed only now

Dec 10, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A secret about Father Malcolm Rodrigues revealed only now

Kaieteur News – I had an email exchange recently with Moses Bhagwan, one of the WPA leaders of the optimistic era in which I revealed to him what I did with the book he wrote, a copy of which...

Maintaining loopholes and weaknesses

Dec 10, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Maintaining loopholes and weaknesses

Kaieteur News – This is where the best and the worst in an oil company come out. Loopholes in existing agreements and weaknesses in a country’s legislative framework are enticing areas for...

Safe places are not always that safe

Dec 10, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Safe places are not always that safe

Kaieteur News – A few days ago, award winning actress Emma Thompson, appeared on the Kelly and Ryan television show. The topic lurched towards being in New York and Kelly said that one of the...

Speaker Nadir has manifested a pronounced bias favouring the PPP Govt.

Dec 10, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Speaker Nadir has manifested a pronounced bias favouring the PPP Govt.

Dear Editor, On Monday, December 5, 2022, the National Assembly debated and passed Amendments to the Representative of the People Act (ROPA), despite the Parliamentary Opposition’s agitation for...

Jerry Jailall needs an education in human sexuality and mental health

Dec 10, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jerry Jailall needs an education in human sexuality and mental health

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me an opportunity to respond to the letter published in your newspaper on Dec 4, 2022, “Is Guyana paying for and sponsoring sexually deviant movement?”...

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The oil industry is a casino of cash, power and corruption

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in her book, Blowout: “The oil and gas industry... more