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‘No money in budget to monitor & audit oil sector’

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ‘No money in budget to monitor & audit oil sector’

…Opposition Leader says this spells danger for Guyana By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton is stunned at the Government’s failure to appropriate funds in...

‘No way Schlumberger’

Jan 19, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘No way Schlumberger’

…High Court refuses to grant stay of ruling against company operating radioactive facility at Houston Kaieteur News – Justice Nareshwar Harnanan on Wednesday refused a request by...

Pres. Ali is open to examining India’s proposal for long-term agreement for oil sales

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Ali is open to examining India’s proposal for long-term agreement for oil sales

– despite VP Jagdeo, Natural Resources Minister signaling preference for open auction Kaieteur News – As Guyana continues to accelerate the development of oil projects offshore, India has...

Int’l firms bid almost US$1M to review Exxon’s 5th project plan

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l firms bid almost US$1M to review Exxon’s 5th project plan

Kaieteur News – Two international consultants vying to review ExxonMobil’s Field Development Plan (FDP), for the Company’s fifth project at the Uaru oil field in the Stabroek Block, bid...

Bomb scare shuts down Bishops’ High School

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Bomb scare shuts down Bishops’ High School

Kaieteur News – Classes were cancelled at the Bishops’ High School on Wednesday following threats that a bomb was planted in the building. The administration of the school was forced to...

Man wanted for selling motorcycle, then reporting it stolen

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Man wanted for selling motorcycle, then reporting it stolen

Kaieteur News – Georgetown police are looking for an Albouystown man who sold his motorcycle during the Christmas holidays last year and then reported it stolen for the new year. The man being...

John Fernandes gets US$4M IDB loan to purchase mobile crane

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on John Fernandes gets US$4M IDB loan to purchase mobile crane

Kaieteur News – Local shipping company- John Fernandes Limited has secured a US$4M corporate loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to purchase a new mobile handline crane- aimed...

City Hall restoration climbs to over $1B with $263.2 M budgetary allocation

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall restoration climbs to over $1B with $263.2 M budgetary allocation

Kaieteur News – In addition to the $780M being used to rehabilitate City Hall, another $263.2M from this year’s budget has been set aside for construction work to the building taking City...

$2B budgeted to assist GRA with baggage processing, other improvements

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on $2B budgeted to assist GRA with baggage processing, other improvements

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been allocated an additional $2B dollars from this year’s budget to help bolster its operation. On Monday, the Minister within the...

Jumbo Jet hands over brand new Sinotruk heavy-duty dump trucks to Kris Jagdeo Contracting

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Jumbo Jet hands over brand new Sinotruk heavy-duty dump trucks to Kris Jagdeo Contracting

Kaieteur News – Chinese power house, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group which is 100 % responsible for Sinotruk has now entered into a franchise deal with local magnate Nasrudeen Mohamed and...

‘Even if it’s quarter of a barrel or less, oil spill report must be made public’- Pres. Ali

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Even if it’s quarter of a barrel or less, oil spill report must be made public’- Pres. Ali

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is yet to release a report on the one barrel oil spill reported by oil giant ExxonMobil since last September; but the...

Police capture second prison escapee

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Police capture second prison escapee

Kaieteur News – Police on Wednesday captured Ryan Wilson, 39, also known as “Pepsi”, one of the two men who had escaped from lawful custody while being transported to the Lusignan Prison...

US$20M budgeted to strengthen river, sea defences

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on US$20M budgeted to strengthen river, sea defences

Kaieteur News – River and sea defence this year will be further strengthened as the Government allocated in its National Budget, a total of $4.9 billion (US$20M) to repair and maintain those...

‘Secrecy of contracts continues to endanger Guyana’s pockets’ – Former Presidential Advisor

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Secrecy of contracts continues to endanger Guyana’s pockets’ – Former Presidential Advisor

Kaieteur News – Harmful provisions in Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil and partners, is one of the key reasons why stakeholders have increased their call for the...

Small Island Developing States accelerate action to tackle biggest killers

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Small Island Developing States accelerate action to tackle biggest killers

Kaieteur News – The Government of Barbados, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization are holding a high-level technical meeting on non-communicable diseases...

Suspect admits to stabbing North West teen with Guinness bottle

Jan 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect admits to stabbing North West teen with Guinness bottle

Kaieteur News – The suspect held in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Ryan Henry of Baramita, North West, Region One has confessed that he stabbed the teen with a broken Guinness bottle...

Young Achievers, GDF secure wins in DVA League

Jan 19, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Young Achievers, GDF secure wins in DVA League

– GDF hunting second win tonight against Alphas Kaieteur News – Young Achievers volleyball club made a triumphant return to the court on Tuesday evening when they defeated Castrol...

Gill’s ODI double century puts India 1-0 up on New Zealand

Jan 19, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gill’s ODI double century puts India 1-0 up on New Zealand

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Shubman Gill became the youngest batsman to score an ODI double hundred yesterday as India beat New Zealand by 12 runs in a thrilling first game of a three-match series. The...

‘Unbelievable ball-striking’ in Emma Raducanu’s defeat to Coco Gauff

Jan 19, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Unbelievable ball-striking’ in Emma Raducanu’s defeat to Coco Gauff

The Telegraph – Emma Raducanu’s Australian Open campaign has come to an end, but not before a match which had the former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker saluting “the future of women’s...

Tennis, Badminton Associations pleased with importance placed on sports in National Budget

Jan 19, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tennis, Badminton Associations pleased with importance placed on sports in National Budget

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) and the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) have expressed their approval over the importance government has placed on sports in the National...

Death of an Indian family should civilize Guyanese

Jan 19, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Death of an Indian family should civilize Guyanese

Kaieteur News – Canadian police found the Patel family of four – husband, Jagdish 39; wife Vaishaliben; 37; daughter, Vihangi,11 and son, Dharmik, 3 – huddled together, frozen, in...

Martin Luther King

Jan 19, 2023 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Martin Luther King

Kaieteur News – On Monday, America observed a federal holiday to honour civil rights icon, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Come April 4th, it will be 55 years since this valiant fighter for his...

An accountant’s rather than an economist’s Budget

Jan 19, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on An accountant’s rather than an economist’s Budget

Kaieteur News – A Budget is a one-year financial programme of the government. It provides projections of estimates of expenditure – what the government intends to spend – and it revenues...

There are issues affecting Afro-Guyanese, which are peculiar to them and require the State`s attention

Jan 19, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are issues affecting Afro-Guyanese, which are peculiar to them and require the State`s attention

Dear Editor, Two dailies recently carried my letter, which sought to establish the relevance of the United Nations` declared decade for People of African Descent to the Afro-Guyanese. There were...

Emphasis on pro-people policies evident in 2023 Budget

Jan 19, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Emphasis on pro-people policies evident in 2023 Budget

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) believes that the 2023 National Budget, presented under the theme “Improving Lives Today, Building Prosperity for Tomorrow”,...

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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