February 2023 - Page 17 of 39

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Jagdeo heads out to India this weekend to seal oil deals

Feb 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo heads out to India this weekend to seal oil deals

Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said he will be leaving for India this weekend where he is expected to tie up agreements with the Government of India for cooperation in the...

Guyanese youth must make necessary lifestyle changes to benefit from opportunities in oil sector – Min. Hamilton

Feb 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese youth must make necessary lifestyle changes to benefit from opportunities in oil sector – Min. Hamilton

Kaieteur News – Guyanese youth are being encouraged to make lifestyle changes in order to benefit from the burgeoning oil and gas sector. Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton while speaking at a...

President Ali, UAE Minister of State discuss COP 28 partnership on sidelines of CARICOM Heads summit

Feb 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali, UAE Minister of State discuss COP 28 partnership on sidelines of CARICOM Heads summit

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali on Thursday held discussions with Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, the Minister of State for International Cooperation in the United Arab Emirates and her...

OP:ED – Two PMs, one airline, no courtesy

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on OP:ED – Two PMs, one airline, no courtesy

By GHK Lall Kaieteur News – Something is missing the mark in this embarrassing development involving two regional Prime Ministers departing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. What...

General Equipment Limited is newest sponsor of the Petra Milo U18 School’s football

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on General Equipment Limited is newest sponsor of the Petra Milo U18 School’s football

Kaieteur News – General Equipment Limited became the newest addition to the list of sponsors of the Petra Milo U18 Secondary School football tournament yesterday following a brief presentation...

De past is not fuh de present

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De past is not fuh de present

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Ole people does seh dat dem gat four things wah yuh can’t take back: the spoken word, the speed arrow, the past life and de missed opportunities. What is...

MVP Sports sponsors Women’s Development Football League playoff

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on MVP Sports sponsors Women’s Development Football League playoff

Kaieteur News – The much anticipated Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Women’s Development Football League Playoff will kick off this month with a new sponsor – MVP Sports and Urban...

Exciting start on opening day of Bounty Farm’s Mash Handicap squash tournament

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exciting start on opening day of Bounty Farm’s Mash Handicap squash tournament

Kaieteur News – Opening day of the Bounty Farm’s 2023 Mashramani Handicap Squash tournament started apace seeing five Category A matches along with sixteen open-category matches on Wednesday...

Professional Meet Management for Jefford Classic Mile

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Professional Meet Management for Jefford Classic Mile

– Prize Structure revised to reward athletes finishing first to fifth Kaieteur News – President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson and Founder of the Jefford...

Rock Futsal Semifinal stage set to unfold on Saturday

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rock Futsal Semifinal stage set to unfold on Saturday

Kaieteur News – Sparta Boss will oppose Back Circle whilst Bent Street will engage Tiger Bay in the semi-final round of inaugural Rocks Auto Trans and Spares Parts ‘Legendary Cup’ Futsal...

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. congratulates Motie

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. congratulates Motie

Kaieteur News – The Honourable Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. has congratulated Gudakesh Motie on his impressive record bowling feat to lead the West Indies to victory...

Haynes taking shot at collective approach for development in CONCENCABA

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Haynes taking shot at collective approach for development in CONCENCABA

Kaieteur News – The newly-elected president of the Central American and Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CONCENCABA), Patrick Haynes, is banking on a collective approach from the affiliated...

Wales gas-to-energy contracts

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Wales gas-to-energy contracts

Kaieteur News – Though Guyana’s President Ali has made promises before and then burned through the trust placed in him when he failed to deliver, we will continue to trust him to make good on...

No glory days!

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on No glory days!

Kaieteur News – The public service cannot be restored to what it never was: a source of pride. The local public service has never been a professional or even non-partisan public outfit and the...

Oil shares: 52% and 48% – misleading

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oil shares: 52% and 48% – misleading

Dear Editor, I refer to your article dated 2-12-2023 and captioned, ‘Exxon official tries to disguise “sh*tty” 2016 Stabroek Block deal as sweet for Guyanese’. In that article it is reported...

Loss of vision and negotiating strength

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Loss of vision and negotiating strength

Dear Editor, The recent statement by President Ali is worrisome at best. He stated that the agreement with Exxon will remain as is and he also implied that further attempts to negotiate a more...

Minister Walrond knows not and she knows not that she knows not

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Walrond knows not and she knows not that she knows not

Dear Editor, Response is made to the letter ‘Lincoln Lewis continues to misrepresent the facts’ by Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Ms. Oneidge Walrond (KN, February 16, 2023). The...

NIS has denied my right to funeral expenses

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on NIS has denied my right to funeral expenses

Dear Editor, My brother, Gabindranauth Latchmin passed away in August of 2021. I took care of the funeral expenses; of which I have the necessary receipts. He worked for almost 20 years and made his...

Speak up about the dictatorship during the 1970s and 80s

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Speak up about the dictatorship during the 1970s and 80s

Dear Editor, Two letters in KN, from the same author, recently caught my attention and prompted me to respond. The first one was warning that decentralization could lead to President Ali becoming a...

What’s missing in the Carbon Credits Debate: Titling of Indigenous Lands

Feb 17, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s missing in the Carbon Credits Debate: Titling of Indigenous Lands

Dear Editor, The South Rupununi District Council (SRDC), calls on the Government of Guyana to demonstrate its climate leadership through expedited action to title those parts of our traditional lands...

Guyana to pay Exxon US$55M annually for 20 years to clear pipeline debt

Feb 16, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to pay Exxon US$55M annually for 20 years to clear pipeline debt

…cost to generate power now pegged at US4.2 cents/KWh By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) will be paying American oil major ExxonMobil US$55 million annually for 20...

Man freed in Guyana for supplying fake HIV testing kits, is now charged in US for the same crime

Feb 16, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man freed in Guyana for supplying fake HIV testing kits, is now charged in US for the same crime

– allegedly diverted and sold HIV testing kits from Kenya to Guyana’s Ministry of Health Kaieteur News – Davendra Rampersaud of Caribbean Medical Supplies (CMS)—the man who was...

12 wanted for Mon Repos ‘terror’

Feb 16, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 12 wanted for Mon Repos ‘terror’

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Wednesday issued Wanted Bulletins for several persons for alleged acts of terrorism stemming from last year’s protest on the East Coast...

Local Content Secretariat commences revision of legislation to close loopholes for corruption

Feb 16, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Local Content Secretariat commences revision of legislation to close loopholes for corruption

– to issue 750 certificates for 2023; expand categories of work to earn additional US$250M By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Head of the Local Content Secretariat, Dr. Martin Pertab...

American Airlines ignores Govt’s request for PM Rowley, PM Gonsalves to check-in at VIP lounge

Feb 16, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on American Airlines ignores Govt’s request for PM Rowley, PM Gonsalves to check-in at VIP lounge

Kaieteur News – American Airlines (AA) on Wednesday refused a request by the Guyana Government to facilitate the check-in of Trinidad and Tobago and St. Vincent Prime Ministers; Drs. Keith...