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Citizens file court action challenging permit issued to Exxon for Gas-to-Energy Project

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Citizens file court action challenging permit issued to Exxon for Gas-to-Energy Project

Kaieteur News – Two citizens, Elizabeth Deane-Hughes and Vanda Radzik on Monday moved to the High Court challenging a permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Esso...

18% of Caribbean’s citizens living on less than G$600 a day – IDB

Mar 29, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 18% of Caribbean’s citizens living on less than G$600 a day – IDB

…says poverty level exceeds past 10 years Kaieteur News – A recently published report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) revealed that the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)...

At 10% interest rate, Guyana giving away US$4B annually on oil projects

Mar 29, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on At 10% interest rate, Guyana giving away US$4B annually on oil projects

…Citizens must demand full disclosure of true interest rate, stop Govt. from approving more projects with same conditions Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil has to date invested close to US$40...

3 dead, 13 missing after boat capsizes with African nationals near St. Kitts

Mar 29, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 3 dead, 13 missing after boat capsizes with African nationals near St. Kitts

Reuters – At least three people died and 13 were missing after a boat traveling to the eastern Caribbean island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis from neighboring Antigua capsized early Tuesday...

Teen in custody for murder of pork knocker

Mar 29, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Teen in custody for murder of pork knocker

Kaieteur News – A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with the murder of a porkknocker whom he was imbibing with and whose lifeless body was found in the wee hours of Tuesday at...

Man charged for allegedly murdering grandmother

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man charged for allegedly murdering grandmother

Kaieteur News – Yonnic Gilpin, the man who allegedly confessed to dumping his grandmother’s body in an empty lot, was on Tuesday remanded to prison for her murder. The defendant appeared at...

GCAA certifies first ever Guyanese heli-deck inspector

Mar 29, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GCAA certifies first ever Guyanese heli-deck inspector

Kaieteur News – Guyana will no longer have to seek overseas heli-deck inspection services as the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Tuesday certified the country’s first ever heli-deck...

First phase of Ogle to Eccles road linkage progressing smoothly

Mar 29, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on First phase of Ogle to Eccles road linkage progressing smoothly

Kaieteur News – Construction works on the US$106.4 million East Bank to East Coast Road Linkage Project [Ogle to Eccles (Haags Bosch) road network] are progressing smoothly. The new...

Baby Oriyah laid to rest

Mar 29, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Baby Oriyah laid to rest

Kaieteur News – Seven-month-old Oriyah Gravesande, who died after falling off a bed at a day care and suffocating, was on Tuesday buried. Oriyah was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public...

GRA clamping down on illegal importation of goods

Mar 29, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GRA clamping down on illegal importation of goods

…urges persons with information to ‘speak up’ Kaieteur News – The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday said that in the last few months its Law Enforcement and Investigation...

154 low-income homes underway in Region Three

Mar 29, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 154 low-income homes underway in Region Three

Kaieteur News – The construction of the first 154 of 500 low-income homes is currently underway at Leonora, Edinburg, and Cornelia Ida, Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara.) Minister...

State to appeal High Court ruling on suspension of Police Service Commission – Nandlall

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on State to appeal High Court ruling on suspension of Police Service Commission – Nandlall

Kaieteur News – The State has indicated that it will appeal High Court Judge, Gino Persaud’s decision that the Police Service Commission (PSC) was unlawfully suspended by President Irfaan...

Four months later, no movement in alleged sexual molestation case against track and field coach

Mar 29, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Four months later, no movement in alleged sexual molestation case against track and field coach

Kaieteur News – Four months after his arrest, there has been no movement in the alleged sexual molestation case against a National Track and Field Coach. The coach was accused of sexually...

Parika man sentenced to five years for trafficking ‘Poppy’

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Parika man sentenced to five years for trafficking ‘Poppy’

Kaieteur News – Thirty-year-old Andy Jainandan of Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) was on Tuesday sentenced to five years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to trafficking 12lbs of imported...

Rights groups complained about Guyana Govt. unresponsiveness to queries

Mar 29, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Rights groups complained about Guyana Govt. unresponsiveness to queries

Kaieteur News – The US Department of State has cited the Government of Guyana over its treatment of human rights groups. In its 2022 human rights report, the US Department of State highlighted...

H@rd Truths By GHK Lall – Floyd Haynes and his team: what did they do?

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on H@rd Truths By GHK Lall – Floyd Haynes and his team: what did they do?

Kaieteur News – What did businessman, banker, consultant, auditor Mr. Floyd Haynes and his auditor team do? What did this Guyanese brother do to the PPP Government and Exxon? Where did he...

People nah want go in de traffic department anymore

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on People nah want go in de traffic department anymore

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Deh had a time when nuff police ranks wanted to be get into de traffic department. Dem boys never understand why. But dem used to have grand celebration...

Ceili Peterson to be lone Guyanese Taekwondo Athlete at 2023 Pan Am Games

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ceili Peterson to be lone Guyanese Taekwondo Athlete at 2023 Pan Am Games

Kaieteur News – Ceili Peterson will be the lone Guyanese Taekwondo athlete at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, after earning one of the 12 spots up for grabs in her 49kg weight class...

South Africa fall short of another big run chase as Windies take series

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Africa fall short of another big run chase as Windies take series

SportsMax – West Indies avoided a repeat of their remarkable, record-breaking defeat in the second T20I against South Africa by clinging on to win the series decider by seven runs. The Windies...

‘Humdrum’ performance from Golden Jaguars in final Nations League match against Montserrat

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Humdrum’ performance from Golden Jaguars in final Nations League match against Montserrat

… Guyana, Montserrat play to goalless draw in Bridgetown By Rawle Toney Kaieteur News – The Golden Jaguars ended their 2022/2023 Nations League campaign with a goalless draw against...

Final round commences today

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Final round commences today

2022/23 West Indies Championship… – Harpy Eagles tackle Hurricanes at Providence Kaieteur News – Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE) will begin their final match of the 2022/23 West Indies...

New date for the opening ceremony of the Easter Vocational Swimming programme is April 3

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on New date for the opening ceremony of the Easter Vocational Swimming programme is April 3

Kaieteur News – Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) in partnership with the National Sports Commission (NSC) will now be conducting its Easter...

Fine start to Youth Caribbean championship – Guyana’s U15 and U19 boys registers wins on first day

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fine start to Youth Caribbean championship – Guyana’s U15 and U19 boys registers wins on first day

Kaieteur News – The opening of the 26th Youth Caribbean Table Tennis championship commenced on 27th March at the National Gymnasium Mandela Avenue, Georgetown as some of the top Caribbean...

Boxing Trainer Clifton Moore to participate in IBA Online 1 Star Coaching Course

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxing Trainer Clifton Moore to participate in IBA Online 1 Star Coaching Course

Kaieteur News – Another developmental chapter in the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA)’s thrust to empower its technical officers was written, as trainer Clifton Moore will participate in the...

DCB U-19 inter-association tournament 2023 gets underway

Mar 29, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB U-19 inter-association tournament 2023 gets underway

– Ariel Enterprise, Trophy Stall, Ramchand’s Auto Spares and Cricket Equipment Inc. on board Kaieteur News – In the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Under-19 Inter-Association Tournament...

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Sammy to be appointed as West Indies Senior Men’s Head Coach for all formats

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