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Rain dampen things in Essequibo vs GCB Select XI at Providence

Mar 02, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain dampen things in Essequibo vs GCB Select XI at Providence

– Essequibo Men 57-3 (20.3 overs) Kaieteur News – Match Two of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Men Senior inter county Four Day cricket tournament involving the Essequibo Men vs GCB Select...

Wanted: Public officials who will stand for principles

Mar 02, 2023 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Wanted: Public officials who will stand for principles

Kaieteur News – If only we had a little handful of government ministers, some strong Permanent Secretaries of the highest ethical substance, men and women of rare courage who will stand for...

Statistics do not lie

Mar 02, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Statistics do not lie

Kaieteur News – A motorcyclist and his pillion rider were both killed following an accident with another vehicle Tuesday night. The accident took place on the No. 79 Public Road, Corentyne. The...

Exxon is controlling our waters, damaging livelihoods, where is the EPA?

Mar 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exxon is controlling our waters, damaging livelihoods, where is the EPA?

Dear Editor, The subject of Sea Surveys in nearshore waters has international relevance. Only today, I watched a podcast on the South China Sea, where the Chinese Government imposes itself over...

Linden Mayor responds to Minister of Labour on electricity tariff

Mar 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Linden Mayor responds to Minister of Labour on electricity tariff

Dear Editor, I’m responding to this post. Minister urges Linden utility to reverse hike in electricity tariff in Stabroek News. With no increase in the cost to generate electricity in Linden,...

Eusi Kwayanna explains his position

Mar 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Eusi Kwayanna explains his position

Dear Editor, I seek to fill a gap in information available that I owe to readers in the print media in Guyana. The Kaieteur News of October 20, 2020 published material which by legal advice I...

A vision of Burnham, and the work ahead

Mar 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on A vision of Burnham, and the work ahead

Dear Editor, The Georgetown seawall was quiet and the sprawling ocean in all its beauty was tranquil. I liked the spot where I sat. I would always sit there to watch the sunset. The big granite rock...

Burnham tore apart the fabric of democracy, economic and social decay followed

Mar 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Burnham tore apart the fabric of democracy, economic and social decay followed

Dear Editor, Guyana has recently observed 53 years of republican status. It also coincided with the 100th birth anniversary of former President Forbes Burnham. Burnham was at the political helm both...

New African airline to operate in Guyana, shouldn’t the Guyana Aviation authority be announcing?

Mar 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on New African airline to operate in Guyana, shouldn’t the Guyana Aviation authority be announcing?

Dear Editor, “African airlines entering Guyana market’ (NewsRoom February 28) blazed the news headline with a full release detailing the Angolan aircraft operator, Bestifly and the Addis...

Mark Twain is credited with the following statement, Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics.

Mar 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mark Twain is credited with the following statement, Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics.

Dear Editor, The well-known former British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli is alleged to have made this remark while in Office. These words came to mind after reading the strongly worded letter by...

Vishnu Bisram recognizes the contributions of Rudy Jadoopat to local EITI

Mar 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vishnu Bisram recognizes the contributions of Rudy Jadoopat to local EITI

Dear Editor, It is most unfortunate that Guyana has been suspended from EITI (KN News and commentaries Feb 22 thru Mar 1). Blame game is going around. That will not change the status of the local...

India can cash-in on relinquished portion of Stabroek Block

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on India can cash-in on relinquished portion of Stabroek Block

…as Gov’t considers offering India acreage outside auction By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil and its partners- Hess and CNOOC- will soon be required to give back to the State...

Venezuelan boat en route to Guyana missing with passengers, one found dead

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan boat en route to Guyana missing with passengers, one found dead

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – The body of Orvin Persaud, a 25-year-old dual citizen of Guyana and Venezuela was found floating in the Tucupita River, Venezuela two days after he departed...

Law places no restriction on money laundering convicts obtaining oil licences – Report

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Law places no restriction on money laundering convicts obtaining oil licences – Report

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s oil laws apparently place no restriction on money laundering convicts obtaining oil licences. In fact, the law does not require that convictions against companies or...

Surveys in Demerara River approved by EPA for pipeline works – Exxon

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Surveys in Demerara River approved by EPA for pipeline works – Exxon

Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil, through its operator Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) recently embarked on a series of surveys offshore Guyana, but even though these could...

GWI to spend $484M to drill five more wells in Regions 4&10

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to spend $484M to drill five more wells in Regions 4&10

Kaieteur News – Having been allocated $17.7 billion from this year’s budget, the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) is looking to spend approximately $484,866,427 of its allocation to facilitate the...

Eccles resident caught red-handed trying to sell house lot

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Eccles resident caught red-handed trying to sell house lot

Kaieteur News – Thirty-year-old Andre Defreitas, a resident of Lot 159 Cow Pen Street, Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was on Tuesday arrested after he was caught in a sting operation...

Edghill in Suriname to advance discussion on Corentyne River Bridge

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Edghill in Suriname to advance discussion on Corentyne River Bridge

Kaieteur News – Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill is currently in Suriname for a planned meeting with his counterpart, Dr. Riad Nurmohamed, in relation to the proposed Corentyne River...

ExxonMobil holding public consultations on fifth project today at Umana Yana

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil holding public consultations on fifth project today at Umana Yana

Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil Corporation’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) will be hosting public consultations today on its fifth development project at the...

Approval for Exxon’s 5th oil project only a formality for us – FPSO Builder

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Approval for Exxon’s 5th oil project only a formality for us – FPSO Builder

Kaieteur News – Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL)—ExxonMobil Guyana—is yet to make a formal announcement on a Final Investment Decision (FID) and the Guyana Government...

Berbice man freed of underage rape charge

Mar 01, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Berbice man freed of underage rape charge

Kaieteur News – Thirty one–year-old Jamal Arjune was on Tuesday acquitted of five counts of rape of an underage girl after a jury found him not guilty on all counts at the Berbice High Court....

Golden Grove manslaughter accused granted $500,000 bail

Mar 01, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Golden Grove manslaughter accused granted $500,000 bail

Kaieteur News – Thirty year-old Aquiella Abrams was on Tuesday released on $500,000 bail on charge of manslaughter. The woman appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Cove and John...

CDC, Health Ministry grilled at PAC over missing details in COVID-19 supplies contracts

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CDC, Health Ministry grilled at PAC over missing details in COVID-19 supplies contracts

Kaieteur News – Members of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) faced a series of questions when they appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday. The questions were in relation...

GRPA launches new HIV care and treatment services

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GRPA launches new HIV care and treatment services

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) has announced the launch of its new HIV care and treatment services to People living with HIV (PLHIV). The GRPA joins the...

Natural Gas concerns among key reasons for Suriname’s delayed oil production – TotalEnergies

Mar 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Gas concerns among key reasons for Suriname’s delayed oil production – TotalEnergies

Kaieteur News – Neighbouring Suriname has been touted as an oil and gas producer in the coming years but despite the discovery of some 6.5 billion barrels of oil, in its Block 58 offshore...