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Royalty paid on gold stuck for two decades at 5-8% – VP Bharrat Jagdeo

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Royalty paid on gold stuck for two decades at 5-8% – VP Bharrat Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – For the past 20 years, Guyana has been receiving either 5 or 8% royalties from the large-scale mining companies operating here. This was revealed on Thursday by Vice President...

No definitive timeline yet for completion of first audit of Exxon’s US$1.6B in expenses

Jul 28, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on No definitive timeline yet for completion of first audit of Exxon’s US$1.6B in expenses

Four years later… Kaieteur News – Four years after contracting a British firm, IHS-Markit to conduct an audit of oil major, ExxonMobil’s expenses between the period 1999-2017, Guyana is...

CCJ rejects application by ex-soldiers who robbed, murdered gold dealer

Jul 28, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on CCJ rejects application by ex-soldiers who robbed, murdered gold dealer

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday denied a Special Leave Application made by two former members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), who were convicted of a 2009...

Draft oil law to be tabled in National Assembly on August 3

Jul 28, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Draft oil law to be tabled in National Assembly on August 3

Kaieteur News – Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the draft Petroleum Activities Bill 2023 which replaces the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act 1986 will be tabled in...

Govt. seeks 15 acres of land to build modern shopping centre at Charity

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. seeks 15 acres of land to build modern shopping centre at Charity

Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday disclosed that government is currently looking for 15 acres land to build a “high-end market and “shopping mall” for vendors at...

Govt. to deploy team to probe environmental, human rights abuses at Chinese Landing – VP Bharrat Jagdeo

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to deploy team to probe environmental, human rights abuses at Chinese Landing – VP Bharrat Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – Government is expected to send a multi-faceted team to investigate several allegations of environmental and human rights abuses against Amerindians residing at Chinese Landing,...

Gunmen shoot security guard, take away his firearm at Sophia Health Centre

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen shoot security guard, take away his firearm at Sophia Health Centre

Kaieteur News – Two men on Thursday walked into the Sophia Health located at C-Field and shot the security guard to his leg while relieving him of his firearm. The incident reportedly took...

67 days no CoI into deadly Mahdia fire

Jul 28, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 67 days no CoI into deadly Mahdia fire

– Opposition slams Govt. for delays, says mischief afoot Kaieteur News – Today will mark 67 days since the tragic Mahdia Dormitory Fire that took the lives of twenty young Guyanese on...

100 migrant students benefit from the Big Sister Mentoring Programme

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 100 migrant students benefit from the Big Sister Mentoring Programme

Kaieteur News – As part of the Ministry of Education’s efforts to integrate migrant children into the education system, the Ministry’s Welfare Unit, in collaboration with the Disaster Risk...

$75M in contracts awarded to extend two West Dem schools

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on $75M in contracts awarded to extend two West Dem schools

Kaieteur News – The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Three on Thursday signed two contracts worth $75,605,530 which would see the extension of the Leonora Secondary School and...

$1.2B ‘Span 9’ fully installed, DHB opened to vehicular traffic

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on $1.2B ‘Span 9’ fully installed, DHB opened to vehicular traffic

Kaieteur News – The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DBH) which was closed from Monday night to facilitate the installation of a new $1.2 billion span nine retractor has been reopened to vehicular...

CDB’s BNTF and CDEMA partner to organise regional proposal writing training workshops

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CDB’s BNTF and CDEMA partner to organise regional proposal writing training workshops

Kaieteur News – Fifty-one community development professionals from 17 Caribbean countries are being trained in proposal writing at a workshop series funded by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency...

Close to 50 Lindeners receive steel, cement subsidies

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Close to 50 Lindeners receive steel, cement subsidies

Kaieteur News – As part of the government’s support for homebuilders, close to 50 persons residing in Linden, Region Ten received their steel and cement subsidies on Thursday to commence...

Collaboration is the only way forward, Commonwealth Secretary-General tells World Tourism Organization’s Africa Summit

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Collaboration is the only way forward, Commonwealth Secretary-General tells World Tourism Organization’s Africa Summit

Kaieteur News – Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland has emphasised that collaboration is needed more than ever before to build a resilient tourism sector that works for people,...

16 countries approve creation of regional tax cooperation platform for Latin America and the Caribbean

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 16 countries approve creation of regional tax cooperation platform for Latin America and the Caribbean

Kaieteur News – Treasury, Economy and Finance ministers and high-level officials from 16 of the region’s countries approved the instrument establishing governance of the Regional Tax...

GCCI wants to collaborate with Govt. in its effort to promote greater technology use in businesses

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI wants to collaborate with Govt. in its effort to promote greater technology use in businesses

Kaieteur News – Promoting the use of technology in the development of businesses is a main focus for the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), in recognising its role as a key...

GTT announces support for Sophia Village Day and Job Fair, Reinforcing Commitment to Community Strengthening

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GTT announces support for Sophia Village Day and Job Fair, Reinforcing Commitment to Community Strengthening

Kaieteur News – GTT has announced its sponsorship of the upcoming Sophia Village Day and Job Fair, scheduled to take place on the 29th and 30th of July 2023 at the Sophia Community Center...

GDF signs pact with US military to strengthen human rights

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GDF signs pact with US military to strengthen human rights

Kaieteur News – Brigadier Omar Khan, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff, and U.S. Army General Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) on Thursday signed the...

Ten Guyanese selected for 66th Know India Programme

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Ten Guyanese selected for 66th Know India Programme

Kaieteur News – Ten Guyanese have been selected to participated for the 66th Know India Programme organized by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India. Those selected for...

US-led military exercise concludes

Jul 28, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on US-led military exercise concludes

…as PM Phillips pushes stronger collaboration in combating trans-national crime Kaieteur News – Phillips made the comment at the closing ceremony of Exercise Tradewinds 2023 that...

H@rd Truths By GHK Lall – Chinese ICTR And D-Get Somebody Else Please

Jul 28, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on H@rd Truths By GHK Lall – Chinese ICTR And D-Get Somebody Else Please

Kaieteur News – I have great regard for the Chinese people. They have a history of celestial insight, innovation, and inventiveness. The Chinese know about struggle and sacrifice, and...

Yadav, Jadeja send West Indies crashing to 114 all out in first ODI

Jul 28, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yadav, Jadeja send West Indies crashing to 114 all out in first ODI

AFP – Left-arm spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja masterminded the rout of an abject West Indies team who were brushed aside for just 114 off 23 overs in the opening One-Day...

Queens of the Board head to battle

Jul 28, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Queens of the Board head to battle

National Women’s Chess Qualifier Tournament… Kaieteur Sports – The National Women’s Chess Qualifier Tournament is scheduled to be held from tomorrow July 29th to August 6th,...

Whatever happened to zero-tolerance fuh squatting!

Jul 28, 2023 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Whatever happened to zero-tolerance fuh squatting!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys chucking it rude today! De government keep claiming how it gan be having zero-tolerance for squatting. It has been saying this fuh a long time now. But...

Teams ready to entertain, as Kares ‘One Guyana’ T10 Blast bowls off tomorrow

Jul 28, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams ready to entertain, as Kares ‘One Guyana’ T10 Blast bowls off tomorrow

Kaieteur Sports – All 32 teams are ready and raring to go as the highly-anticipated ‘One Guyana’ T10 Tape-ball Blast prepares to bowl off its action from July 29-30 across popular Grounds...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more