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The Caribbean Community

Jul 02, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Caribbean Community

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be celebrating 50 years this week. It has grown from a grouping of a few states into a regional integration movement encompassing 15...

Strategic planning can help Guyana avoid the trappings of continued unequal development

Jul 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Strategic planning can help Guyana avoid the trappings of continued unequal development

Dear Editor, As a rapidly developing micro-state, Guyana is susceptible to continued internal unequal development, a process whereby emphasis is placed on developing certain parts of the country at...

The natural resource curse is here, but not in its Dutch Disease form

Jul 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on The natural resource curse is here, but not in its Dutch Disease form

Dear Editor, The Natural Resource Curse (or the Paradox of Plenty) is already doing damage in Guyana, but not through its most cited cause, the Dutch Disease. The Dutch Disease is only one of several...

The Era of Authoritarianism Must End

Jul 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Era of Authoritarianism Must End

Dear Editor, One of the privileges humans can enjoy is servitude. It is an exemplary show of humility, self-gratification and the ability to shape communities and the nation wholly. However, the...

We need a clarification from President Irfaan Ali

Jul 02, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need a clarification from President Irfaan Ali

Dear Editor, While I am not in support of a public lynching of Nigel Dharamlall in that he should not be fired because of current allegations against him, President Irfaan Ali needs to clarify that...

Jagdeo refusing to renegotiate Exxon contract on 11B barrels but condemns Coalition for not demanding more from 3B in 2016

Jul 01, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Jagdeo refusing to renegotiate Exxon contract on 11B barrels but condemns Coalition for not demanding more from 3B in 2016

Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday told reporters during an interview at the Arthur Chung Conference Center that the former A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance...

US Secretary of State to visit Guyana next week

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on US Secretary of State to visit Guyana next week

Kaieteur News – Secretary of State of the United States of America (U.S.), Anthony J. Blinken will be travelling to Guyana on July 6, 2023 after visiting Trinidad and Tobago on July 5. While in...

Trotman felt “discomfort” before signing worst oil deal in the world

Jul 01, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Trotman felt “discomfort” before signing worst oil deal in the world

– said his hesitancy didn’t go down well with Exxon Kaieteur News – Former Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman has provided greater insight into the circumstances that led to...

School girl asks police to take ‘no further action’ against Dharamlall

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on School girl asks police to take ‘no further action’ against Dharamlall

Kaieteur News – The 16-year-old Indigenous girl, who accused Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall of raping her, has since informed police investigators that...

Youth killed in accident on Mandela Avenue

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Youth killed in accident on Mandela Avenue

Kaieteur News – Twenty-year-old Joshua Blackett of Lot 568 Toucan Drive, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown on Thursday lost his life after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a motorcar on...

Recounts in LGE made no difference in results – CEO

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Recounts in LGE made no difference in results – CEO

Kaieteur News – The Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Vishnu Persaud on Friday revealed that recounts were done in the recently concluded Local...

Father, children burnt to death in house fire

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Father, children burnt to death in house fire

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – A father and his two young children were on Friday morning burnt to death after their Drysdale Street, Charlestown home went up in flames. Dead are...

Record heat wave struck Texas,13 killed

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Record heat wave struck Texas,13 killed

AP – Scorching heat blamed for at least 13 deaths in Texas and another in Louisiana blanketed more of the Southeast on Wednesday, stretching government warnings of dangerous, triple-digit...

Reg. 2 man is country’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Reg. 2 man is country’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Kaieteur News – The Health Ministry on Friday reported that a 64-year-old man from Region Two, who contracted the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), died on Tuesday while receiving treatment at a...

Gas bottle leak leaves seven homeless at Non-Pariel

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Gas bottle leak leaves seven homeless at Non-Pariel

Kaieteur News – Seven persons are now homeless following a fire which destroyed a three-storey apartment building that also housed a supermarket at 360 Section B Non-Pariel, East Coast Demerara...

Commonwealth Secretary-General to attend CARICOM Heads of Govt. Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth Secretary-General to attend CARICOM Heads of Govt. Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago

Kaieteur News – Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, will attend the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Port-of-Spain from...

GEA Head asks Court to dismiss conflict of interest case filed against him

Jul 01, 2023 KNews Court Stories, ExxonMobil, Features / Columnists, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on GEA Head asks Court to dismiss conflict of interest case filed against him

Kaieteur News – Dr. Mahendar Sharma, Head of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) that was appointed Chairman of the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) has asked the High Court to dismiss the...

ExxonMobil, Attorney General to submit affidavits in Defence in case against legality of pipeline Permit by July 14

Jul 01, 2023 KNews Court Stories, ExxonMobil, Features / Columnists, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on ExxonMobil, Attorney General to submit affidavits in Defence in case against legality of pipeline Permit by July 14

Gas-to-Energy Project… Kaieteur News – Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, S.C. and Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), commonly referred to as ExxonMobil Guyana, are now...

6000 farmers to benefit from IDB loan

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 6000 farmers to benefit from IDB loan

Kaieteur News – Under a US$15 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the Sustainable Development Programme (SADP) project, some 6,000 farmers from the coastal Regions...

GCCI & GTT team up to host National Small Business Week

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI & GTT team up to host National Small Business Week

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), in collaboration with its partner sponsor GTT, presents National Small Business Week, a prestigious event that celebrates...

GLDA Veterinary Services Lab

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GLDA Veterinary Services Lab

– GNBS Certified To Provide Quality Services To Guyana’s Livestock Industry Kaieteur News – Tons of meat obtained from various livestock are consumed daily in Guyana. At a time when...

Govt. signs G$100M loan agreement with Small Business Development Finance Trust Inc.

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. signs G$100M loan agreement with Small Business Development Finance Trust Inc.

…for additional financing of Small and Medium Enterprises Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana on Friday signed a G$100M loan agreement with the Small Business Development Finance Trust...

Man found dead in trench at Sophia

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Man found dead in trench at Sophia

Kaieteur News – An unidentified man was on Friday found dead in a trench at Sophia, Georgetown with a surgical bandage wrapped around his head. Police said that the discovery was made around...

RFP to be issued soon for Amaila Falls Hydro project

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on RFP to be issued soon for Amaila Falls Hydro project

Kaieteur News – Vice President (VP) Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, on Thursday revealed that soon the Government of Guyana (GoG) will be issuing Request for Proposals (RFP) for the 165 Mega Watt (MW)...

Skeng and Slingerz Records release new song ‘Fever’

Jul 01, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Skeng and Slingerz Records release new song ‘Fever’

Kaieteur News – Jamaican dancehall artist, Kevon Douglas called “Skeng” is ready to set the music scene ablaze with his highly anticipated new summer hit single, ‘Fever’ produced by...