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Is there more than meets the eye?

Aug 31, 2023 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Is there more than meets the eye?

Kaieteur News – Recent developments concerning the extension granted to oil companies for relinquishing portions of the Stabroek, Canje, and Kaieteur oil blocks have raised red flags, casting a...

Amerindian development requires a movement away from handouts towards empowerment

Aug 31, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Amerindian development requires a movement away from handouts towards empowerment

Kaieteur News – In August 2015, then-President, David Granger unveiled a 10-point plan aimed at fostering the holistic development of Indigenous communities in Guyana. This comprehensive...

A Pension fund for all workers

Aug 31, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Pension fund for all workers

Dear Editor, Policymakers should think of some kind of social security benefits for retirees who were not employed by the State. What retirees get is below the minimum daily or monthly wage. There...

Education Management Certificate by NCERD

Aug 31, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Education Management Certificate by NCERD

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Education offers a management course administered through its agency, NCERD. The last batch of teachers completed the 2020 -2022 programme in 2023, having written the...

Suggestions for an immediate improvement in road safety

Aug 31, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suggestions for an immediate improvement in road safety

Dear Editor, CRG offers our heartfelt condolences to all of those impacted by the loss of the precious lives recently taken from us. Road safety has been an ongoing concern since the beginning of the...

“I would not shake hands with those who oppress my people!”

Aug 31, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on “I would not shake hands with those who oppress my people!”

Dear Editor, “I would not shake hands with those who oppress my people!” This was a prophetic response to a question posed by Dr. Dhanpaul Narine to Opposition Leader Mr. Aubrey Norton on...

ExxonM was required to relinquish another 20% of Canje Block since March 2022

Aug 30, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on ExxonM was required to relinquish another 20% of Canje Block since March 2022

Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) was expected to relinquish 20 percent of the Canje Block since March, 2022 as per the...

Oil money being used for cash grants, pension increase and part-time workers – VP Jagdeo

Aug 30, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Oil money being used for cash grants, pension increase and part-time workers – VP Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – After ballyhooing that money from the oil and gas sector cannot be used as cash handouts and that the oil revues will be focused on infrastructural development – Vice...

Country must see Exxon’s reports for relinquishment of oil blocks – TIGI President

Aug 30, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Country must see Exxon’s reports for relinquishment of oil blocks – TIGI President

…Jagdeo does not own the country’s resources Kaieteur News – President of local watchdog organization, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) Frederick Collins is calling on the...

Govt. non-payment crippling peanut factory business in Region Nine

Aug 30, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. non-payment crippling peanut factory business in Region Nine

Kaieteur News – The Aranaputa Processers Friendly Society peanut-butter factory located at Aranaputa Village, Region Nine, has not been producing peanut butter at full capacity for...

Businessman accused of hammering customer to death released on station bail

Aug 30, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Businessman accused of hammering customer to death released on station bail

Kaieteur News – A 34-year-old businessman accused of hammering a customer to death was on Saturday placed on $1M station bail. The customer, 40-year-old Mark Braithwaite of Four Miles Housing...

New water system being installed at CJIA

Aug 30, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on New water system being installed at CJIA

Kaieteur News – The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is in the process of installing an independent water system to the new US$160M facility located at Timehri, East Bank Demerara...

Guyanese farmers benefit from FAO, PROCASUR technical and financial support

Aug 30, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese farmers benefit from FAO, PROCASUR technical and financial support

Kaieteur News – The FO4ACP programme, which focuses on empowering Farmers’ Organizations to participate in sustainable food value chains effectively, continues to progress well under the...

Govt. explores development of deepwater port

Aug 30, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Govt. explores development of deepwater port

– considers New Amsterdam as potential location Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana is continuing to explore the development of a deepwater port, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo...

Enmore man beaten at wedding house

Aug 30, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Enmore man beaten at wedding house

Kaieteur News – A 37-year-old mechanic of Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was on Saturday allegedly beaten at a wedding house following an argument with another guest. Police identified the...

33 persons arrested for DUI in Region Three

Aug 30, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 33 persons arrested for DUI in Region Three

Kaieteur News – Thirty-three persons were, in the course of two weeks, arrested in Region Three for driving under the influence of alcohol. The Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a short statement...

Sophia Point Rainforest Research Centre Inaugurated

Aug 30, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia Point Rainforest Research Centre Inaugurated

DPI – Guyana’s environmental conservation efforts will continue to see tremendous growth over the coming months as the Sophia Point Rainforest Research Centre was inaugurated at the George...

Tour operators, hoteliers benefit from energy management training

Aug 30, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Tour operators, hoteliers benefit from energy management training

DPI – Several persons within the hospitality industry are now better informed on energy consumption as they benefitted from a one-day Energy Management Practices training which was hosted by...

Rose Hall double murder

Aug 30, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall double murder

…Relatives call for justice, dissatisfied with police probe Kaieteur News – Relatives of Melissa and Anthony Arokium are dissatisfied with the manner in which the investigation into their...

De attack dog losing it!

Aug 30, 2023 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De attack dog losing it!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – In Guyana, people like debate issues. Wherever yuh go, people does be debating and trading ideas and facts. Is suh we stay! But we gat a man who like to...

Dominic Tyrell is set to compete today; Romeo Hunter, tomorrow

Aug 30, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dominic Tyrell is set to compete today; Romeo Hunter, tomorrow

World Classic & Equipped Sub-Junior & Junior Powerlifting C/ships Kaieteur Sports – Confident in giving a very good account of themselves, the Guyanese duo of Dominic Tyrell and Romeo...

Carlos Petterson-Griffith and Keisha Abrigo are overall male and female champs

Aug 30, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carlos Petterson-Griffith and Keisha Abrigo are overall male and female champs

GAPLF Raw Nationals 2023 – 15 Records Smashed Kaieteur Sports – The 2023 edition of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) Raw Nationals concluded on Sunday last at the National...

GOAPC to host Inter-Ministries/Agencies Domino competition September 8-9

Aug 30, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOAPC to host Inter-Ministries/Agencies Domino competition September 8-9

Kaieteur Sports – The Georgetown Office Assistants Promotion Committee (GOAPC) is gearing up to host its prestigious Inter Ministries/Government Agencies Domino Competition, scheduled to take...

BCB launches $1M Zamal Hussain Trust Fund for Youth Cricketers

Aug 30, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB launches $1M Zamal Hussain Trust Fund for Youth Cricketers

Region 6 Vice Chairman Hails Foster for outstanding leadership Kaieteur Sports – The Berbice Cricket Board is widely considered as the most active and progressive cricket board in the Caribbean...

Imran Khan, Marlon Brutus, H. Bridgelall, P. Dindyal & Troy Benn smash centuries in the Peter Lewis Construction & Asphalt Plant Services Big Man Cricket-2 Rounds 4 & 5

Aug 30, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Imran Khan, Marlon Brutus, H. Bridgelall, P. Dindyal & Troy Benn smash centuries in the Peter Lewis Construction & Asphalt Plant Services Big Man Cricket-2 Rounds 4 & 5

– Powered by Blue Waters as the official water for BMC cricket Kaieteur Sports – BIG MAN CRICKET-2@ O40s T25 tournament continued Saturday & Sunday with matches at 4 venues across...

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Development requires more than oil revenues

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In one of the most impassioned pleas ever made, an evangelical Bishop Rev. Mariann Edgar... more