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Exxon, Chevron in fight over Guyana’s oil

Feb 28, 2024 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Exxon, Chevron in fight over Guyana’s oil

…Chevron says purchase of Hess Global is because of big pay day from Stabroek Block Kaieteur News – United States (U.S.) Oil majors Chevron and ExxonMobil Corp. are at loggerheads over...

Guyana among hot spots for Exxon’s accelerated exploration – 2023 Financial Report

Feb 28, 2024 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Guyana among hot spots for Exxon’s accelerated exploration – 2023 Financial Report

Kaieteur News – With more than 11 billion barrels of oil already discovered offshore Guyana by American oil giant ExxonMobil, the company last year accelerated its hunt for more resources....

Death toll in Gaza nears 30,000

Feb 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Death toll in Gaza nears 30,000

AL JAZEERA – Gaza’s Health Ministry on Tuesday said 96 people have been killed and 172 wounded in the last 24 hours. Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari says Qatar is “optimistic”...

Int’l body to take Guyana’s Teachers’ complaints to the UN if Govt. fails to address salary issues – GTU says

Feb 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l body to take Guyana’s Teachers’ complaints to the UN if Govt. fails to address salary issues – GTU says

…as teachers’ protest continue nationwide Education International (EI) – the global union federation which represents 32.5 million teachers and education workers in 178 countries —has...

Farmer admits to burning body of man found on his electric fence

Feb 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer admits to burning body of man found on his electric fence

Kaieteur News – A 59-year-old farmer has confessed to burning the body of a man he had found dead on his electric fence at La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD). The dead man who has been...

City Hall produces transport for lands given away to Qatari hotel investors

Feb 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall produces transport for lands given away to Qatari hotel investors

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has asserted ownership of the lands gifted to Qatari investors by the Government of Guyana to construct a US$300M hotel. The...

UK dangles more loans to Guyana

Feb 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on UK dangles more loans to Guyana

…raises ceiling from £750M to £2.1B Kaieteur News – The United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) has revised its loan ceiling to Guyana from £750 million to a whopping £2.1 billion. This...

30 Region Eight families to get new homes through Hinterland Housing Programme

Feb 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on 30 Region Eight families to get new homes through Hinterland Housing Programme

Kaieteur News – Thirty families in Region Eight will soon become home owners, as the Ministry of Housing and Water-Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) will be spearheading the...

Opposition asks Auditor General to probe cash grants distribution

Feb 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition asks Auditor General to probe cash grants distribution

Kaieteur News – Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton on Thursday called on the Auditor General Deodat Sharma to audit a number of public expenditures by the government including the various...

Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago to launch ferry service soon

Feb 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago to launch ferry service soon

Kaieteur News – Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados will soon launch a ferry service aimed at improving intra-regional transportation, President Irfaan Ali announced on Sunday while...

Pres. Ali’s comments on Haitians ‘hypocritical’ – MP Walton-Desir

Feb 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Ali’s comments on Haitians ‘hypocritical’ – MP Walton-Desir

Kaieteur News – Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Amanza Walton-Desir has described statements made by President Irfaan Ali about the state of affairs in Haiti on Sunday at the opening of...

U.S. unveils new funding to support climate adaptation, resilience in Caribbean

Feb 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. unveils new funding to support climate adaptation, resilience in Caribbean

Kaieteur News – United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield has announced a US$15.8 million in new USAID funding to address climate and biodiversity threats in the...

Time fuh exit de stage!

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Time fuh exit de stage!

Kaieteur News – PLO Lumumba say, “No matter how good you are, if you stay too long you spoil it. A good dancer knows when to leave the stage.” Guyana gat some politicians who do not...

GBA Development Championship starts tonight

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA Development Championship starts tonight

– Surinamese pugilists to ignite two-night event Kaieteur News – The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Developmental Championship will commence this evening at the National Gymnasium,...

MVP Sports outfit Slingerz FC

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on MVP Sports outfit Slingerz FC

Kaieteur Sports – Slingerz Football Club and MVP Sports have forged a ground-breaking partnership, with the local apparel company set to supply the club’s kit and retail its merchandise...

Teams to join automatic qualifiers to be known this weekend

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams to join automatic qualifiers to be known this weekend

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition Kaieteur Sports – The race to make the final cut to join the other automatic qualifiers in this year’s Georgetown zone of the Guinness...

Steven Persaud emerges victorious in thrilling Mash 9-Ball Pool tourney

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Steven Persaud emerges victorious in thrilling Mash 9-Ball Pool tourney

Kaieteur Sports – The Sunil and Son Sports Bar in Mahaica played host to the electrifying Mashramani 9-Ball Pool 2024 competition on February 24, featuring some of Guyana’s finest pool...

NYSCL Legends crowned Florida Cup champions

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on NYSCL Legends crowned Florida Cup champions

– Regal Legends stumble at the final hurdle Kaieteur Sports – On the hottest day of the Florida Cup, not only because the sun was out but also the action in the middle, it was the day of...

Floyd Cumberbatch wins Trophy Stall Mashramani Draughts Competition

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floyd Cumberbatch wins Trophy Stall Mashramani Draughts Competition

Kaieteur Sports – Floyd Cumberbatch from Linden emerged winner of the Trophy Stall sponsored Mashramani Draughts Competition Organised by the National Draughts Association. Floyd narrowly got...

GCB president meets with Guyana female squad ahead of CWI Women’s tournament

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB president meets with Guyana female squad ahead of CWI Women’s tournament

Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Bissoondyal Singh met with the Senior Women’s national team ahead of their departure for the Cricket West Indies (CWI)...

Spinners dominate bowling charts, as 11 players record centuries following end of 3 rounds

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Spinners dominate bowling charts, as 11 players record centuries following end of 3 rounds

2024 CWI Regional 4-Day Championships – Volcanoes (1st), Hurricanes (2nd), Pride (3rd) lead points table Kaieteur Sports – Following the end of three rounds in the ongoing CWI Regional...

The Hardware Depot Commits to Multi-Year Golf Promotion Deal with Nexgen Golf

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Hardware Depot Commits to Multi-Year Golf Promotion Deal with Nexgen Golf

Kaieteur Sports – Chairman of The Hardware Depot Mr. Bonny Singh and top executives of the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and Nexgen Golf met at the Academy on Woolford Avenue on Saturday to...

Jagdeo: a serial skirter, shirker, spinner

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Jagdeo: a serial skirter, shirker, spinner

H@rd Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – If Guyana’s Vice President and chief policymaker was in a court of law giving testimony, it is highly probable that he would have been held in contempt...

The ‘R’ word, something is frightening about it

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The ‘R’ word, something is frightening about it

Kaieteur News – There is something about the word that is so frightening that even we at this publication are tempted to tiptoe around it. We begin by saying that it is the ‘r’ word,...

Low-hanging fruits

Feb 28, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Low-hanging fruits

Kaieteur News – Constitutional reform has been consistently a longstanding promise in the Manifestoes of the country’s main political parties. In its 2020 Manifesto, the PPPC again promised...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more