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Windies O60s narrowly lose to Wales by 10 runs and drop out of top 4 spots in the IMC O60s Cricket World Cup

Feb 29, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies O60s narrowly lose to Wales by 10 runs and drop out of top 4 spots in the IMC O60s Cricket World Cup

–Windies face off against USA on Wednesday Kaieteur Sports – At the start of the match, Windies knew they had to win this match to ensure a final standing of 1st or 2nd in their pool but...

Oil spill: not a problem until it happens

Feb 29, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Oil spill: not a problem until it happens

H@rd Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – After decades of dealing with oil, the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago is forced to deal with an oil spill. It is more than an oil slick, a...

Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association members to sponsor DCB Inter Association U19 championship

Feb 29, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association members to sponsor DCB Inter Association U19 championship

– General Marine makes contribution Kaieteur Sports – Members of the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) will once again sponsor the DCB Inter Association Under19...

ExxonMobil hiding, Jagdeo spinning

Feb 29, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on ExxonMobil hiding, Jagdeo spinning

Kaieteur News – We cut to the quick: how much oil has ExxonMobil found in the last seven discoveries it has announced? It is approaching close to two years since the last announcement, and...

Jagdeo is off mark again!

Feb 29, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Jagdeo is off mark again!

Kaieteur News – The role of the journalist at press conferences is to pose the questions. However, it appears that every time Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is cornered, he seeks to pose...

Boast of being the best network hollow

Feb 29, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Boast of being the best network hollow

Dear Editor, The telecommunication company celebrating its seventeenth anniversary boasts of being the best network anywhere in Guyana including interior, rural areas and communities in an...

Would the PNCR Elect a New Leader at their 2024 Congress?

Feb 29, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Would the PNCR Elect a New Leader at their 2024 Congress?

Dear Editor, When Mr. Aubrey Norton was elected PNCR leader over Joseph Harmon in December 2021 and was subsequently elected as Opposition Leader in April 2022, there followed a marginalization of...

All Registration Transactions are Free

Feb 29, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on All Registration Transactions are Free

Dear Editor, 28th February, 2024, GEORGETOWN – As the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) continues to fulfill its legal obligation to conduct Registration in accordance with the National...

Open letter to CARICOM Heads on the situation in Haiti

Feb 29, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open letter to CARICOM Heads on the situation in Haiti

Dear Editor, The following is a summary of a four-page Open Letter sent yesterday (Friday February 23) to CARICOM Heads of Government prior to their meeting which starts in Guyana on Sunday February...

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...