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Govt. must decide what protection Guyana must have from an oil spill not the Court – AG

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Court Stories, ExxonMobil, Features / Columnists, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Govt. must decide what protection Guyana must have from an oil spill not the Court – AG

…says have no obligation to tell why he appealed ruling Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) must determine the level of protection the country should receive to cover an oil...

Gas-to-Energy project to cost Guyana four weeks of oil revenue – Reuters

Apr 09, 2024 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Gas-to-Energy project to cost Guyana four weeks of oil revenue – Reuters

Kaieteur News – The connection of the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) pipelines to the Liza One and Liza Two Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels could cost Guyana four weeks of oil...

Exxon eight new discoveries is possibly total oil produced in T&T in 100 years – Opposition

Apr 09, 2024 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Exxon eight new discoveries is possibly total oil produced in T&T in 100 years – Opposition

By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – The fact that the government of Guyana is aware of the country’s oil reserves but is hiding this information should disturb each citizen. This is according to...

Man 69, kills wife, accused of cheating then commits suicide

Apr 09, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Man 69, kills wife, accused of cheating then commits suicide

Kaieteur News – A 56-year-old woman was brutally murdered on Sunday by her husband who then ended his life at Recht-Door-Zee West Bank Demerara (WBD). Dead are Sarah Bacchus Arjoon and Khemraj...

Former REO can’t remember how $63M in contracts were awarded without public tendering

Apr 09, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Former REO can’t remember how $63M in contracts were awarded without public tendering

– tells PAC his knowledge on tendering procedures was thrown out the window when he left office Kaieteur News – Former Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Two, Denis Jaikaran was...

High Court declares Public Service Credit Union elections valid

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on High Court declares Public Service Credit Union elections valid

Kaieteur News – Justice Navindra Singh on Monday declared that the elections of the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union (GPSCCU) held on March 02, last as validly carried out. As a...

Over $3B in contracts awarded to construct river & sea defence structures

Apr 09, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Over $3B in contracts awarded to construct river & sea defence structures

Kaieteur News – The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office last week awarded 28 contracts worth over $3 billion for rip-rap river and sea defence construction...

Chinese national on bail for forging extension of stay stamp

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Chinese national on bail for forging extension of stay stamp

Kaieteur News – Senior Magistrate Clive Nurse placed a Chinese national on $150,000 bail on Monday after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with uttering a forged...

Guyana welcomes Venezuela’s submission to ICJ in border case

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Guyana welcomes Venezuela’s submission to ICJ in border case

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana has welcomed submissions by the Government of Venezuela at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in keeping with the Court’s stipulated timeline....

Govt. looking for contractors to build and design new Lethem Hospital using portion of IDB US$97M loan

Apr 09, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. looking for contractors to build and design new Lethem Hospital using portion of IDB US$97M loan

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) through the Ministry of Health (MOH) is looking for a contractor to design and build the Lethem Hospital in Region Nine. The construction of the...

Man jailed for stealing weeding machine

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man jailed for stealing weeding machine

Kaieteur News – “I’m guilty, I’m guilty” a 48-year-old man told Senior Magistrate Clive Nurse on Monday, when he appeared virtually for his trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court...

Names and puns

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Names and puns

Kaieteur News – Guyana gat some villages where the names sometime match the mood and sometimes they don’t. From Good Faith to Festival City, each name poses a puzzle, leaving us scratching...

Berbice hand Essequibo 5-wicket defeat

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice hand Essequibo 5-wicket defeat

GCB Women’s U19 T20 Inter-county Round 2 – Durant stars with bat/ball Kaieteur Sports – Berbice handed Essequibo a 5-wicket defeat yesterday when Round 2 of the GCB U19 T20...

Seven disciplines to be contested at this year’s Inter Guiana Games in Cayenne

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seven disciplines to be contested at this year’s Inter Guiana Games in Cayenne

Kaieteur Sports – Following discourse with the relevant governmental authorities and officials from the competing territories during an official meeting in March, it was decided that seven...

Cricket West Indies (CWI) appoints three women to Board of Directors in historic move

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket West Indies (CWI) appoints three women to Board of Directors in historic move

SportsMax – Cricket West Indies (CWI) is announcing the appointment of three women to its Board of Directors, marking a historic milestone for gender diversity and inclusion within the...

West Indies ‘A’ set for historic tour to Nepal

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies ‘A’ set for historic tour to Nepal

SportsMax – Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) have announced a T20 ‘A’ Team tour as part of their respective ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024...

Guyanese athletes making push for Olympic qualification

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese athletes making push for Olympic qualification

– Team to compete in French Guyana on Saturday Kaieteur Sports – The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has dispatched the male 4x100m team to French Guiana in pursuit of qualification...

Guyana Defence Force deals first season defeats to old rivals Guyana Police Force

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Defence Force deals first season defeats to old rivals Guyana Police Force

KFC Elite League Season Six Kaieteur Sports – Guyana Defence Force FC dealt a resounding blow to their local rivals Guyana Police Force FC by clinching a commanding 5-2 victory on Saturday at...

Sir Curtly Ambrose imparts to youths at BCB fast bowling clinic

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sir Curtly Ambrose imparts to youths at BCB fast bowling clinic

Kaieteur Sports – West Indies cricket legend, Sir Curtly Ambrose, was recently the honoured guest of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) in collaboration with Dr. Frank Denbow as they hosted the...

Rose Hall Community Center Cricket Club once again benefits from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Community Center Cricket Club once again benefits from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Kaieteur Sports – Arguably, one of the fast growing cricket Clubs in Guyana, Rose Hall Community Center Cricket Club, East Canje, Berbice, has once again benefited from this joint initiative of...

Sanctity of contract, sanctity of the people

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Sanctity of contract, sanctity of the people

H@rd Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – Guyanese exist with a government and leaders that are skillful in coming up with all types of new tricks, all manner of ancient tactics, to overpower...

Nothing but a fraud

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Nothing but a fraud

Kaieteur News – Anthony Vieira could not have said it better: the promise by the PPP/C in the lead up to the 2020 elections to renegotiate the oil contract was nothing but a fraud. Vieira...

What goes for one, must apply to all!

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What goes for one, must apply to all!

Kaieteur News – The public service sector is governed by rules and regulations aimed at upholding integrity, transparency, and impartiality in the delivery of services to the public. One such...

Holder to Bharrat: Fastest growing economy means nothing to most Guyanese

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Holder to Bharrat: Fastest growing economy means nothing to most Guyanese

Dear Editor, I refer to the utterances of Minister Vickram Bharrat, Minister of Natural Resources in the Guyana Times Newspaper dated April 1, 2024. It must have been an “all fools day message”...

Government should fund anti-suicide organisations

Apr 09, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government should fund anti-suicide organisations

Dear Editor, Suicide is a major public health problem in Guyana, but not much attention is placed on this social issue to lower, if not eradicate, it altogether. Guyana had (probably still has) the...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more