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‘No guarantee Exxon will have 7th project’

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ‘No guarantee Exxon will have 7th project’

…VP Jagdeo says Government to decide whether project sum will be added to cost bank Kaieteur News – There is no guarantee that ExxonMobil will be allowed to go ahead with its seventh...

Jagdeo says old Omai has not returned to Guyana, despite company president says “we are back”

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo says old Omai has not returned to Guyana, despite company president says “we are back”

Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat in an effort to defend his government’s decision to grant approval for Omai Gold Mines to reenter Guyana said that the company here at the moment is not...

Israeli forces advance in southern Gaza, tanks active in Rafah

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Israeli forces advance in southern Gaza, tanks active in Rafah

CAIRO, July 25 (Reuters) – Israeli forces advanced deeper into some towns on the eastern side of Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Thursday and tanks advanced in central Rafah, with airstrikes...

Men in camouflage rob Essequibo woman of $1M

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Men in camouflage rob Essequibo woman of $1M

Kaieteur News – Two men dressed in camouflage suits on Wednesday robbed a business woman of $1M in cash and jewellery at her Lot 6 Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast business. The victim has been...

Gunmen invade Cummings St. store, rob owner and sales girl

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen invade Cummings St. store, rob owner and sales girl

Kaieteur News – Two men on Wednesday invaded Bonni Discount Store on Cummings Street, Georgetown robbing the owner and sales girl of cell phones. The victims are 22-year-old businessman, Haresh...

$153M in contracts awarded to build four nursery schools

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $153M in contracts awarded to build four nursery schools

Kaieteur News – Government will spend approximately $153,677,119 to construct nursery schools in Tapakuma, Crane, Tuschen and Itaballi. The projects which were tendered by the Regional...

Govt. talks up fight against corruption in public procurement

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. talks up fight against corruption in public procurement

Kaieteur News – Amid widespread allegations of corruption in the public procurement sector, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said his government is committed to upholding strict...

PAHO calls for expanded access to diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO calls for expanded access to diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis

Kaieteur News – In the run-up to World Hepatitis Day (July 28), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging countries to expand access to testing and treatment for viral hepatitis,...

UG’s Prof. Kenneth Benjamin honoured by Hugh Wooding Law School for outstanding contributions to Legal Education and the Field of Law

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on UG’s Prof. Kenneth Benjamin honoured by Hugh Wooding Law School for outstanding contributions to Legal Education and the Field of Law

Kaieteur News – Professor Kenneth Benjamin, the Head of the Law Department at the University of Guyana, was honoured by the Hugh Wooding Law School for his distinguished career in the legal...

$565.3M pump station commissioned at Greenwich Park

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $565.3M pump station commissioned at Greenwich Park

(DPI) – Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Thursday commissioned the $565.3 million pump station at Greenwich Park on the East Bank of Essequibo, Region Three, providing residents...

Elderly man dies in Bartica house fire

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly man dies in Bartica house fire

Kaieteur News – An elderly man died during a fire on Wednesday afternoon at Third Avenue Sixth Street, Bartica Region Seven, which also destroyed his home. Dead is 94-year-old Albert Hopkinson...

Reg. 1 RDC under APNU+AFC government awarded $60M in contracts without public tendering – PAC hears

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Reg. 1 RDC under APNU+AFC government awarded $60M in contracts without public tendering – PAC hears

Kaieteur News – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday learned that under the former A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) government, the Regional Democratic...

UG launches new degree programme on respiratory care

Jul 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on UG launches new degree programme on respiratory care

Kaieteur News – The University of Guyana has launched a new degree programme in Respiratory Care. This makes Guyana the first country in the Caribbean region to have conceptualised such an...

De hustle is on!

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De hustle is on!

Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh back in de day, if yuh car bruk down, somebody woulda stop and lend a hand quick. But nowadays? Yuh better mek sure yuh got some cash handy. It used to be, if yuh...

Archibald and Edghill are Guyana’s Flagbearers for Olympics opening ceremony

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archibald and Edghill are Guyana’s Flagbearers for Olympics opening ceremony

Kaieteur Sports – Sprinter Emanuel Archibald and table tennis ace Chelsea Edghill are set to be Guyana’s flagbearers for today’s opening of the Paris Olympic Games. Edghill will begin her...

Unchanged England seek 3-0, as Test cricket desperately seeks a contest

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Unchanged England seek 3-0, as Test cricket desperately seeks a contest

(ESPN Cricinfo) – They were putting out the bunting ever so briefly at Trent Bridge last week. Roll up, roll up, free entry for the fifth and final day! Relive the glories of that first heady...

Good showing for team Guyana at 34th Pan-American Youth Championship

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Good showing for team Guyana at 34th Pan-American Youth Championship

Kaieteur Sports – The eight-member team of junior chess players will soon return home after representing Guyana at the recently concluded Pan-Am Youth Championship. The team performed...

Golfers to receive 10,000 balls as part of GGA Boost Programme

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golfers to receive 10,000 balls as part of GGA Boost Programme

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Golf Association (GGA)/NexGen Academy is set to receive 10,000 golf balls, thanks to the efforts of Danny Ramnarain, an overseas-based Guyanese golfer along with...

Appadu enjoys slim lead as Guyana’s leading jockey

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Appadu enjoys slim lead as Guyana’s leading jockey

…Ross closely trailing Kaieteur Sports – The rivalry between jockeys and horses will be boiling hot on Sunday August 11, at the Rising Sun Turf Club, in the 16th running of the Guyana Cup....

Premier Insurance, Jacobs Jewellery & First Change join tournament

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Premier Insurance, Jacobs Jewellery & First Change join tournament

2024 Guyana T10 Blast… Kaieteur Sports – The Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast continues to gain momentum, with Premier Insurance, Jacobs Jewellery, and First Change Builders Inc....

Table-leaders Guyana hunting third straight win today versus Trinidad

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Table-leaders Guyana hunting third straight win today versus Trinidad

2024 CWI Rising Stars U-19 50-Overs Tournament… Kaieteur Sports – After two resounding wins to kick start their 50-Over title hunt, current table-leaders Guyana will be seeking their third...

National U17 selectee benefits from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on National U17 selectee benefits from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Kaieteur Sports – Pugnacious opener and wicketkeeper Vikash Wilkinson is the latest young cricketer to benefit from this joint initiative between Kishan Das of the USA and Anil Beharry of...

ExxonMobil’s public consultations

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on ExxonMobil’s public consultations

Kaieteur News – Thanks to the ongoing exposures of this newspaper about the deficits in the massive oil sector, the PPP/C Government has finally stirred and now plans to send representatives to...

The AFC needs to do more soul-searching

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The AFC needs to do more soul-searching

Kaieteur News – The AFC continues to adversely comment on the decision of one of its then members, Charrandass Persaud, to support a no-confidence motion against his own government in December...

Our highest court graciously acknowledged Ramon’s public spiritedness

Jul 26, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our highest court graciously acknowledged Ramon’s public spiritedness

Dear Editor, Ramon Gaskin was one of the most delightful people I have ever met. I remember with gratitude how much of our conversation consisted of genuine good old-fashioned Guyanese laughter, the...