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‘Govt will stick with lopsided ExxonMobil contract’ – Pres. Ali tells New York Times

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Govt will stick with lopsided ExxonMobil contract’ – Pres. Ali tells New York Times

Kaieteur News – Last week, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali reaffirmed that his administration will uphold the Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), even though it heavily favours...

Guyana could have already paid off debt by ring-fencing Stabroek Block projects – Glenn Lall

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana could have already paid off debt by ring-fencing Stabroek Block projects – Glenn Lall

Kaieteur News – A whopping US$34 million in interest alone was paid by the state to service its debt during the first six months of 2024, a burden this country would not have had if government...

Elderly man dies after knocked off bicycle

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Elderly man dies after knocked off bicycle

Kaieteur News – A 63-year-old pedal cyclist identified as Stanford Benjamin lost his life after he was knocked off his bicycle Saturday afternoon on the Number 28 Village West Coast Berbice...

Campbellville to get new $766.2M health centre

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Campbellville to get new $766.2M health centre

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is currently seeking bids for the construction of a new building for the Campbellville Health Centre. The GPHC in its tender...

‘Time to modernise copyright laws’ – Govt, AFC agree

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Time to modernise copyright laws’ – Govt, AFC agree

Kaieteur News – Following a recent lawsuit by Guyanese artistes Jackie ‘Jackie Jaxx’ Hanover and Ivan ‘D’Ivan’Harry Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said that he feels it is time that...

High Court orders $83M to be repaid to investors in New Nigel Supermarket deal

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on High Court orders $83M to be repaid to investors in New Nigel Supermarket deal

The High Court last Friday ordered that businessman Otillo Pereira to repay their investors, Jamal Shamsudeen and Ian Shamsudeen in excess of $83 million for failing to uphold their end of the...

Is Open Season fuh Stealing Current!

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is Open Season fuh Stealing Current!

Kaieteur News – De gat some – not all – food caravans by de roadside wah looking bright like Christmas trees, but not a meter in sight! It look like dem crack de secret code fuh free...

Exxon’s profIts and Guyanese poverty

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Exxon’s profIts and Guyanese poverty

Kaieteur News – Recently ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), with a 45% interest in the rich Stabroek Block in its financial statements, reported after-tax profit of $615 billion or approximately...

A personal embarrassment should be a national one

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on A personal embarrassment should be a national one

Hard truths… Kaieteur News – Many Guyanese will have difficulty, take umbrage, at some of the Hard Truths shared today. The dive has already started, can’t be turned back in midair....

Kumu, Moco-Moco power plants nearing completion

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Kumu, Moco-Moco power plants nearing completion

Kaieteur News – Work is advancing on the Kumu and Moco-Moco power plants in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), with both projects set to become operational by the end of 2024,...

Man fined for slapping woman, possession of narcotics

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man fined for slapping woman, possession of narcotics

Kaieteur News – A 31-year-old miner was fined the sum of $40,000 on Friday for possession of narcotics and assault. A report from a woman had led police to discover 23.4 grams of marijuana on...

‘Dull future ahead for Phase Two of Gas-to-Energy Project’- AFC

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Dull future ahead for Phase Two of Gas-to-Energy Project’- AFC

Kaieteur News – As Phase One of the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) Projects lags behind, with no fixed date of completion, the Alliance For Change (AFC) sees a dull future for Phase Two of the initiative,...

Labour Ministry aims to integrate Venezuelan migrants into Guyana’s formal economy

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Labour Ministry aims to integrate Venezuelan migrants into Guyana’s formal economy

Kaieteur News – With an estimated 28,000 to 40,000 Venezuelan migrants residing in Guyana, the Ministry of Labour is facilitating their transition into the legal economy. This involves...

Jackie Jaxx, D’Ivan seekIng audience with Culture Minister to discuss copyright reform in Guyana

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Jackie Jaxx, D’Ivan seekIng audience with Culture Minister to discuss copyright reform in Guyana

Kaieteur News – Guyanese musicians Jackie Jaxx and D’Ivan have dispatched a letter to Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr. to begin talks on copyright reform in Guyana....

Genuine concern does not confer authority

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS Peeping Tom Comments Off on Genuine concern does not confer authority

Kaieteur News – Few things in government are more fraught with peril than the well-intentioned intervention of a high-ranking official acting beyond the bounds of his authority. It is one thing...

Pooran’s fiery ton stuns Warriors as TKR claim massive 74-run win – GAW finishes atop the table

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Pooran’s fiery ton stuns Warriors as TKR claim massive 74-run win – GAW finishes atop the table

Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League… Kaieteur Sports – Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) upset defending champs Guyana Amazon Warriors by a whopping 74-run margin last night, after a...

AFC youths appeal to GWI to address water woes in Guyana

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on AFC youths appeal to GWI to address water woes in Guyana

Kaieteur News – The youth arm of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Youth for Change (YFC) is calling on the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to address challenges citizens in sections of Guyana are...

RHTYSC and NAMILCO renew 1st Division sponsorship for the 5th consecutive year

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC and NAMILCO renew 1st Division sponsorship for the 5th consecutive year

Kaieteur Sports – The cricket sponsorship between the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club and the National Milling Company of Guyana has been renewed for another year. Representatives of the...

Vincent Alexander and constitutional reform’

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Vincent Alexander and constitutional reform’

Dear Editor Yesterday I commented on presentations made at the Forbes Burnham Foundation’s Elvin McDavid Memorial Symposium 2024 ‘How can an Electoral System for Guyana engineer a system of...

Access to information

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Access to information

Dear Editor, Knowledge is what we want. Schools are successful when they eventually show students how to acquire knowledge themselves. Knowledge is not merely information, though it is made up of...

Recognizing anti-fraud work of Counting Agents & Others of 2020 Elections

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Recognizing anti-fraud work of Counting Agents & Others of 2020 Elections

Dear Editor, Credit for deterring attempts at electoral fraud during the 2020 general elections was focused on the local and international observers, the foreign diplomats, the media, then opposition...

The time is now

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The time is now

Dear Editor For over 50 years, these two political parties (THE PPP and THE PNC) have Guyanese fighting each other. Time to end the PNC experiment characterise by rigged elections (politically),...

At minimum an apology is required

Sep 30, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on At minimum an apology is required

Dear Editor, The unbridled urge of the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports to intervene in such an unsavory matter in such an uncultured way speaks highly of the discontent and concerns expressed...

ExxonMobil paid no taxes to Guyana in 2023 but reported US$656M handed over to country

Sep 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ExxonMobil paid no taxes to Guyana in 2023 but reported US$656M handed over to country

Kaieteur News – A look at United States oil giant, ExxonMobil Corporation’s first-ever disclosure of payments to host governments, it appears as though the company’s Guyanese subsidiary...

KN Publisher calls for nationwide ‘lights out’ protest against looting of Guyana’s resources

Sep 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on KN Publisher calls for nationwide ‘lights out’ protest against looting of Guyana’s resources

Kaieteur News – Publisher of the Kaieteur News (KN) Glenn Lall has called on citizens to participate in a country-wide ‘lights out’ protest every night for one month. The protest is to show...