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‘Law doesn’t allow Govt. and Exxon to pay for gas pipeline through cost recovery’ – former Auditor General

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Law doesn’t allow Govt. and Exxon to pay for gas pipeline through cost recovery’ – former Auditor General

Kaieteur News – Former Auditor General (AG), Anand Goolsarran has made it clear that the law does not provide for ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), the operator of the Stabroek Block to rack up...

Canadian firm enters agreement with Guyanese family for 30,000-acres gold field

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian firm enters agreement with Guyanese family for 30,000-acres gold field

…will create new company to hold some assets Kaieteur News – G2 Goldfields Inc. a Canadian mining company working in Guyana, has entered into an exploration agreement with a well-known...

Israel attacks Lebanon: Global calls for restraint as 492 killed

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Israel attacks Lebanon: Global calls for restraint as 492 killed

– over 1,600 wounded Al Jazeera – At least 492 people, including 35 children, have been killed in a day of unrelenting Israeli attacks on Lebanon, according to the country’s Health...

Palms in six-hour blackout

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Palms in six-hour blackout

Kaieteur News – Residents and staff of the state-run geriatric home- Palms endured close to six hours of blackout on Monday as the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) continues to struggle in meeting...

MP calls for immediate release of Auditor General report

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on MP calls for immediate release of Auditor General report

…as 2023 report handed over to House Speaker Kaieteur News – Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Jermaine Figueira on Monday called for...

Ivor Thom returns to art school after call from Jagdeo

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Ivor Thom returns to art school after call from Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – Guyanese Sculptor, Mr. Ian Ivor Thom on Monday resumed his duty as Administrator at the E.R. Burrowes School of Art after government officials contacted him following his...

California sues Exxon over global plastic pollution

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on California sues Exxon over global plastic pollution

Reuters – California and several environmental groups sued Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) on Monday and accused the oil giant of engaging in a decades-long campaign that helped fuel global plastic waste...

Soesdyke man charged with murder of Levoy Taljit

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soesdyke man charged with murder of Levoy Taljit

Kaieteur News – Forty-six-year-old Ryvan Francis, of Lot 4B Sharma Street, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, was on Monday charged and remanded to prison for the 2012 murder of former Guyana Energy...

‘ExxonMobil and Gov’t selling Guyanese pipe dream by claiming ‘assets’ can be sold to handle oil spill costs’ – PNCR

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ‘ExxonMobil and Gov’t selling Guyanese pipe dream by claiming ‘assets’ can be sold to handle oil spill costs’ – PNCR

Kaieteur News – President of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), Alistair Routledge is on record assuring Guyanese that the company has assets which can be sold to take care of oil-spill related...

Govt. spent $24M to remove derelicts in Regions 3 & 4

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. spent $24M to remove derelicts in Regions 3 & 4

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Public Works on Monday said that between January and September this year, some $24 million was spent on the removal of derelicts along roadways. “The Ministry...

Miner on $100,000 bail for narco possession charges

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Miner on $100,000 bail for narco possession charges

Kaieteur News – A 46-year-old Bachelor’s Adventure resident Mark Ramdass was on Monday slapped with two charges of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking after he was found on...

Three charged, fined for drunk driving in Bartica

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three charged, fined for drunk driving in Bartica

Kaieteur News – Three men residing in Bartica, Region Seven were on Monday fined, when they appeared before Magistrate Tariq Mohamed, to answer to separate Driving Under the Influence (DUI)...

Third suspect charged with Canal No. 2 wedding house murder

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Third suspect charged with Canal No. 2 wedding house murder

Kaieteur News – The third suspect in the murder of Natram Persaud called ‘Vishal’ who was killed on December 31, 2023, during a robbery at a wedding was on Monday charged with murder. The...

Minister Edghill Calls for GPF to Restrict Truck Use on East Coast Railway Embankment

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Edghill Calls for GPF to Restrict Truck Use on East Coast Railway Embankment

Kaieteur News – Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill is urging the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to enforce restrictions on heavy-duty trucks traveling along the East Coast Railway Embankment. On...

‘The weed is my medication’ – driver tells Police

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ‘The weed is my medication’ – driver tells Police

Kaieteur News – Police on Sunday arrested a driver after he was nabbed with 4.2 grams of cannabis, during a mobile patrol along the Pakera road in Matthews Ridge, North West District, Region...

MMG launches ‘Become a millionaire’ promotion

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on MMG launches ‘Become a millionaire’ promotion

Kaieteur News – MMG has announced its new promotion aimed at encouraging developers to integrate merchants using its newly introduced API for local e-commerce. This initiative is designed to...

President Ali says global leaders must take decisive action to create equitable, sustainable world

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali says global leaders must take decisive action to create equitable, sustainable world

Kaieteur News – President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has once again called for urgent global action to address pressing issues such as poverty, climate change, food insecurity, and inequality. The...

Trio charged with attempted murder, assault and unlawful wounding

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Trio charged with attempted murder, assault and unlawful wounding

Kaieteur News – Two sisters and the boyfriend of one of the sisters appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday to face charges related to attempted murder, assault, and unlawful...

Man who stabbed 9-year-old seven times in the neck remanded

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man who stabbed 9-year-old seven times in the neck remanded

Kaieteur News – A 23-year-old man was on Monday remanded to prison after being charged with unlawfully wounding a nine-year-old boy by stabbing him several times. The accused Joshua Austin is...

Pooran takes Knight Riders home

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pooran takes Knight Riders home

CPL – A high scoring affair in the second match of the day in the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) saw Trinbago Knight Riders end the season for the St Kitts & Nevis...

Charlestown man remanded for obtaining money by false pretence

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Charlestown man remanded for obtaining money by false pretence

Kaieteur News – A 56-year-old man from Charlestown, Georgetown, was remanded to prison on Monday after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to face charges of obtaining money under...

Gov’t cancels over $203.7M in student loans – Mid-year report

Sep 24, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t cancels over $203.7M in student loans – Mid-year report

Kaieteur News – As part of its efforts to gradually make tertiary education free, the government, through the Ministry of Finance, has written off approximately $203.7 million in student debt...

We gat an invisible party!

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on We gat an invisible party!

Kaieteur News – Dem Boys Seh the Vee Pee running scared. Man so frightened, he looking over he shoulder every time he walk down the street, thinking this invisible political party gon jump out...

Briton John dominates again to win the Humphrey-Fowler Memorial Cycle Road Race

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Briton John dominates again to win the Humphrey-Fowler Memorial Cycle Road Race

Kaieteur Sports – Cycling sensation Briton John left his competitors in the dust on Sunday, as streams of heat covered the nation’s roadways. John has proved his case as the top cyclist in...

GCC Under-17 hockey boys victorious in Trinidad

Sep 24, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC Under-17 hockey boys victorious in Trinidad

Kaieteur Sports – The Georgetown Cricket Club’s (GCC) Under-17 Boys hockey team, the GCC Outlaws, delivered a standout performance at the Paragon Indoor Hockey Tournament in Trinidad last...