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DDL must demonstrate wise judgment, compassion, and transformational leadership and end partnership with Israeli company

Jun 02, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on DDL must demonstrate wise judgment, compassion, and transformational leadership and end partnership with Israeli company

Dear Editor, The ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people by the State of Israel and the Israel Defense Force continues even as rulings of the International Court of Justice found credible the...

DPI’s Director is uncaring towards staff

Jun 02, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on DPI’s Director is uncaring towards staff

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my concern and frustration with the lack of care and support shown by our director of the Department of Public Information towards the staff while on assignments....

Georgetown residents deserve transparency, accountability, and a clear vision for the future

Jun 02, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Georgetown residents deserve transparency, accountability, and a clear vision for the future

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me space to respond to Mayor Alfred Mentore’s letter in the Stabroek News dated May 31, 2024. It is a most predictable letter in which the Mayor, as he has done...

Exxon and broker face GYD$25000 fine if found guilty of inflating US$12.1B invoice

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Exxon and broker face GYD$25000 fine if found guilty of inflating US$12.1B invoice

…Guyana’s oil to pay Exxon’s lawyer fees and the fine – oil contract Kaieteur News – If convicted of making a false declaration to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in...

ExxonMobil already deducting costs for gas pipeline

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ExxonMobil already deducting costs for gas pipeline

…although Govt. says it paying back through purchase of gas Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) has maintained that it will not be paying for the natural gas in the Stabroek...

‘Govt. can’t prevent companies from flipping mining projects’

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Govt. can’t prevent companies from flipping mining projects’

… VP Jagdeo in response to Canadian firm selling 57% shares in gold project for US$638M Kaieteur News – Responding to concerns raised in relation to Canadian mining company, Reunion Gold...

Hundreds of university students arrested as Gaza war protests expand across the US

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Hundreds of university students arrested as Gaza war protests expand across the US

(ALJAZEERA) Hundreds of students have been arrested across universities in the United States as protesters continue to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies enabling Israel’s...

Cops caught on camera assaulting Linden bar owner

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Cops caught on camera assaulting Linden bar owner

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Office of Professional Responsibility have launched an investigation after ranks from McKenzie Police Station, Linden, Region Ten were caught...

Body of man found at Hope Beach

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Body of man found at Hope Beach

Kaieteur News – The decomposing body of a man was on Sunday found by a Mangrove Ranger at Hope Beach, East Coast Demerara. Police said that the discovery was made around 11:30 hrs. “The...

Dirt biker dies after crashing into tree

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Dirt biker dies after crashing into tree

Kaieteur News – A 23 year-old man on Sunday died after he crashed into a tree along the Tapakuma Trail, Essequibo Coast, Region Two. Police identified him as Chris Ramchan of Tapakuma Lake, an...

Guyana recorded more work place deaths thus far this year than previous three years – Labour Minister

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana recorded more work place deaths thus far this year than previous three years – Labour Minister

Kaieteur News – Guyana so far this year has recorded more work place deaths than the previous three years, the Department of Public Information reported on Sunday. The government-run...

DCEO underscores importance of maximizing use of new technologies at inaugural AI4 Education Conference

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on DCEO underscores importance of maximizing use of new technologies at inaugural AI4 Education Conference

Kaieteur News – Deputy Chief Education Officer (DCEO) Dr. Ritesh Tularam has underscored the importance of embracing the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a world that is rapidly exploring...

NPTAB: rigidity and flexibility

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on NPTAB: rigidity and flexibility

Kaieteur News – The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) is due a break, several of them. The Opposition says that an investigation is due. I started out thinking that...

Global Report on Food Crises: Acute hunger remains persistently high in 59 countries

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Global Report on Food Crises: Acute hunger remains persistently high in 59 countries

….1 in 5 people assessed in need of critical urgent action (FAO) According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), nearly 282 million people in 59 countries and territories...

Guyana Girl Guide Association celebrates 100 years

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana Girl Guide Association celebrates 100 years

The Guyana Girl Guide Association (GGGA) on Saturday celebrated its 100th anniversary of its continuous work of empowering girls and young women in the country. Since the forming of the GGGA in 1924,...

6th oil project permit reveals Citizens will have to take ExxonMobil to Court to fight for compensation from oil spill

Apr 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on 6th oil project permit reveals Citizens will have to take ExxonMobil to Court to fight for compensation from oil spill

…as Govt. to decide amount of cash for parent company guarantee Kaieteur News – The Environmental Permit obtained by ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) for its sixth oil project in the...

Chevron-Hess tie up could drag until next year courtesy of Exxon – Hess says in securities filing

Apr 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Chevron-Hess tie up could drag until next year courtesy of Exxon – Hess says in securities filing

(OILPRICE.COM) Chevron’s acquisition of Guyana superstar Hess could be delayed until next year thanks to Exxon Mobil’s arbitration case, Hess said in a Friday securities filing. Hess said in the...

‘Exxon deal lopsided but not illegal’ – says Attorney General Nandlall

Apr 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Exxon deal lopsided but not illegal’ – says Attorney General Nandlall

Kaieteur News- While confessing that no contract is crafted in stone, Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall has defended the government’s position to not enter into renegotiations out of fear...

$17M for BV Police Station bridge

Apr 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on $17M for BV Police Station bridge

…as Force undertakes $700M in infrastructure upgrade Kaieteur News- The Guyana Police Force is building a bridge at the Beterverwagting Police Station to the tune of $17M as part of a wider...

Teen in fiery crash dies

Apr 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Teen in fiery crash dies

Kaieteur News – Shane Lall, 16, the Essequibo teen involved in a fiery motorcycle crash last Wednesday has died. Kaieteur News has been able to confirm that Lall succumbed to his injuries on...

Driver killed after car crashed into utility pole

Apr 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Driver killed after car crashed into utility pole

Kaieteur News – A 38-year-old man was killed on Sunday morning after the car he was driving, PGG 3821 crashed into a utility pole at #36 Public Road, Berbice, Region Six. Dead is Troy Trevor of...

$30M repairs on Parika Stelling Linkspan Bridge completed

Apr 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on $30M repairs on Parika Stelling Linkspan Bridge completed

Kaieteur News – The Parika Stelling Linkspan Bridge is operational again following a successful $30 million repair project, Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill said during a site...

Ramjattan scolds Nandlall for “shameless” comments on Court’s ruling for unlimited oil spill guarantee

Apr 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Ramjattan scolds Nandlall for “shameless” comments on Court’s ruling for unlimited oil spill guarantee

Kaieteur News – “It is shameless what I am hearing from the Attorney General and it is obvious there is an incestuous relationship now between Exxon and the government of Guyana. It is not a...

1,500 house lots distributed at ‘dream realised’ housing drive in Region Three

Apr 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on 1,500 house lots distributed at ‘dream realised’ housing drive in Region Three

Kaieteur News- The wait is finally over for 1,500 Guyanese after receiving their house lots on Friday, during the Ministry of Housing and Water-Central Housing and Planning Authority’s (CHPA) first...

‘The world cannot afford another war’

Apr 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘The world cannot afford another war’

– Guyana tells UN Security Council as Iran strikes Israel Kaieteur News – The Full United Nations Security Council–on which Guyana holds a seat–yesterday met and held an emergency...

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Sometimes the best of leaders fail

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Jimmy Carter’s presidency fell victim to global and domestic upheavals. His single term... more