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Guyanese must wake up to their powers, use leverage to get more from resources – Yog Mahadeo

May 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese must wake up to their powers, use leverage to get more from resources – Yog Mahadeo

…as Exxon says it will not walk away easily if contract changes Kaieteur News – Transparency advocate and activist for a better oil contract, Yog Mahadeo believes it is high time Guyanese...

Poor countries on the brink of collapse from Chinese loans

May 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Poor countries on the brink of collapse from Chinese loans

…energy, food security, keeping schools open, being threatened Kaieteur News – With the bulk of Guyana’s external loans being owed to China, the country should take note of what is...

Nigerians lose 2011 oil spill case to oil giant, Shell

May 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Nigerians lose 2011 oil spill case to oil giant, Shell

Kaieteur News – The United Kingdom (UK) Supreme Court ruled on May 10, that it was too late for Nigerians claimant to sue British oil giant, Shell, over a 2011 offshore oil spill caused by its...

Man chops fisherman to death for scolding him

May 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Man chops fisherman to death for scolding him

Kaieteur News – A 19-year-old man was on Saturday night arrested for chopping his cousin-a fisherman- to death at Conservancy Dam, Canal Number 1, West Bank Demerara (WCD). According to...

Govt. approves Annual Local Content Plans for Exxon, four others

May 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. approves Annual Local Content Plans for Exxon, four others

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) on May 15 approved this year’s Annual Local Content Plans for the five major oil companies operating in Guyana, including ExxonMobil,...

Opposition MP calls on Govt. to take urgent steps to update crucial copyright laws

May 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition MP calls on Govt. to take urgent steps to update crucial copyright laws

Kaieteur News – Copyright is an essential component of protecting intellectual property rights, especially for artists and writers. This legislation is most vital for Guyana as it is crucial...

Investors spook easily

May 22, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Investors spook easily

Hard truths… Kaieteur News – The PPPC Government is leading the way in the appeal against Judge Sandil Kissoon’s ruling that brought Exxon back to reality, because “investors spook...

Apology

May 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Apology

Kaieteur News – Kaieteur News wishes to apologize to the reading public and to Ms. Aliyah Hassan for the incorrect information that was posted with her photo under the ‘Beauty of the Week’...

Appeal Court tells EPA, Exxon Justice Kissoon’s ruling stands

May 17, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Appeal Court tells EPA, Exxon Justice Kissoon’s ruling stands

— Orders lawyers to limit submissions to ten pages Kaieteur News – Appeal Court Justice Rishi Persaud on Monday refused to overturn the ruling of Justice Sandil Kissoon in which he ordered...

Guyanese woman writes US bank to block loan for Wales gas project

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman writes US bank to block loan for Wales gas project

…gives seven reasons including lack of feasibility study, alternative power study Kaieteur News – Attorney-at-law and civil society activist, Elizabeth Deane-Hughes has flagged seven...

Exxon to bag five times Guyana’s revenue on 5th project – Professor Hunte

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon to bag five times Guyana’s revenue on 5th project – Professor Hunte

Kaieteur News – For each dollar Guyana is poised to receive from the fifth oil project, approved by the government on April 27, 2023 ExxonMobil will enjoy five times the amount. This is...

American businessman bids US$90M for profitable Marriott Hotel

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on American businessman bids US$90M for profitable Marriott Hotel

– Guyanese consortium comes in second with US$86.1M Kaieteur News – American businessman, Ramy El-Batrawi, has submitted a new proposal of US$90 million to purchase the profitable Guyana...

Woman gives birth to 11.2-lb baby girl at Diamond Hospital

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Woman gives birth to 11.2-lb baby girl at Diamond Hospital

Kaieteur News – Just over a week ago, the Diamond Diagnostic Hospital delivered a healthy 11.2 pounds (lb) baby girl to mother Anette Da Silva. In a brief statement on its Facebook page, the...

Jordan freed of misconduct charges related to sale of State property to BK

May 17, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jordan freed of misconduct charges related to sale of State property to BK

Kaieteur News – Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan was on Tuesday freed of the charge alleging he misconduct himself in public office by selling state property way below market value to BK...

Regional Finance Minister discusses design of common regional agenda in response to global economic crisis

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Finance Minister discusses design of common regional agenda in response to global economic crisis

Kaieteur News – Ministers of Finance of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) agreed on Monday to move forward to a common regional agenda in response to the global...

CANU flags ‘ I am drugs’ party

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CANU flags ‘ I am drugs’ party

…warns citizens against illicit sale, use of narcotics Kaieteur News – The Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Tuesday issued a stern warning to citizens against the illicit sale and use...

ILO to hold two-day conference in Guyana next week

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ILO to hold two-day conference in Guyana next week

Kaieteur News – The International Labour Organization’s (ILO), Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour in Guyana, will host the Twelfth...

IDB report finds Caribbean businesses need more innovation and productivity

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on IDB report finds Caribbean businesses need more innovation and productivity

Kaieteur News – Caribbean governments should focus on policies that facilitate businesses’ efforts to innovate and improve productivity, according to a new report from the Inter-American...

Does economic development results in less crime?

May 11, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does economic development results in less crime?

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – There is a popular theory that expanding economic development would lead to a decrease in criminality through making available several opportunities for jobs,...

ExxonM shareholder group worries about their pockets should there be an oil spill in Guyana

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonM shareholder group worries about their pockets should there be an oil spill in Guyana

…files proposal to see report on impacts of a worst-case scenario Kaieteur News – A key shareholder group for ExxonMobil Corporation is concerned about the safety of the oil giant’s...

EPA files appeal against High Court decision ordering Exxon to provide unlimited parent company guarantee to Guyana

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on EPA files appeal against High Court decision ordering Exxon to provide unlimited parent company guarantee to Guyana

Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed a Notice of Appeal against the High Court ruling that is in favour of Guyana receiving unlimited parent company guarantee...

Suspect in ‘Sir Mars’ death arrested

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect in ‘Sir Mars’ death arrested

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday apprehended the suspect involved in the brutal murder of Kirwyn Mars popularly known as ‘Sir Mars’ Information reaching this...

Justice Kissoon Ruling…Govt. appeal to Justice Kissoon’s ruling bound to fail – Opposition says

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Justice Kissoon Ruling…Govt. appeal to Justice Kissoon’s ruling bound to fail – Opposition says

…ready to support applicants all the way to CCJ Kaieteur News – Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton, is confident that the Government’s appeal of Justice Sandil Kissoon’s ruling,...

Opposition files Motion for National Assembly to call on Govt. to comply with High Court Order

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition files Motion for National Assembly to call on Govt. to comply with High Court Order

…on ExxonMobil parent company guarantee on oil spills Kaieteur News – Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Ganesh Mahipaul on Tuesday said he submitted a Motion to the National Assembly...

Ray Daggers completes day six of walk against “barefaced” Exxon Contract

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Ray Daggers completes day six of walk against “barefaced” Exxon Contract

…walk continues today from Fairfield, Mahaicony Kaieteur News – As word spread about Ray Daggers’ walk from Moleson Creek, Region Six to Charity, Region Two, more persons joined in protest...

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May 01, 2026

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ decides Georgetown champions tonight Kaieteur Sports – Former champions Leopold Street stormed into the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown...

(Kaieteur News) – As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and discuss various matters, but mainly the events of the day. In those days there...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

APOLOGY AND RETRACTION TO MR. DEVINDRA KISSOON

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On April 29, 2026, I published in Kaieteur News, as part of The GHK Lall Column, a piece entitled “A special kind of lawyering, and at its best” (the “Column”). Mr. Kissoon has never acted for the Government on the Gas-to-Energy Project. He has never received any...

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