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New $2.5B North West Ferry has “business oriented seats” – says President as he commissioned the vessel

Apr 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on New $2.5B North West Ferry has “business oriented seats” – says President as he commissioned the vessel

Kaieteur News – President Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Sunday commissioned the new $2.5B (US$12.7M) North West Ferry called the MV Ma Lisha. The commissioning ceremony was held at the GuySuCo Sugar...

Hard truths…A fight over a phone

Apr 24, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Hard truths…A fight over a phone

By: GHK Lall Kaieteur News – The PPP Government has more headaches than its head can accommodate. It involves a phone and the one-sided fight over it. The President and other ranking government...

DEMTOCO reports robust growth despite illicit trade threat, share price increase by 50%

Apr 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on DEMTOCO reports robust growth despite illicit trade threat, share price increase by 50%

Kaieteur News – Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (DEMTOCO) recently announced a strong operational performance for the second consecutive year achieving 3.6% volume growth compared to the...

Hard truths…We must separate from the quicksand, crab dance

Mar 27, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Hard truths…We must separate from the quicksand, crab dance

Kaieteur News – Fellow Guyanese, we must lift ourselves up by our shoelaces, even when we lack shoes. We cannot go on living as we have been doing all along. Guyanese existence has been snake...

Absent National Coordinator stymied work of Guyana EITI

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Absent National Coordinator stymied work of Guyana EITI

– Civil society reps set record straight on Guyana’s suspension, missed deadline Kaieteur News – Amid the furor over Guyana being suspended from the Extractive Industries Transparency...

Man wanted for KN grenade attack shot dead in Suriname

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Man wanted for KN grenade attack shot dead in Suriname

Kaieteur News – A 26-year-old man wanted for being part of the June 4, 2015 grenade attack at Kaieteur News was on Sunday morning shot dead at Posrenstraat, Suriname, Surinamese police have...

Gas-to-Energy project…Guyana will be left with over 3,000 barrels of liquids to export each day

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Gas-to-Energy project…Guyana will be left with over 3,000 barrels of liquids to export each day

…no market secured yet Kaieteur News – By 2025, the Government of Guyana (GoG) expects its US$282 million Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) plant to be on stream. The startup of this facility will...

Local internet provider launches satellite broadband service

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Local internet provider launches satellite broadband service

— promises connectivity in remotest regions of Guyana Kaieteur News – WANSat Networks Inc., a locally-based Guyanese Internet Service Provider on Sunday announced that it has signed an...

Archaic petroleum law among four legislations identified for review – Ministry’s brief

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Archaic petroleum law among four legislations identified for review – Ministry’s brief

Kaieteur News – While the Government of Guyana has been pushing ExxonMobil Guyana to accelerate its exploration and production of the country’s oil and gas resources, the country has been...

CDB creates new avenue for Caribbean countries to access loans

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CDB creates new avenue for Caribbean countries to access loans

….accorded Prescribed Holder Status for IMF Special Drawing Rights Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has been designated a prescribed holder of Special Drawings Rights...

Porter dies after truck topples on hill

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Porter dies after truck topples on hill

Kaieteur News – Police ranks in Regional Division #7 are investigating an incident that occurred at about 00:30 hrs Sunday on Toroparo Trail, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, resulting in the death of a...

No justification for delay in audit report for ExxonMobil US$7.3B – AFC

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on No justification for delay in audit report for ExxonMobil US$7.3B – AFC

Kaieteur News – A final report for the review of ExxonMobil expenses to tune of US$7.3 billion, is expected next month, but the Alliance For Change (AFC) believes this delayed process is...

AG to write DPP over delay in outcome of election fraud cases

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on AG to write DPP over delay in outcome of election fraud cases

Kaieteur News – Vowing not to allow the case where several officials of the Guyana Elections Commission GECOM are charged with elections fraud to fall away, Attorney General (AG), Anil Nandlall...

Caribbean energy sector stakeholders to hold talks on strengthening environment for sustainable energy investment

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean energy sector stakeholders to hold talks on strengthening environment for sustainable energy investment

Kaieteur News – Energy sector stakeholders from across the Caribbean will meet in Barbados next week to strategise on how they can strengthen their regulatory frameworks to expedite renewable...

Elderly man arrested for possession of marijuana

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly man arrested for possession of marijuana

Kaieteur News – An elderly man was on Sunday arrested after police found a quantity of marijuana at his Queenstown, Essequibo home. In a press release police said that at about 11:30 hrs...

Appeal Court reserves decision for man guilty of raping boys

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Appeal Court reserves decision for man guilty of raping boys

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the case by which a man who is guilty of raping two boys is seeking to overturn his sentence and conviction. The appeal...

CGX Energy & partners say Guyana investments nearly US$700M

Feb 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CGX Energy & partners say Guyana investments nearly US$700M

– all eyes on Wei-1 well being drilled in Corentyne Block Kaieteur News – Veteran operator in Guyana’s offshore basin, CGX Energy along with its joint venture partner, Frontera Energy...

Glenn Lall’s constant exposure of Govt. mismanagement, sellout of country’s assets riles up VP Jagdeo

Feb 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Glenn Lall’s constant exposure of Govt. mismanagement, sellout of country’s assets riles up VP Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – Kaieteur News Publisher, Glenn Lall has responded to claims by Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo that he and his newspaper have scuttled some developmental projects here...

‘Teen wife’ stabs husband to death in Essequibo

Feb 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Teen wife’ stabs husband to death in Essequibo

Kaieteur News – Anthony Shivlall, a resident of Lima Sands on the Essequibo Coast, was brutally stabbed to death early Sunday morning by his 18-year-old wife, police have confirmed. The wife,...

300MW gas-fired power plant may not be sufficient to meet electricity demand – Brassington

Feb 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 300MW gas-fired power plant may not be sufficient to meet electricity demand – Brassington

Kaieteur News – The controversial US$2B Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project has been questionable from its inception, and it seems as though the defenders of this major initiative, are finding it...

Pharmaceutical company distances self from employee charged in the US for supplying fake HIV testing kits

Feb 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Pharmaceutical company distances self from employee charged in the US for supplying fake HIV testing kits

Kaieteur News – Caribbean Medical Supplies Inc. (CSMI) has announced that Davendra Rampersaud, who was arrested last month in the United States of America for supplying fake HIV testing kits,...

CARICOM, UN, condemn violent protest in Suriname

Feb 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM, UN, condemn violent protest in Suriname

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Community and the United Nations have joined in condemning last week’s violent protest actions in neighbouring Suriname. In a statement issued on Saturday...

Villagers assault Woodley Park School boys

Feb 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Villagers assault Woodley Park School boys

– One arrested Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday stated that one person is presently in police custody for the alleged assault of several male students at the Woodley...

Senior and Junior Calypso Monarchs along with the Junior Soca Monach crowned

Feb 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Senior and Junior Calypso Monarchs along with the Junior Soca Monach crowned

Kaieteur News – In keeping with one of the long held traditions of Mashramani, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport hosted the Senior Calypso Monarch, Junior Calypso Monarch and the Junior...

Third FPSO sets sail for Guyana

Feb 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Third FPSO sets sail for Guyana

Kaieteur News – The third Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel- Prosperity-that will develop resources in the Payara field has set sail for Guyana. The new FPSO will add to...

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