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School Principal dead after vehicle runs him over

May 08, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on School Principal dead after vehicle runs him over

Kaieteur News – Sir Kirwyn Mars, the headmaster of the St Mary’s Secondary School located on Princess Street, was on Sunday night found dead underneath a vehicle at the Perseverance Housing...

In whose interest?

May 08, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on In whose interest?

FRONT PAGE COMMENT Kaieteur News – When it comes to the regulation of the oil and gas sector, we can no longer assume that Bharrat Jagdeo is acting in the best interest of the people. As the...

King Alistair disappointed over court ruling

May 08, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on King Alistair disappointed over court ruling

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s King Alistair I is ‘disappointed’ about how High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon ruled in the matter of full insurance coverage. I feel for this new colonial master...

ExxonMobil to release first quarter 2023 financial results on Friday

Apr 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil to release first quarter 2023 financial results on Friday

…company made US$6.3M an hour in 2022, US$56B in total profits Kaieteur News – American oil giant, ExxonMobil Corporation will release its first quarter 2023 financial results on Friday April...

Resolution of audit disputes to be addressed in new oil contracts

Apr 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Resolution of audit disputes to be addressed in new oil contracts

Kaieteur News – The 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) Guyana signed with oil major ExxonMobil not only allows for disputed costs flagged in an audit to be recovered by the contractor, but...

Tenders open for cleaning, parking lot ‘face-lift,’ other services for Marriott Hotel

Apr 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Tenders open for cleaning, parking lot ‘face-lift,’ other services for Marriott Hotel

Kaieteur News – Four invitations for tender on Sunday opened for services for the Guyana Marriott Hotel, which is currently up for sale. According to the advertisement in Kaieteur News April...

New pump station at Corentyne estimated to cost over $798M

Apr 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on New pump station at Corentyne estimated to cost over $798M

Kaieteur News – The Engineer’s Estimate (EE) for a new pump station at Letter Kenny, Corentyne is pegged at a whopping GYD $798.3M. This was noted after the Ministry of Agriculture placed an...

Driver, passenger pulled from wrecked car submerged in Friendship koker

Apr 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Driver, passenger pulled from wrecked car submerged in Friendship koker

Kaieteur News – Public spirited citizens on Sunday afternoon plunged into a koker at Friendship, East Bank Demerara, to save a driver and a passenger who were injured and trapped in a submerged...

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...

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GBF secures certified Hardwood Court in major boost for basketball...

Jun 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

Jun 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

Jun 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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