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Local Content Law…Police can be called in to probe false declarations by oil companies – AG

Sep 26, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Local Content Law…Police can be called in to probe false declarations by oil companies – AG

Kaieteur News – Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister, Anil Nandlall, S.C has defended Guyana’s Local Content Legislation, insisting that crimes related to the Act can be probed by the...

GDF paratrooper crash-lands into stadium seats

Sep 26, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on GDF paratrooper crash-lands into stadium seats

– was rehearsing for CPL finals Kaieteur News – A Sergeant of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Timeon McPherson, was on Friday seriously injured after a rehearsal jump for the upcoming...

Putting oil and gas employees on contract allowing employers to ditch responsibilities – GAWU

Sep 26, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Putting oil and gas employees on contract allowing employers to ditch responsibilities – GAWU

Kaieteur News – With very little representation of oil and gas workers in the sector, labour rights stakeholders continue to highlight the woes of local employees, with specific reference now...

CARICOM and IOM meet to consider integrated regional migration policy

Sep 26, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM and IOM meet to consider integrated regional migration policy

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and...

Did you know September 26th is World Contraception Day?

Sep 26, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Did you know September 26th is World Contraception Day?

By Dr. Padmini Singh, OBGYN Secretary, GOGS Kaieteur News – Yes, World Contraception Day takes place every year on the 26 September. It falls under the International Human Rights Laws and aims...

Govt. looking to prequalify contractors for US$120M upgrade of Linden Highway

Sep 26, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. looking to prequalify contractors for US$120M upgrade of Linden Highway

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) has received the US$120 million loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and is looking to prequalify contractors for the repairs to the...

Is Guyana’s moral breakdown permanent?

Sep 26, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is Guyana’s moral breakdown permanent?

Kaieteur News – As the world heads deeper into the 21st century, it is leaving both scientific and moral backwardness behind. Today there is online banking, the smart phone, etc. Morally,...

A cautionary tale for Guyana…Kenya’s AG finds country wholly unprepared for audit of oil companies’ cost recovery bills

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on A cautionary tale for Guyana…Kenya’s AG finds country wholly unprepared for audit of oil companies’ cost recovery bills

– says at least 171 specialists needed for thorough job By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Since the 1950s, Kenya has been exploring for oil. But it was only in 2012 that the African state...

NICIL refused to reveal 2018 financial records to EITI

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL refused to reveal 2018 financial records to EITI

– had requested “get-out” letter from Finance Ministry Kaieteur News – The International Secretariat of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has observed that one...

Oil money should not be invested into companies associated with petroleum sector – Economist

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Oil money should not be invested into companies associated with petroleum sector – Economist

Kaieteur News – As Guyana’s oil earnings continue to increase – with production rates set to climb to over one million barrels of oil per day by 2027 – Economist, Elson Low has warned...

Former Judges to preside over COI into March 2020 elections

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Former Judges to preside over COI into March 2020 elections

Kaieteur News – Three top ranking former members of the judiciary were sworn in at the Office of the President on Tuesday to preside over the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into March 2020...

Ex-cop arrested after businessman abducted, robbed

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-cop arrested after businessman abducted, robbed

Kaieteur News – A businessman is alleging that an ongoing dispute over a sum of money led some men to abduct and rob him of millions in gold and diamond jewellery on Monday evening. Police have...

Shot robbery suspect escapes after angry mob attacks cops

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Shot robbery suspect escapes after angry mob attacks cops

Kaieteur News – A robbery suspect, who was shot on Monday by police, seized the opportunity to escape from the lawmen after a hostile crowd, which emerged at Cooper Street, Albouystown,...

Woman stabs boyfriend in row over cell phone call

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Woman stabs boyfriend in row over cell phone call

Kaieteur News – A woman is presently in police custody for stabbing her boyfriend twice on Monday during an argument over a cell phone call she received, reportedly from another man. Her...

Joint Venture Insurance Group appoints Gavin Ramsoondar as Finance Director

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Joint Venture Insurance Group appoints Gavin Ramsoondar as Finance Director

Kaieteur News – In keeping with the nation’s local content drive, ‘CIC Insurance Brokers Guyana Inc’. has appointed Gavin Ramsoondar, a young, well-known business professional, to its...

APNU+AFC accuses GECOM of failing to act on evidence of voter impersonation during 2020 elections

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC accuses GECOM of failing to act on evidence of voter impersonation during 2020 elections

Kaieteur News – The A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Opposition is accusing the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) of failing to act on evidence of voter...

New offshore support vessels and logistics services company launched

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on New offshore support vessels and logistics services company launched

Kaieteur News – Having been established in Guyana since 2020, Intertec Inc., a new company providing multi-purpose offshore supply vessels and logistics services for the Oil and Gas Industry,...

Trial over legality of passage of NRF Act gets underway

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Trial over legality of passage of NRF Act gets underway

Kaieteur News – Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) and Opposition Parliamentarian, Khemraj Ramjattan was the first person to take the witness stand as the trial in the case filed to...

Dion Bascom for court today

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Dion Bascom for court today

Kaieteur News – Today, weeks after the police were advised to institute several criminal charges against Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom, the detective is slated to appear before a City...

Education Ministry launches initiative to ‘uplift’ skilled persons

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry launches initiative to ‘uplift’ skilled persons

Kaieteur News – The Council for Technical Vocational Education and Training (C-TVET) on Monday launched the Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR) at Herdmanston Lodge, Queenstown....

4 confess to involvement in robbery at GTT’s store at Giftland Mall

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 4 confess to involvement in robbery at GTT’s store at Giftland Mall

– Cleaner admits to providing key details Kaieteur News – Detectives have cracked the $13.4M GTT robbery case which took place on Wednesday last at the Giftland Mall, Turkeyen,...

LGBT groups, women groups and Minister Sonia Parag

Sep 14, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on LGBT groups, women groups and Minister Sonia Parag

Kaieteur News – This country is so filled with crushing, drowning hypocrisy that it compels patriots to expose this relentless hypocrisy whenever its mash-up image shows itself in the society....

ExxonMobil, partners pocketed US$2.7B, while Guyana collected $753M at half-year – Bank of Guyana Report

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil, partners pocketed US$2.7B, while Guyana collected $753M at half-year – Bank of Guyana Report

Kaieteur News – According to Bank of Guyana’s latest report on the health of the economy, ExxonMobil Corporation’s affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) and its...

Eight sectors in major decline since 2019 — Mid-Year Report

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Eight sectors in major decline since 2019 — Mid-Year Report

By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – Government’s mid-year economic report when examined over the past four years, has revealed frightening statistics- with eight of this country’s major sectors...

‘Publish the entire report of the RSS’ — AFC urges

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Publish the entire report of the RSS’ — AFC urges

…as questions being raised over credibility of the review Kaieteur News – Amid complaints about the credibility of a report by the Regional Security System (RSS) on the allegations of...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President of Guyana, is a man who revels in the art of evasion. He... more