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Oil production at 30% above safety design, irresponsible — Tony Vieira

May 20, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Oil production at 30% above safety design, irresponsible — Tony Vieira

Kaieteur News – The attitude of the People’s Progressive Party administration to agree with Exxon to “drill baby, drill” even to the extent that they are seeking to extract 30 percent...

Police shoot two men while making arrest at Agricola

May 20, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Police shoot two men while making arrest at Agricola

Kaieteur News – Police ranks on Friday night shot two men while attempting to arrest one of them at Brutus Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD). The shooting incident took place around...

Best laid plans: Who would believe

May 20, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Best laid plans: Who would believe

Hard truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – It was that towering Scottish giant of verse and rhyme, Robert Burns, who introduced the world to the profoundness of “the best laid schemes of mice...

Fining Exxon for flaring will not compensate for damage to the environment

May 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Fining Exxon for flaring will not compensate for damage to the environment

…Guyanese scholar urges Govt. to ensure Exxon abides by Int’l best practices By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) often boasts of the introduction of a carbon tax,...

Eight years after receiving 6.6M acres Stabroek Block ExxonMobil says will return 20% in October

May 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Eight years after receiving 6.6M acres Stabroek Block ExxonMobil says will return 20% in October

Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) said it will return 20% of the Stabroek Block to the Government of Guyana (GoG) in October this year. This was revealed by EMGL’s President,...

US State Dept. official resigns over Biden’s Gaza policy

May 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on US State Dept. official resigns over Biden’s Gaza policy

– SAYS “I COULD NOT STAY SILENT” A State Department official responsible for promoting human rights in the Middle East has resigned in protest at Joe Biden’s Gaza policy. Annelle Sheline,...

Former rape accused Dharamlall re-elected to PPP Executive

May 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Former rape accused Dharamlall re-elected to PPP Executive

…gets sixth highest votes ahead of 8 Ministers and a Fmr. President Kaieteur News – Former rape accused Nigel Dharamlall who had resigned as a Government Minister, amidst a police...

Chinese national killed as septic tank wall collapses

May 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese national killed as septic tank wall collapses

Kaieteur News – A 52-year-old Chinese national was on Sunday killed after the wall of a septic tank he was working in, collapsed and crushed him at Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara...

Gang of five robs man on Aubrey Barker Road

May 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Gang of five robs man on Aubrey Barker Road

Kaieteur News – A gang of five men armed with a knife on Saturday evening robbed an engineer of his $89,000 cellphone. The robbery took place around 22:15 hrs. on Aubrey Barker Access Road,...

Exxon’s Italian contractor was fined in Algeria for corruption, bribery

May 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s Italian contractor was fined in Algeria for corruption, bribery

– The 6th oil project Kaieteur News – Italian-based company Saipem was fined in Algeria for corruption and bribery. In 2022 upstreamonline.com reported that Saipem had won a contract 14...

PPP Congress votes to fight back against critics using social media and AI

May 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on PPP Congress votes to fight back against critics using social media and AI

…ditches ‘cold war era’ Marxist, Leninist, Socialist ideologies Kaieteur News – The Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday concluded its 32nd Congress, adopting a menu of measures...

Another charged man in connection with Bartica double murder

May 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Another charged man in connection with Bartica double murder

Kaieteur News – A fifth individual was on Friday charged in connection with the March 3, 2025 murders of Bartica Miner, Mohamed Zaheer Sherriff and his worker Donovan Washington. Police...

Indian Arrival Day: The majesty, the other arrival remaining

May 06, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Indian Arrival Day: The majesty, the other arrival remaining

Hard Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – Being someone with scant patience for the wiles and timing of men, I went ahead and made it official. Arrival day is now Indian Arrival Day. All by...

Govt. to secure US$250M to upgrade GPL’s transmission and distribution system

May 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to secure US$250M to upgrade GPL’s transmission and distribution system

Kaieteur News – During a recent press conference, Vice President (VP), Bharrat Jagdeo disclosed that the Government of Guyana is actively pursuing funding in the range of US$180 million to...

Govt. signs US$1M mining contract with Canadian gold company

Apr 22, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. signs US$1M mining contract with Canadian gold company

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GOG) has signed a US$1 million mining contract with Canada-based Reunion Gold Corporation. The agreement, signed in collaboration with the government...

Seven countries now fully powered by renewables

Apr 22, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Seven countries now fully powered by renewables

…but Jagdeo claims same cannot be done in Guyana Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) is adamant that renewable energy cannot be used to supply stable electricity for the...

Massive labour shortage in Guyana now hinders growth of other industries

Apr 22, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Massive labour shortage in Guyana now hinders growth of other industries

…also limits the country’s overall economic potential – GMSA President Kaieteur News – Despite a 25 percent increase in business last year in the Manufacturing and Services...

Exxon’s contractor Schlumberger says Int’l oil drilling boosts its first quarter profits

Apr 22, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s contractor Schlumberger says Int’l oil drilling boosts its first quarter profits

(OILPRICE.COM) Schlumberger, the world’s largest oilfield services provider and a contractor for ExxonMobil Guyana on Friday reported 14% higher net income for the first quarter compared to the...

US$11.5M army boat arrives

Apr 22, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on US$11.5M army boat arrives

Kaieteur News – The US$11.5 milllion 115 Defiant monohull patrol vessel that Guyana bought for its army has arrived in the country, President Irfaan Ali stated yesterday on his Facebook page....

La Penitence Market vendors robbed at gunpoint

Apr 22, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on La Penitence Market vendors robbed at gunpoint

Kaieteur News – Two vendors were during the wee hours of Sunday robbed by four masked bandits reportedly armed with guns and knives at the La Penitence Market, Saffon Street, Georgetown. The...

Miner found dead after screaming in sleep

Apr 22, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Miner found dead after screaming in sleep

Kaieteur News – A miner died on Friday night after reportedly screaming out loudly in sleep at Rock Point Backdam, Jawalla Village, Region Seven. The dead man was identified as Adrian Steve...

GMSA hails strides in boosting international trade

Apr 22, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on GMSA hails strides in boosting international trade

Kaieteur News – Under the theme “Building Bridges: Expanding Trade Horizons Together”, the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) presented their 2023 annual report last...

Maria’s Lodge to get all-weather road, agricultural support

Apr 22, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Maria’s Lodge to get all-weather road, agricultural support

Kaieteur News – Residents of Maria’s Lodge, La Harmonie, Catherina Sophia, and surrounding areas on the Essequibo Coast will soon enjoy better access to farmlands, homes, and schools as an...

No hotdog, no cash handout

Apr 22, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on No hotdog, no cash handout

Hard Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – I like the occasional hotdog. Beef dog, pork dog, or chicken dog, it doesn’t matter, they are all the same to me, be they kosher or halaal. I am an...

Foolish for Govt. to ignore the size of its oil reserves – Opposition

Mar 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Foolish for Govt. to ignore the size of its oil reserves – Opposition

…says Jagdeo must be laughing stock of ExxonMobil ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, “Assessing reserves and producing oil are not mutually exclusive processes. Decisions to produce...

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Oct 11, 2026

– Courts Pee Wee U11 Football tournament moves to quarterfinals phase (Kaieteur News) – Georgetown International Academy (GIA) and defending champions Leonora Primary continued their...

No more plundering, no more exploitation

Oct 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Rev. Jim Jones, who led more than 900 Americans to their deaths in a mass murder-suicide in Guyana in 1978, had a sign behind his throne that read: “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” That warning is particularly relevant to Guyana today. We...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

MV Barima COI in ICU

Oct 11, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – I want to give the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (COI) the space of grace. How can I (any Guyanese)? Check its origins. Revisit some of its personnel. Chair Smith said that the COI will follow the evidence to hell and back. It’s hoped that he...

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