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Procurement Officer caught on tape prepping colleague about tampering probe-talks about $20,000 payment

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Procurement Officer caught on tape prepping colleague about tampering probe-talks about $20,000 payment

A few weeks ago, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) was rocked with allegations that one of its most senior staffers was allegedly fingered in a plot to tamper...

What happened with Kaieteur, Canje Blocks was daylight robbery – Dr. Mangal

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on What happened with Kaieteur, Canje Blocks was daylight robbery – Dr. Mangal

By Kiana Wilburg Oil and Gas Consultant, Dr. Jan Mangal, is of the firm conviction that the award of the Kaieteur and Canje Blocks by the Donald Ramotar administration just days before the General...

Trinidadians build their offshore platforms instead of procuring established foreign suppliers

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidadians build their offshore platforms instead of procuring established foreign suppliers

— Guyana, other producers must also make local content is a major priority –Industry Analyst By Kiana Wilburg Ensuring high levels of local participation in the oil sector is not something that...

A narrow escape!

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on A narrow escape!

The driver of this Toyota 212 is counting his lucky stars after he ended up underneath a tractor travelling in the opposite direction along the Number 57 Public Road, Friday night. Kaieteur...

Int’l airlines body protests CJIA fees increases

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l airlines body protests CJIA fees increases

Months before the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) increased a number of fees, to cater for the US$150M renovations, airlines had complained to their association. In late January, the...

Teen loses life in new home during antenna fixing; dad survives

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Teen loses life in new home during antenna fixing; dad survives

Moving into a new home and making a fresh start, can at times bring a true sense of accomplishment, something that warrants a measure of enthusiasm. For 45-year-old Junior Pryce and 47-year- old...

UG Executives tripled their salaries in five years

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UG Executives tripled their salaries in five years

Questions about how the budgetary allocations of the University of Guyana are spent have been circulating for quite some time. Students have been complaining that while tuition fees continue to rise,...

Engineers bleeding de Treasury

Apr 21, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Engineers bleeding de Treasury

Is Easter again and people mekking all kind of joke. Dem boys remember de time when de people mek joke bout de money—de currency. De joke was, it was so light because it don’t have value. Now...

UG Executives tripled their salaries in five years

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UG Executives tripled their salaries in five years

Puruni Miner who murdered friend sentenced to 12 years imprisonment

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Puruni Miner who murdered friend sentenced to 12 years imprisonment

A miner who murdered his friend in the Puruni Backdam in 2016, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Thursday, and was sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment, after he appeared before Judge Sandil...

80 percent of Guyana’s roads are unpaved –IDB

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 80 percent of Guyana’s roads are unpaved –IDB

By Kiana Wilburg In its latest report on infrastructural challenges facing the region, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) noted that Guyana possesses one of the sparsest road networks in South...

Free UG Movement wants oil money to pay for tuition

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Free UG Movement wants oil money to pay for tuition

Article 27 of the Constitution dictates that “Every citizen has the right to free education from nursery to university as well as at non-formal places where opportunities are provided for education...

Teen loses life in new home during antenna fixing; dad survives

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Teen loses life in new home during antenna fixing; dad survives

Moving into a new home and making a fresh start, can at times bring a true sense of accomplishment, something that warrants a measure of enthusiasm. For 45-year-old Junior Pryce and...

GPHC helps abandoned woman celebrate her 50th birthday

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC helps abandoned woman celebrate her 50th birthday

By Sharmain Grainger Reaching the age of 50, for many people, is usually a milestone worth celebrating in fine style. However, a cake and the company of her sister, Kim, would have been all that was...

This season forces reflections

Apr 21, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on This season forces reflections

Today is a special day in the Christian calendar. On Friday they commemorated the crucifixion of the Christ, the man after whom the religion was founded more than two thousand years ago. In fact,...

Regional Under-15 Super50 Cup – 5th roundGuyana win on D/L by 7 wkts

Apr 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Under-15 Super50 Cup – 5th roundGuyana win on D/L by 7 wkts

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Results of the final round of the Regional Under-15 Super50 Cup here yesterday show wins for Guyana, Barbados and Jamaica. Scores: At Coolidge Cricket Ground:...

Mentally ill manslaughter convict starts fire in cell

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mentally ill manslaughter convict starts fire in cell

Alerted by screams of alarm from inmates, warders at the New Amsterdam Prison managed to thwart attempts by a mentally ill manslaughter convict to start a fire in his cell. The incident...

Charrandass and the Mueller Report: Is Guyana a shithole country?

Apr 21, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Charrandass and the Mueller Report: Is Guyana a shithole country?

A year before the no-confidence vote (NCV) on December 21, 2018, Charran and I were guests at the birthday party of a mutual friend on David Street, Kitty. Charran told me he would like to see...

The Police should leave Mr. Jagdeo alone

Apr 21, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on The Police should leave Mr. Jagdeo alone

In 2010, a group of Buxtonions invited the then President, Bharrat Jagdeo, to Buxton and afforded him a lavish welcome. This was after President Jagdeo had described Buxtonions in very unflattering...

Int’l airlines body protests CJIA fees increases

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l airlines body protests CJIA fees increases

Months before the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) increased a number of fees, to cater for the US$150M renovations, airlines had complained to their association. In late January, the...

GNBA warns radio, TV stations on call-in programmes

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA warns radio, TV stations on call-in programmes

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has issued letters to operators reminding them of the need to exercise responsibilities, especially during call-in programmes. “The GNBA is...

Working to achieve the good life for all

Apr 21, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Working to achieve the good life for all

President David Granger has repeatedly underscored his vision for national development. The President has made it clear that the coalition administration views development as the improvement...

Another oil find but…Guyana needs to know what’s in it for them – GTUC

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Another oil find but…Guyana needs to know what’s in it for them – GTUC

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is taking aim at the current debate over the oil and gas sector. With production to start within months on the offshore Liza 1 area, the union body made it...

Final Police Commissioner B/Day Inter-Division T20 cricketSampson brilliance spurs F Division to maiden Title

Apr 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Final Police Commissioner B/Day Inter-Division T20 cricketSampson brilliance spurs F Division to maiden Title

F Division led by a magnificent unbeaten 65 from Quintin Sampson and Micheal Jobe’s pugnacious 11-ball 32 marched to their first title in six-year history of the Commissioner of Police Birth...

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL OF GUYANA

Apr 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on HAPPY EASTER TO ALL OF GUYANA

The Easter Season is upon us and Kaieteur News joins the Christian community to wish the nation a Happy Easter. Even as persons endeavour to fly kites in observance of this occasion, we pray...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more