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CONTRACT DEAL SHOCKING… Guyana paying Rusal to abuse bauxite resources

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CONTRACT DEAL SHOCKING… Guyana paying Rusal to abuse bauxite resources

The Russia-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.’s (BCGI) unchecked exploitation of Guyana’s bauxite resources is being done at the expense of taxpayers, through billions of dollars in waivers of...

Mismanagement blamed as GPL skates on thin ice with fuel supply

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mismanagement blamed as GPL skates on thin ice with fuel supply

Earlier this month, Guyana went to bed with shocking news…the state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) was low on Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO). Several communities for a number of days had no power as...

Guyanese gets 52 years in Brazil for setting fire to two families he believed stole his motorbike

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese gets 52 years in Brazil for setting fire to two families he believed stole his motorbike

A Guyanese national will spend the next 52 years in a Brazilian prison for the attempted murder of two Venezuelan families. On Friday, Gordon Fowler also known as “Jamaica”, was condemned by the...

After 61 years of oil, Nigeria still suffers extreme poverty

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on After 61 years of oil, Nigeria still suffers extreme poverty

Oil-rich Nigeria has been producing oil for more than three decades, yet the country still holds most of its population living in poverty. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report of...

Civil society can’t be de only watchdog

Nov 10, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Civil society can’t be de only watchdog

Guyana is a strange place. It got civil society and it got every odda society. It even got burial society. Dem boys can understand how de burial society quiet but dem can’t understand how dem odda...

PPP/C promises criminalisation on non-disclosure of contracts…

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C promises criminalisation on non-disclosure of contracts…

Jagdeo is being hypocritical to make such a statement- Amna Ally Leader of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo, had announced at one of his recent press conferences that...

Better Hope to be fixed- -Harmon

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Better Hope to be fixed- -Harmon

Residents of Better Hope South, East Coast of Demerara (ECD) were assured that their roads will be repaired. This was among the many concerns addressed by Director-General (DG) of the Ministry of the...

Cops dismantle several carjacking gangs

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cops dismantle several carjacking gangs

Over the past weeks, the Guyana Police Force has dismantled several carjacking gangs in different regions across Guyana. Police officers working on information have arrested at least 39 suspected...

Youman Nabi Messages 2019

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Youman Nabi Messages 2019

From President David Granger I extend greetings to all Guyanese but, especially, to the Islamic community, on the sacred occasion of Youman Nabi. The Holy Prophet Muhammad’s (On whom be Peace)...

Guyanese family mourns as husband kills Queens newlywed woman

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese family mourns as husband kills Queens newlywed woman

A Guyanese family is in deep mourning after one of their own was killed in an apparent murder-suicide. Dead is Donna ‘Rehanna’ Dojoy. Her 33-year-old husband Dinhwar Budhidat was reported to have...

Poll: Overwhelming Support to Reopen Oil Contract

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Poll: Overwhelming Support to Reopen Oil Contract

In a nationwide public opinion tracking poll conducted in late October by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association, the nation almost unanimously rejects the low royalty rate (of between...

GUYANA/VENEZUELA BORDER CONTROVERSY – MEDIA NEEDS TO FULLY APPRISE ITSELF OF GUYANA’S POSITION

Nov 10, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on GUYANA/VENEZUELA BORDER CONTROVERSY – MEDIA NEEDS TO FULLY APPRISE ITSELF OF GUYANA’S POSITION

PAT DIAL Towards the end of last month, Foreign Secretary Carl Greenidge addressed the Guyana Press Association at their Media Awards function which took place at the Pegasus Hotel. The Foreign...

Successful workshops conclude with Deep South Rupununi Villages – Indigenous Land Issues on the front burner

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Successful workshops conclude with Deep South Rupununi Villages – Indigenous Land Issues on the front burner

The Communications component of the Amerindian Land Titling (ALT) Project on Friday wrapped up a successful week of workshops in Aishalton, Muraranau, Awaraunau and Shea Villages in deep South...

Examining the new age of tourism – Tourism Month 2019

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Examining the new age of tourism – Tourism Month 2019

During the month of November, Guyana celebrates Tourism Month. The theme for this year is ‘Tourism is a force for good in Guyana’. The following article published by the International...

Laying down the law to law enforcers

Nov 10, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Laying down the law to law enforcers

The words, hard instructions from the head of the Traffic Department to police drivers were blunt and sharp. Observe speed limits studiously, stay in lane patiently, and minimise carefully the use of...

No major changes as SOCU prepares to take new cases to trial

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on No major changes as SOCU prepares to take new cases to trial

The promised changes at the Special Organized Crime Unit, (SOCU) are still to occur. Yet officials attached to the unit are readying to take new cases to trial. Kaieteur News understands that at...

Chinese Medical Team brings needed health services to Kwakwani

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese Medical Team brings needed health services to Kwakwani

By Shikema Dey Over 130 residents of Kwakwani in the Upper Berbice River benefited from a medical outreach which saw them receiving the needed health services they are not able to access. The event...

Stealing bicycle is my job – teen tells Magistrate

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Stealing bicycle is my job – teen tells Magistrate

“She get back one of the bikes, just give me a chance,” said Kurt Robertson after he pleaded guilty to stealing two bicycles. Twenty-three-year-old Kurt Robertson appeared in the Georgetown...

She start hustle me, so I tell she move – Court hears

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on She start hustle me, so I tell she move – Court hears

A bus driver on Friday explained to the court why he got charged for assault and for using threatening behaviour towards a woman. The man, Dellon Foster, who was arraigned before Senior Magistrate...

Rachel Maddow pinpoints the root of all evils: The fossil fuel industry

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rachel Maddow pinpoints the root of all evils: The fossil fuel industry

By Jill Dougherty Jill Dougherty is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington and a Centennial fellow at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown...

Don’t waste money hiring global consultants to draft developmental strategies – former IMF Chief

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t waste money hiring global consultants to draft developmental strategies – former IMF Chief

… says private sector has a bigger role to play The former Managing Director of the International Monetary fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has advised low-income and emerging-market economies not to...

Herniated disks: When back pain becomes dangerous

Nov 10, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Herniated disks: When back pain becomes dangerous

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine A while back, I had written about cauda equina syndrome. Since then, quite a few persons have asked me about their back pain and have some...

THE AFC SHOULD TAKE THE SHAME OUT OF ITS EYES

Nov 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE AFC SHOULD TAKE THE SHAME OUT OF ITS EYES

How much lower can the AFC descend? The party has been abused, humiliated and disgraced by the PNCR. Yet it continues to stay in a marriage in which there are irreconcilable differences, and in which...

CARICOM looks to eliminate roaming charges throughout region

Nov 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM looks to eliminate roaming charges throughout region

Ministers with responsibility for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have agreed to collectively approach the Region’s telecommunications providers to eliminate roaming charges...

Giving away too much to foreign investors

Nov 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Giving away too much to foreign investors

Developing countries always try to attract investors by offering incentives. Sometimes these incentives defy logic. There are tax concessions, duty free imports, and tax holidays. BaiShanLin got...

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China-owned companies competing to build new West Dem. Hospital

China-owned companies competing to build new West Dem. Hospital

The West Demerara Regional Hospital. (China-owned companies) Kaieteur News- Three Chinese companies who are no strangers... more