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We cannot blindly assume World Bank has our interests over ExxonMobil’s – We must do our own vetting – Dr. Jan Mangal

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on We cannot blindly assume World Bank has our interests over ExxonMobil’s – We must do our own vetting – Dr. Jan Mangal

By Kiana Wilburg Even though the World Bank was gracious enough to provide Guyana with a US$20M loan to develop its capacity for the oil sector, it is by no means, any reason for one to “blindly...

IDB urges transparency mechanism for subsidies to vulnerable groups

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on IDB urges transparency mechanism for subsidies to vulnerable groups

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to have ripple effects on the economies of many nations, it is expected that governments such as Guyana would consider some form of subsidy to vulnerable...

Elections 2020 – Day 51 GECOM meets today to finalise order for recount

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Elections 2020 – Day 51 GECOM meets today to finalise order for recount

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be meeting at 9:30 this morning to discuss and finalise an order to signal the national recount. Commissioner Vincent Alexander had first mentioned the...

Armed with 9,000 kits, authorities to conduct mobile COVID-19 testing in coming days

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Armed with 9,000 kits, authorities to conduct mobile COVID-19 testing in coming days

The Ministry of Public Health is set to dispatch a number of mobile COVID-19 testing units around the country from this weekend. Made of metal and wood, the units will be seeing health care workers...

Coast Guard Captain in custody following Pomeroon boat collision – Search still on for missing farmer

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coast Guard Captain in custody following Pomeroon boat collision – Search still on for missing farmer

The officer who captained the Coast Guard boat involved in Monday night’s mishap in the Pomeroon River, Essequibo Coast, has been taken into police custody, according to Regional Commander,...

GTUC cancels May Day rally

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC cancels May Day rally

As worry continues to grow over COVID-19, and with restrictions of movements firmly in place, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has cancelled its Annual May Day March and Rally. The event is...

Import applications increase… Food and Drug Dept. clamps down on COVID-19 testing kits, reagents

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Import applications increase… Food and Drug Dept. clamps down on COVID-19 testing kits, reagents

The authorities are getting tough on importation of supplies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent days there has been a marked increase in applications for testing strips, among other things....

Several arrested after Bartica gold trading company robbed

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Several arrested after Bartica gold trading company robbed

Police in Bartica, Region Seven, are investigating a robbery at the popular Emperor Mineral Trading. According to police sources, an undisclosed quantity of raw gold and cash were taken during the...

Essential businesses urged to adopt COVID-19 workplace guidelines

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Essential businesses urged to adopt COVID-19 workplace guidelines

Despite the partial lockdown and curfew implemented by the Ministry of Public Health, several categories of workers still have to venture out to work. These workers who are considered essential are...

World Bank playing 3-card trick pun Guyana

Apr 23, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on World Bank playing 3-card trick pun Guyana

World Bank tek we fuh a packoo and decide fuh buss we back and put salt. Dem boys seh fuh years Guyana was trying to get in with de world bank to get one and two loans but we never get past the...

Guyana has no need for the World Bank

Apr 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana has no need for the World Bank

The World Bank-funded Guyana Petroleum Resources Governance and Management Project has hit a serious roadblock. Allegations have been made about possible conflicts of interest in some of the main...

NEW SHOW ALERT: Coping with COVID-19

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NEW SHOW ALERT: Coping with COVID-19

Guyanese, we at Kaieteur Radio want to hear from you every day at 11AM on how you’re coping with the COVID-19 crisis. Our hosts of this new programme, Kaieteur Radio’s Kemol King, Shikema Dey and...

Woman who escaped roadblock, leaving husband behind with ganja stash arrested

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Woman who escaped roadblock, leaving husband behind with ganja stash arrested

A food vendor who drove off with her kids and left her husband behind during a ganja bust at the Berbice River Bridge checkpoint was arrested on Tuesday at her home at Sheet Anchor Village, East...

CIOG donates N95 masks to GPHC

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CIOG donates N95 masks to GPHC

Dr. Shazeema Shaw of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday accepted a donation of 250 N95 masks from the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG). In photo also are...

Nine City Constabulary ranks promoted – Assistant Superintendent Allison Mickle heads list

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nine City Constabulary ranks promoted – Assistant Superintendent Allison Mickle heads list

Nine officers from the City Constabulary Department with the Mayor and Councilors of the City of Georgetown were promoted on Monday last. The nine ranks include Assistant Superintendent Allison...

Impact of COVID-19… Guyanese students in Cuba request to return home

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Impact of COVID-19… Guyanese students in Cuba request to return home

– Govt. reaffirms commitment to providing support Medical students and doctors on scholarships currently studying in Cuba are making a desperate call to the authorities in Guyana to return...

GTT warns of scam: We’re not selling COVID-19 packages; offering pick-up options for payment of bills

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GTT warns of scam: We’re not selling COVID-19 packages; offering pick-up options for payment of bills

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) is urging the public to be aware of scams as persons may try to capitalize on vulnerabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to GTT’s...

CDC donates 5,000 face masks to GPOC for pensioners

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CDC donates 5,000 face masks to GPOC for pensioners

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday donated 5,000 face masks to the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC), which will be distributed to seniors who will be uplifting their old-age pensions....

Woman who allegedly pointed loaded gun at lover’s head granted $75,000 bail

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Woman who allegedly pointed loaded gun at lover’s head granted $75,000 bail

A woman who allegedly pointed a loaded gun at her lover’s head and threatened to kill him, has been charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition without being the holder of a licence. Afia...

Suriname Coach Gorré on qualifying for Gold Cup: “It was an amazing experience”

Apr 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suriname Coach Gorré on qualifying for Gold Cup: “It was an amazing experience”

Miami, Florida – For the first time in their history, Suriname will play in the Concacaf Gold Cup after qualifying for the 2021 tournament thanks to a first-place finish in Group D of League B of...

Duo charged for illegal shotgun, ammo

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Duo charged for illegal shotgun, ammo

Forty-one year-old Roomansen Probhadial and 28-year-old Natran Takurdin, both hire car drivers and residents of Corentyne, Berbice, appeared on Monday before Magistrate Alex Moore in the Springlands...

Global crisis daunts GVF development plans

Apr 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Global crisis daunts GVF development plans

In an exclusive interview with Kaieteur Sport, long-serving head of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF), Levi Nedd, has explained that the coronavirus pandemic has not only placed a rain-check on...

Ithaca mother of two died from perforation of the heart, lungs – Post Mortem reveals

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ithaca mother of two died from perforation of the heart, lungs – Post Mortem reveals

A post mortem examination conducted on the body of 21-year-old Vanessa Benjamin, has revealed that the mother of two died as a result of perforation of the heart and lungs due to stab wounds...

Domestic aircraft operators “struggling to stay in business” under COVID-19 restrictions

Apr 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Domestic aircraft operators “struggling to stay in business” under COVID-19 restrictions

– blast Aviation Authority over misleading fare increase accusatio While making it pellucid that a blanket statement by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) about increased fares by all...

King was destined for Greatness but never got there Despite being Guyana’s 2nd most successful Test pacer

Apr 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on King was destined for Greatness but never got there Despite being Guyana’s 2nd most successful Test pacer

By Sean Devers Reon Dane King was born on October 6, 1975, in Goed Fortune, West Coast Demerara in Guyana but grew up in the City in DaSilva Street, New Town Kitty. The former GCC, Guyana and West...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more