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IF ONLY WE COULD GET ONE CONTRACT RIGHT!

Sep 04, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on IF ONLY WE COULD GET ONE CONTRACT RIGHT!

We have riches and yet we make ourselves poor. We think small and so we make ourselves petty by our narrow outlook on life. This is why people in the First World have such a poor opinion of us and...

APNU+AFC knew of deadly effects of flaring but still allowed ExxonMobil to pollute Guyana’s airspace

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC knew of deadly effects of flaring but still allowed ExxonMobil to pollute Guyana’s airspace

Report exposes … American multi-national, ExxonMobil, has been flaring gas offshore Guyana for almost eight months due to mechanical issues it experienced with the Liza Destiny’s gas...

Exxon spends US$186M to fix flaring at Scottish plant

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon spends US$186M to fix flaring at Scottish plant

– but continues to flout regulations in Guyana Due to concerns raised by Scottish residents over flaring at an Exxon controlled plant there, the oil major late last year announced a commitment...

Without proper plan, reopening sugar estates would be throwing money away

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Without proper plan, reopening sugar estates would be throwing money away

– former Business Minister By Shikema Dey President Irfaan Ali recently announced that the new People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) administration has begun the process of reopening three...

Controversial NCN Berbice manager, Donna Mathoo, resigns

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Controversial NCN Berbice manager, Donna Mathoo, resigns

– interim management to be in place The Berbice branch manager of the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN), Donna Mathoo, has submitted her resignation from the company. Kaieteur...

What happen to de Cabinet records?

Sep 04, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What happen to de Cabinet records?

Dem Boys Seh… Dem Boys nah interested in any review of a review of the ExxonMobil Field Development Plan for Payara. Dem boys dun know what dat review gan show. It gan use all kind of fancy...

The President should be setting a better example

Sep 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The President should be setting a better example

In one day, the following were seen around the country: persons could be seen in minibuses not wearing masks; food sellers were handling orders without gloves or masks. Some pavement vendors were...

Groundbreaking ‘Room 592’ brings curtains down tonight

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Groundbreaking ‘Room 592’ brings curtains down tonight

Guyana’s biggest prime time show, ‘Room 592’ is set to host its final show this evening on Kaieteur Radio. Since starting in early March, in the height of the elections standoff,...

Paul Cheong also named to chair GuyOil board Manniram Prashad back at Gaming Authority

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Paul Cheong also named to chair GuyOil board Manniram Prashad back at Gaming Authority

Paul Cheong, who currently sits as the Chairman of the National Industrial Investors Limited (NICIL), has been presented with another appointment. This time as the Chairman of the state-owned Guyana...

Education Ministry cancels Grades 2, 4 and 9 assessments

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry cancels Grades 2, 4 and 9 assessments

The Ministry of Education has announced that there will be no sittings of the National Grades Two, Four, and Nine Assessments for the academic year of September 2019 – July 2020. The...

US$10M credit line reprogrammed to reintroduce solar panel, laptop programme in Indigenous villages

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US$10M credit line reprogrammed to reintroduce solar panel, laptop programme in Indigenous villages

The PPP/C Government will be reintroducing the solar panel and the one laptop programmes in Indigenous villages across the country, which were halted by the APNU+AFC administration. During his...

Patients quarantining at Diamond to remain as it closes for upgrade

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Patients quarantining at Diamond to remain as it closes for upgrade

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony recently announced that the Diamond Diagnostic Centre will be closing to facilitate its transformation into a SMART hospital, which will result in a halting of...

Clerk robbed by passengers, dumped on roadway

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Clerk robbed by passengers, dumped on roadway

A woman was on Wednesday robbed at knifepoint in a taxi along the West Coast Demerara (WCD) Public Road by its driver and passengers. According to police, the victim, Taliya Kamrudin, 22, a clerk of...

Cyclist killed in Dennis Street accident

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cyclist killed in Dennis Street accident

A pedal cyclist, yesterday, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) while receiving treatment for injuries he sustained after he collided with a motorcar, on Tuesday last, along...

IDB launches initiative to harness innovative ideas in Guyana, other territories

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on IDB launches initiative to harness innovative ideas in Guyana, other territories

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), one of Guyana’s crucial development partners, has launched the Pivot Movement to harness the most innovative ideas for Caribbean development and create a...

Special team expected in Region 6 soon to investigate NA Hospital issues.

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Special team expected in Region 6 soon to investigate NA Hospital issues.

A team from the Ministry of Health is expected in Berbice in the near future to have extensive investigations into issues currently affecting the institution. The team will comprise of Dr. Vishwa...

Over 80% of ERC complaints received are from social media spats

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 80% of ERC complaints received are from social media spats

– police force, Bureau of Statistics hiring practice under spotlight The Ethnic Relations Commission(ERC), conducting investigations into complaints received, says that a significant amount is...

Guyana: Bigger by the Barrel

Sep 04, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana: Bigger by the Barrel

The KN caption should delight many a Guyanese heart: “Guyana to surpass Venezuela’s current oil output by 2022” (KN August 18). That is an OPEC founder member being spoken of, and one which...

Middle Road murder suspect remanded for shooting at cop

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Middle Road murder suspect remanded for shooting at cop

Murder suspect, Wayne Castello called ‘Top cat’, was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly discharging a loaded firearm at a police officer and being in the unlawful possession of a gun and...

Speeding pickup damages cars at Yokohama, leaves cyclist dead

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding pickup damages cars at Yokohama, leaves cyclist dead

A pedal cyclist was yesterday killed after he was hit down by a Toyota Tacoma pick-up along the Rupert Craig Highway, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Dead is Navindra Doray, 42, of Block F, North Sophia,...

Stephen Thomas new MARAD Director General

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Stephen Thomas new MARAD Director General

– major overhaul announced for entity for oil and gas The state’s Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) is being realigned, repositioned and restructured to facilitate Guyana’s...

Free childcare assistance for frontline workers – Human Services Minister

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Free childcare assistance for frontline workers – Human Services Minister

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security will be expanding its childcare assistance programme to provide free child care to frontline workers who are providing an essential service to the...

Six released from COVID-19 ICU after restorative plasma treatment

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Six released from COVID-19 ICU after restorative plasma treatment

Six patients have been released from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) following their successful treatment using the plasma from patients who...

Convicted rapist appeals 23-year prison sentence

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted rapist appeals 23-year prison sentence

Convicted rapist, Calvin Ramcharran, has moved to the Appeal Court in a bid to have 23-year prison sentence imposed on him, overturned. Ramcharran also wants his conviction set aside, some five years...

Warriors end tridents title defence

Sep 04, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Warriors end tridents title defence

The Barbados Tridents’ stuttering defence of their Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title finally ended as they again failed to make three figures against a well-balanced Guyana Amazon Warriors...

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How do you analyse a Budget?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- What if in tabling the 2025 Budget, the Minister with responsibility for Finance did... more