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Instead of putting us on the frontline, foreigners throwing us on the breadline

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Instead of putting us on the frontline, foreigners throwing us on the breadline

Kaieteur News – Our governments keep drumming into our heads that foreign direct investment creates jobs and supports local businesses. Yet, they have failed to make it mandatory for these...

As the world fights climate change, Exxon plans for massive increase in pollution – Bloomberg exposé

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on As the world fights climate change, Exxon plans for massive increase in pollution – Bloomberg exposé

Kaieteur News – An expose by the New York based publication, Bloomberg, shows that ExxonMobil is playing out a US$210 billion seven-year investment strategy it knows will cause a steep surge...

Hess sells out lucrative Gulf of Mexico oilfield for Guyana

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Hess sells out lucrative Gulf of Mexico oilfield for Guyana

Kaieteur News – Hess Corporation has announced that it has entered an agreement to sell out its stake in a producing Gulf of Mexico oilfield to raise capital for its Guyana investment...

Fourth recipient returns prime lands received from coalition Gov’t

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fourth recipient returns prime lands received from coalition Gov’t

Kaieteur News – Aimed at ensuring that it participates in transparent transactions, American Marine Incorporated has returned the 20 acres of prime Ogle lands which were controversially and...

Govt. favours skills transfers from Chile over commodities imports

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. favours skills transfers from Chile over commodities imports

Kaieteur News – Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday received Chilean Ambassador Patricio Becker at his Regent Street office for a courtesy call, during which the Minister...

GECOM Deputy CEO Roxanne Myers arrested for obstruction of justice

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Deputy CEO Roxanne Myers arrested for obstruction of justice

Kaieteur News – The Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers, was yesterday arrested after she turned herself in at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary,...

Asphalt plant corruption probe to be completed in one month – Minister Edghill

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Asphalt plant corruption probe to be completed in one month – Minister Edghill

Kaieteur News – Minister of Public Works (MoPW), Juan Edghill yesterday appointed a high-level team to investigate the allegations of corruption and misappropriations in the reselling of the...

Gary Best dangerous driving trial commences

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gary Best dangerous driving trial commences

Kaieteur News – Former Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff, Gary Best’s trial for his dangerous driving charge commenced yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Magistrate...

Beware of scammers pretending to sell house lots for $100,000 – Housing Ministry

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Beware of scammers pretending to sell house lots for $100,000 – Housing Ministry

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Housing and Water, is advising the public to be aware of scammers who are pretending to sell house lots for $100,000. According to a press release, the...

Captured fugitive charged for 2015 murder of taxi driver

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Captured fugitive charged for 2015 murder of taxi driver

Kaieteur News – Sheldon Collin Abrams, the prime suspect in the 2015 murder of Crane taxi driver, Collin Clark, 55, popularly known as “Ole Boy” was on Monday last charged for the offence...

Digicel, E-Networks welcome liberalization of Telecoms Sector

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel, E-Networks welcome liberalization of Telecoms Sector

Kaieteur News – Digicel and locally-owned operator, E-Networks, have expressed their delight with and welcomed the government’s move to liberalize the Telecommunications Sector, thereby...

Crocodile Dundee coming to Guyana!

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Crocodile Dundee coming to Guyana!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De farrin firm does want bring in dem own people. And den dem does wan chase we out even though we bin deh all de time. But why yuh gan blame dem farrin firm....

No stone must be left unturned

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on No stone must be left unturned

Kaieteur News – There was a criminal conspiracy to steal the 2020 elections. This attempt had to have had its political architects and masterminds. In order to be executed, it required...

COVID-19 and the Natural Resource Fund

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on COVID-19 and the Natural Resource Fund

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, Guyana recorded our 95th death from COVID-19. It is not unreasonable to expect that by the end of the week, we will pass the significant threshold of 100 fatalities...

‘Ghetto Flex’ murder accused among two freed at the opening of criminal trials

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Ghetto Flex’ murder accused among two freed at the opening of criminal trials

Kaieteur News – Keron Taylor who was charged with the 2015 murder of Senasie Lewis was among two murder accused freed at the opening of the criminal trial of the October assizes in Georgetown...

COVID-19 deaths jump to 95

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 deaths jump to 95

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has recorded two more deaths due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, taking the death toll to 95 and just shy of the 100-fatality mark....

Jury trials recommence under strict COVID-19 guidelines

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Jury trials recommence under strict COVID-19 guidelines

Kaieteur News – Jury trials have recommenced at the Georgetown Supreme Court under strict COVID-19 guidelines. Trial by jury had been suspended by the Courts since June of this year due to...

Injured pedal cyclist identified

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Injured pedal cyclist identified

Kaieteur News – The injured pedal cyclist who remains unconscious at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), was yesterday, identified as Joseph Richards, 71, of North Ruimveldt,...

Vendor attacked, killed by ex-lover

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor attacked, killed by ex-lover

Kaieteur News – A vendor’s plans of having breakfast with her children and parents was, yesterday, ruined after she was attacked and killed by her ex-lover in Albouystown, Greater...

Election 2020: I discovered Charlene Wilkinson and I have something in common

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Election 2020: I discovered Charlene Wilkinson and I have something in common

Kaieteur News – UG lecturer and African rights activist, Charlene Wilkinson and I developed a fairly solid comradely relation as part of a grassroot movement named People’s Parliament. It...

Hundreds benefit as annual Naeem Nasir Memorial Tribute programme is held

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hundreds benefit as annual Naeem Nasir Memorial Tribute programme is held

RHTY&SC 30th Anniversary 1990-2020 Cricketers of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) MS, over the last week handed out hundreds of food hampers to less fortunate and single...

BCB responds to Sean Devers article

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB responds to Sean Devers article

The Berbice Cricket Board would like to make two corrections to an article that appeared in the October 6th edition of the Kaieteur Sports pages under the heading, ‘DCB could play key role in GCB...

When freedom of the press is deliberately thwarted

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on When freedom of the press is deliberately thwarted

DEAR EDITOR, The world remembers the brutal slaying and kidnapping of US journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a sad, disgusting and inhumane act, cowardly perpetrated by destabilizers of democracy and those...

James Singh reappointed to serve as CANU head

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on James Singh reappointed to serve as CANU head

Kaieteur News – James Singh has been reinstated as the Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) which falls under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Although no official statement has been...

BCB maintains investment in the development of youths as ten more cricketers benefit

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB maintains investment in the development of youths as ten more cricketers benefit

BCB/Brian Ramphal Cricket Programme President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Hilbert Foster reiterated his Board’s commitment to development of youths when he handed over cricket gear to ten...

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Sometimes the best of leaders fail

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Jimmy Carter’s presidency fell victim to global and domestic upheavals. His single term... more