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Political “wood-ants” are eating out our house

Oct 08, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Political “wood-ants” are eating out our house

Kaieteur News – Political wood-ants have infested the national house. As Guyanese know too well, wood-ants, if not detected and exterminated, can cause untold damage. This is exactly what is...

Have a public vote on Exxon deal – Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Have a public vote on Exxon deal – Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer

– ‘Govt. cannot run from the will of the people’ By Kemol King Government should put the Stabroek Block agreement to referendum, and let the people decide what should be done with the...

Private Sector will be adequately consulted for local content legislation – PSC Chair

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector will be adequately consulted for local content legislation – PSC Chair

Kaieteur News – Chair of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer, assures that the private sector will be consulted adequately for the upcoming legislation for local content....

Robert Persaud threatens Jan Mangal with US$2M libel suit

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Robert Persaud threatens Jan Mangal with US$2M libel suit

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – Former Minister of Natural Resources, now Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud, has threatened to sue former Presidential Advisor, Dr. Jan Mangal, over various...

Businesswoman among three new COVID-19 fatalities – death toll now at 98

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman among three new COVID-19 fatalities – death toll now at 98

Kaieteur News – Forty-one year old Guyanese entrepreneur, Michelle DePeana, is among three persons who died as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) complications yesterday. The owner of...

Venezuelan cook was strangled, raped – Autopsy reveals

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan cook was strangled, raped – Autopsy reveals

Kaieteur News – An autopsy report has revealed that Dimas Emilia Lezama Fermin, 28, a Venezuelan cook who was found murdered last Sunday at Big Hope Backdam, was not only beaten but strangled...

GECOM Deputy CEO, Roxanne Myers, remains in custody

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Deputy CEO, Roxanne Myers, remains in custody

As election fraud probe continues…. By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – Up to press time yesterday, Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers, was still in police custody as an investigation...

‘Gully side’ goes on trial for murder of Sophia shopkeeper

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Gully side’ goes on trial for murder of Sophia shopkeeper

By Rehanna Ramsay Kaieteur News – Odel Roberts called ‘Gully Side’ of ‘C’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown is currently on trial for the 2015 murder of shopkeeper, Shawn Anys. His trial...

GCAA submits claim to LIAT for millions owed

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GCAA submits claim to LIAT for millions owed

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has submitted a claim to LIAT for monies it owes. Director-General of the GCAA, Egbert Field, told Kaieteur News that his agency had...

Blairmont Sugar Estate to focus exclusively on export market – GuySuCo CEO

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Blairmont Sugar Estate to focus exclusively on export market – GuySuCo CEO

By Malisa Playter-Harry Kaieteur News – The ISO certified packaging plant at the Blairmont Sugar Factory will be tapping into the export market exclusively. This will be done as the estate...

Witness in E’bo hotel shooting vanishes

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Witness in E’bo hotel shooting vanishes

Cordell Grimes, who is the only witness to the shooting of his friend Reeaz Khan, has reportedly vanished. Based on information reaching Kaieteur News, Grimes, who sustain a gunshot wound, was...

No money, No love!

Oct 08, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on No money, No love!

Dem Boys Seh… De Mighty Sparrow bin sing ah song with de chorus line: “We can’t love without money, We can’t make love on hungry belly Johnny you’ll be de only one I’m...

It is time for the people to take control of this pandemic

Oct 08, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on It is time for the people to take control of this pandemic

Kaieteur News – Two weeks ago, I counted no less than 30 persons within a half mile stretch who were not wearing masks. Many of them were in groups chatting. One week ago, I counted more than...

Advocate meaningfully in call for justice for WCB teens – group urges

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Advocate meaningfully in call for justice for WCB teens – group urges

Kaieteur News – Advocates Guyana Inc. is calling on all Guyanese to advocate meaningfully within the boundaries of the law to produce a society which respects and encourages people of all races...

$1B Westminster Secondary School for November completion

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $1B Westminster Secondary School for November completion

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education has announced that the $1B Westminster Secondary School that is currently under construction at La Parfaite Harmonie, Region Three (Essequibo Island-...

GPSU’s decision to abandon nurses’ strike “is a mature step” – Health Minister

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU’s decision to abandon nurses’ strike “is a mature step” – Health Minister

Kaieteur News – Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, has welcomed the decision by the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) to abandon its threat to authorise strike action by nurses over risk...

Community involvement to put GDF in “different light” – President Ali

Oct 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Community involvement to put GDF in “different light” – President Ali

Moves are apace to make the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) more integrally involved at the community level. Speaking on this vision yesterday was President Irfaan Ali during an engagement with members of...

Major Companies join GTU to celebrate World Teacher’s Day

Oct 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Major Companies join GTU to celebrate World Teacher’s Day

The Guyana Teachers’ Union is celebrating World Teacher’s Day with a variety of activities and awards ranging from phone credit, hampers, plaques, powerpacks, and other forms of...

Is UG’s Deputy Vice Chancellor, Melissa Ifill, displaying ethnic instincts?

Oct 08, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is UG’s Deputy Vice Chancellor, Melissa Ifill, displaying ethnic instincts?

Kaieteur News – I was surprised at two directions Dr. Melissa Ifill took during the election rigging that went on for five months. I am not on Facebook but when individuals known to me make...

New York City: The centre and soul of America is dying

Oct 08, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on New York City: The centre and soul of America is dying

Kaieteur News – For decades New York has been a safe harbour for fleeing and hopeful Guyanese. The exodus has been going on so long and at such a heavy volume that there must be hundreds of...

Fraser looking to pick up where he left off

Oct 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fraser looking to pick up where he left off

The last competitive track meet which was the ‘Early Season Classic’ hosted by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) was contested on March 16 at the National Track & Field Center (NTFC)...

Appoint qualified diaspora specialists for postings in the USA

Oct 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Appoint qualified diaspora specialists for postings in the USA

Dear Editor, I write to urge the Guyana government to appoint specialists in foreign affairs and diplomacy for vacant postings in the US. There are three vacant diplomatic postings in America: UN...

As Chair, I reached the Gold Board with a $12 billion deficit and reduced it to $4 billion

Oct 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on As Chair, I reached the Gold Board with a $12 billion deficit and reduced it to $4 billion

Dear Editor, A good friend called to share that someone named Erika Smith wrote in the Guyana Chronicle attacking me and my work at the Guyana Gold Board. Although I have done this before and am...

How can I be assisted?

Oct 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on How can I be assisted?

DEAR EDITOR, In January 2019, I initiated a life insurance policy with Demerara Mutual Fire and Life Insurance as part of a mortgage requirement. Why Demerara Mutual? My husband was impressed with...

When will the politicians start accepting Guyanese prowess and potential?

Oct 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will the politicians start accepting Guyanese prowess and potential?

Dear Editor (Re. Kaieteur News Oct. 6, 2020). Our politicians seem to be enamoured with foreigners coming to Guyana to do jobs that Guyanese can do. When will they start respecting or at least...

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