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Senegal loses billions of dollars after awarding gas blocks to unqualified company

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Senegal loses billions of dollars after awarding gas blocks to unqualified company

Kaieteur News – Would you give someone who has never built a house before, all your savings to construct your dream home? Would you allow someone who is not a doctor to perform surgery on you?...

Canje owner had no assets, no proven track record, no finances to acquire Canje block

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canje owner had no assets, no proven track record, no finances to acquire Canje block

Kaieteur News – It has been seven years since Mid-Atlantic Oil and Gas Inc. registered as a company, and five years since it was awarded the Canje oil block. It is now 2020, and Mid-Atlantic...

SARA disbanded

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on SARA disbanded

Kaieteur News – Contending that from the inception the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) was not crafted with the best interest of the people in mind, Attorney General (AG) and Minister of...

Chinese supermarket robbed, one shot

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese supermarket robbed, one shot

Kaieteur News – Police last evening responded to a distress call after gunshots were heard after bandits invaded the Egou Chinese Supermarket located at Melanie on the East Coast of Demerara...

Two accused in Robb Street arson/murder freed on no-case submission

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two accused in Robb Street arson/murder freed on no-case submission

Kaieteur News – The two persons accused of arson and murder in relation to the Robb Street fire, which claimed the lives of 63-year-old Hilrod Randolph Thomas and his two daughters, have been...

A face dat only a mother could admire

Oct 14, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A face dat only a mother could admire

Kaieteur News – Dem Boys Seh… We should be paying mo attention to bigger things rather dan bothering about dem small sums wah people getting excited about in de Ministry of Local...

Packing your traps

Oct 14, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Packing your traps

Kaieteur News – A controversy erupted earlier this week when a reassigned employee of a Ministry tried to access her office. The Ministry had to call in the police because they feared that the...

Guyana records 44 new COVID-19 cases

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records 44 new COVID-19 cases

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 44 new cases of COVID-19. The new cases have brought Guyana’s COVID-19 number to 3,565. The numbers were drawn from 16,215 COVID-19...

Banks DIH employee charged for Bakewell truck driver’s death

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH employee charged for Bakewell truck driver’s death

Kaieteur News – A Banks DIH salesman was on Tuesday charged for causing the death of a Bakewell truck driver by dangerous driving. The defendant, Morguen Forde, 32, of Cummings Park,...

Truck driver flees after crushing drinking buddy to death

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver flees after crushing drinking buddy to death

Kaieteur News – An evening’s drinking session turned into a nightmare for three truck drivers yesterday, after one of them reversed his truck and crushed his drinking buddy to death. He then...

Pedal cyclist who struck down by GDF officer dies

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pedal cyclist who struck down by GDF officer dies

Kaieteur News – Joseph Richards, 71, a pedal cyclist who was struck down on October 3 last by an officer attached to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), died yesterday at the Georgetown Public...

Case management conference for Election Petition set for October 22

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Case management conference for Election Petition set for October 22

Kaieteur News – A case management hearing in relation to the Elections Petitions challenging the validity of the March 2 general and regional elections has been set for Thursday, October 22,...

Teen dies after beaten and stabbed by youths

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Teen dies after beaten and stabbed by youths

Kaieteur News – A sixteen-year old boy collapsed yesterday on the kitchen floor of a stranger’s house after he was brutally beaten and stabbed by three other teenagers. Jumal Park called...

“Lockdown may not be the best way” – Presi Ali on COVID-19

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Lockdown may not be the best way” – Presi Ali on COVID-19

– implores citizens to follow protocols, guidelines to curb spread Kaieteur News – As COVID-19 numbers continue to rise daily, a total lockdown would seem like the most viable measure to...

Surinamese Ministers for three-day Guyana visit from today

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Surinamese Ministers for three-day Guyana visit from today

Kaieteur News – With the aim of continuing consultations on various sectors agreed upon by President Irfaan Ali and Surinamese President, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, three Surinamese Ministers...

Volda Lawrence arrested then released on $100,000 bail

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Volda Lawrence arrested then released on $100,000 bail

Kaieteur News – The People’s National Congress/ Reform (PNC/R) Chairperson and former Minister of Health, Volda Lawrence, was yesterday released on $100,000, station bail after she was...

Comfort Sleep launches new line of Comfort Pedic Memory Foam mattress

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Comfort Sleep launches new line of Comfort Pedic Memory Foam mattress

Kaieteur News – Keeping in mind that the key to a healthy lifestyle is a good night’s rest on the most comfortable mattress available, Guyana’s leading manufacturer of foam mattresses,...

EFCIA set to administer PCR COVID-19 tests to arriving passengers

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EFCIA set to administer PCR COVID-19 tests to arriving passengers

– as airports reopen for commercial flights Kaieteur News – The Eugene F. Correia International Airport (EFCIA) is set and fully equipped to carry out sampling for the PCR test for the...

Qatar pledges oil and gas, other support as part of strengthened ties with Guyana

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Qatar pledges oil and gas, other support as part of strengthened ties with Guyana

Kaieteur News – Qatar has pledged support to several sectors as part of strengthened diplomatic relations with Guyana. In a number of areas, including energy, oil and gas, services and...

Ryhaan Shah, Melissa Ifill and Guyana’s sempiternal ethnic consciousness

Oct 14, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ryhaan Shah, Melissa Ifill and Guyana’s sempiternal ethnic consciousness

Kaieteur News – Ms. Ryhaan Shah has replied to a column of mine (Thursday, October 8) which highlighted her emphasis on her ethnic DNA. Replying to the same article was Sherwood Lowe from UG...

Why the shell company maze?

Oct 14, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Why the shell company maze?

Kaieteur News – When a group of individuals gather, put their heads together, and come up with a certain approach to conduct their business secretly, that is usually the first clue provided...

Driver flees scene after hitting down KN staffers

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Driver flees scene after hitting down KN staffers

Kaieteur News – Instead of rendering assistance, the driver of a tinted black Nissan Tida motorcar decided to flee the scene after he struck down two Kaieteur News staffers on Monday. The...

NHFS to honour reigning CBC Men’s Champions

Oct 14, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on NHFS to honour reigning CBC Men’s Champions

A press release from Nigel Hinds Financial Services (NHFS) has indicated that a celebration event in appreciation and recognition of the 2018 Guyana Men’s team which won the nation’s first...

Agri. Minister-led delegation to virtually attend FAO’s regional conference next week

Oct 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Agri. Minister-led delegation to virtually attend FAO’s regional conference next week

As Guyana pursues sustainable development agenda… Kaieteur News – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will be hosting its biennial Regional Conference for Latin...

Lorenzao Johnny Memorial School Bags Project launched by RHTYSC Cricket teams

Oct 14, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lorenzao Johnny Memorial School Bags Project launched by RHTYSC Cricket teams

“Education is the foundation for a successful future as it would open doors that normally remain close and would make sure life is worthwhile. The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC)...

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The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day Horse race meet

Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more