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Exxon’s increased flaring takes Guyana to #5 in the world

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s increased flaring takes Guyana to #5 in the world

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – Due to ExxonMobil’s ramp-up of toxic gas flaring at the Liza Phase One operation, so much has been emitted that Guyana is now one of the top five countries in...

Action will be taken against Chinese contractor if fails to submit revised CJIA renovation work plan – Minister Edghill

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Action will be taken against Chinese contractor if fails to submit revised CJIA renovation work plan – Minister Edghill

Kaieteur News – Chinese contractor, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), has been asked yet again by government to prepare a revised work plan for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport...

Risky gatherings can help COVID-19 thrive – Emergency Medicine Specialist warns

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Risky gatherings can help COVID-19 thrive – Emergency Medicine Specialist warns

– urges public to adhere to simple but effective precautions Kaieteur News – Ask just about any medical expert and you are likely to hear the same thing: “COVID-19 has brought us back...

Guyana still to publicize all natural resources contracts

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana still to publicize all natural resources contracts

– Despite mandated to do so Kaieteur News – As part of Guyana’s requirements as an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) member, it is mandated to publicize all natural...

CoI into 2020 Elections vital to transparency, rule of law – US think tank

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CoI into 2020 Elections vital to transparency, rule of law – US think tank

Kaieteur News – A Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into electoral problems that President Irfaan Ali has promised represents an important step with respect to advancing transparency, good governance...

Int’l partners to help streamline Guyana’s organ transplant legislation

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l partners to help streamline Guyana’s organ transplant legislation

Kaieteur News – A group of international transplant experts is expected to help Guyana streamline its much needed organ transplant legislation. According to Head of the Kidney Transplant...

Cops identify prime suspect in security guard’s murder

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops identify prime suspect in security guard’s murder

Kaieteur News – Detectives have identified a prime suspect in the murder of a watchman who before dying told his sons to check the security cameras. Barrat Dass, 43, of Forshaw Street,...

Justice gat to be even and blind

Nov 16, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Justice gat to be even and blind

Kaieteur News– Dem Boys bin always hear how de scales of justice must be even. Dis dem boys tek fuh mean dat justice must be fair and evenhanded. It must also balance the demands of the...

No government has gotten on top of crime

Nov 16, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on No government has gotten on top of crime

Kaieteur News- No government, be the PPP or the PNC, has ever been able to control the crime situation in Guyana. They have all failed to address the physical security of citizens. In the case of the...

GOA signs “Brighton Plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration on Women & Sport”

Nov 16, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA signs “Brighton Plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration on Women & Sport”

“The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) is pleased to advise that on the 05th October, 2020 we signed onto the “Brighton Plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration on Women & Sport”, a release from the...

“No one will lose their investment” – alleged Ponzi schemers assure

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “No one will lose their investment” – alleged Ponzi schemers assure

Kaieteur News – The alleged Ponzi scheme operators on Friday announced that no one will lose their investment. This announcement comes even as the operators are slated to meet with heads of the...

GWI acquires $120M well drilling rig for Hinterland regions

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GWI acquires $120M well drilling rig for Hinterland regions

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has acquired a $120M well drilling rig for the hinterland regions through funding from Government. In a release issued to the media...

A brief history of money power in Guyanese political parties

Nov 16, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A brief history of money power in Guyanese political parties

It is unfortunate for Guyana that its political culture continue to stagnate as we see with the current implosion in one of the constituents -The New Movement (TNM) – the collective third force...

NIS issues take center stage at President’s Region Six outreach

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NIS issues take center stage at President’s Region Six outreach

– Rapid Response Team to be established in every region By Malisa Playter-Harry Kaieteur News – Head of State, Dr. Irfaan Ali, on Friday spent the entire day in Berbice with a team from...

Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll now at 139

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll now at 139

Kaieteur News – A 47-year-old female is the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality, according to the Ministry of Health. In its update yesterday, the Ministry announced that as of Saturday,...

Over 150 land titles distributed during housing drive in Region Six

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 150 land titles distributed during housing drive in Region Six

Kaieteur News – Over 150 Berbicians who have been waiting for years to be given their land titles to start building their homes were on Friday presented with those titles at the Ministry of...

Newly installed Adoption Board begins processing cases left for years

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Newly installed Adoption Board begins processing cases left for years

Kaieteur News – The newly installed Adoption Board, which falls under the purview of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, has already begun the processing of adoption cases that...

Several Venezuelans rescued during TIP operation

Nov 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Several Venezuelans rescued during TIP operation

Kaieteur News – A trafficking in persons operation has lead to the discovery of 49 Venezuelans, several of whom have been identified as victims of Trafficking In Person (TIP). The operation was...

Why the need for aggressive production?

Nov 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why the need for aggressive production?

DEAR EDITOR, Most, who possess sound senses, would not go barrelling down a dark unknown road that proves more treacherous at numerous hairpin curves and steep drops along an unending stretch of...

The road to a bright future requires a new vision

Nov 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The road to a bright future requires a new vision

DEAR EDITOR, Even with two percent Royalty, we could have a bright future. It is up to our President and his administration. The President should adopt a brave, bold and aggressive approach in...

We must remember the Ethiopians in prayer

Nov 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must remember the Ethiopians in prayer

DEAR EDITOR, I have made it a habit of watching the Al Jazeera news channel daily to stay up to date with the happenings around the world. As I view the news, I have noticed a development which is...

Now that Trump’s no longer the name, Americans must up their Game

Nov 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Now that Trump’s no longer the name, Americans must up their Game

DEAR EDITOR, For most Americans, one of the primary things, among many that have been taught by the Trump presidency is that Americans need to ‘’tighten up their game’’. After surviving one...

The Mike and Sarah Show

Nov 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Mike and Sarah Show

DEAR EDITOR, I remember distinctly the Mike and Sarah Show of five scintillating months. All Guyanese, whether gleeful winners or sore losers, should remember them too for the grand designs that...

Diwali in my Village: Looking Back Not So Long Ago

Nov 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Diwali in my Village: Looking Back Not So Long Ago

Written by GARY Girdhari My brothers and sisters and I would sense that a holiday festival was near. A number of activities seemed to be increasing around the house – a few days before Diwali. The...

City integrated coastal zone management

Nov 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on City integrated coastal zone management

DEAR EDITOR, The 200-year infrastructure of Georgetown, the celebrated Garden City of the Caribbean in the days of sugar, is over-run with incongruous land uses, poor sanitation and sidewalk vending....

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The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more