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Our leaders make us look like morons

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Our leaders make us look like morons

Kaieteur News – In Nigeria, a former oil minister was hauled before the courts for corruption over the signing away of oilfields and the alleged failure to account for over a BILLION US...

Getting Exxon to give unlimited insurance is key sign that renegotiation is possible – Oil & Gas body

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Getting Exxon to give unlimited insurance is key sign that renegotiation is possible – Oil & Gas body

Kaieteur News – The Oil & Gas Governance Network (OGGN) stands firm that ExxonMobil’s Stabroek Block agreement is renegotiable, and that former Head of the Environmental Protection Agency...

Agri. Minister calls in Auditor General to probe massive variations in NDIA contracts

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Agri. Minister calls in Auditor General to probe massive variations in NDIA contracts

– One found to be more than double original contract price Kaieteur News – A precursory examination of two contracts that were awarded under the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority...

Bartica seven year old girl raped, juvenile held

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica seven year old girl raped, juvenile held

Kaieteur News – The residents of Bartica, Region Seven, are disgusted and upset after a seven-year-old girl was discovered bloody, muddied, sexually assaulted and unconscious, some distance...

President Ali defers to ‘ministers’ on support for Int’l oil blocks probe

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali defers to ‘ministers’ on support for Int’l oil blocks probe

Kaieteur News – Questioned yesterday on when Guyana can see an international probe launched into the Kaieteur and Canje oil block giveaways, President Irfaan Ali, told Kaieteur News that he...

Health Ministry sets protocols for Guyana-Suriname border reopening

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry sets protocols for Guyana-Suriname border reopening

Kaieteur News – Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday announced protocols that will be implemented for the opening of the Moleson Creek port linking Guyana and Suriname. While...

President Ali extends meeting invitation to Fmr. Presidents on Dec 15

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali extends meeting invitation to Fmr. Presidents on Dec 15

Kaieteur News – Making good on his promise for inclusive governance, President Irfaan Ali yesterday dispatched invite letters to all of Guyana’s previous presidents for a meeting on December...

Farmers to be compensated for problematic GRDB seeds

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers to be compensated for problematic GRDB seeds

Kaieteur News – Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha has given all assurances that farmers who obtained the GRDB 10 paddy variety from the Guyana Rice Development Board and are recording...

Weh de baby get de COVID from?

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Weh de baby get de COVID from?

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys does read some of dem posts pun social media and laugh. People bin discussing de sad story about de 6-day old baby wah die from COVID-19 related...

Masqueraders without masks

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Masqueraders without masks

Kaieteur News – I do not know what route the Minister of Education uses to get to and from work. But if during the daytime she passes by the junction of Irving and Lamaha Streets, she should be...

Rupert Roopnaraine is back but as what kind of revolutionary?

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Rupert Roopnaraine is back but as what kind of revolutionary?

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, I described the collective mind of 60 persons who signed a letter in the newspaper demanding the government follow the law in relation to 26 detained Haitians but...

Presidential Discourse and Beyond

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Presidential Discourse and Beyond

Kaieteur News – In recent news coming out of America, three living former American Presidents – Barrack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton – were reported as coming together to...

Essequibo teen’s killer charged with murder, remanded to prison.

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo teen’s killer charged with murder, remanded to prison.

Kaieteur News – The 34-year-old murder accused, who allegedly murdered 16-year-old Sanesha Lall in Essequibo last month, was finally remanded to prison yesterday. Yougeshwar Kumar, also called...

Three men arrested for having large amounts of cannabis in their possession

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three men arrested for having large amounts of cannabis in their possession

Kaieteur News – On Thursday, ranks of the Guyana Police Force arrested three men after they were found with over a total of 300 grams of cannabis in their possession. According to police...

Education Minister defends physical reopening of schools

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister defends physical reopening of schools

Kaieteur News – The Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, yesterday defended the conditional reopening of schools for face-to-face learning on the “Wakeup Guyana” radio programme on...

Confirmed COVID-19 cases pushes to 5,601

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Confirmed COVID-19 cases pushes to 5,601

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday recorded 73 new COVID-19 cases, pushing Guyana’s total number of confirmed cases to 5,601. This was presented in their daily dashboard update...

High Court dismisses $50M defamation claim Magistrate brought against DPP

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on High Court dismisses $50M defamation claim Magistrate brought against DPP

Kaieteur News – The High Court has dismissed a $50M claim for defamation brought against the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali- Hack by Magistrate Alex Moore. According to the...

Supreme Court responds to sentencing criticism

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Supreme Court responds to sentencing criticism

Kaieteur News – The Supreme Court of Judicature yesterday responded to public criticism that was made about two recent sentences handed down in the court system. In a statement, the Court noted...

GCB/Tropical Springs 0-40 T20 cricket Fifties from Mohammed, Persaud power Everest Masters to Tournament’s highest total

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/Tropical Springs 0-40 T20 cricket Fifties from Mohammed, Persaud power Everest Masters to Tournament’s highest total

Q/Finals set for today at Everest & Enmore By Sean Devers Half-centuries from ex-Cayman Islands Stanford T20 batsman Shaeed Mohammed and Basil Persaud and a cameo 20 from Randy Lindore...

South Africa-England ODI called off amid Covid scare

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Africa-England ODI called off amid Covid scare

ESPNcricinfo – The first ODI between South Africa and England in Cape Town has been called off, less than an hour before the toss. As reported by ESPNcricinfo, the postponement related to a...

Driver’s license can be used at Citizens Bank as proof as address

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Driver’s license can be used at Citizens Bank as proof as address

Kaieteur News – Customers opening bank accounts at Citizens Bank Guyana Inc. can now use their driver’s licence as proof of address. This is according to a source from Citizens Bank, who...

Kwakwani residents volunteer to serve on Ad Hoc Committee with the aim of ‘Bringing Football Back To Life’

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kwakwani residents volunteer to serve on Ad Hoc Committee with the aim of ‘Bringing Football Back To Life’

Kaieteur News – In a profound demonstration of community eagerness, members of the Kwakwani community last Sunday responded to a call from President of the Guyana Football Federation, Wayne...

Golf Association continues Gift of Giving Tradition

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golf Association continues Gift of Giving Tradition

Kaieteur News – Tomorrow from 11:00hrs the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and Nexgen Golf Academy will host its annual event for the Enmore Orphanage with a CURRY-Q. This novel idea was proposed...

Rahim and Shariff finish in top 20 of FIDE Worldwide Youth and Cadet Tournament

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rahim and Shariff finish in top 20 of FIDE Worldwide Youth and Cadet Tournament

Kaieteur News – Angel Rahim finished 7th in the Women’s Under-18 category of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Youth and Cadet Tournament. In what turned out to be a sensational performance...

Cyclists saddling up for 2nd leg in Linden tomorrow

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cyclists saddling up for 2nd leg in Linden tomorrow

Speed Sundays Time Trials Kaieteur News -Following a successful return to cycling via the Speed Sunday Time Trials series, the first leg pedaling off in the city, cyclists are getting ready to hit...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more