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How was one foreign company given 30 fishing licences Mr. Ramjattan?

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on How was one foreign company given 30 fishing licences Mr. Ramjattan?

Kaieteur News – Khemraj Ramjattan, the Leader of the Alliance For Change, is incomparably barefaced. Here he is agitated over two fishing licences. This is the same man, who was so dumbstruck...

Petrobras uses Guyana to pressure Brazil into granting permits

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Petrobras uses Guyana to pressure Brazil into granting permits

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras appears to be using Guyana’s petroleum regulatory system to pressure Brazil’s regulators into granting...

Poor Law Commission established to review list of 12,000 on public assistance

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Poor Law Commission established to review list of 12,000 on public assistance

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has installed a Poor Law Commission as part of the Ministry’s efforts to review the list of persons who depend on public...

No EIA required for waste treatment plant at Friendship – EPA

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No EIA required for waste treatment plant at Friendship – EPA

Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has disclosed via a public notice that no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required for the construction and operation of a...

19-year-old is first locally trained and certified helicopter pilot

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 19-year-old is first locally trained and certified helicopter pilot

Kaieteur News – Captain Azam Ally, a 19-year-old who hails from the Essequibo Coast, has made history for being Guyana’s first locally trained and certified helicopter pilot. He was honoured...

Govt. to name and shame non-compliant security firms – Minister Hamilton

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to name and shame non-compliant security firms – Minister Hamilton

Kaieteur News – Security firms found non-compliant with Guyana’s labour laws will be publicly shamed. This is according to Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton. The Minister’s warning was...

Man drowns trying to remove seine from propeller

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man drowns trying to remove seine from propeller

Kaieteur News – A 72-year-old man on Tuesday reportedly drowned after he plunged overbroad to remove a seine from the propeller of the boat in which he was travelling in. The incident...

Barge slams into Demerara Harbour Bridge

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Barge slams into Demerara Harbour Bridge

– Only small vehicles, mini-buses allowed to cross Kaieteur News – A barge yesterday afternoon slammed into the Demerara Harbour Bridge causing it to shift out of alignment. As a result...

COVID-19 creating new opportunities for corruption

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 creating new opportunities for corruption

– UNDP prepared to strengthen transparency, accountability, anti-corruption measures Kaieteur News – As the devastating socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to...

Musical Chairs at Takuba Lodge

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Musical Chairs at Takuba Lodge

Dem Boys Seh… Is sheer ‘confunction nonsense’ tekkin place at de Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Like somebody in deh like music because dem playing lots of musical chairs. Dem had a Minister...

The government’s cock-and-bull excuse

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The government’s cock-and-bull excuse

Kaieteur News – The explanation provided, as to why Guyana cannot accept the estimated 1,000 Cubans who have assembled at South Drain in Suriname, is untenable. That explanation has been...

Gary Best: The best or the worse is yet to come

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Gary Best: The best or the worse is yet to come

Kaieteur News – I cannot comment on the acquittal of Gary Best because there is going to be a continuation of the trial in the Full Court so the matter is still sub judice. I can still express...

Three years jail for Chesney man who robbed, raped market vendor

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three years jail for Chesney man who robbed, raped market vendor

Kaieteur News – The suspect, who was arrested in connection with the robbery/rape committed on a female market vendor from the Corentyne area, was yesterday sentenced to 36 months imprisonment...

One critical in West Coast smash-up

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on One critical in West Coast smash-up

Kaieteur News – A smash-up involving four vehicles last night, along the Ruimzeight Gardens public road on the West Coast of Demerara, has left one person critical. The accident reportedly...

Boy, 8, electrocuted with drill

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 8, electrocuted with drill

Kaieteur News – Found lying motionless in his yard with an electric drill in his right hand, an eight-year-boy is believed to have been electrocuted yesterday at his home. The boy, said to be a...

Three arrested after gun, ammo find in Berbice

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three arrested after gun, ammo find in Berbice

Kaieteur News – Police in East Berbice have reported a major find as they continue their anti-crime operations in the Region. According to information, a party of police ranks attached to the...

President urges Region 2 businesses to follow COVID-19 protocols

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President urges Region 2 businesses to follow COVID-19 protocols

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali yesterday urged Region Two businesses to “self-police” to ensure COVID-19 protocols are followed by their staff and customers to help reduce the...

Region Six records 17 of 32 new COVID-19 cases

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six records 17 of 32 new COVID-19 cases

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that of the 32 newly recorded COVID-19 cases, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) accounted for 17 of them. Region Two and Region Eight...

‘Close friend’ of Marcus Bisram re-arrested

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Close friend’ of Marcus Bisram re-arrested

Kaieteur News – The ex-policeman, who is said to be a ‘close friend’ of Marcus Bisram, was yesterday re-arrested in connection with the robbery committed on Bisram at No. 70 Village, Upper...

Man who ran into path of minibus dies

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man who ran into path of minibus dies

Kaieteur News – The man, who a driver claimed ran into the path of his minibus, has succumbed to his injuries. According to police, Maxwell Mona, 55, a labourer of Chester Village, West Coast...

Canadian High Commission marks end to 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian High Commission marks end to 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Kaieteur News – Today marks the end of the global campaign on 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The conclusion also coincides with the UN International Human Rights Day....

The right to truth is central to a healthy democracy – GHRA

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on The right to truth is central to a healthy democracy – GHRA

Kaieteur News – International Human Rights Day 2020 observed globally today, provides an opportune moment to reflect on the relationship between truth, justice and democracy. This was...

Fix it now – President Ali tells NIS head at Region 2 outreach

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fix it now – President Ali tells NIS head at Region 2 outreach

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali has instructed the representative of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to “fix it now” after hearing multiple concerns by Region Two...

Baramita man killed during fight with brother-in-law

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Baramita man killed during fight with brother-in-law

Kaieteur News – A man said to be in his early 30’s, was allegedly slain on Monday by his brother-in-law during a “fight.” Dellon Alanzo of Moran Area, Baramita, North West district,...

Union demands arbitration for decade-old sacking of 57 Rusal workers

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Union demands arbitration for decade-old sacking of 57 Rusal workers

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday called on Government to start arbitration with Russian-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated...