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We don’t have to be this way

Dec 13, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on We don’t have to be this way

Kaieteur News – Every country, no matter how wealthy, has its share of poor. Guyana has approximately 12,000 persons that receive public assistance. Thousands more need such assistance. Without...

World’s biggest oil trader quickly pays US$160M to settle corruption allegations

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on World’s biggest oil trader quickly pays US$160M to settle corruption allegations

By Christopher Yasiejko, Andy Hoffman, and Peter Millard www.bloomberg.com: The U.S. unit of the world’s biggest independent oil trader agreed to pay more than US$160 million to settle...

Govt. rejects Chinese contractor’s demand for more money for CJIA expansion

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. rejects Chinese contractor’s demand for more money for CJIA expansion

US$150M and counting… – threatens legal action, debarment from future projects Kaieteur News – The governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) regime has rejected requests...

AFC doubts executive’s phone was tapped; Granger to issue statement today

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AFC doubts executive’s phone was tapped; Granger to issue statement today

Kaieteur News – “It is merely fake news,” was the retort given by two executive members of the Alliance For Change (AFC), in response to allegations that the executive of the Coalition...

Trinidad took decades to close loopholes

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad took decades to close loopholes

– oil expert warns Guyana not to walk the same road By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Even though Guyana’s CARICOM sister, Trinidad and Tobago, has been in the oil and gas industry for...

PPP/C took over US$180M in loans in last six weeks

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C took over US$180M in loans in last six weeks

– Finance Minister says Govt. financing critical projects By Kemol King Kaieteur News – The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government, in just six weeks, has taken in over...

SOCU seizes over 1,000 files from Police Commissioner’s office in probe of firearms issued under Coalition

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU seizes over 1,000 files from Police Commissioner’s office in probe of firearms issued under Coalition

Kaieteur News – Investigators from the police’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) last week seized about 1,000 files pertaining to the issuance of firearm licences under the Coalition...

Brazil Govt. to hold public hearings on auctioning of its mineral lands

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil Govt. to hold public hearings on auctioning of its mineral lands

Brazil (BNAmericas) – Brazilian mining regulator ANM will hold a virtual public hearing on Tuesday afternoon on guidelines for the planned auction of thousands of areas for mineral exploration....

Bandit shot dead after Eccles warehouse raid

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit shot dead after Eccles warehouse raid

Kaieteur News – A robbery attempt on a bond, by at least two bandits on Friday evening went horribly wrong for one of them. After the smoke cleared, one of the men was found dead on the scene,...

Guyanese Abdel Nur, convicted in JFK terror plot, deported from US

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese Abdel Nur, convicted in JFK terror plot, deported from US

PHILADELPHIA, US – Officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed a Guyanese national Thursday, following his conviction and sentencing in the Eastern District of New...

Confession of a Party

Dec 13, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Confession of a Party

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys remember when a young child went to confession. De child begin, “Father, I have done a small but cruel thing. It is no great or terrible sin, but it...

The Invite

Dec 13, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Invite

Kaieteur News – The Leader of the PNC/R appears to be flummoxed by the Presidential invitation for him to attend a caucus of former Presidents. He appears to have concluded that this invite has...

Comparing four African Guyanese presidents

Dec 13, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Comparing four African Guyanese presidents

Kaieteur News – Of the three Indian presidents, you are foolish to think anyone would be on the top of the list of Indian Guyanese other than Cheddi Jagan. Bharrat Jagdeo of course towers above...

Judiciary launches campaign to build public trust

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Judiciary launches campaign to build public trust

Kaieteur News – The Supreme Court of Judicature has launched a public education campaign as part of efforts to strengthen public trust in the judiciary. The project, being supported by the...

Hire car driver, passenger arrested after 50-kilo Moleson Creek ganja bust

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Hire car driver, passenger arrested after 50-kilo Moleson Creek ganja bust

Kaieteur News – A hire car driver is now in custody and likely to face the court after being busted with over 50 kilos of ganja. According to the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday,...

Toilet down

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Toilet down

Kaieteur News – This male washroom at the newly expanded and refurbished Cheddi Jagan International Airport has reportedly been out of order for the past two weeks. (CJIA washroom)

19 new COVID-19 cases for Region 10

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 19 new COVID-19 cases for Region 10

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health recorded 40 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, of which Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) accounted for 19 of them. Regions Five and Eight were the only...

First JetBlue flight lands

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on First JetBlue flight lands

Kaieteur News – At approximately 22:03 hours on Friday, low-cost US-based JetBlue, officially commenced non-stop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and...

Soldiers to get two weeks tax-free bonus

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Soldiers to get two weeks tax-free bonus

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that members of the Guyana Defence Force will get two weeks tax-free bonus in their next pay slip. The Head of State made this...

EPA to conduct environmental assessment for new Demerara River Bridge

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EPA to conduct environmental assessment for new Demerara River Bridge

─ public given 28 days from today to raise concerns Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency will soon conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the construction of a...

Rice Board workers ditches UAAW, choose GAWU as bargaining agent

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rice Board workers ditches UAAW, choose GAWU as bargaining agent

Kaieteur News – On Friday, a poll organised by the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board (TURCB) saw the workers of the Burma Rice Research Station at Burma, West Coast Berbice,...

Tattoo needles; 7 cell phones found in NA prison raid

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tattoo needles; 7 cell phones found in NA prison raid

Kaieteur News – Ranks of the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Prison Service recently seized a number of illegal items from the New Amsterdam Prison in their drive to rid the correction...

Company tightlipped about repayments as investors become desperate

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Company tightlipped about repayments as investors become desperate

Alleged Ponzi scheme… Kaieteur News – More than three months after the shocking arrests and charges of two officials for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme in which 17,000-plus investors were...

Install and Use Your Decorative Lights Safely This Holiday

Dec 13, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Install and Use Your Decorative Lights Safely This Holiday

STANDARDS IN FOCUS… Kaieteur News – Whether it’s for the decoration of your home at Christmas, a party or any special occasion, decorative lights can really add to the atmosphere....

Change of government, professionals and protection

Dec 13, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Change of government, professionals and protection

Kaieteur News – More and more, concerns are being expressed in the public domain about the fate of public servants when there is a change in government. As experienced time and again in this...

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Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more