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Guyana’s laws do not allow oil regulator to act independently

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s laws do not allow oil regulator to act independently

– Do not compel adherence to industry norms–IDB By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has once again pointed to glaring loopholes in Guyana’s...

Jagdeo yet to honour promise to release all oil permits two months later

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo yet to honour promise to release all oil permits two months later

Kaietuer News – Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, said on October 2 that the Government would release all the permits granted to oil companies for their development operations, but more than...

Lethem police commander intercepted by GRA with over 30 cases of liquor

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem police commander intercepted by GRA with over 30 cases of liquor

– claims he was bringing out for family and staff members Kaieteur News – Many were left surprised yesterday, after law enforcement officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)...

Missionaries killed in highway smash-up

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Missionaries killed in highway smash-up

Kaieteur News – A couple, well known in the Christian community, both died in a tragic accident last evening on the Linden/Soesdyke highway. Kaieteur News was told that the car in which they...

Christopher Ram resigns from NICIL Board

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Christopher Ram resigns from NICIL Board

Kaieteur News – Chartered Accountant and transparency advocate, Christopher Ram, has resigned from serving as a director on the Board of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments...

St. Ignatius man killed in Region Eight mining pit

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on St. Ignatius man killed in Region Eight mining pit

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old miner lost his life on Friday morning after the mining pit, which he was working in collapsed and buried him alive at St. Elizabeth Backdam, Region Eight. Dead is...

Prison Chief sent on leave

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Prison Chief sent on leave

Kaieteur News – The Director of Prisons, Gladwyn Samuels, has been sent on leave. This publication contacted Samuels and he confirmed the development. He told Kaieteur News that he is on...

Canje mom admits to beating, dumping child, and then reporting her missing

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canje mom admits to beating, dumping child, and then reporting her missing

Kaieteur News – The community of Geod Bananen, East Canje, Berbice, is in shock after news broke that a 25-year-old mother confessed to beating her six-year-old daughter unconscious, and then...

Drunk Ministry driver in custody after accident with salesman

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Drunk Ministry driver in custody after accident with salesman

Kaieteur News – A salesman is now in a critical condition, after he was struck down by a speeding driver, who was driving under the influence of alcohol. It so happens that the minibus forms...

Agricola residents concerned over proposed chemical warehouse

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola residents concerned over proposed chemical warehouse

– EPA says no impact assessment required Kaieteur News – Residents living around the environs of Agricola, East Bank Demerara are objecting to the planned construction of a ‘Chemical...

Christmas cancel

Dec 16, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Christmas cancel

Dem Boys Seh… De way things going with de coronavirus in Guyana, it looks like we gan gat to cancel Christmas. For the past seven days dem had 270 cases. This means that we can expect a deadly...

The masks have fallen off

Dec 16, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The masks have fallen off

Kaieteur News – In A Way in the World, the late Nobel Laureate, V.S. Naipaul, narrated an incident when he had just left school and was waiting to travel overseas for studies. The same story...

Nostalgia from the 1970s made David Granger the head of the PNC

Dec 16, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Nostalgia from the 1970s made David Granger the head of the PNC

Kaieteur News – Every Guyanese in and out of the land was totally surprised when President Granger named Halim Majeed ambassador to Cuba in 2015. With Guyana’s very young population (70...

Youth panelists support call for aggressive data collection to address issues

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Youth panelists support call for aggressive data collection to address issues

ERC‘s discussion on improving race relations… Kaieteur News – The youth panel which participated in the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC)’s two-day national conversation on improving...

95 long-serving GuySuCo employees honoured

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 95 long-serving GuySuCo employees honoured

Kaieteur News – Ninety-five (95) employees of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) were yesterday awarded for 40-plus years of service. The awardees are from the Albion, Blairmont and...

President Ali: Granger has open invitation for meeting

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali: Granger has open invitation for meeting

– former leaders discuss border security, local content, other critical issues Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali yesterday disclosed that the meeting with the former Presidents of...

Man who lit fire to Arakaka police outpost for court today

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man who lit fire to Arakaka police outpost for court today

Kaieteur News – The police have been advised by the Director of Public Prosecutions Chambers (DPP) to charge Roscoe McIntyre. He is accused of setting fire to the Arakaka Police Outpost, Region...

Former presidents mull tougher Racial Hostility Act, stronger penalties

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former presidents mull tougher Racial Hostility Act, stronger penalties

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali said one of the key issues discussed during yesterday’s engagement with the former presidents was the achievement of national unity and the strengthening...

Bids opens for Health Ministry’s head office; Environmental Assessment of Kumu Hydro-electric Project

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bids opens for Health Ministry’s head office; Environmental Assessment of Kumu Hydro-electric Project

Kaieteur News – The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), on Tuesday, opened 60 ¬¬¬¬-bids for six government ministries at their Ministry of Finance (MoF) office on...

Presidents agree that constitutional, electoral reform should be “people driven”

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Presidents agree that constitutional, electoral reform should be “people driven”

Kaieteur News – Former Presidents of Guyana and current Head of State, Dr. Irfaan Ali, have agreed that Constitutional and Electoral Reform should be “people driven.” The former leaders of...

Cop now slapped with manslaughter charge in Mandela shooting

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cop now slapped with manslaughter charge in Mandela shooting

Kaieteur News – One of cops who was previously on remand for the murder of an unarmed civilian, Cecil Sampat, 39, was officially slapped with a manslaughter charge yesterday. Sampat, along with...

Teacher jailed for sexually assaulting student appeals conviction

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher jailed for sexually assaulting student appeals conviction

Kaieteur News – Three weeks after he was jailed for sexually assaulting one of his students, Mohammed Wazir Khan, an economics teacher at a private city school is appealing his conviction. Khan...

‘Flushing’ remanded for killing Triumph man

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Flushing’ remanded for killing Triumph man

Kaieteur News – A 29-year-old labourer of Kadoo Street, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday remanded for the murder of Christopher Findlay called ‘Andy,’ a 50-year-old man of...

Cumberland man, 60, dies in two-motorcycle collision

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cumberland man, 60, dies in two-motorcycle collision

Kaieteur News – 60-year-old is dead following an accident on the Cumberland Public Road, East Canje, yesterday around noon. Dead is Clifton Sukhoo of Lot 70 New Street, Cumberland, East...

Former Finance Minister, Kowlessar, named GRA chairman

Dec 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former Finance Minister, Kowlessar, named GRA chairman

– IPED’s Ramesh Persaud is NIS chairman Kaieteur News – Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, yesterday announced the...

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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