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Guyana makes no use of UNDP report to avoid corruption, abuse in oil sector

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana makes no use of UNDP report to avoid corruption, abuse in oil sector

Four years later… By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – In response to a request in 2016 to help Guyana arrive at good legal, regulatory, contractual and fiscal measures needed to keep corruption...

Chinese contractor agrees to foot US$9M bill for additional works on CJIA

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese contractor agrees to foot US$9M bill for additional works on CJIA

US$150M CJIA airport extension fiasco… Kaieteur News – Government yesterday announced that it penned a new agreement with troubled Chinese contractor, China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC),...

Ill-prepared Guyana mulls new bid rounds for oil blocks

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ill-prepared Guyana mulls new bid rounds for oil blocks

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana is considering putting up oil blocks for sale via bid rounds in 2021. This would allow Guyana to get much-needed revenue, as those awarded before were...

Former priest found murdered in his home

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former priest found murdered in his home

Kaieteur News – Well-known, former Anglican priest, George Chuck-A-Sang, 82, was found murdered in his home on Monday, shocking church members and sparking an outpouring of sentiments. His...

SOCU digging into James Bond’s finances

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU digging into James Bond’s finances

…as land giveaway probe continues Kaieteur News – The police’s Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) have begun combing through the finances of People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)...

JHI makes more cash off Canje block

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on JHI makes more cash off Canje block

Kaieteur News – JHI Associates, one of the initial owners of the Canje block, offshore Guyana, has benefitted yet again from its ownership of the block through a sale of shares to UK investment...

Opposition to abstain from Parliament today

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition to abstain from Parliament today

…over Speaker’s failure to convene Public Accounts Committee Kaieteur News – The A Partnership For National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition, now in opposition, have opted to...

FIU reports reduction in suspicious transaction reports

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on FIU reports reduction in suspicious transaction reports

– 29 new reporting agencies registered Kaieteur News – The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) says 29 new reporting agencies have registered on its database this year to support the fight...

Nah judge wan book by he cover

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Nah judge wan book by he cover

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Another 40 plus cases yesterday and one more person died. And people are like de Duracell battery… they just keep going and going. De main shopping areas were...

THE PROBLEM IS CLASS

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PROBLEM IS CLASS

Kaieteur News – One of the nauseating traits that have developed is the rigid divide and compartments in which we judge others. This has to do with the nature of local politics. There are two...

Granger ignored Lewis, will Trump ignore Flynn?

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Granger ignored Lewis, will Trump ignore Flynn?

Kaieteur News – Lincoln Lewis of Guyana and Michael Flynn of the USA are two dangerously ignorant men. Flynn of course is far more educated than Lewis and is far less crass and intellectually...

COVID-19 death toll mounts to 160

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 death toll mounts to 160

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has recorded its 160th death as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest fatality, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH), is a 73-year-old...

Mayor rejects Minister’s advice on re-appointing acting Town Clerk

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor rejects Minister’s advice on re-appointing acting Town Clerk

Kaieteur News – City Mayor, Ubraj Narine, has rejected the advice of the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, to reappoint Candace Nelson as acting Town...

Guyana poised to yield economic benefits from arbitration laws – retired judge

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana poised to yield economic benefits from arbitration laws – retired judge

Kaieteur News – Justice Courtney Abel, a retired judge of the Belizean Supreme Court, says Guyana’s quest to establish itself as an arbitration centre for the Caribbean could dramatically...

Lone witness charged for killing friend-

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lone witness charged for killing friend-

Essequibo mystery shooting… Kaieteur News – Cordel Grimes, 25, who is said to be the only witness to the shooting of his friend, Reeaz Khan, on September 29th, outside a hotel on the...

ICJ delivered careful judgment on Guyana, Venezuela border case – Int’l lawyers

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ICJ delivered careful judgment on Guyana, Venezuela border case – Int’l lawyers

Kaieteur News – International lawyers who represented Guyana at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week, have fired back at criticism from Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan, a Guyanese and...

One Laptop Per Family initiative to be re-introduced next year

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on One Laptop Per Family initiative to be re-introduced next year

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali has announced the re-introduction of the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative. The Head of State told residents of Kato in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni)...

‘Hot skull’ gets 43 and a half years for Albouystown footballer’s murder

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Hot skull’ gets 43 and a half years for Albouystown footballer’s murder

Kaieteur News – Alvin Jones, called ‘Hot Skull,’ a fish cleaner of Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown, was yesterday sentenced to 43 years and a half years in prison for the murder of...

Boat captain committed to stand trial for death of father-in-law

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Boat captain committed to stand trial for death of father-in-law

Kaieteur News – A boat captain was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of his father-in-law. He is accused of ramming his boat into the man. The accused, George...

GPL’s submarine cable repaired to the tune of $100M

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPL’s submarine cable repaired to the tune of $100M

– power company to go after ship owners to recover costs Kaieteur News – Prime Minister, Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips, was satisfied yesterday afternoon, after inspecting the repairs...

Uitvlugt pedal cyclist struck down, killed by speeding car

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Uitvlugt pedal cyclist struck down, killed by speeding car

Kaieteur News – A pedal cyclist of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, on Monday lost his life after he was struck down and killed by a speeding car at the Stewartville Public Road. The dead man was...

Pre-qualification bids open for NCN service providers

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pre-qualification bids open for NCN service providers

Kaieteur News – The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), on Tuesday, opened 54 ¬¬¬¬- bids for nine government ministries at their Ministry of Finance (MoF) office...

Budget Day yet to be finally determined

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Budget Day yet to be finally determined

Kaieteur News – Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has clarified that no fixed date has yet been set for the presentation of Budget...

New NIS board challenged to improve services

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New NIS board challenged to improve services

– make entity viable on long term – improve processing of claims and payments of benefits Kaieteur News – The recently announced new National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Board on Monday...

Bus slams into court fence after colliding with car

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bus slams into court fence after colliding with car

Kaieteur New – One person was taken to the hospital following a collision on Monday night between a minibus and a car at the intersection of Brickdam and High Street, Georgetown. The injured...

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Windies crumble to spin as Pakistan seize control with 202-run lead in Multan

Kazakhstan showed that renegotiation is possible

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News– Bharrat Jagdeo is fond every week of criticizing the PNC/R as not having persons... more