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Dr. Ashni Singh justifies two-week review period for flawed oil fund law

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Ashni Singh justifies two-week review period for flawed oil fund law

– says penalties for abuse covered under other legislation Kaieteur News – Since tabling the Natural Resource Fund Bill 2021 in the National Assembly two weeks ago, Senior Minister with...

Speaker defends passage of new Oil Fund Law

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker defends passage of new Oil Fund Law

…says replica Mace was used, Govt. MPs abided with rules …promises stern consequences for disruptive MPs Kaieteur News – Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir yesterday defended...

Housing Ministry initiates $4.4B in last-minute contracts

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry initiates $4.4B in last-minute contracts

Kaieteur News – The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB’)s office on Wednesday opened some $4,471,460,900 in projects for infrastructural works for communities in...

Suspect nabbed in Suriname, confesses to crime

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect nabbed in Suriname, confesses to crime

Christmas Eve execution in Albouystown… Kaieteur News – The suspected killer of 28-year-old Deon Charles, who was killed execution-style on Christmas Eve night in Albouystown, was on...

Law approved to fast-track budget for constitutional agencies

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Law approved to fast-track budget for constitutional agencies

Kaieteur News – The Fiscal Management and Accountability Amendment (FMAA) Bill presented by Senior Minister within the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh,...

$40M spent to repair 151 fire hydrants – Fire Chief

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $40M spent to repair 151 fire hydrants – Fire Chief

Kaieteur News – Of the 235 fire hydrants said to be inoperable around the capital city, a total of 151 were completely repaired at a cost of $40 million. This is according to Fire Chief,...

Guyanese in 3 years paid $22B more in taxes – AG Report

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese in 3 years paid $22B more in taxes – AG Report

Kaieteur News – Guyana last year budgeted to collect, through its recurrent sources of revenue such as taxes, fees and other such payments, $226.5B. Government last year, however, collected...

Old Year’s Night is a good time fuh stay home

Dec 31, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Old Year’s Night is a good time fuh stay home

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Today is Old Year’s Day and dat mean dat plenty people gan be preparing fuh greet de New Year. Some people like fuh go to Church and some people does go to...

Grave disorder

Dec 31, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Grave disorder

Kaieteur News – What occurred in the National Assembly on Wednesday should come as no surprise. This column has long indicated that the APNU+AFC does not have a place in democratic institutions...

A year has gone. Will we learn from it?

Dec 31, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A year has gone. Will we learn from it?

Kaieteur News – All columnists look back as the year moves into history on its last day. I will do just that. For now, I end this final 2021 offering on a theme that has bothered me long before...

The future of crime in Guyana

Dec 31, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The future of crime in Guyana

Kaieteur News – Daily dangerous reality furnishes ample evidence that rampaging crime batters citizens relentlessly. Worse, it bodes ill for this society that white-collar crime soars from...

Painter killed in Grove accident

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Painter killed in Grove accident

Kaieteur News – A 64-year-old pedal cyclist was this morning killed by a truck along the Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Dead is Budhram Sookhoo of Herstelling, EBD. Abdool...

Man in custody for shooting pensioner

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man in custody for shooting pensioner

Kaieteur News – A pensioner of 72 Miles Potaro Road, Bartica, Region Seven, was on Christmas night shot by an intoxicated man who has since been arrested. Injured is Agnes Peters, an...

8 win big in Silvie’s Christmas promotion

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 8 win big in Silvie’s Christmas promotion

Kaieteur News – Commencing on November 1, last, where customers of Silvie’s Industrial Solutions/Silvie’s General Store, were afforded the opportunity to win prizes for their Christmas...

Oil companies, sub-contractors now mandated to ensure transfer of skills, knowledge and technology to Guyanese

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Oil companies, sub-contractors now mandated to ensure transfer of skills, knowledge and technology to Guyanese

Local Content Bill 2021 Series Pt. 10… By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – With the Local Content Bill 2021 poised to receive the assent of President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, oil companies and...

Region 3 resident is country’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region 3 resident is country’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that a 69-year-old man from Region Three, who contracted the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has died. According to the Ministry,...

Civil society group continues call for consultations on NRF legislation

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Civil society group continues call for consultations on NRF legislation

Kaieteur News – The PPP indefensibly forcing the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill through Parliament was done without a consultative process, despite its far-reaching consequences, despite...

Govt.’s $58M shrimp ponds nearing completion

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.’s $58M shrimp ponds nearing completion

Kaieteur News – 0 The Ministry of Agriculture is pursuing 74 ponds to hopefully double the production of shrimp, by 2025, with its $58 million investment. Yesterday, Kaieteur News was told...

Parliamentary staffer assaulted for protecting Speaker’s Mace, files complaint with ERC

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Parliamentary staffer assaulted for protecting Speaker’s Mace, files complaint with ERC

Kaieteur News – A complaint has been lodged with the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) over the racial and physical assault meted out to Parliamentary staffer and Personal Assistant to the...

No Confidence Motion against Opposition Leader to be thrown out

Dec 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on No Confidence Motion against Opposition Leader to be thrown out

Kaieteur News – Earlier this year, a Motion of No-Confidence was tabled by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) administration against the Opposition Leader, Joseph Harmon. However,...

President Ali should withhold assent to the NRF Bill

Dec 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Ali should withhold assent to the NRF Bill

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – Please permit me to make a last-ditch effort to appeal to the President to not sign the NRF Bill. I reference an article published by the Guyana Chronicle...

GCB ups tempo for CWI Regional 4 Day readiness

Dec 31, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB ups tempo for CWI Regional 4 Day readiness

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) in keeping with its promise to play national matches within the three counties, as against the centralized location of Demerara, has scheduled two...

Let’s work together to develop our country

Dec 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s work together to develop our country

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – I woke up this morning (Thursday), still in bewilderment at what I witnessed in the Guyana Parliament. The parliament is a place where laws and legislation are...

The government is getting the opposition it deserves

Dec 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The government is getting the opposition it deserves

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – Yesterday’s passage of the Natural Resource Fund Bill 2021 was a missed opportunity that the PPP/C government will come to regret. The fact is that there were...

Stabroek News Page One comment off target

Dec 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stabroek News Page One comment off target

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – I beg to differ with Stabroek News’ Page One Comment (Thursday, December 30, 2021) because at its core, it failed to acknowledge the normal cause and effect...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more