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Lets unite for a better oil deal

Feb 28, 2021 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Lets unite for a better oil deal

Kaieteur News – We support any efforts which are made to unite Guyanese, including those at the political level, in order to wrest meaningful concessions from ExxonMobil. In this regard, it...

Natural Resources Ministry plagiarized targets from Ghana’s local content regulations

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources Ministry plagiarized targets from Ghana’s local content regulations

– Went against advice of local content panel – Did no independent gap analysis – Some copied measures unsuitable for Guyana By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Research conducted...

Company owned by Cathy Hughes received $6M in contracts from Ministry of Telecommunications

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Company owned by Cathy Hughes received $6M in contracts from Ministry of Telecommunications

– approved at least one payment to company as Minister Kaieteur News – Public Affairs Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister, Kwame McCoy has publicized that former Minister of...

Israel shuts down sea shores after oil spill devastates coast

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Israel shuts down sea shores after oil spill devastates coast

– Guyana still awaiting full insurance coverage from oil companies Kaieteur News – Israel closed all its Mediterranean beaches until further notice, days after an offshore oil spill...

Don’t allow int’l companies to flout laws while going after local chicken farms – Dr Adams

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t allow int’l companies to flout laws while going after local chicken farms – Dr Adams

– Dr. Vincent Adams Kaieteur News – Guyana’s environmental watchdog, the Environmental Protect Agency (EPA), employs stringent measures to monitor and prevent damage to the environment by...

Speaker finds his voice, sends memo to MPs listing expressions unfit for Parliament

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker finds his voice, sends memo to MPs listing expressions unfit for Parliament

Kaieteur News – Following reports of vulgar heckling in the National Assembly and newspapers’ letter pages filled with condemnation of the behaviour of Parliamentarians, Kaieteur News...

Stop reflecting on failed attempts to rig elections, hold govt. accountable – Shuman tells Opposition

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Stop reflecting on failed attempts to rig elections, hold govt. accountable – Shuman tells Opposition

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Lenox Shuman on Friday rebuked the rest of the parliamentary Opposition, A Partnership for...

Patterson demands answers on status of $14B CJIA bonds

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Patterson demands answers on status of $14B CJIA bonds

– Edghill says all bonds are enforced Kaieteur News – Member of Parliament and former Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson on Friday called on the Government to make known...

ERC Meeting minutes contradict Chairman’s claim that extravagant Christmas Bonus was COVID-19 relief

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ERC Meeting minutes contradict Chairman’s claim that extravagant Christmas Bonus was COVID-19 relief

…. $150K “COVID Relief” – Commissioners and staff received COVID-19 packages, other benefits before meeting Kaieteur News – Meeting minutes from the Ethnic Relations Commission’s...

City Hall falling down like de old London Bridge

Feb 28, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on City Hall falling down like de old London Bridge

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Old people always say, if you can’t look after yuh own house, nah try fuh criticize yuh matty place. Deh gat some people living in some bruk down house and...

The Minister has no authority to appoint another Ombudsman

Feb 28, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Minister has no authority to appoint another Ombudsman

Kaieteur News – Mr. Kamal Ramkarran may have acted prudently in not proceeding with the holding of the elections of the Guyana Cricket Board. His decision has allowed some breathing room for...

Me in Toronto, my kid in London and our country

Feb 28, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Me in Toronto, my kid in London and our country

Kaieteur News – My daughter had the first brush with danger in her country after she returned recently from graduate studies in London. I knew one day it was going to happen. It is going to...

A bonus by another name

Feb 28, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A bonus by another name

Kaieteur News – We are a touch embarrassed at what occurred at Guyana’s sensitive Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC). We are even more embarrassed by what the Chairman of the ERC, a noble man...

Twenty-six Haitians, Cuban arrested for illegally crossing Guyana/Brazil border

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Twenty-six Haitians, Cuban arrested for illegally crossing Guyana/Brazil border

Kaieteur News – A total of 26 Haitians and one Cuban have been arrested by the Brazilian Police on Friday and yesterday respectively, for illegally entering Brazil from Guyana. According to the...

Drivers hospitalised following traffic light confusion

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Drivers hospitalised following traffic light confusion

Kaieteur News – Two car drivers are left hospitalised after they crashed into each other’s car on Friday, following a “traffic light confusion” at junction of the Beterverwagting Access...

Speeding car leaves pedal cyclist with severe head injuries

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding car leaves pedal cyclist with severe head injuries

Kaieteur News – A pedal cyclist is nursing severe head injuries after he was struck down on Friday by a car that was allegedly speeding along the Buxton Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD)....

Government blocked oil companies from consulting with Opposition – Patterson claims

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Government blocked oil companies from consulting with Opposition – Patterson claims

Kaieteur News – When the A Partnership For National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition held office, it allowed the then Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to...

Training Businesspersons to Better Implement Management Systems

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Training Businesspersons to Better Implement Management Systems

Kaieteur News – To improve the quality of products and services available in Guyana, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) provides technical assistance and specialised training to...

REVISITING THE GUYANA/VENEZUELA CONTROVERSY SOON TO COME BEFORE ICJ

Feb 28, 2021 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on REVISITING THE GUYANA/VENEZUELA CONTROVERSY SOON TO COME BEFORE ICJ

By Pat Dial Kaieteur News – The Guyana/Venezuela Controversy is again shortly coming up before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In Guyana, most of the writings on the Controversy have...

$100M set aside to restore City Hall – Local Govt. Minister

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $100M set aside to restore City Hall – Local Govt. Minister

Kaieteur News – Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, announced on Friday that the sum of $100M has been allocated for the restoration of City Hall. While...

City Council loses bid to impose 400% retroactive tax interest on Houston Estates

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on City Council loses bid to impose 400% retroactive tax interest on Houston Estates

Kaieteur News – The High Court has quashed a decision by the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown (M&CC) to impose interest retroactively at 21 percent on Houston Estates. The...

Coronavirus: Myths about COVID-19 vaccines debunked

Feb 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Coronavirus: Myths about COVID-19 vaccines debunked

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – Guyana, like the rest of the world, has started vaccinating its population against...

Interesting Creatures… The Gannet

Feb 28, 2021 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Gannet

Kaieteur News – Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus, in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies. “Gannet” is derived from Old English ganot, ultimately from the...

Balram Auto Mechanics on show today – Tickets available at the venue

Feb 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Balram Auto Mechanics on show today – Tickets available at the venue

Kaieteur News – The South Dakota Drag Circuit Drag Strip will be a hive of activity today with local and Suriname speedsters going head to head for bragging rights following an 18-month hiatus...

CB Insurance Regional Super50 final Red force hammers Jaguars by 152 runs to claim 13th title

Feb 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on CB Insurance Regional Super50 final Red force hammers Jaguars by 152 runs to claim 13th title

Guyana’s title drought extends to 16 years Kaieteur News – On the back of the highest total in a final and highest score this season by Lendl Simmons, unbeaten T&T’s Red Force inflicted...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more