March 2021

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NDIA not aware that tenders and bids were cancelled and re-tendered

Mar 21, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on NDIA not aware that tenders and bids were cancelled and re-tendered

DEAR EDITOR, The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) wishes to clear up issues raised in a letter published in the Kaieteur News newspaper dated Friday, March 19th, 2021 titled: “Why...

The Coalition’s case can be summarised as pathetic

Mar 21, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Coalition’s case can be summarised as pathetic

DEAR EDITOR, The PNC-Led Coalition is a pathetic bunch of individuals and a party that wants to rule this country without the benefit of winning an election. They are a representation of fraud...

Govt. coercion to invest in Berbice Bridge broke NIS, not pensioners living too long

Mar 21, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. coercion to invest in Berbice Bridge broke NIS, not pensioners living too long

DEAR EDITOR, A letter by Neil Adams, “Restructuring the National Insurance Scheme” on March 19 is lacking in perspective and omits the primary reason for the dire straits the NIS finds...

The truth is my defence

Mar 21, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The truth is my defence

DEAR EDITOR, The distasteful and despicable behaviour and commentary of known persons closely aligned to the opposition APNU+AFC in attempting to assassinate my character and to circulate...

‘Spheres of influence’ can determine whether the will of the people as expressed at free and fair elections is upheld

Mar 21, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Spheres of influence’ can determine whether the will of the people as expressed at free and fair elections is upheld

DEAR EDITOR, Apart from the canned stuff put out by Reuters, thus far, little or nothing about the situation in Myanmar has been analysed by Guyanese for Guyanese or editorialised in the mainstream...

Personification of evil

Mar 21, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Personification of evil

DEAR EDITOR, We talk abundantly about corruption here, but we don’t even know the half of it. The PPP government makes hay targeting coalition rogues, ignores others. What citizens do not know is...

Indian logging company shows gross disrespect for Guyana’s labour laws

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Indian logging company shows gross disrespect for Guyana’s labour laws

– Subjects workers to inhumane conditions – Fails to comply with COVID-19 rules, etc. Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Labour (MOL) has highlighted the blatant disregard for...

APNU+AFC spent more money on drugs in 5 years than PPP did in 23

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC spent more money on drugs in 5 years than PPP did in 23

…broken supply chain led to expiration of $10B worth in drugs, massive shortages Kaieteur News – The A Partnership For National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration during its...

Guyana approves ‘blacklisted’ Chinese Contractors to bid for new Demerara River Bridge

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana approves ‘blacklisted’ Chinese Contractors to bid for new Demerara River Bridge

…will design, pay for and operate new structure—Public Works Ministry Kaieteur News – Guyana has prequalified nine contractors to build the new Demerara Harbour Bridge but a number of the...

Guyana, Suriname should partner on shorebase to cut costs – Suriname’s New Oil Boss

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Suriname should partner on shorebase to cut costs – Suriname’s New Oil Boss

Kaieteur News – With the aim of cutting the costs on a state-of-the-art shore base facility, the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of Suriname’s Staatsolie, Annand...

EU Observers urge Guyana to heed recommendations after contentious 2020 Elections

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EU Observers urge Guyana to heed recommendations after contentious 2020 Elections

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) yesterday addressed reporters one year after the 2020 general and regional elections on the purpose...

Renovated US$160M and counting CJIA now 95% complete

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Renovated US$160M and counting CJIA now 95% complete

A decade later… Kaieteur News – Guyana may be closer to seeing works completed on the modernized Cheddi Jagan International Airport albeit a decade later. This was made known during a tour of...

K/News’ security guards charged with murder of homeless man

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on K/News’ security guards charged with murder of homeless man

– as autopsy reveals homeless man was lashed to head Kaieteur News – Two of Kaieteur News’ security guards were last evening charged for allegedly killing a homeless man. The...

Weak Liza 1 & 2 Environmental Permits are “an abomination” – VP Bharrat Jagdeo

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Weak Liza 1 & 2 Environmental Permits are “an abomination” – VP Bharrat Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – Because they failed to address the fundamental environmental issues relating to oil and gas production, local oil boss and Vice President (VP), Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo referred to...

Shopping can be hazardous fuh yuh health

Mar 20, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Shopping can be hazardous fuh yuh health

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem Boys selling it how dem buy it. Dem hear a story about a husband and he wife who went shopping in de supermarket. Now everybody knows dat when it comes...

Jagdeo is out of touch with reality

Mar 20, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Jagdeo is out of touch with reality

Kaieteur News – Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, continues with this charade that oil production has a narrow window of 20 years. This narrow window; has become the PPP/C’s justification for...

Angela Davis speaks tomorrow on Walter Rodney

Mar 20, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Angela Davis speaks tomorrow on Walter Rodney

Kaieteur News – The Walter Rodney Foundation, headed by Rodney’s wife, Patricia, has announced that the featured speaker for the 2021 annual Walter Rodney symposium to be held tomorrow is...

Pointed lessons for Guyanese

Mar 20, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Pointed lessons for Guyanese

Kaieteur News – It is the bloody story unfolding before a horrified modern world of people putting their bodies before official brutality and the bullets of the military state. In Myanmar, it...

University of Guyana kicks off historical convocation for academic year 2019/2020

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on University of Guyana kicks off historical convocation for academic year 2019/2020

Kaieteur News – The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday began its convocation for the academic year of 2019/2020. It has been dubbed as a historical moment for the tertiary institution given...

Teen remanded for murder of 10-year-old boy

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Teen remanded for murder of 10-year-old boy

Kaieteur News – The teen, who investigators said was their prime suspect, for the murder of 10-year-old, Anthony Cort, was yesterday remanded to the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre. The...

Torginol Paints Inc. lends support to modernization of Indian Arrival Monument

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Torginol Paints Inc. lends support to modernization of Indian Arrival Monument

Kaieteur News – Development works at the Indian Arrival Monument at Palmyra, East Berbice, Corentyne, received a timely boost on Tuesday, with Torginol Paints Inc. making a significant...

AG asks Appeal Court to dismiss elections petition case

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on AG asks Appeal Court to dismiss elections petition case

Kaieteur News – Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC, has filed a motion to strike the elections petition appeal by Monica Thomas and Brennan Nurse – supporters...

Region Four records highest reports via 914 toll-free hotline for abuse cases

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region Four records highest reports via 914 toll-free hotline for abuse cases

Kaieteur News – Since its launch on December 10 last, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s 914 emergency hotline for cases of violence, has received a total of 197 calls—113...

Arrest Warrant issued for alleged plantain thief

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Arrest Warrant issued for alleged plantain thief

Kaieteur News – Senior Magistrate, Leron Daly, yesterday issued an arrest warrant for a man who allegedly stole 12 bunches of plantains. The arrest warrant was issued for Devon Persaud, after...

Calypso, Chutney and Soca Monarch Competitions to kick off in one week

Mar 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Calypso, Chutney and Soca Monarch Competitions to kick off in one week

Kaieteur News – As the nation braces for a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports has indicated that plans are moving apace for hosting the Calypso,...

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Kaieteur Sports – After thrilling action in Demerara and Berbice, the Future Warriors Tapeball for Primary Schools, which is powered by ExxonMobil Guyana, arrives at the Anna Regina National...

TEK A TASTE

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(Kaieteur News) – The driver drove to the parking spot, aligned the vehicle into one of the lanes and then shut the engine down. I opened the door so that we could exit. The scene was slightly intimidating. This was a posh location. If the service matched the façade, then this was the perfect...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Keeping my day job advising Pres. Ali

Jun 20, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Because Pres. Ali needs the hand, I’m keeping my day job. Unpaid advisor to HE Ali. It’s a thankless gig. But for country and presidency, no sacrifice is too high. Guyana needs some standards. Plenty; with starting all over recommended. ...

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