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Lack of info from Govt. agencies stymies oil sector audits – GRA

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Lack of info from Govt. agencies stymies oil sector audits – GRA

Kaieteur News – It was in September 2019 that the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) operationalised the Petroleum Revenue Audit Department (PetRAD). That department was established to serve two...

Importing items for retail to oil companies is not Local Content — ExxonMobil Rep.

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Importing items for retail to oil companies is not Local Content — ExxonMobil Rep.

Kaieteur News – The ExxonMobil-sponsored Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD) is currently embracing the stance that much more focus needs to be paid to the true meaning of what local...

Four arrested after father of two found dead in home

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Four arrested after father of two found dead in home

Kaieteur News – A father of two was yesterday morning found dead in his Swan, Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway home. His body bore multiple stab wounds. Police have since arrested four...

COVID-19 puts damper on Easter Monday observance

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 puts damper on Easter Monday observance

Kaieteur News – Yesterday was Easter Monday, a day dedicated to observe the resurrection of Jesus Christ as embraced by Christians. Over the years it has been characterized by families and...

Taxi driver beats, robs, then kicks out passenger

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver beats, robs, then kicks out passenger

Kaieteur News – A taxi driver, who goes by the name of ‘Robin,’ reportedly picked up a male passenger yesterday and took him to a location where he beat, robbed and then kicked him out of...

Guyana wants CARICOM’s solidarity in engagements with IMF/World Bank

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana wants CARICOM’s solidarity in engagements with IMF/World Bank

Kaieteur News – Finance Ministers from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) this past week met virtually to prepare CARICOM’s agenda ahead of a scheduled upcoming meeting with the...

UN report highlights corruption risks in emergency funding

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on UN report highlights corruption risks in emergency funding

Kaieteur News – The United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its report titled “COVID-19 Vaccines and Corruption Risks: Preventing corruption in the manufacture, allocation and...

Arrested party-goers continue revelry on GDF bus

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Arrested party-goers continue revelry on GDF bus

Kaieteur News – Moments after a group of individuals were arrested and placed on a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) bus for breaching the COVID-19 regulations, they chose to continue their revelry...

Sophia man arrested for robbing men while dining at Pouderoyen restaurant

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia man arrested for robbing men while dining at Pouderoyen restaurant

Kaieteur News – Police have arrested a 22-year-old man of ‘B’ Field, Sophia in relation to the million dollar robbery carried out on two men who were dining at a restaurant located at Lot...

Some people need fuh get charge!

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Some people need fuh get charge!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys hope dat Uncle Frank nah been in de same class like de man wah bin seh dat 34 is half of 65. Uncle Frank hoping fuh give 40,000 vaccines over de next...

The PPP/C is back to its old ways

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPP/C is back to its old ways

Kaieteur News – The decision of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to terminate the contract of its General Manager signals a policy of maximum administrative domination (MAD) within the...

Mahadai Das: Ian McDonald’s missing biographical notes

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mahadai Das: Ian McDonald’s missing biographical notes

Kaieteur News – In a column, “Ian McDonald should be careful what he writes because of his ethnicity,” of Monday, February 8, 2021, I observed that he overlooked the obnoxious side of the...

Let there be light

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Let there be light

Kaieteur News – The first spoken words recorded in the Holy Bible are these four profound ones: “Let there be light.” One does not have to be Christian, or even a subscriber to divine...

Labour Inspectors can conduct inspections but not initiate sanctions – US Dept. report

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Inspectors can conduct inspections but not initiate sanctions – US Dept. report

Kaieteur News – The US State Department’s 2020 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Guyana has highlighted that while labour inspectors have the authority to make unannounced...

Decomposed body found at Belle Vue foreshore

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed body found at Belle Vue foreshore

Kaieteur News – The body of a male was yesterday discovered lying face down between some boulders at the Belle Vue foreshore located on the West Bank of Demerara. According to a police report,...

Commander promises detailed investigation into woman’s allegation that cop wanted to touch her breast

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Commander promises detailed investigation into woman’s allegation that cop wanted to touch her breast

Kaieteur News – Commander of the Georgetown district, Simon McBean, has promised that a detailed investigation will be conducted following an allegation that one of his ranks wanted to touch a...

Cummings Lodge squatters to relocate by April 10

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Cummings Lodge squatters to relocate by April 10

Kaieteur News – According to a notice posted on the Facebook page of the Ministry of Housing and Water yesterday, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is calling on all...

Sparse kite flying activities in Regions One and Three

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Sparse kite flying activities in Regions One and Three

Kaieteur News – In Region Three, especially on the West Coast of Demerara, kite-flying activities were few. In fact, some persons described the day as especially boring despite the fact that...

Essequibians celebrate Easter with simplicity

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibians celebrate Easter with simplicity

By Romario Blair Kaieteur News – Yesterday marked the second Easter celebration since the first COVID-19 case was recorded in Guyana. In a bid to reduce the infection rate, most beaches...

Ashni Singh pleads with World Bank for more support

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ashni Singh pleads with World Bank for more support

Kaieteur News – Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has told the World Bank that Guyana’s economic prospects are currently...

Four COVID-19 fatalities in 24 hours – 14 patients currently in ICU

Apr 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Four COVID-19 fatalities in 24 hours – 14 patients currently in ICU

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has recorded four fatalities as a result of COVID-19 within the last 24 hours. The new deaths take the total number of fatalities in the pandemic to...

GABF issues warning about Fake ‘Guyana Basketball’ Facebook Account

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF issues warning about Fake ‘Guyana Basketball’ Facebook Account

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) is advising the public to be aware of a fake Facebook account, purporting to be the official Facebook of the GABF. The fake...

Crawford cops Mohabir Baljeet Sukhpaul Memorial title

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Crawford cops Mohabir Baljeet Sukhpaul Memorial title

Kaieteur News – Romello Crawford turned in a spirited performance to win the Mohabir Baljeet Sukhpaul memorial 46-mile road race which was contested on Sunday. The Flying Ace Cycling Club...

National Championships pushed back – AAG 4th development meet set for the 18th

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Championships pushed back – AAG 4th development meet set for the 18th

Kaieteur News – Kaieteur Sport has been made aware that the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has made a concerted decision to postpone the highly anticipated National Senior Championships...

More opportunities needed in rural areas

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on More opportunities needed in rural areas

Dear Editor, I read with great interest a letter written by a young and brilliant woman from Black Bush Polder who expressed in a letter the lack of opportunities, dominance by some in authority who...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more