April 2021

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Shopkeeper busted with ganja stashed in roof

Apr 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Shopkeeper busted with ganja stashed in roof

Kaieteur News – A 56-year-old shopkeeper is now in police custody after he was busted with 112 grams of suspected cannabis stashed in the roof of his home located at Fifth Street, Prospect,...

Man jailed 10 years for killing lover’s partner

Apr 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed 10 years for killing lover’s partner

Kaieteur News – Sterfon Barlow, who confessed to killing his lover’s reputed husband in 2016 after the man caught them in bed together, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years behind bars. Barlow...

Pensioner collapses, dies at NIS office

Apr 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner collapses, dies at NIS office

Kaieteur News – An elderly man collapsed and died yesterday while conducting business at the National Insurance Scheme’s (NIS) office located at Camp and Bent Streets, Georgetown. NIS in a...

No taxes attached to payment of pension through banking system – Ministry of Human Services

Apr 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on No taxes attached to payment of pension through banking system – Ministry of Human Services

Kaieteur News – Alluding to the list of services implemented to fast-track the payment of old age pension, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MoHSSS) yesterday announced that...

Bar owner, others charged for breaching COVID-19 regulations

Apr 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bar owner, others charged for breaching COVID-19 regulations

Kaieteur News – A bar owner, his staff and other persons were yesterday hauled before a City Magistrate after they were charged for breaching the COVID-19 regulations. Meer Rahaman, the owner...

GuyBiz supports Guyana’s Cricket with generous donation of COVID-19 supplies

Apr 15, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GuyBiz supports Guyana’s Cricket with generous donation of COVID-19 supplies

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Cricket Board yesterday received a generous supply of masks and sanitizers from manager of GuyBiz, Ishwar Singh. GuyBiz is a reputable procurement company located in...

Parfaite Harmony Martial Arts Academy students excel at exams

Apr 15, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Parfaite Harmony Martial Arts Academy students excel at exams

Kaieteur News – The Guyana International Kyokushinkai Martial Arts Academy (GIKMAA) has just concluded its first exams of this year, 2021. On the 29 of March, eight (8) out of twelve (12)...

Bank of Baroda Golf tourney set for Saturday

Apr 15, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bank of Baroda Golf tourney set for Saturday

Kaieteur News – The Lusignan Golf Club has partnered with the Bank of Baroda for the staging of its medal play tournament which is set for Saturday. Some 50 golfers are expected to participate...

Why would we seek to derail that progress with onerous local content and other requirements?

Apr 15, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why would we seek to derail that progress with onerous local content and other requirements?

Dear Editor, Guyana has struck black gold but the government’s plans for local content worry many of us. At best, they may not reflect reality in terms of our capabilities. At worst, they could...

I believe that the Government is on the right path to developing the oil and gas sector

Apr 15, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on I believe that the Government is on the right path to developing the oil and gas sector

Dear Editor, It is quite unfortunate that as a Guyanese, I had to sit and read the views expressed by International Lawyer, Melinda Janki regarding the prosperity of my beloved country. As someone...

The business class is running the Covid-19 Task Force

Apr 15, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The business class is running the Covid-19 Task Force

Dear Editor, I would be grateful for a space in your daily, so that I can share my experiences and thoughts on the above subject. Let me start with GPL. I live in the lower East Bank area in an...

Citizens need to put those who hold high positions under greater pressure to perform

Apr 15, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Citizens need to put those who hold high positions under greater pressure to perform

Dear Editor, Kaieteur New – GHK Lall, in his letter in SN and KN of 13th April (KN: “We should aim for transformational citizenry before we call for transformational leadership”) has raised...

Let genuine democracy be characterised by a vibrant opposition, except we have none

Apr 15, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let genuine democracy be characterised by a vibrant opposition, except we have none

Dear Editor, Everybody tells me that we have democracy in Guyana. I think all of them – media, leaders, foreign powers, private and civil sectors – lie blatantly. I expect that from government,...

Once again, America is faced with the slaying of a young Black man by those sworn to protect

Apr 15, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Once again, America is faced with the slaying of a young Black man by those sworn to protect

Dear Editor, Just when the entire world was beginning to grasp (even if momentarily) intricacies of policing– the difference between position and disposition, use of excessive force until the...

By giving generously during Ramadan, we can make our communities better

Apr 15, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on By giving generously during Ramadan, we can make our communities better

Dear Editor, To start off the Holy Month of Ramadan, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama at Linden worked with Humanity First Linden, a humanitarian relief organisation, which distributed food hampers in...

Ex-Minister Norton charged in relation to $12.5M drug bond rental scandal

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-Minister Norton charged in relation to $12.5M drug bond rental scandal

Kaieteur News – Former Minister of Health, under the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Government, Dr. George Norton, yesterday made his first court appearance...

Exxon encounters additional problems despite “repairs and upgrades” to gas compressor

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon encounters additional problems despite “repairs and upgrades” to gas compressor

– oil production down from 120,000 to 30,000 barrels per day Kaieteur News – After conducting “repairs and upgrades” to the Liza Destiny’s gas compressor system less than two months...

Family buries wrong body in COVID mix-up

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Family buries wrong body in COVID mix-up

By Shannard Mentus Kaieteur News – Menisha Ramjattan and her family are seeking answers on how the body of their relative, who was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

Repairs to Lethem’s main access bridge to cost at least $17M

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Repairs to Lethem’s main access bridge to cost at least $17M

Kaieteur News – The repairs to the Pirara Bridge, located on the Linden-Lethem trail, Region Nine, that was damaged last Saturday, is expected to cost at least $17M to repair. The Pirara Bridge...

Female passenger assaulted by bus driver after complaining about vulgar music

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Female passenger assaulted by bus driver after complaining about vulgar music

Kaieteur News – Police yesterday arrested a Zone 42 bus driver who was seen in a video assaulting a female passenger after she complained about his “loud and vulgar music,” Mark Ramotar,...

Demand for industrial zones in Guyana overwhelms Trade Ministry — Minister Walrond

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Demand for industrial zones in Guyana overwhelms Trade Ministry — Minister Walrond

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s economy is reported to have grown by 43.5 percent this past year despite the non-oil economy contracting by more than seven percent, but according to the Minister...

Security guard hospitalised after gunmen shoot him in leg

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard hospitalised after gunmen shoot him in leg

Kaieteur News – A security guard is now hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was shot to the right thigh by two unidentified men on Monday, in the vicinity...

Donald Rodney’s appeal of 1982 conviction for unlawful possession of explosives set aside in historic decision

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Donald Rodney’s appeal of 1982 conviction for unlawful possession of explosives set aside in historic decision

By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – Four decades after Donald Rodney was found guilty and sentenced for the unlawful possession of explosives, the appeal of his 18-month conviction was yesterday...

Magistrate rules matters to be tried summarily

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate rules matters to be tried summarily

Lawrence, Mingo, Smith-Joseph elections fraud cases… Kaieteur News – Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, has ruled that the Chairperson for the People’s National Congress, Volda Lawrence;...

ExxonMobil slapped with more fines in US over environmental violations

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil slapped with more fines in US over environmental violations

…will also have to spend US$10M to ‘clean up its act’ Kaieteur News – The United States Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Illinois yesterday...

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The great old-age pension gold rush

Oct 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese aged 65 and over, who have spent decades living comfortably in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, are suddenly discovering that the land of their birth has something more attractive than pepperpot and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). It has an old-age...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

EPA Director, Parsram

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Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – My good friend, Mr. Khemraj Parsram is at it again. Trying his hand at being a jester. He should stick to his role as Guyana’s EPA Director, which is proving to be more than a handful for him. The man should collect war pay for his heroic efforts to...

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