April 2021

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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...

Solar energy is far cheaper than the US$400-800M gas to shore project

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Solar energy is far cheaper than the US$400-800M gas to shore project

Dear Editor, Former Presidents Jagdeo and Ramotar are not paying attention. Solar energy is far cheaper than the US$400-800M gas to shore project. I have already made this public without refutation....

I detect a totalitarian state, with only occasional objecting pockets

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on I detect a totalitarian state, with only occasional objecting pockets

Dear Editor, The more I observe this country, the more I see a state heading downhill. I commend sleek PPP leaders for their covert operations, but then that would be a party to the immensity of the...

My mother’s memory lives on in all of us

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on My mother’s memory lives on in all of us

Dear Editor, The death of a mother, even at 93, as mine did on Sunday night, is a great loss; it is irreparable. With my father having passed in the mid-1990s, I join many others who have lost both...

We are pleading on behalf of these two Haitian citizens

Apr 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are pleading on behalf of these two Haitian citizens

Dear Editor We write on behalf of two citizens of Haiti, Junette Jean and Wilbert Fremont who on March 17, 2021 were sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment in addition to a fine of $30,000 each for...

Woman who stabbed ex-boyfriend to death…Policeman wanted to touch her breasts instead of taking domestic violence report

Apr 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Woman who stabbed ex-boyfriend to death…Policeman wanted to touch her breasts instead of taking domestic violence report

Kaieteur News – A mere five days before Sofia, 27, (not her real name) knifed her ex-boyfriend to death, a policeman attached to the Turkeyen Police Station had made advances to touch her...

GEA aware of short term use for gas to electricity

Apr 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GEA aware of short term use for gas to electricity

…says President, PM looking to develop 400MW mainly with solar, hydro Kaieteur News – The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) is working towards a domestic energy mix to be developed over the next...

Schools to remain closed for April – Education Minister

Apr 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Schools to remain closed for April – Education Minister

Kaieteur News – On Thursday last, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand announced that schools throughout the country will remain closed for face-to-face engagement for the month of April....

ExxonMobil has few options for Liza One natural gas

Apr 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil has few options for Liza One natural gas

…only so much can be re-injected, power FPSO — T&T Expert Kaieteur News – Former Minister of Energy in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), Kevin Ramnarine, believes that US oil...

Health Ministry to vaccinate 40,000 persons this week

Apr 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry to vaccinate 40,000 persons this week

Kaieteur Radio – The Ministry of Health, via press statement yesterday announced a significant ramp-up of COVID-19 vaccination in the coming week, as it plans to administer first doses to...

UN report warns of corruption risks in vaccine procurement

Apr 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on UN report warns of corruption risks in vaccine procurement

Kaieteur News – As the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus continues to tower over the globe and countries scramble for vaccines to achieve herd immunity, a report prepared by the United Nations Office...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

UG Green Institute Prelim. Report Pt. 1

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) did its 60th Independence Survey. Titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society Being Built. The Preliminary Report is out. It’s a start. Guyanese get to hear from academics with their models and...

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