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Solar is now officially cheapest form of energy – IEA

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Solar is now officially cheapest form of energy – IEA

– Poised to become king of electricity markets Kaieteur News – According to the estimations of the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA), solar energy has not only become the...

Exxon resumes talks to buy Liza Destiny from builder

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon resumes talks to buy Liza Destiny from builder

Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil Guyana has recommenced negotiations with SMB Offshore for the purchase of the Liza Destiny, Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO), in light of...

Girlfriend stabbed to death as her son ran to get help

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Girlfriend stabbed to death as her son ran to get help

– Turns up an hour later unconscious at GPHC Kaieteur News – A Durban Street, Georgetown, woman was stabbed to death last night by her boyfriend even as her son who witnessed the incident...

America Street moneychanger robbed, shot in leg

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on America Street moneychanger robbed, shot in leg

Kaieteur News – A moneychanger, David Wilson, was robbed by two bandits yesterday on the corner of America Street and the Avenue of the Republic. According to eyewitnesses, Wilson, 49, of...

Motorcycle bandits strike again at Foulis, ECD

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcycle bandits strike again at Foulis, ECD

Kaieteur News – Motorcycle bandits have claimed another victim, this time at Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD). According to a police report, at about 11:20 hours on Friday, driver Moniram...

Gov’t. moves to issue more quarrying licence

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t. moves to issue more quarrying licence

Kaieteur News – President, Irfaan Ali, has announced a move by Government to issue new quarrying licences to satisfy the local demand for stone in the building and construction sectors. During...

ERC to launch investigation into comments by Walton-Desir, Ramjattan

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ERC to launch investigation into comments by Walton-Desir, Ramjattan

Kaieteur News – The Ethnic Relations Commission’s (ERC) Media Monitoring Unit will launch an investigation into comments made recently by Opposition Parliamentarians, Amanza Walton-Desir and...

Lockdown coming!

May 02, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lockdown coming!

Dem Boys Seh… Y’all start stock up pun yuh grocery. Lockdown coming. And it gan be a long, long lockdown when it start. Start buy yuh flour, rice and sugar because when de storm get worse,...

For the unions make us weak!

May 02, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on For the unions make us weak!

Kaieteur News – It is said that when boxers are preparing for a fight that they should reduce their amorous activities because this can make them weak. No fighter can afford to go into battle...

Four East Indian politicians I wouldn’t vote for

May 02, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Four East Indian politicians I wouldn’t vote for

Kaieteur News – My choice for the American presidential candidate last November was Bernie Sanders. If Sanders had won, I think he should have picked Elizabeth Warren as his running mate. There...

From elections petitions to prospects for the people

May 02, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on From elections petitions to prospects for the people

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Chief Justice has ruled and the last elections petition of the opposition coalition is down for the moment. We say for the moment, because the opposition has...

Albion sugar workers stage protest after one worker tests positive for COVID-19

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Albion sugar workers stage protest after one worker tests positive for COVID-19

Kaieteur News – Dozens of sugar workers from the 15B Gang attached to the Albion Sugar Estate staged a protest at Canje Turn as they claim that proper COVID-19 measures are not in place to...

Potable water returns to Chiung Mouth after 4 years

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Potable water returns to Chiung Mouth after 4 years

Kaieteur News – After four years without water, residents of Chiung Mouth Village in Region Eight, now once again have access to potable water in their homes. This was possible following the...

$95M bridge to be constructed at Great Diamond-Herstelling

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $95M bridge to be constructed at Great Diamond-Herstelling

Kaieteur News – A new steel and concrete composite bridge will soon be constructed at the New Great Diamond-Herstelling Road to enter the Mocha Access Road. This is according to Minister of...

Labour Minister flags SOL for not paying overtime

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Minister flags SOL for not paying overtime

Kaieteur News – Following a visit to SOL Guyana Incorporated’s headquarters on Friday, the Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, has flagged the company’s Surinamese management for not...

Organisations can lead by implementing an OSH management system

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Organisations can lead by implementing an OSH management system

Kaieteur News – During the month of April, labour organisations across the globe went into an awareness and advocacy mode to encourage organisations to improve and implement Occupational Safety...

Two new COVID-19 fatalities pushes death toll to 298

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Two new COVID-19 fatalities pushes death toll to 298

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday reported two new COVID-19 fatalities: a 71-year-old woman from Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni), and a 73-year-old woman from Region 10 (Upper...

Revisiting the march of the COVID-19 pandemic

May 02, 2021 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Revisiting the march of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Pat Dial Kaieteur News – It has become necessary for us to revisit the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Guyana. The pandemic first attacked Guyana over a year ago and the country was...

Thirteen-year-old Sophia girl missing

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Thirteen-year-old Sophia girl missing

K aieteur News – A 13-year-old Sophia girl has been missing since Tuesday and relatives have been pleading for her return. According to an aunt who spoke to this paper but who wished to remain...

Coronavirus: As the world struggles to breathe, we remain oblivious to the growing suffocation here

May 02, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: As the world struggles to breathe, we remain oblivious to the growing suffocation here

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Centre Although a year has passed and we understand more about COVID-19, the world is still battling the worst phase...

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

May 02, 2021 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

Interesting Creatures… Kaieteur News – The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing owls can be...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nurse Locrecia Inniss

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nurse Locrecia Inniss

“The road isn’t easy, there are times when you get challenges but because of your love for the profession and your desire to help others, you will never feel the need to quit.” By Romario Blair...

GUYOIL was predictable, definitely inevitable

May 02, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on GUYOIL was predictable, definitely inevitable

By GHK Lall Kaieteur News – It should disturb me tremendously, but it does not. That is because what unfolded at the State agency, GUYOIL, was so inevitable that it could not be prevented. I...

A Linden family struggles to recover after a brutal attack

May 02, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on A Linden family struggles to recover after a brutal attack

Physically and emotionally scarred… By Vanessa Braithwaite Kaieteur News – It is an innate desire of most mothers to ensure their children are safe and not in harm’s way. In fact, mothers...

Small states might benefit from the rivalry of large states for 21st century dominancev

May 02, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Small states might benefit from the rivalry of large states for 21st century dominancev

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – US President, Joseph Biden’s address to a Joint Session of the US Congress on April 28 was strikingly different from the speeches of his predecessor,...

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Maloney Pacers set sights on FIBA 3×3 World Tour qualifiers in Guyana

No immigrant should feel safe in America today

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more