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Govt. will not tolerate flaring troubles on future Stabroek Block ships – Bharrat

May 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. will not tolerate flaring troubles on future Stabroek Block ships – Bharrat

Kaieteur News – The recent flaring troubles in the Stabroek Block onboard the Liza Destiny, Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, will not be tolerated by the current...

Trinidad-based non-profit offers free cancer support to locals

May 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad-based non-profit offers free cancer support to locals

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), a registered not-for-profit organisation based in Trinidad and Tobago is reaching out to Guyanese to offer support in the area of...

Demand accountability from politicians or they will walk all over you – GTU General Secretary

May 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Demand accountability from politicians or they will walk all over you – GTU General Secretary

Kaieteur News – General Secretary of the Guyana Trade Union, Lincoln Lewis has stressed the need for the government to be held accountable to the citizens of the country, especially with their...

Proposed World Title Card in Guyana taking shape ‘Meeting with Sports Minister was ‘Excellent’- GBBC President

May 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Proposed World Title Card in Guyana taking shape ‘Meeting with Sports Minister was ‘Excellent’- GBBC President

By Sean Devers Kaieteur News- Staged by Promoter Carwyn Holland, Guyanese Gwendolyn O’Neil won a ten-round unanimous decision over American Kathy Rivers on May 29, 2004 at National Park in...

Upper Corentyne couple surrenders $1.3M in jewellery after beating from masked bandits

May 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Upper Corentyne couple surrenders $1.3M in jewellery after beating from masked bandits

Kaieteur News – A couple of No. 69 Village, Upper Corentyne was on Saturday beaten and robbed of over $1.3M in jewellery by two masked men who were armed with cutlasses. The victims have been...

Sheltez Independence Junior Tournament underway

May 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sheltez Independence Junior Tournament underway

Kaieteur News –The Sheltez Independence Junior Tournament was launched last Saturday at the Le Ressouvenir Tennis Club and will conclude Independence Day (May 26). Five matches were played on...

GAPLF Novices/Junior Championships 2021 highlight outstanding performances

May 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF Novices/Junior Championships 2021 highlight outstanding performances

Kaieteur News– Competitive powerlifting returned with a bang on Sunday last when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) held its Novices and Junior Championships at the Saint...

K&P Pharmacy and Diagnostic Centre supports Arrival Day Softball Cricket Cup

May 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on K&P Pharmacy and Diagnostic Centre supports Arrival Day Softball Cricket Cup

Kaieteur News- WeCare Community Services and Promotions has teamed up with Grill Masters Softball Team of East Canje Berbice to stage the inaugural K&P Pharmacy and Diagnostic Centre Arrival Day...

Fully immunised persons still required to wear face mask – Health Minister

May 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Fully immunised persons still required to wear face mask – Health Minister

Kaieteur News – Despite being fully immunised against the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), persons are still required to wear a face mask whether they are in public settings or in small...

We had real prospect of solving 1993 murder of Monica Reece but… – Crime Chief

May 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on We had real prospect of solving 1993 murder of Monica Reece but… – Crime Chief

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – Though 28 years have passed without investigators being able to solve the brutal murder of 19-year-old security guard, Monica Reece, Guyana’s current Crime...

Guyana‘s evolution had, at its core, contrived conflict among the various ethnic groups

May 03, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana‘s evolution had, at its core, contrived conflict among the various ethnic groups

Dear Editor, Permit me to comment on Vishnu Bisram‘s letter of May 1, 2021, in which he engages in his usual fetish of castigating the PNC. On this occasion, he also castigated David Hinds for not...

Exxon and govt. have failed to supply basic information they promised to supply

May 03, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exxon and govt. have failed to supply basic information they promised to supply

Dear Editor, At the beginning of the Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) Stakeholder meeting, held at 10 a.m. on Friday Feb 12, 2021, CEO Alistair Routledge said they wanted to...

Authorities must curb inconsiderate and reckless acts of the persons who beg and sell on the roads

May 03, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Authorities must curb inconsiderate and reckless acts of the persons who beg and sell on the roads

Dear Editor, I write with respect to the increase of begging that has gained momentum in Georgetown. Unfortunately on the 29th April, 2021, a pensioner who was in his eighties was killed when he fell...

Govt. should implement more stringent anti-COVID measures

May 03, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. should implement more stringent anti-COVID measures

Dear Editor, I have no confidence in this Government, which does not have the welfare of the people of Guyana as its paramount consideration. We need good leadership at this time of the pandemic,...

It was the Republican party that ended slavery in America

May 03, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on It was the Republican party that ended slavery in America

Dear Editor, Could you inform Freddie Kissoon that the Republican party was the one that ended slavery in 1865. It was President Lincoln who had to go to war with the South which was dominated by the...

Mrs. Catherine Hughes, please answer so Guyanese can know

May 03, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mrs. Catherine Hughes, please answer so Guyanese can know

Kaieteur News – I repeat a few lines in my article, “Johnny Mathis sings about the key at the AFC’s funeral,” of Tuesday, April 20, 2021: “The AFC has been in power five years during...

Jagdeo is not the only or the most senior Vice President

May 03, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Jagdeo is not the only or the most senior Vice President

Kaieteur News – On 2nd August 2020, the Presidential candidate of the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, was declared the duly elected President of Guyana. On the same...

We always did smell a rat

May 03, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We always did smell a rat

Kaieteur News – It would have been better if Guyana’s Oil and Gas Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, had maintained his now characteristic distance and silence on anything related to his...

Messages on World Press Freedom Day

May 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Messages on World Press Freedom Day

The Guyana Press Association The Guyana Press Association (GPA) joins with our colleagues in Guyana, the Caribbean and around the globe in observing World Press Freedom Day 2021. To media workers, we...

GBTI , Republic Bank adjust opening hours

May 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GBTI , Republic Bank adjust opening hours

Kaieteur News – Two of the country’s leading commercial banks have adjusted their opening hours. Republic Bank Guyana Ltd. (RBGL) and the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) have...

Mazaruni Prison escapee recaptured

May 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Mazaruni Prison escapee recaptured

Kaieteur News – Cops on Saturday recaptured Kevin LaFleur, 25, a robbery convict who had sprinted through some bushes after escaping the Mazaruni Prison on April 9, last. According to a police...

Fire destroys home of Linden family for second time in one month

May 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys home of Linden family for second time in one month

Kaieteur News – A Linden family of 11 has lost everything materially after the three-bedroom, concrete house they lived in was completely destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon. But what is all...

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...