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Oil companies should be penalised for failing to meet local content obligations

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Oil companies should be penalised for failing to meet local content obligations

– Financial Analyst, Floyd Haynes Kaieteur News – Financial Analyst, Floyd Haynes, is of the firm conviction that oil companies should face punitive measures for failing to meet local...

Ten Haitians found in Berbice hotel – Govt. believes they are victims of trafficking

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ten Haitians found in Berbice hotel – Govt. believes they are victims of trafficking

Kaieteur News – Ten Haitian nationals were yesterday found in the Swiss Hotel located at Skeldon, Berbice, Region Six, without any form of identification or legal documents. It is believed by...

Accused chain snatcher beaten after being set freed by magistrate

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Accused chain snatcher beaten after being set freed by magistrate

Kaieteur News – A cellphone recorded video that surfaced on Facebook, yesterday, depicted the beating of an accused gold chain snatcher, mere minutes after he was freed by a magistrate at the...

Woman dies in crash, day before 40th birthday

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Woman dies in crash, day before 40th birthday

Kaieteur News – The Secretary of the Baramita Village Council who had plans of celebrating her 40th birthday yesterday was killed tragically in a vehicular accident on Wednesday afternoon. The...

Drunken man beats neighbour for her birthday

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken man beats neighbour for her birthday

Kaieteur News – A night of celebration turned violent for Keneshia Shiwsaran, who was beaten about her back with a cutlass by one of her neighbours during her 30th birthday party. The mother of...

Harmon called out for “reckless” claims about ‘fake’ COVID-19 vaccines

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon called out for “reckless” claims about ‘fake’ COVID-19 vaccines

Kaieteur News – Opposition Leader, Joseph Harmon, was yesterday called out for his claims of possible fake COVID-19 vaccines after he sought to lambaste the People’s Progressive Party/Civic...

GCCI calls Harmon’s statement unwarranted and reckless

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI calls Harmon’s statement unwarranted and reckless

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) yesterday in a press release called the statement regarding ‘fake vaccines’ made by the Leader of the Opposition,...

Spoil sport should not get invite to party!

Jun 18, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Spoil sport should not get invite to party!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Deh gat some people yuh don’t want at yuh wedding. But yuh does deh between a rock and hard place. If yuh nah invite dem, dem gan cuss yuh out fuh de rest of...

STAY AT HOME AND STUDY!

Jun 18, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on STAY AT HOME AND STUDY!

Kaieteur News – It has become the habit of students to stake out various places in order to study. It is not unusual to discover children in the Botanic and Promenade Gardens or even in the...

In Israel is 60 a majority in a parliamentary vote of 119?

Jun 18, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on In Israel is 60 a majority in a parliamentary vote of 119?

Kaieteur News – Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has lost power in a confidence motion in which the voting was 59 for Netanyahu to stay and 60 for a new PM. There wasn’t a word...

Health Minister says Govt. did not source vaccines from illegal entity

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister says Govt. did not source vaccines from illegal entity

Kaieteur News – The Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, stated during a press conference yesterday, that the Government did not source vaccines from any illegal entity. “At no time did...

Energy Chamber signs MoU with MARAD to ensure effective monitoring of maritime activities

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Energy Chamber signs MoU with MARAD to ensure effective monitoring of maritime activities

The MoU was signed between President of the Energy Chamber, Mr. Manniram Prashad and MARAD’s Director General, Mr. Stephen Thomas.

Trustee inmate who escaped from Lusignan Prison, recaptured

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Trustee inmate who escaped from Lusignan Prison, recaptured

Kaieteur News – Four months after a trustee inmate escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was yesterday recaptured at a construction site around 16:30 hrs. According to a...

Porter died from drowning compounded by blunt trauma to head

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Porter died from drowning compounded by blunt trauma to head

Kaieteur News – The post-mortem examination performed on the remains of, 22-year-old Benjamin Franklyn, who was a porter of Four Miles, Port Kaituma that drowned last Thursday, while he tried...

Brazilian man wanted for gold miner’s murder

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian man wanted for gold miner’s murder

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Begong Fakaud for questioning in relation to the murder of Shemar Drakes, a gold miner of Third Avenue,...

Ministry of Health recorded 3 more COVID-19 deaths

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Health recorded 3 more COVID-19 deaths

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced that three persons who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. Their deaths now move the country’s...

Raymond ‘Steely’ Newton to compete at 2021 Harlem Skyscraper Cycling Classic on Sunday

Jun 18, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raymond ‘Steely’ Newton to compete at 2021 Harlem Skyscraper Cycling Classic on Sunday

Kaieteur News – Veteran Guyanese cyclist, Raymond ‘Steely’ Newton, a member of We Stand United Cycle Club is set to compete at New York’s Premiere Professional/Amateur and Community...

National Senior Championships starts today International flavor added to the mix

Jun 18, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Senior Championships starts today International flavor added to the mix

By Calvin Chapman Kaieteur News – The highly anticipated three-day national Senior Athletics Championships begins this afternoon from 17:00hrs at the National Track & Field Center (NTFC),...

Imported cosmetics for distribution must be labeled in English – Food and Drug Dept. – 1147 bottles seized

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Imported cosmetics for distribution must be labeled in English – Food and Drug Dept. – 1147 bottles seized

Kaieteur News – The Government Analyst – Food and Drugs Department (GA-FDD) is advising importers and distributers that all cosmetics must be labeled in English before it is distributed. This...

Housing Ministry warns of alleged imposters

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry warns of alleged imposters

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Housing and Water yesterday issued a notice advising the general public to be aware of alleged Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) agent...

Track star Chance is Powerade’s new Brand Ambassador

Jun 18, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Track star Chance is Powerade’s new Brand Ambassador

Kaieteur News – US-based Arinze Chance, who is Guyana’s Indoor 400m record holder, has been named Powerade Brand Ambassador following a signing ceremony at Thirst Park yesterday. Chance, who...

Phantom take Champion of Champions dominoes title

Jun 18, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Phantom take Champion of Champions dominoes title

Kaieteur News – Phantom registered 74 games to win the Champion of Champions dominoes competition which was contested on Sunday last at R and R Sports Club, Meadowbrook. Spartons and Providence...

Man who allegedly gunned down teen committed to High Court

Jun 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man who allegedly gunned down teen committed to High Court

Kaieteur News – The man who allegedly gunned down an Albouystown teen who was on his way to football practice, in 2019, was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the offence....

NSC runs with AAG for National Senior Championships

Jun 18, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC runs with AAG for National Senior Championships

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana through the National Sports Commission (NSC) yesterday made a financial contribution to the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) to assist the body...

Ivermectin remains a suitable alternative to the vaccine for COVID-19

Jun 18, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ivermectin remains a suitable alternative to the vaccine for COVID-19

DEAR EDITOR, This is a direct response to a letter in Stabroek News of June 13, 2021, entitled “Ivermectin is an unproven drug not to be used for treatment of COVID-19” by Dr. Jacquelyn Jhingree,...

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The business class also funds undemocratic parties

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- There’s a peculiar phenomenon in Guyana, a sort of cyclical ritual, where members of... more