June 2021

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$500M contracts signed to improve Hopetown, Beterverwagting Practical Instruction Centres

Jun 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $500M contracts signed to improve Hopetown, Beterverwagting Practical Instruction Centres

Kaieteur News – Two contracts worth over $500M were signed yesterday in the boardroom of the Ministry of Education’s Lot 26 Brickdam office for the expansion and rehabilitation of the...

Three more die of COVID-19

Jun 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Three more die of COVID-19

Kaieteur News – Three persons who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. According to the Ministry of Health (MoH), the latest fatalities are that of a 72-year-old man...

Digicel Guyana fulfills promise to help outstanding Guyanese student

Jun 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel Guyana fulfills promise to help outstanding Guyanese student

IPED salutes Dr. Yesu Persaud’s contribution to business development

Jun 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on IPED salutes Dr. Yesu Persaud’s contribution to business development

Kaieteur News – The Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) recently unveiled a life-sized bust of Dr. Yesu Persaud, who is the Founding Chairman of IPED and served the institution...

Agri. Ministry inks close to $500 million in contracts

Jun 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Agri. Ministry inks close to $500 million in contracts

– Tells contractors delays, substandard work will not be tolerated Kaieteur News – On Friday last, the Ministry of Agriculture inked close to $500 million in contracts for the supply of...

US$112.4M Linden-Mabura Road loan document presented to National Assembly

Jun 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on US$112.4M Linden-Mabura Road loan document presented to National Assembly

Kaieteur News – Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh on Thursday presented the $22.5 billion (US$112,432,000) loan for the...

Decision to close sugar estates ‘callous and unconscionable’ – Dr. Singh tells ILO meeting

Jun 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Decision to close sugar estates ‘callous and unconscionable’ – Dr. Singh tells ILO meeting

Kaieteur News – Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, says the Coalition’s decision to close the Wales, East Demerara, Rose Hall and...

Digicel reaches out to flood affected customers with over $25M in credit to keep them connected

Jun 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel reaches out to flood affected customers with over $25M in credit to keep them connected

Kaieteur News – Digicel Guyana on June 7, provided over $25M in credit to its customers living in the flood-affected communities throughout Guyana. Customers in communities such as Aishalton,...

Former GNDF President Faye Joseph laid to rest

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former GNDF President Faye Joseph laid to rest

Kaieteur News – `Former President of Guyana National Dominoes Federation (GNDF), 54 year-old Faye Joseph was laid to rest yesterday at the La Repentir cemetery following a funeral service which...

Int’l foundation launches multi-faith fundraising campaign to aid flood relief efforts

Jun 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l foundation launches multi-faith fundraising campaign to aid flood relief efforts

Kaieteur News – Guyanese whose homes, livelihoods and community infrastructure were destroyed by recent floods are receiving emergency aid through a campaign started by IDRF (International...

RHTY&SC cricket teams continue to make a positive difference

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC cricket teams continue to make a positive difference

Kaieteur News – The eleven (11) cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) over the past week continued their community developmental programmes by reaching out to...

Quinton de Kock 141* gives South Africa control before West Indies stutter again

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Quinton de Kock 141* gives South Africa control before West Indies stutter again

Rabada, Nortje strike twice after home side concede 225-run deficit ESPNcricinfo – South Africa were six wickets away from an innings victory in the first Test in St Lucia after Quinton de...

Wharfage development at Malgre Toute

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wharfage development at Malgre Toute

DEAR EDITOR, In an article in the news media of June 7, the view was expressed that the President of Guyana did not seem duly concerned about the destruction of mangroves at Malgre Toute on the West...

Hamilton Green failed to exhort us on lessons from his own history

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hamilton Green failed to exhort us on lessons from his own history

DEAR EDITOR, I read Hamilton Green’s letter “Tulsa is a stark example from which Guyana must learn” published on June 9, 2021, and am left to wonder why Mr. Green feels the need to travel all...

Key findings from Women in Basketball survey

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Key findings from Women in Basketball survey

Kaieteur News – A release from the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has detailed that FIBA is committed to having more Women in Basketball across all sectors of the sport and as such...

BCB unveil historic Grounds Enhancement Project in the Upper Corentyne Sub-Association

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB unveil historic Grounds Enhancement Project in the Upper Corentyne Sub-Association

Kaieteur News – “The Berbice Cricket Board is very committed to making a positive difference and to take our cricket to another level. We accepted your decision to vote us in as your...

Taking a stand against corruption

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Taking a stand against corruption

DEAR EDITOR, Charging toll to use a road is one thing, but converting those charges into personal gains is lawless; yet this is precisely what is happening at 70km Buckhall Check Point. Vehicular...

Every cloud has a silver lining

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Every cloud has a silver lining

DEAR EDITOR, There is an opportunity before us; the silver lining in the dark rain clouds is becoming apparent. Although unfortunate and stressful at the moment, the flooding does provide an...

When Walter Rodney died, national reconciliation died also

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on When Walter Rodney died, national reconciliation died also

DEAR EDITOR, Sunday June 13, 2021, makes the 41st Anniversary since the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney by a bomb blast on the night of June 13, 1980, in the vicinity of Bent Street Werk-en-Rust....

We can also learn from Wismar

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on We can also learn from Wismar

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to letter “Tulsa is a stark example from which Guyana must learn” (KN Jun. 9) by Hamilton Green. I could not agree more! But there is a more pointed, direct,...

Angry at those who manage and govern the affairs of this country

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Angry at those who manage and govern the affairs of this country

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana is fast becoming the most corrupt country in the CARICOM of countries. Beginning with those in government ministries making secret contracts of our natural resources,...

Wrongs now righted

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wrongs now righted

DEAR EDITOR, Finally, on the eve of his 41st death anniversary, the many wrongs against our iconic historian will be righted and his memory properly honoured. The slew of well-thought-out measures...

Question for the GPSU

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Question for the GPSU

DEAR EDITOR, Can the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) tell us what it has done in the past, or intends to do to ensure that we, the public, get the efficient professional and credible Public...

What pious hypocrites we have all become

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on What pious hypocrites we have all become

DEAR EDITOR, I think that all of us, almost without exception, are utter sanctimonious frauds. Elaboration follows. A man or a woman engaged in dangerous words in a more accommodating time is made an...

J. C. Bhagwandin responds to Shawn Simmons

Jun 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on J. C. Bhagwandin responds to Shawn Simmons

DEAR EDITOR, I am writing in response to Mr. Simmons letter which was published in Kaieteur News on June 11, 2021. Mr. Simmons failed once more to offer any credible counter arguments on the ISSUES...

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(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

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(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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