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Guyana pays more interest on loans than it earns in Profits & Royalty

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana pays more interest on loans than it earns in Profits & Royalty

…analyst projects paying US$336M this year, as Govt. gets US$226M total Kaieteur News – A recently published financial analysis has since revealed that the interest rate on the loans that...

Govt. gazettes partial vaccine mandate

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. gazettes partial vaccine mandate

– Only vaccinated persons to enter cinemas, govt. agencies; public transportation operators must be vaccinated Kaieteur News – Even though the Government made it clear that COVID-19...

Local Government Commission demotes City’s Acting Town Clerk

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Local Government Commission demotes City’s Acting Town Clerk

– Mayor says will not accept replacement Kaieteur News – The Local Government Commission (LGC) recently demoted Georgetown’s Acting Town Clerk, Sherry Jerrick, to the position of Deputy...

‘Breast grabber’ remanded for chopping labourer who intervened

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Breast grabber’ remanded for chopping labourer who intervened

Kaieteur News – Rochino Maison, the 24-year-old Linden man, who grabbed a woman’s breast, and chopped a labourer because he intervened, was remanded to prison on Thursday. Magistrate, Annette...

GuySuCo never requested $400M intended for mechanisation following budget approval – Opposition

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo never requested $400M intended for mechanisation following budget approval – Opposition

Kaieteur News – The A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has refuted claims that while in Government it denied the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) some $400M...

Exxon eyes another ‘mega basin’ in Stabroek Block with new discoveries

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon eyes another ‘mega basin’ in Stabroek Block with new discoveries

…shareholders told Yellowtail permits expected before year-end Kaieteur News – The recent discoveries in the Stabroek Block in Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) at the Whiptail I &...

Natural Gas distribution to GPL Grid poses massive challenges, risks –

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Gas distribution to GPL Grid poses massive challenges, risks –

Gas-to-Energy 2017 Report… Kaieteur News – According to the 2017 Energy Narrative ‘Desk Study of the Options, Cost, Economics, Impacts, and Key Considerations of Transporting and...

Woman gets community service after saying she stole phones to feed children

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Woman gets community service after saying she stole phones to feed children

Kaieteur News – Twenty-year-old Alicia Bernard yesterday, told the court that she stole two cell phones because she needed the money to feed her children. Bernard appeared in the Georgetown...

Is just coincidence!

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is just coincidence!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Nah! It cyan be true! Stop with de idle specu-lation. Is nat true dat because dem boys friend build cinema de guvment decide fuh allow all dem cinema fuh...

CONSOLATION FOR A FOOL

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CONSOLATION FOR A FOOL

Kaieteur News – He was prospecting, looking for the deal that would make him rich. He did not have much understanding of the business climate, but who needed this to make money in Guyana? With...

A history of the PNC – Part 3

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A history of the PNC – Part 3

Kaieteur News – This is the third installation of a series on the history of the PNC. For parts one and two, please see, Tuesday October 15, 2019 and Saturday November 23, 2019. We left off...

Olympics – the dream and sometimes nightmare

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Olympics – the dream and sometimes nightmare

Kaieteur News – The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are in full swing, and will soon be history. Olympics are these two-week marathons of muscle and mind, skill and grit, and sensitivities and so much more...

Opposition to query vaccine bills

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition to query vaccine bills

Kaieteur News – The 65 Members of the National Assembly are slated to meet for a sitting of the Legislature on Tuesday, at which time, former Minister of Health, Dr. Karen Cummings, is expected...

15 patients in COVID-19 ICU, 86 new infections

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 15 patients in COVID-19 ICU, 86 new infections

Kaieteur News – Although no deaths have been reported on within the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health yesterday announced that 15 patients are presently admitted in the COVID-19 Intensive...

Barbados ready to offer services in Guyana’s oil industry

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados ready to offer services in Guyana’s oil industry

Kaieteur News – As Guyana expands its oil and gas industry and welcomes more investors, officials are seeking to get more Barbados-based international business firms to offer services there. In...

Chevening Alumni host virtual discussion on migrant vulnerabilities and empowerment in Guyana

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Chevening Alumni host virtual discussion on migrant vulnerabilities and empowerment in Guyana

Kaieteur News – The Chevening Alumni Association of Guyana on Thursday concluded a virtually streamed panel discussion entitled “Migration and Guyana – Vulnerabilities, Empowerment and...

Resurgent TNT win Colin McEwan Birth Anniversary Domino Competition

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Resurgent TNT win Colin McEwan Birth Anniversary Domino Competition

One week after losing three key players. Stalwart Mark “Jumbie” Wiltshire, recruited and regrouped and led a Resurgent TNT to winners row in the Colin McEwan Birth Anniversary Competition...

Embattled dealer hauled to court, gets bail over illegal fuel sales charge

Jul 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Embattled dealer hauled to court, gets bail over illegal fuel sales charge

Kaieteur News – SBF International Inc. —the fuel company that was charged in April last, for wholesaling fuel that it was given special clearance to discharge after its import licence had...

Rebel Tennis Club tourney Jackson/Fernandes are mixed doubles Champs

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rebel Tennis Club tourney Jackson/Fernandes are mixed doubles Champs

The Rebel’s Tennis Tournament continued this week and Gerald Scotland surged into his first GBTI Boy’s Open final with a 6/4 – 6/4 win over the #2 seed and reigning Rebel Tennis Junior...

Barbados Franchise rebrands as the Royals

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barbados Franchise rebrands as the Royals

CPL – The Barbados Caribbean Premier League franchise will change its name following a deal that sees the Royals Sports Group (EM Sporting Holdings Ltd), the owners of the Rajasthan Royals IPL...

Hero CPL partners with Sportcor to feature Kookaburra smart ball

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL partners with Sportcor to feature Kookaburra smart ball

Kaieteur News – CPL – At this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) the tournament will use the Kookaburra Smart Ball – powered by Sportcor. This revolutionary ball will be used...

WI seek 1st T20 series win as they clash with Pakistan today at Providence

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on WI seek 1st T20 series win as they clash with Pakistan today at Providence

By Sean Devers In the first ever T20l game between the two sides in Guyana, West Indies face off with Pakistan in the first of three games today from 11:00hrs. The first match in a series reduced...

Fully vaccinated fans here to attend PSO Carient Cup between West Indies and Pakistan

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fully vaccinated fans here to attend PSO Carient Cup between West Indies and Pakistan

Kaieteur News – The West Indies return to Guyana and only fully vaccinated fans will be able to watch the T20 team in action as they continue preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup later this...

Persaud breaks Nat’l record but campaign ends Abrams finishes 7th in 100m heat

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud breaks Nat’l record but campaign ends Abrams finishes 7th in 100m heat

Guyana’s youngest ever Olympian, Aleka Persaud had a dream debut at the Tokyo Olympics yesterday morning with a second place finish in her heat of the women’s 50m freestyle. Although she didn’t...

Coaches Baksh and Gonsalves proud of Persaud’s Olympic performance

Jul 31, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coaches Baksh and Gonsalves proud of Persaud’s Olympic performance

By Sean Devers Guyana’s swimmer Aleka Persaud, who turned 15 in February, finished second in Heat 4 of the Women’s 50m Freestyle but barely missed out on advancing to the next round. She...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more