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Louisiana solar and wind farms projects cost US$1M per MW

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Louisiana solar and wind farms projects cost US$1M per MW

– Exxon’s Gas-to-Energy project is set to cost Guyana US$3M per MW Kaieteur News – Public consultations for Exxon’s Gas-to-Energy project are set to commence today and will run until...

Investor to establish processing facility at Black Bush Polder – Govt. Ministers reveal

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Investor to establish processing facility at Black Bush Polder – Govt. Ministers reveal

– packaging facility to service Reg. 5 and 6 also on the cards Kaieteur News – Agriculture in Region Six, more so Black Bush Polder, is set to benefit from several major developmental...

Inspector’s gun, valuables stolen from parked car

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Inspector’s gun, valuables stolen from parked car

Kaieteur News – A police inspector, along with a retired police officer and another victim, were on Sunday afternoon robbed of their valuables while they were swimming. According to a police...

Union calls for impromptu visit to AGM by authorities

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Union calls for impromptu visit to AGM by authorities

Kaieteur News – Following recent reports that Guyanese workers employed at Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) are being treated different from the Chinese Nationals, the National Mine Workers Union of...

New Amsterdam Hospital’s CEO replaced

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Hospital’s CEO replaced

Kaieteur News – A new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has been appointed at the New Amsterdam Hospital and that person will also have oversight for the Skeldon Public Hospital. This development...

Man loses finger over $160 drug debt

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man loses finger over $160 drug debt

Kaieteur News – Two alleged drug dealers on Sunday beat and severed the index finger of a man who had reportedly owed them $160 for marijuana. Left without a finger is Collins Smartt, 36,...

Spanish hotline launched to help combat TIP

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Spanish hotline launched to help combat TIP

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s 592STOP (Stop the Trafficking in Persons) campaign was launched in Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni), on Friday by...

Dead people gat rights!

Jul 06, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dead people gat rights!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys know dat when yuh eye close, yuh does lose yuh right fuh married, divorce and fuh stop yuh close family members from knowing about all dem sickness wah...

VACCINE HESITANCY

Jul 06, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on VACCINE HESITANCY

Kaieteur News – Vaccine hesitancy (VH) is extremely high. A good way of assessing VH is to examine the number of persons receiving their first dose of the vaccines. Guyana started its...

Harmon and Ramjattan: Yesterday’s evaporated raindrops

Jul 06, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Harmon and Ramjattan: Yesterday’s evaporated raindrops

Kaieteur News – Last week, two statements – one from Joseph Harmon and the other from Khemraj Ramjattan – were large indications of how shambolic the opposition has become. Let’s look...

GPF statistics say one thing, citizens live with another

Jul 06, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on GPF statistics say one thing, citizens live with another

Kaieteur News – Something is wrong because there is that which contradicts. We are talking of crime in this country, with specific reference to robberies. That is, robbery of citizens on our...

Four GFC employees terminated reportedly over lunch break domino game

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Four GFC employees terminated reportedly over lunch break domino game

Kaieteur News – Four persons were last week sent home from the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), reportedly after they were caught playing domino during their lunch break. This was confirmed by...

14 COVID-19 patients in ICU, 11 new cases

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 14 COVID-19 patients in ICU, 11 new cases

Kaieteur News – Although no deaths have been reported over the past two days, the Ministry of Health yesterday revealed that there are 14 patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit. The death...

New routes to be used in wake of damage to Fort Ordnance access road

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on New routes to be used in wake of damage to Fort Ordnance access road

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Housing and Water is taking steps to remedy concerns by residents over the usage of access roads by contractors in Fort Ordnance, Region Six. In a release, it...

‘Virgin lands’ to open as decision finalised to build all-weather road at No. 58 Village

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Virgin lands’ to open as decision finalised to build all-weather road at No. 58 Village

By Malisa Playter Harry Kaieteur News – Early this year, during one of Minister Zulfikar Mustapha’s visit to Berbice, he had announced that Cabinet had given the green light for the...

NYSCL/Independence Cup 2021 Regal Legends muscle their way to maiden title

Jul 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on NYSCL/Independence Cup 2021 Regal Legends muscle their way to maiden title

– Latif, Ramdeen rule their zone Kaieteur News – Regal Legends played unbeaten to lift their first New York Softball Cricket League (NYSCL) Independence Cup title when the annual...

Two new pump stations for Black Bush Polder

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Two new pump stations for Black Bush Polder

– gauges to be installed in two weeks’ time in main canals to monitor water levels Kaieteur News – Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, East Berbice, one of the most severely affected areas by...

Banks DIH take second leg of Cold Fusion dominoes tourney

Jul 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH take second leg of Cold Fusion dominoes tourney

Kaieteur News – Banks DIH chalked up 80 games to win the second leg of the Cold Fusion dominoes competition which was played on Sunday at Cold Fusion Sports bar, Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo....

Coach Baksh gives update on Persaud’s Road to Tokyo Swimmer to leave for training Camp in Tokyo on July 11

Jul 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coach Baksh gives update on Persaud’s Road to Tokyo Swimmer to leave for training Camp in Tokyo on July 11

By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – At 23, Jamila Sanmoogan had one foot in Japan and was set to attend her second Olympics but according to Sanmoogan, she was not selected by GASA to attend the...

Lowering the Corporation Tax and Interest Rates may help in creating jobs

Jul 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lowering the Corporation Tax and Interest Rates may help in creating jobs

Dear Editor According to Wikipedia, Guyana has a labour force of some 325,000 in 2019 with 160,000 (49.2%) people employed and some 40,000 (12.2%) people classed as unemployed (people who are...

Will there be fair justice for Haresh Singh’s Murder?

Jul 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will there be fair justice for Haresh Singh’s Murder?

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your report on the perversion of justice in the Haresh Singh’s murder indictment (Jul 4, 5). Justice must be served in this matter. Those who perverted justice...

Guardians of democracy have all died out

Jul 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guardians of democracy have all died out

Dear Editor, I look and listen, but cannot locate any of the former self-styled Guardians of Democracy. I thought they all went to heaven. Then a second reminded: all found heaven right here in...

GHK Lall wrongly accused the Minister of Health of concealing data on child COVID infections

Jul 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on GHK Lall wrongly accused the Minister of Health of concealing data on child COVID infections

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Health rejects the assertion and insinuation made by Mr. GHK Lall in his recent letter published in Stabroek News, July 4, 2021. In his letter, Mr. Lall expressed shock...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more