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Resources better utilised than targeting marijuana

Jul 23, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Resources better utilised than targeting marijuana

Dear Editor, Whilst I’m not a user/dealer of the illicit drug, marijuana, I must say I’m quite displeased at the slothful/reluctance the government has been showing towards legalising this herb....

Open letter on NIS to Dr. Ashni Singh

Jul 23, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open letter on NIS to Dr. Ashni Singh

Dear Editor, I wish to commend H.E. Dr. Irfaan Ali, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, and the entire cabinet for their aggressive efforts to improve the lives of the Guyanese people. I share these...

PPP kept a campaign promise to sugar workers

Jul 23, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP kept a campaign promise to sugar workers

Dear Editor, The PPP/C Government has been fulfilling its 2020 campaign promises, on a continuous basis since assuming Office in August 2020, and neither the COVID-19 pandemic nor the devastating...

Govt. must be commended for road projects

Jul 23, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. must be commended for road projects

Dear Editor, I have to commend the government and engineers at the Ministry of Public Works, for the good job being done on our roadways. I am a diligent reader and supporter of anything that seeks...

Wrong kind of solidarity with a Caribbean strongman

Jul 23, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wrong kind of solidarity with a Caribbean strongman

Dear Editor, It has been reported in the news media that the President of the Republic, has proclaimed that the National Flag of Guyana be flown at half-staff on government buildings on July 23 for...

GYSBI response shallow

Jul 23, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on GYSBI response shallow

Dear Editor, The shore base company glossed over the issues raised against it in its cautious response. Its careful explanation about expatriate employees gives credence to the claim made. The...

The GHRA has no problem with being criticized, if based on facts

Jul 23, 2021 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News (KN) through its columnist, Freddie Kissoon, has been regularly declaring the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) defunct for about 20 years. This obsession has recently...

Guyana – a Sopranos state

Jul 23, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana – a Sopranos state

Dear Editor, Recently, I started describing Guyana as a ‘Sopranos state.’ It was deliberate, and intended to convey to American television-attuned Guyanese, the way things are. Because our...

Studies and assessment for gas-to-shore project

Jul 23, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Studies and assessment for gas-to-shore project

Dear Editor, I have been following with interest the reports from the Scoping Meetings being convened by the Government, through the EPA, and ExxonMobil on the gas-to-shore project. There are more...

Audit of ExxonMobil’s US$460M pre-contract costs an abomination

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Audit of ExxonMobil’s US$460M pre-contract costs an abomination

– Govt. should make report public – Source Kaieteur News – Upon reviewing reports pertaining to the audit of US$460M ExxonMobil claimed was spent prior to the discovery of oil in 2015,...

Troy Resources mines out surface gold reserves then fires locals

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Troy Resources mines out surface gold reserves then fires locals

…to use expats to focus on underground mining Kaieteur News – Having mined out the gold from what is considered the minimal subsurface area in the Hicks and Spearpoint pits of the Karouni...

GPL to spend additional money to support US$900M gas-to-shore project – report says

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GPL to spend additional money to support US$900M gas-to-shore project – report says

Kaieteur News – Much like the case of the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project, the publicly touted price tag had always excluded—prior to being exposed by this publication—that the Guyana...

Venezuelan gangs increase attacks on Guyanese miners – Region 7 Police Commander

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan gangs increase attacks on Guyanese miners – Region 7 Police Commander

Kaieteur News – Attacks by Venezuelan gangs on Guyanese – most of them miners – plying their trade in the Cuyuni River, Region Seven, have increased to the point where they are...

GEA’s licensing practices worrying — Int’l Bank

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GEA’s licensing practices worrying — Int’l Bank

Kaieteur News – The actions of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) continue to come under scrutiny, now with an international banker with investments in the local petroleum industry publicly...

Region 9 teacher’s naked body found with marks of violence

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region 9 teacher’s naked body found with marks of violence

Kaieteur News – Peter Christian, a teacher attached to the Karasabai Primary School, was found dead late Sunday night in his home with several marks of violence about his body. The...

Nigeria unable to pin Exxon to oil spill lawsuit

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Nigeria unable to pin Exxon to oil spill lawsuit

– subsidiary ordered to pay US$200M Kaieteur News – A Nigerian court has ordered Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU), which is a...

When yuh big yuh big!

Jul 22, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on When yuh big yuh big!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys get invite to a high school reunion. Dem boys so old dat dem boys can’t even remember who is teacher from who is student and who is friends from who...

No Congress this year

Jul 22, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on No Congress this year

Kaieteur News – The present conditions do not exist for the holding of a face-to-face Congress of the People’s National Congress/ Reform (PNC/R). Congress will require the coming together or...

Guyana and Cuba: When revolutionaries fade they become detestable

Jul 22, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

Kaieteur News – Why did it take the Cuban people so long to rebel against a system that for 62 years denied them a decent living that all humans by natural law are entitled to? From 1959, the...

Attacks on KN’s website

Jul 22, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Attacks on KN’s website

Kaieteur News – We at this paper will continue to do our best with every sinew at our disposal to serve our Guyanese brothers and sisters, through sharing the truths of life in Guyana, as they...

Region 9 REO arrested for allegedly shooting woman

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region 9 REO arrested for allegedly shooting woman

Kaieteur News – Karl Singh, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Nine, is currently in police custody after allegedly shooting a woman to her abdomen at Lethem, Region Nine. The...

GDF to help with natural disaster plan – President Ali

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GDF to help with natural disaster plan – President Ali

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will be help in the development of a National Disaster plan to help protect Guyanese and the country’s resources from the effects of climate...

Elderly man is country’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly man is country’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced that an 88-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, has...

President lauds E-Networks’ Submarine cable as major wealth generation platform for Essequibo

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on President lauds E-Networks’ Submarine cable as major wealth generation platform for Essequibo

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali is of the firm belief that the E-Networks’ Submarine Cable will be a significant development for Essequibo since it will create numerous opportunities for...

Transparency advocate documents 2020 elections aftermath in new book

Jul 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Transparency advocate documents 2020 elections aftermath in new book

Kaieteur News – Former Auditor General turned Transparency advocate, Dr. Swatantra Anand Goolsaran, has published a book comprising the contents of columns, which he authored that were...

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An Open Letter to the election observer missions

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Later this year, you will arrive in Guyana as protectors of the integrity of our democracy.... more