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In rush to discover more oil, Guyana exposed to great risks

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on In rush to discover more oil, Guyana exposed to great risks

– Int’l Expert says country must ask itself key questions: • Do you have the regulatory muscle to manage scale of resources? • Do you have the legislative framework to protect your...

GAICO Construction signs MoU with key US firms to transfer skills, technology for local oil industry

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GAICO Construction signs MoU with key US firms to transfer skills, technology for local oil industry

Kaieteur News – During the recently held Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, Myer Marine Services and Hargrove EPC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Guyana’s GAICO...

AG moves to court over undelivered motion scales

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on AG moves to court over undelivered motion scales

– Patterson, PS, Engineer sued for negligence Kaieteur News – The Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, has moved to the High Court over the three...

Bandit gets bullet in leg for pulling knife on cop

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit gets bullet in leg for pulling knife on cop

Kaieteur News – A bandit was on Thursday shot to his right foot after he reportedly pulled a knife on a police officer who was trying to arrest him for attempting to snatch a woman’s cell...

Man accused of raping, robbing pensioner $20,000 refused bail

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of raping, robbing pensioner $20,000 refused bail

Kaieteur News – Brian Luke who was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping and robbing a 64-year-old woman, was on Thursday remanded to prison after he appeared at the Reliance’s Magistrate...

Alleged Ponzi schemer charged for faking COVID-19 test

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged Ponzi schemer charged for faking COVID-19 test

Kaieteur News – Alleged Ponzi scheme operator, Ateeka Ishmael, the wife of Cuban National, Yuri Garcia-Dominguez, was yesterday placed before a City Magistrate and charged for allegedly...

Riggers nah gat time!

Aug 21, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Riggers nah gat time!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys admire de party faithfuls. In and out of season, dem supporting dem leaders and dem party. Dem following dem to both glory and defeat. Yuh gat to...

Walking on both sides of the road

Aug 21, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Walking on both sides of the road

Kaieteur News – Ever since Bharrat Jagdeo assumed the post of Minister of Finance and effectively handed over economic planning to the international financial institutions such as the IMF,...

Can someone define what a consummate professional is?

Aug 21, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Can someone define what a consummate professional is?

Kaieteur News – I have long argued that this society is so philosophically and spiritually (not in the religious sense) broken that no part of it possesses a moral compass that can act as a...

An insult to all Guyana

Aug 21, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on An insult to all Guyana

Kaieteur News – It takes a lot to stun us, but we admit that Guyana’s President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, succeeded in doing so. It is becoming clear that President Ali does not think before...

Vaccines to arrive in time for reopening of schools – Health Minister

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Vaccines to arrive in time for reopening of schools – Health Minister

Kaieteur News – Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony on Thursday announced that the Government was able to source the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 12 to 17...

Three more persons die of COVID-19

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Three more persons die of COVID-19

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced that three more persons who contracted the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease have died. As a result of the latest fatalities, the...

EPA exempts New Demerara River Bridge from Environmental Impact studies

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EPA exempts New Demerara River Bridge from Environmental Impact studies

Kaieteur News – A new bridge across the Demerara River has been exempted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from having to do an Environmental Impact Assessment. The decision was...

Carpenter remanded for illegal gun in “fanny pack”

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Carpenter remanded for illegal gun in “fanny pack”

Kaieteur News – A carpenter who was allegedly found with an illegal firearm in his ‘fanny pack’ at a city hotel, was yesterday remanded to prison for the offence. Julian Dow, 49, of Lot 63...

Feasibility study underway for major DDL dairy farm

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Feasibility study underway for major DDL dairy farm

Kaieteur News – The LR Group of Israel and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) are currently undertaking a feasibility study for the establishment of a commercially viable dairy farming operation...

E-Networks secures exclusive TV broadcast rights for 2021 CPL T20 in Guyana

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on E-Networks secures exclusive TV broadcast rights for 2021 CPL T20 in Guyana

Kaieteur News – Thanks to a deal with International Media Content Ltd (IMC), the owner and broadcaster of SportsMax, E-Networks Inc. – Guyana’s leading TV service provider –was pleased to...

Guyana, Suriname settle on model for construction of Corentyne Bridge

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Suriname settle on model for construction of Corentyne Bridge

Kaieteur News – Guyana and its sister country Suriname have settled on the model for which the highly-anticipated Corentyne Bridge will adopt. During a joint press conference at the Arthur...

CDC’s Head visits flood impacted communities in Region 10

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on CDC’s Head visits flood impacted communities in Region 10

Kaieteur News – Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig, traveled to Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region 10) on August 13-14, 2021 to observe and...

NGSA markers must take great care, seek several clarifications if needed

Aug 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on NGSA markers must take great care, seek several clarifications if needed

– 30% of reviews last year resulted in changed grades-Education Minister Kaieteur News – The National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) 2021 was successfully completed despite the challenges...

Roger Rogers flawless on debut with gold, Squat & DL records; Carlos ‘The Showstopper’ Petterson-Griffith rocks again

Aug 21, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Roger Rogers flawless on debut with gold, Squat & DL records; Carlos ‘The Showstopper’ Petterson-Griffith rocks again

18th IPF/NAPF/Pan American Regional Powerlifting C/ships… By Franklin Wilson in Orlando, Florida compliments of Pele Alumni, Fitness Express and the Trophy Stall Kaieteur News – A...

Coach thanks Task Force & Sports Ministry for support

Aug 21, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coach thanks Task Force & Sports Ministry for support

Two-week Tennis Camp concludes… By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – Yesterday the closing ceremony of the Sheltez Tennis Club’s two-week Lawn Tennis camp climaxed at the Cliff...

Juman-Yassin affirms reelection bid, BLUNTY REFUSES TO JUSTIFY

Aug 21, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Juman-Yassin affirms reelection bid, BLUNTY REFUSES TO JUSTIFY

By Calvin Chapman Kaieteur News – The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) held a press conference yesterday at their Lilliendaal Headquarters in which the press was asked to make a special effort...

Designing infrastructure to foster a more inclusive future for persons living with disabilities

Aug 21, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Designing infrastructure to foster a more inclusive future for persons living with disabilities

Dear Editor, Ten percent of the world’s population lives with a disability. People living with disabilities are considered the world’s largest minority. Though disability activism throughout...

Problems obtaining vital record from UG

Aug 21, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Problems obtaining vital record from UG

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me space in your newspaper to seek intervention and finality to a matter which in my opinion needs highlighting. In September 2020, I contacted the Personnel Officer (PO)...

Renaming street in honour of a great lady

Aug 21, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Renaming street in honour of a great lady

Dear Editor, Heads of Diplomatic Missions have rarely served their country and Guyana, the country to which they are assigned, as well as Her Excellency, Sarah-Ann Lynch, Ambassador of the United...

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The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more