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Guyana walking slippery slope with failure to determine final price tag for gas project – Int’l Analyst

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana walking slippery slope with failure to determine final price tag for gas project – Int’l Analyst

Kaieteur News – To ensure taxpayers are not heavily burdened with repaying the development costs of the contentious gas-to-energy project, Arthur Deakin, an international analyst and...

No more excuses!!! All countries must step up fight against climate change – UN Advisor

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on No more excuses!!! All countries must step up fight against climate change – UN Advisor

Kaieteur News – Advisor to the Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General of the Climate Action Team at the United Nations, Selwin Hart, has issued a clarion call for all global...

Over 2500 new COVID-19 cases, 63 deaths recorded in August alone

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Over 2500 new COVID-19 cases, 63 deaths recorded in August alone

Kaieteur News – Out of the 25,323 confirmed novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases recorded in Guyana since the pandemic started in March last year, some 2,555 persons tested positive from August...

92 out of 938 schools scheduled to reopen fully in September

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 92 out of 938 schools scheduled to reopen fully in September

– others to operate on a rotational basis Kaieteur News – With the reopening of schools set for September 6, 92 out of some 938 public schools across the country, are scheduled to reopen...

Bosai employee burnt to death in company’s compound

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bosai employee burnt to death in company’s compound

Kaieteur News – An employee with Bosai Mineral Group, a Chinese bauxite company based in Linden, Region 10, was reportedly burnt to death yesterday. He has been identified as Kersa Robertson,...

Pandit beaten to death for reprimanding drunken men’s behaviour

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Pandit beaten to death for reprimanding drunken men’s behaviour

– Eleven in custody Kaieteur News – Following his efforts to ward off a group of men who were imbibing and behaving in a disorderly fashion in front of his home, a Hindu priest and joiner...

Employees placed on bail for stealing sardines, coconut milk

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Employees placed on bail for stealing sardines, coconut milk

Kaieteur News – Three alleged sardine and coconut milk thieves, were on Friday placed on $250,000 bail when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to a break and enter...

“Oprah” jailed for robbing man who refused to do sexual transaction with him

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on “Oprah” jailed for robbing man who refused to do sexual transaction with him

Kaieteur News – Sherwin Anthony popularly known as ‘Oprah’ of James Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, was on Friday jailed after he pleaded guilty to robbing a man who had refused to do...

Frank roll up he sleeves

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Frank roll up he sleeves

Kaieteur News – Dem boys love it when dem big boys operate like ordinary mortals. Yesterday was one as dem days. De line at de Movie Tongue was lang. Nuff ah dem parents tek dem children fuh...

Former Best Hospital cook is nation’s latest centenarian

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Former Best Hospital cook is nation’s latest centenarian

Kaieteur News – Alma Clemenston Croal, a former cook at the West Demerara Regional (Best) Hospital, is the nation’s newest centenarian having marked her 100th birth anniversary last Thursday....

Touche Kosmetics Circuit Road Race… Curtis Dey wins open contest; Alex Leung, Sherwin Sampson, Susan Hamilton, Kwame Ridley & Talim Shah also in winners row

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Touche Kosmetics Circuit Road Race… Curtis Dey wins open contest; Alex Leung, Sherwin Sampson, Susan Hamilton, Kwame Ridley & Talim Shah also in winners row

Kaieteur News – Team Evolutions Curtis Dey was unstoppable in the Open 15-lap contest in taking the top prize of $60,000 when the Touche Kosmetics Circuit Road Race around the outer circuit of...

Gold is Money claim Wayne Heber birth anniversary dominoes

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gold is Money claim Wayne Heber birth anniversary dominoes

Kaieteur News – Gold is Money won the Wayne Herber birth anniversary dominoes competition which was contested on Sunday last at Turning Point. Gold is Money, arguably one of the most dominant...

Jagdeo to lead high-level delegation at COP26

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo to lead high-level delegation at COP26

Kaieteur News – Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, who is often referred to as the “Champion of the Earth”, will be leading a high-level delegation to the high-anticipated 26th United...

59-year-old woman is country’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 59-year-old woman is country’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced that a 59-year-old woman from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has...

The Pareto Principle at work

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Pareto Principle at work

Kaieteur News – I learnt an early lesson in human resource management when I was in charge of running a private business. When I was chatting with my predecessor who was about to retire, he...

An appeal to Guyanese; chase the AFC into the Atlantic

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An appeal to Guyanese; chase the AFC into the Atlantic

Kaieteur News – I am in possession of verified facts from several persons in the AFC’s national executive committee (NEC) over the years the AFC was in power that would literally create the...

Guyana was ‘showcase’ Texas Oil Technology Conference

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana was ‘showcase’ Texas Oil Technology Conference

– But partnerships for skills, technology transfer remain priority – Investment Chief Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Chief Investment Officer, Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, recently told...

Society can gain much from a period of intensive public education about vaccines

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Society can gain much from a period of intensive public education about vaccines

Dear Editor, At this moment of misunderstanding in Guyana about a matter as vital as life and death, it seems to me important that we should all try to do what we can. In writing this letter, I will...

COVID-19 vaccination is a critical strategy to ensure that our children are back in school

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on COVID-19 vaccination is a critical strategy to ensure that our children are back in school

Dear Editor, “Because We Care” takes on a whole new meaning as over two hundred students received their vaccines at the St Stanislaus College. This is a timely humanitarian gesture from the...

The APNU/AFC conflation of vaccines and discrimination remains the most callous political act

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The APNU/AFC conflation of vaccines and discrimination remains the most callous political act

Dear Editor, Racial discrimination! This has been the mantra of the PNC/AFC from the day they were placed on opposition benches by the people of Guyana. It must be noted that no ethnic faction enjoys...

Could Exxon be endangering Guyanese even more?

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Could Exxon be endangering Guyanese even more?

Kaieteur News – Why are Guyanese silent and sitting on their hands, when recent disclosures indicate that they could be in severe danger? Why is the Guyana Government ignoring, and pretending...

In defence of good men

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on In defence of good men

Dear Editor, Ms Mosa Telford’s article(piece) titled “Teach your sons to be better men” in her series “ Think On That” has raised some serious known issues with regards to some of our men...

Guyana makes significant strides in reduction of maternal/infant deaths – PAHO report

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana makes significant strides in reduction of maternal/infant deaths – PAHO report

Kaieteur News – Since 2014, the country’s health sector has been making significant strides in reducing maternal/ infant deaths. According to a Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) report...

There is a financial impact of Covid on Guyanese Americans Renters & Landlords

Aug 30, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a financial impact of Covid on Guyanese Americans Renters & Landlords

Dear Editor, Guyanese renters and homeowner small landlords, those of other ethnicities also, in America have been severely affected financially by Covid. Covid rent moratorium has emboldened renters...

Minister Anthony hopeful reluctant health care workers will get vaccinated

Aug 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Anthony hopeful reluctant health care workers will get vaccinated

– Says those who fail to produce PCR test will not be paid Kaieteur News – While it is unfortunate that some health care workers are not unvaccinated, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more