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IDB notes growing concern country may fall victim to “Dutch Disease”

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on IDB notes growing concern country may fall victim to “Dutch Disease”

– cautions against becoming reliant on fossil fuels By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – The current proven reserves in the Stabroek Block, which total over nine billion barrels of oil...

Enhanced oversight for oil operators’ exploration programmes — Bharrat

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Enhanced oversight for oil operators’ exploration programmes — Bharrat

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Government has promised to increase its oversight of oil operators and their oil exploration programmes offshore Guyana in light of the new discoveries announced by...

Housing Ministry to build 4-lane highway from Eccles to Diamond

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry to build 4-lane highway from Eccles to Diamond

Kaieteur News – The Central Housing and Planning Authority of the Ministry of Housing and Water is looking for contractors to execute the construction of a brand new four-lane highway...

Liza 2 FPSO on its way …as Exxon finds more oil offshore

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Liza 2 FPSO on its way …as Exxon finds more oil offshore

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s second Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel—the Liza Unity—has set sail from the Keppel shipyard in Singapore, destined for hook up with the...

Advocacy group gives citizens voice on national stage

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Advocacy group gives citizens voice on national stage

Kaieteur News – A number of civil society organisations and individuals have come together to create the nation’s latest advocacy group—Article 13—aimed at ensuring that the people of...

Family in search of Guyanese man who went missing 2 years ago

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Family in search of Guyanese man who went missing 2 years ago

Kaieteur News – Relatives of a Guyanese man who reportedly went missing in Venezuela two years ago are currently doing all they can to find him. The missing man has been identified as, Ejaz...

If yuh nah gat faith in science nah get sick

Sep 10, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on If yuh nah gat faith in science nah get sick

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – A man went by he aunt fuh drop off something wah he mother send fuh she. De aunt invite he in de house fuh ketch up pon some talk name. He bin reluctant at...

The circus is back!

Sep 10, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The circus is back!

Kaieteur News – The political circus has been reintroduced. Yesterday, it was announced that a 2-day Cabinet Outreach commencing today is going to be held in Region Two. In a notice yesterday,...

An appeal to GECOM chairman on Vishnu Persaud

Sep 10, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An appeal to GECOM chairman on Vishnu Persaud

Kaieteur News – I will always be a critic of power once the power establishment does not right the wrongs that have gone by. I came from unimaginable poverty and what I saw in those...

Receivership – latest resourceful leadership weapon

Sep 10, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Receivership – latest resourceful leadership weapon

Kaieteur News – The great books and great philosophers all spoke about light and darkness. They contain sayings about how those who hate light love darkness, how they use the cover of darkness...

“Pastor” arrested for executing Linden man, injuring his friend

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on “Pastor” arrested for executing Linden man, injuring his friend

Kaieteur News – Linden detectives have successfully managed to arrest the prime suspect in the gunning down of a Linden man, and the attempted murder of another on Saturday, July 17. The...

COVID-19 claims lives of two Region Four residents

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 claims lives of two Region Four residents

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced that two more persons, who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, have died on Wednesday while receiving...

Catholic Church closes doors in solidarity with unvaccinated worshippers

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Catholic Church closes doors in solidarity with unvaccinated worshippers

Kaieteur News – The Catholic Church has closed its doors in an act of solidarity with its members who are unvaccinated. According to a statement issued by Catholic Bishop of Guyana, Reverend...

Bids submitted for construction of stockpile areas

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bids submitted for construction of stockpile areas

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, during the opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), the Ministry of Public Works received 16 bids in total for the...

Bartica family hospitalised after serious accident

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica family hospitalised after serious accident

Kaieteur News – A family of seven from Bartica was involved in a serious accident on September, 5, 2021, and all eight family members are now hospitalised. According to a report from the Guyana...

Former UG Chancellor receives lifetime award for work in immunology and microbiology

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Former UG Chancellor receives lifetime award for work in immunology and microbiology

Kaieteur News – Former UG Chancellor, Guyanese Professor, E. Nigel Harris, was recognised with the Erwin Neter Award for lifetime achievement in research by the Association of Medical and...

Volunteers, retired nurses to fill gap as Region 6 implements no entry rule for unvaccinated

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Volunteers, retired nurses to fill gap as Region 6 implements no entry rule for unvaccinated

Kaieteur News – As Region Six moves ahead to implement the system of allowing only vaccinated persons into area hospitals, dozens of nurses and a few cleaners were locked out of the New...

Two to face trial for murder of Gafoors manager

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Two to face trial for murder of Gafoors manager

Kaieteur News – Two men charged with the 2016 murder of Gafoors Manager, Terry Lakhan, are set to face a trial in the Georgetown High Court later this month. A jury was on Wednesday empanelled...

Passenger, accomplice hijack taxi driver’s car

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Passenger, accomplice hijack taxi driver’s car

Kaieteur News – A silver Premio motorcar bearing registration number HD 1128 was hijacked from a taxi driver by a passenger and accomplice last week Wednesday. Based on reports made to this...

Exxon should release data on expenditures, too many unanswered questions

Sep 10, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exxon should release data on expenditures, too many unanswered questions

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your front-page news reports on that huge amount of money Exxon claims to have spent over the last year on local content and on local Guyanese employment. The...

Govt. COVID-19 rules are intended for the greater good, it is a war we are in

Sep 10, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. COVID-19 rules are intended for the greater good, it is a war we are in

Dear Editor, The Government’s recent COVID-19 rules mandating that vaccinated citizens must show their vaccine card along with a relevant national identification before entering a public or private...

Gunmen rob group of five at ‘ital’ shop

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen rob group of five at ‘ital’ shop

Kaieteur News – Five Buxtonian men were on Tuesday evening robbed at gunpoint by six armed motorcycle bandits, while at an ‘ital’ food shop. According to a police report, the incident...

Is the culpability policy still in force?

Sep 10, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the culpability policy still in force?

Dear Editor, GPF gets another fleet of vehicles to boost its capacity. It is hoped with this boost the inability to respond to situations because of lack of vehicles would be a thing of the past....

Fishing crisis continues despite MOA interventions

Sep 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Fishing crisis continues despite MOA interventions

Kaieteur News – Amid rising operational costs, Guyana’s fisherfolk continue to experience massive reductions in catches and call for further investigations to be conducted to determine the...

Poor water quality at Fyrish

Sep 10, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Poor water quality at Fyrish

Dear Editor, It is with deep concern that I submit this letter to your newspaper for the reading public. I was born and grew up in Fyrish Road, Region Six, East Berbice, Corentyne, a mixture of both...