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Frustrated prisoner burns down Brickdam Police Station

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Frustrated prisoner burns down Brickdam Police Station

– SAYS HE DID NOT ACT ALONE Kaieteur News – A prisoner has reportedly confessed to police that he was the one who set fire to Brickdam Police Station on Saturday by using a cigarette...

With small population and rapid oil development…Guyana may be facing local content crisis of massive proportions

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on With small population and rapid oil development…Guyana may be facing local content crisis of massive proportions

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – For the past few months, I have been eager to share perspectives on Guyana’s oil sector, specifically on issues related to local content. There are two key...

Govt. to use Norway Forest Funds for solar farms

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to use Norway Forest Funds for solar farms

Kaieteur News – The Government intends to build solar farms with the money it got from Norway in exchange for keeping its forests intact. The funds stand at about US$84 million. Vice President...

Aunt confesses to hiding electrician’s bike killers from police

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Aunt confesses to hiding electrician’s bike killers from police

Kaieteur News – A woman has reportedly been taken into custody for allegedly harbouring the two murder suspects who were shot dead on Saturday along the UG Access Road on the East Coast...

Man found his stolen car on Facebook for sale

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man found his stolen car on Facebook for sale

Kaieteur News – A man while browsing through the offers on Gbay Deals stumbled upon his stolen motorcar. The man, whose car went missing a few months back, yesterday discovered his car while...

President Ali disappointed in Fire Service

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali disappointed in Fire Service

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali yesterday criticised the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) following the massive fire at the Brickdam Police Station which destroyed over 80 per cent of the...

September 2021 is Guyana’s deadliest COVID-19 month so far

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on September 2021 is Guyana’s deadliest COVID-19 month so far

Kaieteur News – September has now been recorded as the country’s deadliest COVID-19 month with a total of 169 persons dying from the virus. The month too, saw a spike in new cases and...

Big words huttin’ dem boys head

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Big words huttin’ dem boys head

Kaieteur News – Dem boys head huttin’. Dem read something yesterday and when dem done dem get dead silent. Dem boys wan send it to de CXC fuh use a comprehension test but dem boys nah...

Government will spare no effort to determine the cause of destruction to public buildings – Pres. Ali

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Government will spare no effort to determine the cause of destruction to public buildings – Pres. Ali

Kaieteur News – Georgetown, Guyana—(October 3, 2021) His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali, this morning said that his Government will spare no effort in investigating the circumstances surrounding...

DeSinco Trading supports GFF/EBFA ATC Programme

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on DeSinco Trading supports GFF/EBFA ATC Programme

Kaieteur News – Long time supporter of football in Guyana, De Sinco Trading on Saturday last donated three cases of its Arla Foods Milex “Hi & Low” milk powder to the East Bank Football...

DeSinco Trading supports GFF/EBFA ATC Programme

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on DeSinco Trading supports GFF/EBFA ATC Programme

Kaieteur News – Long time supporter of football in Guyana, De Sinco Trading on Saturday last donated three cases of its Arla Foods’ Milex “Hi & Low” milk powder to the East Bank...

BCB $2M Patron Fund to assist First Division clubs, youth cricketers to be launched

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB $2M Patron Fund to assist First Division clubs, youth cricketers to be launched

Four social seminars to be hosted as part of massive developmental programme Kaieteur News – The outstanding work of the Hilbert Foster led Berbice Cricket Board on Saturday 6th of November...

No place for riggers in a democracy

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on No place for riggers in a democracy

The PNC attempt at electoral banditry never ceased after 1985. Except for in 2006 when it was comprehensively whipped at the polls and suffered a fallout from the criminal insurrection, the PNC/R has...

Health Ministry records 3 additional COVID-19 deaths

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry records 3 additional COVID-19 deaths

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Ministry of Health reported that three more persons, who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, have died. As a result of this, the...

The PNC/R must begin to cast itself as a Govt. in waiting

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PNC/R must begin to cast itself as a Govt. in waiting

Dear Editor, In September’s New Nation (organ of the PNC/R), there appears what is termed “a revolutionary plan to equip and support teachers and deliver quality education to our children”...

Saddened by destruction of Brickdam Police Station

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Saddened by destruction of Brickdam Police Station

Dear Editor, I am deeply saddened by the destruction by fire of the Brickdam Police Station. Another iconic building designed by Cesar Castellani went up in flames. This is probably the most serious...

Keep this column on what the Traffic Chief told me last week

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Keep this column on what the Traffic Chief told me last week

Kaieteur News – The Traffic Chief (TC) in May, this year, issued the advice to traffic ranks not to stop vehicles at random to examine documents. Last week, through the Department of Public...

Man stabbed, chopped by wife’s child father

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabbed, chopped by wife’s child father

Kaieteur News – A 29-year-old man was stabbed and chopped by his wife’s child father after he intervened in an argument between the two. The incident occurred at Golden Grove, East Coast...

Change in location of concern

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Change in location of concern

Dear Editor, In a previous roll out schedule for the 25k one off grant and 2022 pension book distribution, it was stated that the location for North Cummingsburg would have been the post office...

New bio-fortified rice variety to be ready for local and international markets in 2022

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on New bio-fortified rice variety to be ready for local and international markets in 2022

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has collaborated with the Inter-American Institute for Corporation on agriculture to develop a bio-fortified rice variety with...

Applaud Govt. on In-School Learning

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Applaud Govt. on In-School Learning

Dear Editor, I applaud the government, Ministry of Education, for moving to in-school learning. So far, only schools for lower grades are open. Learning loss has been a big fallout of the pandemic...

The High Court ruling was fit and proper

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The High Court ruling was fit and proper

Dear Editor, The recent handing down of judgment to convicted felon Jamaican National Sandra Russell by Chief Justice Roxane George is most welcomed. I say her judgment was most welcomed because it...

Family seeking financial assistance for 9-year-old daughter to undergo $1.9M eye surgery in T&T

Oct 04, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Family seeking financial assistance for 9-year-old daughter to undergo $1.9M eye surgery in T&T

Kaieteur News – A nine-year-old girl, Sophia Kerr, who is a student at the St. Gabriel Primary School, is currently unable to attend her online class sessions due to losing her sight, which she...

The other divide

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The other divide

Dear Editor, While our attention is usually primarily fixed on the nation’s racial passions and emotional seductions nurtured by those, I think there is a still worse divide. I think so, because...

Banks Beer and Personnel Management – 56 years ago

Oct 04, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Banks Beer and Personnel Management – 56 years ago

Dear Editor, Somehow in a contemplative mood, I recall Personnel colleague practitioner Emamudeen Khan and I got a motion unanimously passed at a Bookers’ Sugar Estates Personnel Officers’...

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Slingerz FC shines at Guyana Energy Conference and Youth Forum

Crowds, chaos and complaints

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The folly of the cash grant distribution is a textbook case of what happens when a government,... more