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$50M seed paddy facility unused for 13 years now needs $25M to become operable

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $50M seed paddy facility unused for 13 years now needs $25M to become operable

Kaieteur News – During the tenure of former Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) had used $50M from the national purse to construct a seed paddy...

Wildlife habitat destroyed, beach closed as oil spill hits California

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Wildlife habitat destroyed, beach closed as oil spill hits California

– Guyana remains unprotected without full coverage insurance Kaieteur News – According to a Reuters report, a large oil spill off the southern California coast has left fishes dead, birds...

Oil and gas industry becoming a fossil

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Oil and gas industry becoming a fossil

– It’s time to build a sustainable green economy – UN Secretary General warns at Trade Conference Kaieteur News – United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, issued a...

Citizen calls Kaieteur News after seeing stolen car in New Amsterdam

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Citizen calls Kaieteur News after seeing stolen car in New Amsterdam

Kaieteur News – Less than 24 hours after Kaieteur News published an article revealing that a man had found his stolen car for sale on Facebook, the very vehicle was spotted in New Amsterdam,...

Dead host ends wedding reception

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Dead host ends wedding reception

Kaieteur News – A wedding house celebration on Sunday came to an abrupt end after the host of the event was found dead. The host, identified as Rickey Persaud, was a labourer of Lot 8, Harrison...

Gunmen invades shop, duct tape Venezuelan siblings, escape with cash, jewellery

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen invades shop, duct tape Venezuelan siblings, escape with cash, jewellery

Kaieteur News – Three gunmen on Sunday reportedly invaded a grocery shop at Buck Hall located along the Essequibo River in Region Three and duct taped two Venezuelan siblings before escaping...

Lying gan send yuh to hell

Oct 05, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lying gan send yuh to hell

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – We teach we children fuh lie and den when dem lie to us we want to beat de living daylights out ah dem. How many of y’all had somebody tun up to yuh gate...

DYING TRADITIONS

Oct 05, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DYING TRADITIONS

Kaieteur News – There is an online radio station in Barbados which starts to play Christmas music non-stop during the evenings from September 25th. It is called Sturges Radio, The Beat and is...

The Police not the ERC should investigate Henry Jeffrey

Oct 05, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Police not the ERC should investigate Henry Jeffrey

Kaieteur News – There is cybercrime legislation. The Police investigate and charge people making inflammatory statements on social media. There have been two suspicious fires – one at a...

The Brickdam Police Station fire

Oct 05, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Brickdam Police Station fire

Kaieteur News – To say it is a massive loss would be an understatement. Even if it were a much smaller, outlying police station in one of the Regions of Guyana, it would still be a tragedy, a...

One dead in motorcycle accident in Berbice

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on One dead in motorcycle accident in Berbice

Kaieteur News – A motorcyclist of Kilcoy Squatting Area is now dead following an accident on the No.51 Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. Dead is Devindra Kumar, 21. He was riding motorcycle CG...

One admits to murder of British teen

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on One admits to murder of British teen

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, murder accused Stayman George admitted in the Berbice High Court to the murder of British teen, Dominic Bernard, back in 2015. The matter was called before Justice...

Task Force to write to businesses flouting COVID-19 guidelines – Health Minister

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Task Force to write to businesses flouting COVID-19 guidelines – Health Minister

Kaieteur News – Despite the alarming number of COVID-19 cases, many requiring hospitalisation, some businesses are yet to implement the COVID-19 guidelines. As such, the National Task Force...

Guyana will push to dismantle barriers to intra-regional agri trade — President Ali

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana will push to dismantle barriers to intra-regional agri trade — President Ali

– Tells CWA2021 region has enough resources to feed itself Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that Guyana will push aggressively for the dismantling of barriers that...

3 out of 4 latest COVID-19 fatalities were unvaccinated

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 3 out of 4 latest COVID-19 fatalities were unvaccinated

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday reported four more persons, who contracted the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, have died. As a result of this, the country’s COVID-19...

GAWU/SEI ink Recognition Agreement

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU/SEI ink Recognition Agreement

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the Skeldon Energy Inc. (SEI) yesterday (October 04, 2021) inked a Recognition and the Avoidance and Settlement of...

The People of the Caribbean have a right to know what is in their Foods – CARPHA’s Executive Director

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on The People of the Caribbean have a right to know what is in their Foods – CARPHA’s Executive Director

Kaieteur News – “The people of the Caribbean have a right to know for themselves and their families what is in their foods. Further, research in the Caribbean has shown that Front of Package...

UG’s School of Graduate Studies and Research to host inaugural symposium from tomorrow

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on UG’s School of Graduate Studies and Research to host inaugural symposium from tomorrow

– Several high-profile researchers and experts to make presentations Kaieteur News – The University of Guyana School of Graduate Studies and Research (UGSGSR) will be hosting its...

USAID funds training for HIV/AIDS first responders

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on USAID funds training for HIV/AIDS first responders

Kaieteur News – A graduation ceremony was held on October , last for 18 frontline healthcare workers who were trained under the USAID-funded Clinical Management Training Programme for HIV/AIDS....

PSC in support of vaccination campaign as solution

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on PSC in support of vaccination campaign as solution

In wake of surging COVID-19 cases… Kaieteur News – The Private Sector Commission (PSC) notes with grave concern the surge in COVID-19 cases and the resultant hospitalisation and deaths. This...

GFF interact with Berbice FA Executive and Referees

Oct 05, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF interact with Berbice FA Executive and Referees

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on a recent fan out exercise to the Berbice Football Association (BFA) met with the Association’s Executive Committee as well as the Referees. The Federation...

Four for World Boxing Championships

Oct 05, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four for World Boxing Championships

– Monetary prizes for National Championship – Ninvalle The Guyana Boxing Association will this year be sending its largest team ever to the World Championships. Four boxers and one coach...

Boys had good performances despite short preparation – Coach Daly-Ramdyhan

Oct 05, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boys had good performances despite short preparation – Coach Daly-Ramdyhan

By Sean Devers Guyana finished fourth among nine teams in U-12 Boys development ITF COTECC Team tournament which concluded on October 1, in the Dominican Republic and Coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan says...

New vaccination card to be implemented to curb forgery

Oct 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on New vaccination card to be implemented to curb forgery

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health will soon introduce a new type of COVID-19 vaccination card, in an effort to curb the forging of vaccination documents. Health Minister, Dr. Frank...

President Ali’s statement in the wake of the Brickdam fire was bewildering

Oct 05, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Ali’s statement in the wake of the Brickdam fire was bewildering

Dear Editor, The fire that burned down the Brickdam Police Station on Saturday is cause for more than enough agitation, whatever the source. Almost on the heels of the fire, two related captions...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- What if in tabling the 2025 Budget, the Minister with responsibility for Finance did... more