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Govt. launches probe into ExxonMobil’s US$18M signing bonus

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. launches probe into ExxonMobil’s US$18M signing bonus

– Says charges to follow soon against ex-Finance Minister Kaieteur News – Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, disclosed yesterday that an investigation will be...

Stabroek Block partner funds 18 UG scholarships; half going to Amerindian Students

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Stabroek Block partner funds 18 UG scholarships; half going to Amerindian Students

Kaieteur News -ExxonMobil’s partner in the Stabroek Block, CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL) disclosed yesterday that it will be funding 18 scholarships for Professional Executive Energy...

Man caught on camera stealing sleeping guard’s gun captured

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man caught on camera stealing sleeping guard’s gun captured

Kaieteur News has been able to confirm that police have arrested a suspect they believe was the one caught on CCTV camera stealing a gun from a sleeping security guard. The man was reportedly...

Businesswoman found dead in her shop, husband arrested

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman found dead in her shop, husband arrested

Kaieteur News – A businesswoman was on Wednesday found dead in her grocery shop at Pepper Hill, Mahdia, Region Eight with blood oozing from her nose and mouth. According to investigators, the...

Cops who raped woman in station get 25 years each

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Cops who raped woman in station get 25 years each

Kaieteur News – Two policemen, who were found guilty of raping a woman at the Turkeyen Police Station on January 1, 2018, have been sentenced to 25 years each for the crime. The two convicted...

$1.2B spent to improve ICT sector – Mid-Year Report

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $1.2B spent to improve ICT sector – Mid-Year Report

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Finance’s Mid-Year Report revealed that $1.2B of the $2.3B allocated was expended during the first half of the year, to provide continuous connectivity...

Police station not suh safe anymore!

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Police station not suh safe anymore!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem police station is suppose to be safe. When yuh in de station yuh suppose to feel secure. But base pun wah dem boys reading in de papers, yuh gat fuh be...

The PPP/C is giving too much attention to the Opposition

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPP/C is giving too much attention to the Opposition

Kaieteur News – The PPP/C is once again up to its old tricks – slinging innuendos and accusations against anyone who dares to criticise it and by concocting conspiracy theories about possible...

Local doctor tells Beharry heiress she has lumpy breasts

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Local doctor tells Beharry heiress she has lumpy breasts

Kaieteur News – No matter how much you love Guyana, you are compelled to accept the disturbingly negative traits of its character that are not easily observed in any other country in the entire...

Private sector corruption

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Private sector corruption

Kaieteur News – Guyanese could talk forever about corruption in this country, and with justification, since there is so much of it that weighs on us, with countless costly failures. It could be...

Guyana records higher than average results for CSEC, CAPE 2021 examinations

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records higher than average results for CSEC, CAPE 2021 examinations

Kaieteur News – Guyanese candidates have attained overall higher than average results when compared to the performance of their regional counterparts at the 2021 Caribbean Secondary Education...

Bandits choke, beat, and rob man in front of Guyana Stores

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits choke, beat, and rob man in front of Guyana Stores

Kaieteur News – A brazen robbery that took place on Wednesday evening in front of the Guyana Stores Complex was captured on camera. The footage evidences two bandits choking and beating a man...

Bandit found by cellphone tracker remanded

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit found by cellphone tracker remanded

Kaieteur News – The bandit, whose escape plan was thwarted by a cellphone tracker, was yesterday remanded to prison for robbery under arms and the illegal possession of a firearm and...

Boy, 4, among six new COVID-19 deaths in Guyana

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 4, among six new COVID-19 deaths in Guyana

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Ministry of Health reported that a four-year-old boy is among the six persons who died of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. As a result of this, the...

GNBS exposes 24 business owners to food safety measures

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS exposes 24 business owners to food safety measures

Kaieteur News – To observe World Standards Day, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) hosted a free Food Safety Training session for 24 small business owners. The training was...

Hijacker who stole car jailed for 54 months

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Hijacker who stole car jailed for 54 months

Kaieteur News – John Blair, 32, of Lot 48 Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was yesterday charged for stealing a car and other items from a 29-year-old male technician and his...

Three companies bid to procure processing plant equipment for GDF

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Three companies bid to procure processing plant equipment for GDF

Kaieteur News – During the opening of tenders yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), three companies, Onyx Engineering Inc., Meditron Inc., and...

Vipers capture Team Daniels 7-a-side Tapeball title

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vipers capture Team Daniels 7-a-side Tapeball title

Vipers emerged victorious in the Team Daniels 7-a-side Tapeball competition which concluded recently at Zorg on the Essequibo Coast. Vipers defeated Golden Fleece by 27 runs in the final. Vipers...

GRDB maintains GNBS certificate for rice production

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB maintains GNBS certificate for rice production

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) hosted a brief ceremony for the recertification of its central laboratory to the GYS 170:2009 standard by the Guyana National Bureau of...

GTT invests $3M as title sponsor for Guyana Open 2021 Golf championship

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT invests $3M as title sponsor for Guyana Open 2021 Golf championship

Company reaffirms commitment to local sports… GTT has recently invested three million Guyana dollars in the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) as the title sponsor for the GTT Guyana Open 2021golf...

First footballers graduate from pioneering GFF-MACORP Scholarship scheme

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on First footballers graduate from pioneering GFF-MACORP Scholarship scheme

The first five footballers to take part in a ground-breaking Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/MACORP Industrial Scholarship Scheme have successfully graduated from the programme, each receiving level...

Barbados to host inaugural Cozier and ‘Reds’ Perreira U-23 T-6 Regional Cricket Festival| in April 2022

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barbados to host inaugural Cozier and ‘Reds’ Perreira U-23 T-6 Regional Cricket Festival| in April 2022

By Sean Devers Lashley Human Development Foundation is set to host the inaugural Tony Cozier and Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira U-23 T-6 Regional Cricket Festival slated for the Easter weekend (April...

Has our COVID strategy been successful?

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Has our COVID strategy been successful?

Dear Editor, We are living in exciting times. From March 2020 the western world has been going through a transformation which the world economic forum called the great reset and many political...

Pensioners are collateral damage

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pensioners are collateral damage

Dear Editor, A government agency is not encashing vouchers from another government agency over alleged sums owed. And pensioners are collateral damage. This situation should not have been allowed to...

GWI RESPONDS TO E.B JOHN

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on GWI RESPONDS TO E.B JOHN

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Incorporated has taken note of the October 13 letter to the editor of Kaieteur News, titled “GWI’s management team, parallel directorates elsewhere”, written by E.B...