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Without dramatic reductions in fossil fuel use, we will see untold destruction – IMF Chief tells member countries

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Without dramatic reductions in fossil fuel use, we will see untold destruction – IMF Chief tells member countries

Kaieteur News – With the science clear to all and sundry that climate change is worsening, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, recently sounded the...

Oil production to drop to 109,000 barrels in December – Report

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Oil production to drop to 109,000 barrels in December – Report

Kaieteur News – With downtime planned for the Liza Destiny FPSO in December, the Ministry of Finance has disclosed in its Half Year Report that oil production is expected to average around...

Public should be aware of code of ethics to hold judiciary accountable – Attorney General

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Public should be aware of code of ethics to hold judiciary accountable – Attorney General

Kaieteur News – Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, is in support of a notion to make the recently launched judicial code of ethics public so that citizens can help to ensure that officials of...

Bandit tells tale of how he stabbed 19-year-old to death

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit tells tale of how he stabbed 19-year-old to death

Kaieteur News – The bandit, who confessed to killing a 19-year-old after invading his family’s store, in an interview that was recorded via a cell phone told cops how he committed the act. He...

NGO to honour firewoman for bravery

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on NGO to honour firewoman for bravery

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – The United Bridge Builders Mission (UBBM), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) will be honouring a “brave” firewoman who reportedly risked her life and...

GTT CEO tells Bartica residents poor service will be a thing of the past

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GTT CEO tells Bartica residents poor service will be a thing of the past

Kaieteur News – The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), Damian Blackburn, on Friday promised residents of Bartica, Region Seven that the poor...

Some of dem children happy …and some sad

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Some of dem children happy …and some sad

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De exam results come out and dem had de usual wailing and gnashing of teeth. Some people even so wicked and cruel dat dem pick pun one ah dem children fuh...

EDUCATION IS IN DEEP CRISIS

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on EDUCATION IS IN DEEP CRISIS

Kaieteur News – Let us not be fooled by the deservedly happy faces on those high-flyers of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), or what was previously referred to as the Common Entrance...

Service and the state: Theorising about post-colonial Guyana

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Service and the state: Theorising about post-colonial Guyana

Kaieteur News – Anyone who lived in Europe would know that service is natural, automatic and pleasing. Anyone who lived in the post-colonial world as in a country named Guyana would know...

Earnings uptick versus deadweight

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Earnings uptick versus deadweight

Kaieteur News – The headline in KN on October 13 trumpeted that “Guyana produced 20.2M barrels of oil at half year -Crude export earnings increase to US$1.3 Billion”. For a small country,...

4 deaths, 122 new cases due to COVID-19

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 4 deaths, 122 new cases due to COVID-19

Kaieteur News – Four more deaths as a result of COVID-19 have been recorded. The fatalities have brought the death toll for this month to 67. According to the Ministry of Health, among the...

2 Linden nurses in custody for allegedly selling COVID-19 vaccine books

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 2 Linden nurses in custody for allegedly selling COVID-19 vaccine books

Kaieteur News – Two Linden nurses, who are attached to the One Mile Health Centre, are currently in police custody assisting with an investigation in relation to the selling of COVID-19 vaccine...

IzWi Rich Entertainment – the new production group promising quality content to locals

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on IzWi Rich Entertainment – the new production group promising quality content to locals

Kaieteur News – IzWi Rich Entertainment, a new local entertainment group, is already making a name for itself. With professional, creative, high quality content in the areas of music and video...

25 matters disposed of during June Session of Demerara Criminal Assizes

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 25 matters disposed of during June Session of Demerara Criminal Assizes

Kaieteur News – A total of 25 matters were disposed of during the June 2021 session of the Demerara Criminal Assizes. According to the goal delivery done by Justice Sandil Kissoon last Friday,...

Bandit says he hid motorcycle because victim pulled knife on him

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit says he hid motorcycle because victim pulled knife on him

Kaieteur News – “Sir dah man pull a knife on me so I tek away he bike and hide it,” a suspect reportedly told police investigators after he was arrested for stealing a motorcycle. However,...

UG orientations for new students set for next week

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on UG orientations for new students set for next week

Kaieteur News – The University of Guyana will welcome new students of the Turkeyen and Berbice campuses with virtual orientations which will run for one week from October 18 – 23, 2021....

GUYANA ON WAY TO ACHIEVING FULL TOBACCO CONTROL

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on GUYANA ON WAY TO ACHIEVING FULL TOBACCO CONTROL

By Pat Dial Kaieteur News – Tobacco was adopted from Aztecs by the Spaniards when, in the 16th century, European and American Indian Civilisations clashed with each other in the territory now...

GNBS pulls off successful National Quality Week 2021

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS pulls off successful National Quality Week 2021

Kaieteur News – The past week was an exciting one for the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), as it successfully hosted a number of activities for National Quality Week 2021. The...

COVID-19: This pandemic has exposed our vulnerability to mass hysteria

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on COVID-19: This pandemic has exposed our vulnerability to mass hysteria

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – I have mentioned before, that this pandemic has exposed our weaknesses as a species and...

A look at matters in which persons were charged for arson

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on A look at matters in which persons were charged for arson

The Court Journal… By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – In this week’s edition of ‘The Court Journal’ I will highlight some matters where persons were charged with arson. Arson is the...

Poison dart frog

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Poison dart frog

Kaieteur News – Poison dart frog (also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly known as poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nursing Assistant, Claudette Tobin

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nursing Assistant, Claudette Tobin

“I would encourage individuals to do their own research about the vaccines. Use credible sources such as WHO and PAHO, and they (individuals) should speak to their doctor so they can make an...

NSC hold meeting with ‘Core Sports’ for National Sports Academy

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC hold meeting with ‘Core Sports’ for National Sports Academy

In a move aimed to kick-start the country’s first-ever National Sports Academy, the National Sports Commission yesterday met with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), the Guyana Amateur...

Watooka Day Schools tops Region 10 at NGSA,

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Watooka Day Schools tops Region 10 at NGSA,

– Regma girls tie for second place By Vanessa Braithwaite Kaieteur News – Akiera Campbell of the Watooka Day Primary School in Linden, grabbed the first position for Region 10, in the...

Approximately $500M distributed in Reg. 3 as part of Govt.’s flood-relief initiative

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Approximately $500M distributed in Reg. 3 as part of Govt.’s flood-relief initiative

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha spearheaded the government’s ongoing flood-relief initiative at the West Demerara Secondary School, Leonora Secondary School...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more