October 19, 2021

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Commercial banks granted over $22B in COVID-19 relief for 2021 – Report

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Commercial banks granted over $22B in COVID-19 relief for 2021 – Report

Kaieteur News – In light of the economic pains unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic, commercial banks on the advice of the country’s regulator, the Bank of Guyana, have provided more than $22B...

PAC highlights trend of evaluators bypassing lowest bids for contracts

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on PAC highlights trend of evaluators bypassing lowest bids for contracts

Kaieteur News – The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has highlighted the trend of evaluators bypassing the lowest bidders on projects. The issue came up during a discussion of the...

ExxonMobil kicks off public debate on Yellowtail EIA from Oct. 25

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil kicks off public debate on Yellowtail EIA from Oct. 25

Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) is poised to hold public consultations on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the...

Family of three robbed at gunpoint during home invasion

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Family of three robbed at gunpoint during home invasion

Kaieteur News – A family of three was robbed and held at gunpoint last Friday around 03:30hrs during a home invasion which occurred while they had retired to bed in their Sophia, Georgetown...

Liza 2 ship to arrive in two weeks

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Liza 2 ship to arrive in two weeks

Kaieteur News – The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) issued several notices over the past few days which disclosed that preparations are being made in the ExxonMobil-led Stabroek...

More schools to offer CAPE – Minister

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on More schools to offer CAPE – Minister

Kaieteur News – About seven more schools across the country will be added to the list of institutions that offer the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exanimations (CAPE) subjects. This...

NAREI expended US$600M on crop cultivation – Mid-year Report

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on NAREI expended US$600M on crop cultivation – Mid-year Report

Kaieteur News – As at the end of June 2021, the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) had expended $602.8 million for the cultivation of crops. This is according to the...

Oil nah guh spoil

Oct 19, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Oil nah guh spoil

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De world nah find a solution yet fuh climate change. But things sure getting warmer. In de meantime, de whole debate bout climate change turning into one big...

Jagdeo is placing the cart before the horse

Oct 19, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Jagdeo is placing the cart before the horse

Kaieteur News – Transparency is not one of the hallmarks of the PPP/C. It is therefore not surprising that the government is entering into arrangements for the sale of carbon credits, yet only...

Colin Smith: Freud, cow-dung and oceanic memories

Oct 19, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Colin Smith: Freud, cow-dung and oceanic memories

Kaieteur News – When my daughter heard the news that Colin Smith had died, she rang and said, “I knew him from a baby.” Indeed she did. By the time she was born, one of her father’s...

Colin Powell – an exemplary figure for minorities has fallen

Oct 19, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Colin Powell – an exemplary figure for minorities has fallen

Kaieteur News – General Colin Powell is gone at 84. He is felled not by battles waged by man against man, but scythed down by a foe even more insidious, a power invisible and elusive and still...

Body found floating at Vergenoegen

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Body found floating at Vergenoegen

Kaieteur News – Police were called in yesterday to retrieve a body that was found floating in the Essequibo River, close to the Vergenoegen foreshore located on the East Bank of Essequibo (EBE)...

NGOs donate oxygen plant to Health Ministry

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on NGOs donate oxygen plant to Health Ministry

Kaieteur News – The Infectious Diseases Hospital also called the ‘COVID’ hospital, which is located at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, will soon be equipped with a US$150,000 (GY$31M)...

Man reportedly killed by bees at Montrose seawall

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man reportedly killed by bees at Montrose seawall

Kaieteur News – A man was reportedly killed in a bee attack yesterday at the Montrose Seawall located on the East Coast of Demerara. Residents of the area have identified the man only as...

Jury finds man not guilty of raping relative

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Jury finds man not guilty of raping relative

Kaieteur News – A jury at the Suddie High Court yesterday unanimously found a man, 27, not guilty of raping his 18-year-old female relative. The defendant identified as Troy Tulsaram was...

One jailed, another remanded for robbing Essequibo man

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on One jailed, another remanded for robbing Essequibo man

– Third suspect hospitalised Kaieteur News – Two of three bandits, who were apprehended moments after robbing an Essequibo man on Friday last, appeared in court yesterday – one was sent...

Minister warns contractors against using Heavy machinery on roadways

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Minister warns contractors against using Heavy machinery on roadways

Kaieteur News – Public Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill, has warned contractors that the use of heavy-duty machinery on the roadways can cause major damage. This continues to be a major...

Home for abused children in Linden under construction

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Home for abused children in Linden under construction

Kaieteur News – The mining town of Linden will soon benefit from its first ever group home, which will accommodate sexually abused girls below the age of 18. The project is the brainchild of...

Suriname National Army commander visits GDF

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname National Army commander visits GDF

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Suriname National Army have made their first step towards the advancement of tackling common threats and embracing each other to ensure...

Fatal accident victims had drown

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Fatal accident victims had drown

Kaieteur News – According to a post mortem examination (PME) the two victims, Deocharran Dass and Bhickram Singh, who lost their lives in the Mahaicony fatal accident last Saturday, had drown....

Miner dies after complaining of pains

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Miner dies after complaining of pains

Kaieteur News – A 54-year-old man, who has only been identified as Dell, was found dead in a mining camp at the White Creek Backdam in the North West District (NWD) of Region One after...

YOUMUN – NABI MESSAGE by CIOG PRESIDENT, Al-Hajj Shahabudeen Ahmad

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on YOUMUN – NABI MESSAGE by CIOG PRESIDENT, Al-Hajj Shahabudeen Ahmad

Youman Nabi Messages… Kaieteur News – In the name of Allah (swt), The Merciful, The Compassionate O Allah bless our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw), the light of lights, the secret of...

Health Ministry and RAD-AID partner to expand local radiology capabilities

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry and RAD-AID partner to expand local radiology capabilities

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health has announced a new partnership with the radiology non-profit organisation, RAD-AID International, to increase and improve radiology capabilities and...

HIV positive persons urged to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on HIV positive persons urged to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Kaieteur News – Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, is urging persons living with HIV to protect themselves against COVID-19 by getting vaccinated. This is according to a Department of...

Five men are country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities

Oct 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Five men are country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities

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

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Kaieteur Sports – Guyana suffered a heartbreaking start to its FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2027 Centrobasket Qualifiers campaign on Sunday, surrendering a commanding 22-point lead before falling...

Mr. Ram misses the point entirely

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(Kaieteur News) – This column has a standing position. It does not usually reply to responses, unless those responses allege misrepresentation or mischaracterisation of arguments. This is the basis upon which I respond to Christopher Ram’s letter published in yesterday’s edition of the...

The Vulgarity of Asking the Enslaved to Pay

Jul 12, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Suella Braverman is a former Conservative Party British government minister who turned coat and is now a vocal member of the far‑right political party, Reform. She is the child of Indian parents from Mauritius and Kenya, yet, like many other...

Mohamed Irfaan Ali v Azruddin Mohammed – Circus, Spectacle,...

Jul 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese everywhere: stop and stay still. Watch and listen. Study and absorb. Then appreciate what is happening, how this country is hung on a tall tree before all the world. It’s the Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Azruddin Mohamed Show. A battle for any edge in a fight for...

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