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Amsterdam’s fight stopped in 2nd round due to nasty cut

Oct 31, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amsterdam’s fight stopped in 2nd round due to nasty cut

AIBA World Boxing Championships… Kaieteur News – Guyanese Desmond Amsterdam (75kg) came up yesterday against Mirsharif Kazimzade in his opening bout of the 2021 AIBA World Boxing...

Choose ‘Hair by Vanessa’ for that ideal look

Oct 31, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Choose ‘Hair by Vanessa’ for that ideal look

“As a young entrepreneur I know for a fact having a business and being able to be independent is inspiring to others.” By Allyiah Allicock Kaieteur News – The impact of the COVID-19...

Calix hat trick helps Honduras down Guyana in CU17WQ

Oct 31, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Calix hat trick helps Honduras down Guyana in CU17WQ

Kaieteur News – Miami, Florida – Honduras are on the verge of qualifying for the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship after posting a 6-0 victory over Guyana yesterday in Group C...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 10/31/2021

Oct 31, 2021 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 10/31/2021

We are playing Russian roulette with every additional oil project

Oct 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are playing Russian roulette with every additional oil project

Dear Editor, Imagine that you were lucky to be awarded a house lot. You hire a contractor company to fence off your plot of land and you intend to use them to build your house. But on review of the...

Leave prayer in schools alone, we have bigger problems to tackle!

Oct 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leave prayer in schools alone, we have bigger problems to tackle!

Dear Editor, President Ramotar is a good man and my favourite President. While religion today is big business selling “God” as a commodity, there is competition for “market share,” and we...

Maybe we need an ethnic equation for the appointment of GECOM Commissioners

Oct 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maybe we need an ethnic equation for the appointment of GECOM Commissioners

Dear Editor, As a nation we hardly ever reach a consensus on any matter with the exception that a majority of us agree that our elections are ethnically driven. Given our overriding preoccupation...

Make those who refuse to take second vaccine dose pay for it on expiration

Oct 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Make those who refuse to take second vaccine dose pay for it on expiration

Dear Editor, It is reported in the media that thousands of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines are dated to expire by the end of November, and the reports have indicated that these constitute the...

How does Guyana’s new wealth benefit the average man?

Oct 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on How does Guyana’s new wealth benefit the average man?

Dear Editor, I’m sure thousands of Guyanese are excited by the new profound promises of oil wealth and becoming the next Dubai. While this would not happen overnight, it is disappointing to see the...

Applaud the PPPC Govt. for launching new LCDS initiative

Oct 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Applaud the PPPC Govt. for launching new LCDS initiative

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – Today I write to you with much enthusiasm regarding the recent launch of the four-month consultation on Guyana’s new Low Carbon Development Strategy by the...

Meeting of Guyana’s national political leaders is now due

Oct 31, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Meeting of Guyana’s national political leaders is now due

Dear Editor, Note is taken of Deputy Speaker, Lenox Schuman’s, call for President Dr Irfan Ali to meet with Opposition Leader, Joe Harmon, to settle the permanency of judicial appointments in...

Ghana to now advise Guyana after failing with similar venture

Oct 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ghana to now advise Guyana after failing with similar venture

US$900M gas to shore project… Kaieteur News – Ghana, a West African oil producer whose people are trapped in a lopsided gas deal with oil companies—including ExxonMobil—is now set to...

Govt. preparing proposals for funding from Middle Eastern Investment Funds

Oct 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. preparing proposals for funding from Middle Eastern Investment Funds

…as IDB Pres. heads to Guyana to scope out financing projects—Pres. Ali Kaieteur News – Guyana’s total external debt at the end of June this year stood at some US$3B but this is likely to...

Foreign Company using insider information to underbid locals

Oct 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign Company using insider information to underbid locals

…Operations Manager wanted by Interpol for sex crimes Kaieteur News – There has been an escalating public debate over the proliferation of foreign companies into Guyana, especially in the...

Prison escapee captured in minibus en route to Parika

Oct 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Prison escapee captured in minibus en route to Parika

– reportedly collected money from overseas uncle for trip to Suriname Kaieteur News – The confessed killer who escaped from the Lusignan Prison on Thursday had his trip to neighbouring...

$262M contract inked for farm-to-market road

Oct 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $262M contract inked for farm-to-market road

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) this week awarded a $261.7M contract for the rehabilitation of the 18 Kilometers Ituni/Tacoma main access road to a private construction...

Draft electoral legislation to be distributed next week for consultation

Oct 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Draft electoral legislation to be distributed next week for consultation

Kaieteur News – The long awaited electoral reform legislation draft or the Representation of the People’s Act (ROPA), is expected to be distributed next week for six weeks of consultation....

Aspiring Chief Justice admitted to bar

Oct 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Aspiring Chief Justice admitted to bar

Kaieteur News – An aspiring Chief Justice, Christal Amsterdam was filled with emotions yesterday as she was admitted to the Bar at the Demerara Supreme Court. Amsterdam’s petition was...

Pres. Ali promises salary hike for public servants as cost of living increases

Oct 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Ali promises salary hike for public servants as cost of living increases

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, during a virtual press conference, President Dr. Irfaan Ali reiterated that he is committed to providing salary increases for public servants. When questioned when he...

Manufacturing, Construction Sectors booming- Half Year Report

Oct 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Manufacturing, Construction Sectors booming- Half Year Report

Kaieteur Kews – The country’s manufacturing and construction sectors’ performance boomed in the first half of this year, when compared to the same period for last year. This is according to...

We nah need Exxon nah mo!

Oct 30, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We nah need Exxon nah mo!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Ah hope nuff allyuh, wah deh buying up all dem land pun de coast, read de Waterfall paper yesterday. De paper report how a World Health Organization seh dat...

Changing the topping does not alter the crust

Oct 30, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Changing the topping does not alter the crust

Kaieteur News – The PNC/R is like a pizza. You can change the ‘toppings’ all you wish, it will not alter the crust. The PNC has tried all manner of ‘toppings’. It changed its names to...

Some questions about the decaying society

Oct 30, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Some questions about the decaying society

Kaieteur News – Dear Mr. Winston Jordan, the Kaieteur News pays me. I cannot say that I am enamoured with my returns. But I pay taxes on that comparatively speaking, small sum and I am annoyed...

Bingeing on debt

Oct 30, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Bingeing on debt

Kaieteur News – Guyanese are familiar with how people behave when certain conditions are in place. It is how close friends, family members, even total strangers find ways to take advantage of...

Ministry of Health records 6 more COVID-19 fatalities

Oct 30, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Health records 6 more COVID-19 fatalities

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

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Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more