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MOH procures Oxygen plant for ‘COVID’ Hospital

Oct 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on MOH procures Oxygen plant for ‘COVID’ Hospital

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has procured an oxygen plant for the COVID-19 Hospital, located at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown. This is according to Minister of Health, Dr....

Chinese national drowns in Essequibo River

Oct 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese national drowns in Essequibo River

Kaieteur News – A Chinese national working with a foreign company called Huixin Mining Company, reportedly drowned on Wednesday in the Essequibo River. Police identified him as Sude Tui, age...

Confessed arsonist slapped with two charges

Oct 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Confessed arsonist slapped with two charges

Kaieteur News – Clarence Greene, 24, the confessed Brickdam Police Station arsonist, was yesterday remanded by the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where he was brought to face the two charges...

Pregnant women, nursing mothers now required to be vaccinated – Health Minister

Oct 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant women, nursing mothers now required to be vaccinated – Health Minister

Kaieteur News – As part of a comprehensive effort to reduce the number of positive COVID-19 infections among pregnant and breastfeeding women, the Ministry of Health is now requiring that they...

Health Ministry records five more COVD-19 fatalities

Oct 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry records five more COVD-19 fatalities

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

Female patient found dead at GPHC

Oct 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Female patient found dead at GPHC

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation is investigating the death of a female patient, who was discovered hanging in the hospital’s washroom at approximately 11:05hrs....

Aunt who hid electrician’s killers out on bail

Oct 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Aunt who hid electrician’s killers out on bail

Kaieteur News – Out on $100,000 station bail is the woman who had allegedly harboured Joshua Denny’s alleged killers from the cops on Friday, October 1. This is according to Crime Chief...

GNBS launches speed guns verification service

Oct 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS launches speed guns verification service

Kaieteur News – The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) on Wednesday, October 06, 2021 launched a new service to verify the speed guns used by Traffic Ranks of the Guyana Police Force...

CH&PA expended more than half $8.8 B budget by mid-2021- Ministry of Finance report

Oct 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA expended more than half $8.8 B budget by mid-2021- Ministry of Finance report

Kaieteur News – During the first half of 2021, Government spent $4.8 billion of the $8.8 billion budgeted for housing development. According to the Ministry of Finance’s 2021 Mid-Year Report,...

Green Machine announce squad for RAN 7s

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Green Machine announce squad for RAN 7s

US$19,000 needed to fulfill budget requirements Kaieteur News – The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) announced at a press conference yesterday at the National Racquet Center, Woolford Avenue,...

Assuria signs up to support ‘Lady Jags’ World Cup Journey

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Assuria signs up to support ‘Lady Jags’ World Cup Journey

Kaieteur News – Leading insurance company Assuria has thrown its support behind the Guyana Football Federation as a sponsor of the Senior Women’s National Team for the forthcoming FIFA...

York United FC signs 20-year-old Guyana international Javier George

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on York United FC signs 20-year-old Guyana international Javier George

Kaieteur News – York United FC confirmed yesterday the signing of Javier George on a permanent deal through the end of 2021. The 20-year-old midfielder is a native of New Amsterdam, Guyana but...

RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour and Vitality Cricket teams hand over home to Naidu

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour and Vitality Cricket teams hand over home to Naidu

Kaieteur News – The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) Namilco Thunderbolt Flour Under-21 and First Division teams along with their Vitality Under-23 counterparts on Wednesday...

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Golf tourney on tomorrow

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Golf tourney on tomorrow

Kaieteur News – The Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) will be hosting the long awaited Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Golf tournament tomorrow with tee off time set for 12:30hrs. The tournament was...

BCB hand over first aid kits and manuals to clubs with junior sections

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB hand over first aid kits and manuals to clubs with junior sections

Kaieteur News – “Never in the history of Guyana cricket has a Board worked as hard to make a positive difference as we in the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has done over the last three...

Local stakeholders ask critical questions about Guyana’s energy mix at Moray House event

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local stakeholders ask critical questions about Guyana’s energy mix at Moray House event

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate Ms. Isabelle DeCaires and the Moray House Trust for recently hosting a very informative panel discussion on “Shifting Power: Guyana’s Energy Mix”...

Gandhi – confessions and acknowledgement

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gandhi – confessions and acknowledgement

Dear Editor, I have confessions to make, and they all surround this startling development about renaming Middle Street after the global icon, Gandhi. My thoughts follow. The letters from Guyanese...

Corruption and Dutch disease

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corruption and Dutch disease

Dear Editor, There have been incessant cries of doom from a certain media house and other oil and gas ‘experts’ and they have been churning out ill-conceived and outrageous statements about non...

From no qualified Afro-Guyanese to an Afro-Guyanese Foreign Minister

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on From no qualified Afro-Guyanese to an Afro-Guyanese Foreign Minister

Dear Editor, Whilst it is only natural to look forward to a life with no problematic challenges or hurdles with stumbles, and knockdowns, it is also known by many that one learns more from one’s...

Is there a PPP deal for East Coast oil development? The questions abound

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a PPP deal for East Coast oil development? The questions abound

Dear Editor, Rumours abound that the Vice President has promised one of his closest friends to be the main player behind a proposed Private Public Partnership (PPP) in the development of the East...

Severance pay to whitewash Estates closures

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Severance pay to whitewash Estates closures

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the Vice President’s announcement, without engaging cabinet colleagues, that every worker who was severed from the four closed sugar estates by the APNU+AFC AFC...

A brutal home invasion and horrifying experience of another Afro-Guyanese at the hands of the GPF/SWAT teams

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on A brutal home invasion and horrifying experience of another Afro-Guyanese at the hands of the GPF/SWAT teams

Dear Editor, I am presenting the facts of a harrowing experience for me and my family at the hands of the Guyana Police Force (GPF). It is of the intimidation and ongoing attacks against black...

Gandhi name appropriate for renaming places in Guyana

Oct 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gandhi name appropriate for renaming places in Guyana

Dear Editor, Reference is drawn to comments by Elijah Bijay (KN October 6) and Hamilton Green denigrating Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as the Mahatma (Great Soul) dismissing proposal...

GRA nets $129 billion – Tax collection represents 95% of total revenue – Mid-Year Report

Oct 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GRA nets $129 billion – Tax collection represents 95% of total revenue – Mid-Year Report

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Finance revealed, in its latest Mid-Year Report, that the Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) tax collection grew by $22.2 billion to $129 billion. It said this...

Govt. expends over $25B for COVID-19 Response

Oct 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. expends over $25B for COVID-19 Response

– says $2B more may be needed Kaieteur News – From 2020 to mid-2021, the PPP/C Government has expended $25.7B on its COVID-19 response programme. In order to achieve herd immunity among...

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From economic genocide to physical extinction

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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