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Guyana, Honduras start CU17WQ on right foot

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana, Honduras start CU17WQ on right foot

Kaieteur News – Bradenton, Florida – Both Honduras and Guyana kicked off Group C of Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship Qualifying with victories yesterday at the IMG Academy in...

Capobianco Field, Roosevelt Island, named for Guyanese tennis legend

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Capobianco Field, Roosevelt Island, named for Guyanese tennis legend

CaribbeanLife – George Hugh Braithwaite, was the first Guyanese sports personality to become world-renowned, winning more than 70 table tennis titles in the United States and overseas,...

Brusches Basketball Foundation donate backboards to Mackenzie Primary School

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brusches Basketball Foundation donate backboards to Mackenzie Primary School

Kaieteur News – The Mackenzie Primary School received a pair of basketball backboards through the US based Brusches Basketball Foundation (BBF) and Luckie Lawson, a past resident of the area...

Allicock beaten by Juntrong in Featherweight fight

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Allicock beaten by Juntrong in Featherweight fight

AIBA World Boxing Championships Kaieteur News – Caribbean and 2020 Tokyo Olympian Keevin Allicock lost to Rujakran Juntrong in the Featherweight (57kg) division in the 2021 AIBA World Boxing...

Considerations for leadership of the PNC Party may have been linked to complex, socio- economic political issues

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Considerations for leadership of the PNC Party may have been linked to complex, socio- economic political issues

Dear Editor, In an October 23 KN feature article on the above referenced subject, Columnist Freddie Kissoon in his usual egoistic style, prided himself by reminding his readers that he knows what he...

Recent TIP bust shows good work by the lawmen

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recent TIP bust shows good work by the lawmen

Dear Editor, Being on top of Trafficking In Person must be maintained. No slackness must be entertained. I have heard of TIP rings are in Guyana, and it seems true as I read recently of the two sting...

Guyana in a state of political healing

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana in a state of political healing

Dear Editor, Dr. Cheddi Jagan’s life stands as an remarkable example of what Guyanese can achieve given the opportunity. While applicable for all, his achievements are so much more meaningful and...

Any caring Govt. would ensure that their citizens are prepared to take up all jobs as they become available

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Any caring Govt. would ensure that their citizens are prepared to take up all jobs as they become available

Dear Editor, The statement made by the Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo that Guyana will need to import labour must be red flagged and clarity must be urgently sought. This statement is worrying...

Equal treatment needed

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Equal treatment needed

Dear Editor, The question of same treatment by our institutions has been raised once again with the incident involving the attempted arrest of former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Paul Slowe....

Religion and politics in the sports mix

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Religion and politics in the sports mix

Dear Editor, While the local scene is ablaze with the prayer controversy, on the international scene, Indians are aversed to Pakistani cricketers saying ‘namaz’ (muslim prayer routine) in...

Vending should be improved not obstructed

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vending should be improved not obstructed

Dear Editor, We need designated areas for roadside-type vending. I know, I know. We have said it many times before but just hear me out. When given enough thought, this idea starts to present some...

Maybe I am a floating onshore-offshore human resource facility

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maybe I am a floating onshore-offshore human resource facility

Dear Editor, I wrote several pieces recently on the different candidates for PNC leader. I only did so, because a PNC leader, whoever it ends up being, could be a step closer, to being Guyana’s...

The fight against breast cancer and all forms of cancer does not end in October

Oct 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The fight against breast cancer and all forms of cancer does not end in October

Dear Editor, As we draw the curtains down on the month of October, a month that is used to create awareness on breast cancer and other types of cancer, I would like to share my experience with this...

“Superefficient” oil agreement with Guyana allows for quick recovery of over US$9B Yellowtail Project – Hess tells shareholders

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on “Superefficient” oil agreement with Guyana allows for quick recovery of over US$9B Yellowtail Project – Hess tells shareholders

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Even as ExxonMobil and its partners await government approval before going ahead with a final investment decision on the Yellowtail Project, the high estimated...

Guyana borrows 10 times more from IDB than it did in first 6 months of 2020

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana borrows 10 times more from IDB than it did in first 6 months of 2020

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s public debt has been steadily increasing in recent years and based on the nation’s latest financial reports for the first half of this year loans from the...

Gold revenue declines by US$86M

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Gold revenue declines by US$86M

Despite higher world market price… Kaieteur News – The country’s gold export earning as at the end of the first half of 2021 has declined by US$86.4 million when compared to the same period...

Exxon dumping 35 tons of waste per day at Haags Bosch

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon dumping 35 tons of waste per day at Haags Bosch

…to use landfill for at least 10 years before building new one Kaieteur News – Having expressed a desire to dump its waste at the Haags Bosch Landfill (HBL) in the Eccles Industrial Site area...

Cops accused of deleting data in fraud case, walk free

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Cops accused of deleting data in fraud case, walk free

Kaieteur News –Yesterday, two female police ranks, who were charged for allegedly deleting electronic data relevant to a fraud case in which millions were misappropriated from the Guyana Police...

Cash strapped GWI owed bank $540M – Minister

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Cash strapped GWI owed bank $540M – Minister

Kaieteur News – Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues, on Monday night stated that the Guyana Water Incorporation (GWI) had two bank overdrafts which resulted in...

GRA to auction vehicle Ministry purchased, left on wharf

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GRA to auction vehicle Ministry purchased, left on wharf

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is preparing to auction a number of vehicles that would have been imported by a number of individuals and companies and left on the wharves...

Only in Guyana!

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Only in Guyana!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dis country is becoming wan big joke. Imagine during de afternoon peak hours for traffic, one of de major exists out of de city to de East Coast of Demerara...

A meeting will not end the impasse

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A meeting will not end the impasse

Kaieteur News – It is not as simple as Lenox Shuman thinks. The appointment of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice of the judiciary is not simply a question of the President meeting with...

Harmon’s victory will lead to the transformation of the PNC

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Harmon’s victory will lead to the transformation of the PNC

Kaieteur News -I thought that David Granger was strategising by not announcing his candidacy then doing it at the last moment. But with the entry of Joe Harmon, it looks like Granger is riding away....

Vaccinations and herd immunity – where do we stand?

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Vaccinations and herd immunity – where do we stand?

Kaieteur News – The COVID-19 pandemic, very much present in Guyana, has brought many troubles with it, and most of which modern science and experts struggle to understand. The best defense that...

Guyana’s draft Local Content Bill to be presented in Parliament before year end – AG, Anil Nandlall

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s draft Local Content Bill to be presented in Parliament before year end – AG, Anil Nandlall

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s draft Local Content Bill is on schedule to be presented in Parliament before the end of this year. Attorney General (AG), Anil Nandlall, SC, disclosed on Tuesday that...

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Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more