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“A jumbie hold on, on me” – man who broke neighbour’s windows tells court

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on “A jumbie hold on, on me” – man who broke neighbour’s windows tells court

Kaieteur News – Cleveland Allen, a 40-year-old man, who was jailed yesterday for breaking his neighbour’s sash windows, told the court that he committed the act because a “jumbie” had...

Unvaccinated man is country’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Unvaccinated man is country’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that a 64-year-old unvaccinated man, who contracted the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, has died. As a result of this, Guyana’s...

Ragnauth’s 64 leads Caribbean Sports Club to victory in ESCL tournament

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ragnauth’s 64 leads Caribbean Sports Club to victory in ESCL tournament

Kaieteur News – Gary Ragnauth hit an attractive 64 to spur Caribbean Sports Club to comfortable 30-run win over Sunrisers last Sunday at Cullen Beach where action continued in the inaugural...

Performance statistics for each NGSA school now available to the public – Ministry

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Performance statistics for each NGSA school now available to the public – Ministry

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education has now made public the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results for every primary school in Guyana for the last four years, as part of its plan...

Regional #7 Chairman Anniversary Challenge Cup set for this weekend

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional #7 Chairman Anniversary Challenge Cup set for this weekend

Kaieteur News – A total of six football clubs inclusive of two females are set to bring a high level of energy to the Bartica Community this weekend when the inaugural Regional Chairman...

Barber stabbed in own shop

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Barber stabbed in own shop

Kaieteur News – A 32-year-old barber was stabbed during an argument in his barber shop. The incident took place on Tuesday at the barber shop located at Belle West, West Bank Demerara (WBD)...

J’s Supermarket sponsors full colour booklet for BCB

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on J’s Supermarket sponsors full colour booklet for BCB

Kaieteur News – The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) will soon launch another publication as it pushes ahead with plans to develop cricket even further. The proactive Board would be publishing a...

Hinterland-focused Guyana U17 Female squad departs for Concacaf Qualifiers

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hinterland-focused Guyana U17 Female squad departs for Concacaf Qualifiers

Face Anguilla today in opener… Kaieteur News – The Guyana U17 female national squad will open its account in the qualifiers for the 2022 Concacaf Women’s U17 Championship this week,...

GFF Inter- Academy Boys U-13 Challenge Trophy kicks off

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Inter- Academy Boys U-13 Challenge Trophy kicks off

Wins for Bartica, Georgetown & East Demerara; East Bank & Rupununi draw Kaieteur News – The GFF Inter-Academy Boys U13 Challenge Trophy began last weekend with four matches and saw...

Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan sets the record straight

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan sets the record straight

Dear Editor, In yesterday’s Kaieteur News (KN), October 27, 2021, I was the centre of attention of your daily columnist, Freddie Kissoon. Ordinarily, I would not have responded; everyone is...

GTT, STEMGuyana launch Pinktober Cancer Awareness Chatbot

Oct 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GTT, STEMGuyana launch Pinktober Cancer Awareness Chatbot

– aims to provide accurate information on cancer Kaieteur News – GTT has collaborated with STEMGuyana to launch its Pinktober Breast Cancer awareness chatbot that will allow locals to...

Bank of Baroda, Montra Restaurant & Lounge support Guyana Open Golf tourney

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bank of Baroda, Montra Restaurant & Lounge support Guyana Open Golf tourney

Kaieteur News – Bank of Baroda along with Montra Restaurant and Lounge have supported the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) for the highly anticipated Guyana Open tournament which is set to commence at...

Harmon’s call for 50% royalty when his govt. settled for 2% is comical

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Harmon’s call for 50% royalty when his govt. settled for 2% is comical

Dear Editor, I pen this letter to you today in regard to something I saw plastered on the front page of the Sunday, October 24 edition of the Kaieteur Newspaper which I find quite laughable. As I am...

No grant for teachers

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on No grant for teachers

Dear Editor, A teacher, who in fact is a Headmistress, was much in stress. She called and asked to be comforted about why, in the absence of any increase these last two years, teachers do not qualify...

Some Indians are only discovering their identity now

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some Indians are only discovering their identity now

Dear Editor, The Freddie Kissoon’s Column (Oct. 26) seeks a response from Swami Aksharananda, but permit me to make a few comments. Freddie’s answer to the “assault on” and...

Time to find solutions to protect worker

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to find solutions to protect worker

Dear Editor, The problems of the unprotected workers are well-known to all of us. Today, as we speak, thousands of people have been affected; no industry, no gender, no race is immune from this...

Let there be genuine caring for children, and not the usual politics

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let there be genuine caring for children, and not the usual politics

Dear Editor, I read with great concern a letter penned by one Miss Niamatali about children roaming around the streets of New Amsterdam begging for food and money. This letter is of great concern to...

How families can better support children’s mental health

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on How families can better support children’s mental health

Dear Editor, Despite high rates of mental illness in Guyana, mental healthcare is still something that many do not see as important. There are many inaccurate ideas about what mental illness is, but...

Homeownership changed my life

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Homeownership changed my life

Dear Editor, Let me first say that I am not a fan of this government, but recently they gave me a house lot that I had applied for since 2016 during the tenure of the APNU+AFC Coalition. I was...

Passport Office Dilemma

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Passport Office Dilemma

Dear Editor, In the past week, I have heard of two experiences of people going to renew their passport at the Passport Office. I find this to be most ridiculous. Surely, we can do much better with...

Far more than meets the eye

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Far more than meets the eye

Dear Editor, Minister Rodrigues hit the nail on the head, when she commented on ‘land ownership’ becoming a reality for 37 low-income families in Berbice, in Balthyock Housing Scheme,...

Guyana is silent today

Oct 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is silent today

Dear Editor, I look around and listen. There is no one, no sound. Guyana is a lonely place. A democratic wilderness, with so-called Guardians of Democracy, elections petitioners, Arthur Chung...

Exxon sets its own guidelines for Yellowtail Project – Report

Oct 27, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon sets its own guidelines for Yellowtail Project – Report

…in the absence of national flaring standards Kaieteur News – In light of the fact that Guyana has no standards for flaring to govern the oil and gas sector, ExxonMobil’s subsidiary,...

Foreigners register company locally for logging operation

Oct 27, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Foreigners register company locally for logging operation

…plans to export Wamara, Greenheart, and other species to Malaysia Kaieteur News – A Guyanese company registered at Peter’s Hall on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) under relevant local laws...

Report shows…Fish and shrimp production declining for two years now

Oct 27, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Report shows…Fish and shrimp production declining for two years now

Kaieteur News – The Bank of Guyana (BoG) Half-Year Report revealed that fish and shrimp production has been declining for two years now. This was revealed when the first six months of 2019,...