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Barbados’ Republican status is not a yen for pieces of silver

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Barbados’ Republican status is not a yen for pieces of silver

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- Among the most nonsensical statements uttered by a British Parliamentarian and repeated in the British newspaper, The Sunday Times, is that Barbados will become a...

Guyana’s oil to help double Exxon’s global profits in 5 years

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s oil to help double Exxon’s global profits in 5 years

…as company manages to pay off US$11B debt this year—CEO Woods Kaieteur News – Come 2027 when Guyana is expected to be producing some one million barrels of oil per day (bpd), US based...

Project cost overrun, a sign of gross mismanagement- PAC Chairman

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Project cost overrun, a sign of gross mismanagement- PAC Chairman

Kaieteur News – Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Jermaine Figueira said that government’s constant request for additional funding to complete major projects is a key indicator...

Former Finance Minister arrested over sale of Kingston wharf

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Former Finance Minister arrested over sale of Kingston wharf

– released, then hospitalised – BK owner also questioned Kaieteur News – Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan was on Thursday arrested and later released on a series of...

Civil society must unite in call for real electoral reforms- GHRA

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Civil society must unite in call for real electoral reforms- GHRA

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has called for a united front by civil society organisations in pressing government for real electoral reforms and not those being...

Govt. to spend $136M to build half mile stretch of road at Lima sands, E’bo

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to spend $136M to build half mile stretch of road at Lima sands, E’bo

By Romario Blair Kaieteur News -The Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Public Works, will be spending some $136M for 800 metres (M) of road currently being constructed within the Lima...

Trio in $700,000 bribery scandal gets bail

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Trio in $700,000 bribery scandal gets bail

Kaieteur News – The three individuals who allegedly attempted to bribe a policeman last Saturday at the Golden Grove Police Station, East Bank Demerara were on Thursday granted bail when they...

Housing Ministry building $147 million Sheriff St./Mandela roundabout

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry building $147 million Sheriff St./Mandela roundabout

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Housing is currently building the roundabout which will connect the Sheriff/Mandela road to the new bypass Road to Eccles, East Bank Demerara. The project is...

Don’t tek worries

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Don’t tek worries

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – If yuh gan deh in de kitchen, yuh gat to be able to handle de heat. Nuff people like fuh give pressure but dem can’t tek pressure. Dem does buckle under...

The PNC/R is seeking political credibility at the expense of the PPP/C

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PNC/R is seeking political credibility at the expense of the PPP/C

Kaieteur News – Race has always been used by the PNC/R for political purposes. It has been deployed, at times, for three purposes: first to stir unrest; second as a mobilising tactic by...

My wife and I have Black role models in Guyana

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My wife and I have Black role models in Guyana

Kaieteur News – If you ask my wife to name her role model, I’m telling you that within the split of a second, she will say Joyce Sinclair. If I were asked to name a Black woman anywhere in...

The essence of Government’s inadequacies

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The essence of Government’s inadequacies

Kaieteur News – The word on which we focus today is ‘inadequate.’ It was used recently to describe what the PPP Government has put before the public, and as carried by this paper:...

Govt. seeks insurance for Skeldon co-gen plant

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. seeks insurance for Skeldon co-gen plant

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office received four bids for the provision of insurance services for the Skeldon Energy Incorporated...

Social Services Ministry to set up justice centre’s countrywide for battered, disabled women

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Social Services Ministry to set up justice centre’s countrywide for battered, disabled women

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MoHSSS) in partnership with Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD), and United Nations...

Region 6 man succumbs to COVID-19

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region 6 man succumbs to COVID-19

Kaieteur News – An unvaccinated 32-year-old man from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) who contracted COVID-19, has died. This is according to the Ministry of Health, which reported that the...

New COVID-19 variant throws oil industry into tailspin

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on New COVID-19 variant throws oil industry into tailspin

—Could wipe out almost 3m barrels of oil demand per day–Rystad Energy Kaieteur News – If Omicron, the new variant of COVID-19, triggers more lock downs or restrictions worldwide, Rystad...

ExxonMobil National Indoor Hockey Championships

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on ExxonMobil National Indoor Hockey Championships

Pepsi Hikers still unbeaten Kaieteur News – More wins came the way of the GBTI GCC ladies and the Pepsi Hikers as the ExxonMobil National Indoor Hockey Championships continued on Wednesday...

Conflict of interest forced resignation of Mahipaul, Ferguson, Carol Joseph from PNCR Accreditation committee

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Conflict of interest forced resignation of Mahipaul, Ferguson, Carol Joseph from PNCR Accreditation committee

Kaieteur News – Carol Smith-Joseph, Anette Ferguson and Ganesh Mahipaul were on Wednesday forced to resign from the PNCR Accreditation Committee after Central Executive Committee (CEC) flagged...

King and Queen Dominoes set for Sunday

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on King and Queen Dominoes set for Sunday

Kaieteur News – Twin Towers will be hosting a king and queen dominoes competition on Sunday at Turning Point starting at 15:00hrs. Entrance fee is $2,000 and over $200,000 in cash and other...

Junior PanAm Games (Squash)

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior PanAm Games (Squash)

‘Boys gained tremendous experience’ says Coach Wilshire By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Squash trio of Team leader 18-year-old Shomari Wilshire, 17-year-old Samuel Ince-Carvalhal...

The electorate voted for good governance in tough elections, good governance becomes imperative

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The electorate voted for good governance in tough elections, good governance becomes imperative

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – Editorials and commentaries published over recent months by mainstream and social media are plush with criticisms of the Irfaan Ali administration. If the...

Controversial Ghanaian Professor helping Guyana draft new Oil Fund Laws

Dec 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Controversial Ghanaian Professor helping Guyana draft new Oil Fund Laws

Kaieteur News – Professor Joe Amoako-Tuffour, the Secretary and a Member of the Economic Management Team attached to the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, who in 2018 was...

GFF meets government to discuss first CARICOM edition of FIFA football for schools programme

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF meets government to discuss first CARICOM edition of FIFA football for schools programme

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has met with the Government of Guyana (GoG) to kick off the national approval process necessary to accept an offer from FIFA for Guyana to...

Confused Guyanese have a simple question

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Confused Guyanese have a simple question

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – Minister Charles Ramson Jr said that his father was very successful, and that inspired him to want to succeed as well. He also said that black kids need good role...

Fisherman Masters thank sponsors, hoping to compete overseas

Dec 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fisherman Masters thank sponsors, hoping to compete overseas

Kaieteur News – Two-time Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc Prime Minister’s T20 Masters champions Fisherman have expressed gratitude to their sponsors following the successful defence of...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more