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EPA orders EIA for Exxon’s US$900M gas project

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EPA orders EIA for Exxon’s US$900M gas project

– wants company to examine possibility of explosion, spills, other dangers to coastal communities Kaieteur News – Following its review of ExxonMobil’s application to proceed with the...

‘PPP has no respect for Amerindians’ – Lenox Shuman

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ‘PPP has no respect for Amerindians’ – Lenox Shuman

…slams Govt. for sham consultation on Marudi mining issue Kaieteur News-Deputy Speaker, Lenox Shuman, said that the PPP/C Administration has no respect for Indigenous peoples and he called on...

Oil Spill Committee launches probe into oily substance floating in Atlantic

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Oil Spill Committee launches probe into oily substance floating in Atlantic

Kaieteur News – A team attached to National Oil Spill Committee (NOSC) has launched an investigation into the reports of oily substances found floating offshore Guyana. Kaieteur News...

Ten years on…CJIA expansion project still milking treasury

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ten years on…CJIA expansion project still milking treasury

Kaieteur News – As the cost for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project continues to climb, more than US$160 million has already been spent on the contract that started...

Burke to sue Jagdeo for $100M

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Burke to sue Jagdeo for $100M

Kaieteur News- United States-based Guyanese political activist and commentator Rickford Burke had threatened to sue Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo for libel one day before a wanted bulletin was issued...

Surinamese push back against President granting official seal to First lady

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Surinamese push back against President granting official seal to First lady

Kaieteur News – Surinamese are up in arms against President Chan Santokhi after he created an official seal for the office of the First lady. First Lady Mellisa Santokhi now has her own seal....

Nurse pockets $3.2M selling Covid-19 vaccine cards

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Nurse pockets $3.2M selling Covid-19 vaccine cards

— nabbed during sting operation at EBD snackette Kaieteur News – A nurse last week admitted to police that she had sold some 50 Covid-19 vaccine cards at a price of $65,000 each and that 12...

Alleged elections fraud case… Trial for Lawrence, Mingo, others to commence this month

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged elections fraud case… Trial for Lawrence, Mingo, others to commence this month

Kaieteur News- More than a year after they were charged for allegedly trying to rig the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections the court trial for Chairperson of the People’s National...

We all living like jailbird

Dec 06, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We all living like jailbird

Kaieteur News- We all does live in prisons. We does lock we gate when we leff home. We gat barbed-wire and razor-wire pun we fence. CCTV cameras deh all round de perimetres of we yard. Alarm systems...

Current crop of masqueraders doing an injustice to the art form

Dec 06, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Current crop of masqueraders doing an injustice to the art form

Kaieteur News- The bulk of the masquerade bands which are parading the streets are a disgrace. They are doing a grave injustice to a traditional art form. The present crop of masquerade bands,...

Civil society group says PAC must speed up reconstitution of Public Procurement body

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Civil society group says PAC must speed up reconstitution of Public Procurement body

Kaieteur News– Civil Society group, Article 13, is urging a speedy reconstitution of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC). In a public statement, the body said, “Article 13 welcomes the...

Agriculture Ministry opens study on declining fish catch

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Agriculture Ministry opens study on declining fish catch

Kaieteur News – Reports of fish shortage on the local markets and a decline in catch by fishermen have triggered a study by the Ministry of Agriculture. In an interview with Kaieteur News, the...

Bajan specialist assists GPHC with retinal surgeries

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bajan specialist assists GPHC with retinal surgeries

Kaieteur News – Ophthalmologists of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) have been trained in the use of medical equipment to conduct retinal surgeries, by a Barbadian,...

DDL believes cocaine was added to its rum outside of Guyana

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on DDL believes cocaine was added to its rum outside of Guyana

— says rigorous screening, checks would have detected the drugs Kaieteur News – The Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) said that the various checks and balances executed in Guyana, including...

Cop loses breathalyzer kit, cellphone while arresting ‘drunk’ rider

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Cop loses breathalyzer kit, cellphone while arresting ‘drunk’ rider

Kaieteur News- A police constable on Friday lost his breathalyzer testing instrument in a trench and got his cellphone damaged while trying to arrest a drunk rider. According to police, the constable...

Veteran teams make 1st division final

Dec 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Veteran teams make 1st division final

ExxonMobil National Indoor Hockey Championships… Kaieteur News- The Guyana 40s and 50 Not Out proved that they belonged in the men’s senior division by both securing a semi-final berth as the...

Police, CANU destroy two multi-million dollar ganja farms

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Police, CANU destroy two multi-million dollar ganja farms

Kaieteur News – Ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) and the Guyana Police Force last Friday in separate operations destroyed two multi-million dollar ganja farms. One of the farms...

Crandon is Head Coach; Hercules replaces Griffith as Assistant

Dec 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Crandon is Head Coach; Hercules replaces Griffith as Assistant

By Sean Devers Kaieteur News- Several changes have been made for next year’s Regional four-day first-class cricket tournament which is set to bowl off on February 20 with Guyana, under the new name...

I am getting older so I make this appeal, now to young African PNC delegates

Dec 06, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I am getting older so I make this appeal, now to young African PNC delegates

Kaieteur News – My hair is grey. In the Kaieteur Radio studio, James Bond looked at me and commented on my grey hair. He said the last time he saw me my hair was black. Well, I have aged since...

Driver injured after car slams into utility pole at Montrose

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Driver injured after car slams into utility pole at Montrose

Kaieteur News – A loud bang on Saturday evening in front of China Wholesale Inc., a new supermarket located at Montrose on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), alerted residents to rescue an...

The rights of Indigenous people must be respected too

Dec 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The rights of Indigenous people must be respected too

Dear Editor, The citizens of Region 9 are hereby requesting a judicial inquiry into the sentencing guidelines used by the Lethem Magistrate when presiding over court cases in the Region. Over the...

Neglect by hospital administration

Dec 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Neglect by hospital administration

Dear Editor, The unsanitary and unhygienic conditions of the NA Hospital (INews Dec 3) is an indictment on its administration. The many complaints as reported of the state of the institution from...

It is unfair for the law to be applicable only to some

Dec 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is unfair for the law to be applicable only to some

Dear Editor, Recently, my family and I took a trip to Parika and we ended up at the Ferry Stelling. We grab a bite at a local snackette and on our way to the Stelling, police arrested one of my...

10 issues/areas that the PPP/C Govt. must address

Dec 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on 10 issues/areas that the PPP/C Govt. must address

Dear Editor, There are a number of issues that need to be addressed by the Democratically Elected PPP/C Government of President Irfaan Ali. 1) Meeting with the Leader of the Main Opposition as is...

Why are the Religious Leadership silent on Discrimination?

Dec 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why are the Religious Leadership silent on Discrimination?

Dear Editor, Reference is made to commentary on religious discrimination in the awarding of contract (Nov. 20). No one should be discriminated against in government contracts on account of race or...

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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