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‘Cash-strapped’ GPL now borrowing to generate electricity

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Cash-strapped’ GPL now borrowing to generate electricity

…no pay hike for workers, likely increase in customers bill in New Year—CEO Kaieteur News – The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is currently operating at a G$2.6B deficit while surviving on...

Major oil companies showing interest in Guyana’s only unlicensed deep-water block

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Major oil companies showing interest in Guyana’s only unlicensed deep-water block

—-Min. Bharrat says govt. committed to transparent bidding process Kaieteur News – Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat has confirmed with Kaieteur News yesterday that major oil...

Most students to return to classroom in January – Education Minister

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Most students to return to classroom in January – Education Minister

Kaieteur News – Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Wednesday said that from January 2022 all students attending secondary schools with the exception of those in Grade Seven will return...

US Govt. calls on Guyana to ‘stamp out’ corruption’

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on US Govt. calls on Guyana to ‘stamp out’ corruption’

…corruption threatens security, hinders economic growth, and siphons away public and private resources,” US Ambassador …says private sector actors must also answer for any role in corrupt...

Gas-to-Shore Project to further impact fisheries sector

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Gas-to-Shore Project to further impact fisheries sector

—-civil society representative Kiaeteur News – The Gas-to-Shore Project in its current design will further impact the fisheries sector negatively, which is already suffering from a...

Brace for more rains until February – Hydromet Office

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Brace for more rains until February – Hydromet Office

Kaieteur News – There’s a high chance for wetter than usual (above normal) conditions across all Administrative Regions for the period December 2021 to January 2022 and possibly into early...

‘Don’t let corruption limit your access to climate financing’

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Don’t let corruption limit your access to climate financing’

—CDB President tells regional governments Kaieteur News – President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Gene Leon, is urging regional governments to institute strong...

De jukka in de pants

Dec 09, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De jukka in de pants

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Long ago, if de police ketch yuh walking down de road with a cutlass and it nat conceal, dem used to tek it away from yuh. Dat is how people learn dat when dem...

Teaching should be a prestigious profession

Dec 09, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Teaching should be a prestigious profession

Kaieteur News – People say, “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.” These people are ignorant. Teaching is much harder than doing. Not only must teachers have a...

Ego – tripping: David Hinds outside the police station

Dec 09, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ego – tripping: David Hinds outside the police station

Kaieteur News – Do you know what egoistic abandonment is? Do you know what egoistic bravado is? Here is both an explanation and a description. It is when you go on your Meta page and do your...

Foreigners know how to do business

Dec 09, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Foreigners know how to do business

Kaieteur News – We say a public ‘thank you’ to Dr. Janette Bulkan, a Guyanese attached to British Columbia University’s Department of Forest Resources Management. Dr. Bulkan is one of...

West Demerara Secondary now offering CAPE subjects

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on West Demerara Secondary now offering CAPE subjects

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education has now expanded the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) programme to the West Demerara Secondary School in Region Three (Essequibo...

Judge refuses to recuse self in former, current AG libel case

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Judge refuses to recuse self in former, current AG libel case

Kaieteur News – Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in refusing an application by Former Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams SC, for her to recuse herself from a libel case filed against him by...

Bandits beat, rob sisters during home invasion at Parfaite Harmonie

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits beat, rob sisters during home invasion at Parfaite Harmonie

Kaieteur News – Two sisters were on Tuesday night robbed and assaulted by gunmen who invaded their Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home. According to a police report the robbery...

18 patients in COVID-19 ICU, 72 new cases

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 18 patients in COVID-19 ICU, 72 new cases

Kaieteur News – Eighteen persons are patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as Guyana continues to struggle to contain the virus here. According to its daily COVID-19 dashboard, the...

Liverpool man hospitalised after chopping incident

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Liverpool man hospitalised after chopping incident

Kaieteur News –Police are investigating an alleged chopping incident that occurred on Tuesday 7th December 2021 at Liverpool Village, Corentyne, Berbice. Injured is 51-year-old Alphonso...

MVP Sports sponsors cash Prize, SQ Apparel to outfit all teams

Dec 09, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on MVP Sports sponsors cash Prize, SQ Apparel to outfit all teams

Rawle Toney 3×3 Classic… Kaieteur News – All teams in the Rawle Toney 3×3 Classic Basketball tournament that is set for February 19 & 20, 2022, would be outfitted with branded...

Grand Coastal Hotel sponsors GFF-GNFWA Super 16 Women’s Festival 2021

Dec 09, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grand Coastal Hotel sponsors GFF-GNFWA Super 16 Women’s Festival 2021

Kaieteur News – Grand Coastal Hotel has added its name to the huge corporate support rallying behind the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) end-of-year football bonanza with the purchase...

St. Rose’s School sewage breakage…

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on St. Rose’s School sewage breakage…

Kaieteur News – Contractors can face penalty up to $90,000 in fines for failing to adhere to GWI’s guidelines In light of the sewerage breakage and blockage at the construction site of the...

GCB can’t access CGI account

Dec 09, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB can’t access CGI account

Ongoing Court case on the issue prevents Treasurer from speaking on the matter… Kaieteur News – The financial statements of Cricket West Indies (CWI) for the year ended September 30, 2020...

Balgobin century, Looknauth 5 for hand Meadow Bank huge win

Dec 09, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Balgobin century, Looknauth 5 for hand Meadow Bank huge win

EBDCA 40-over tourney… – Lawrence 5-wkt haul boosts Farm SC Kaieteur News – An attacking century from Ushardeva Balgobin coupled with a five-wicket haul from Richie Looknauth handed...

Accelerating access to vaccines is an urgent priority in the face of new variants

Dec 09, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Accelerating access to vaccines is an urgent priority in the face of new variants

—–says PAHO Director Kaieteur News – With 20 countries yet to reach the WHO’s year-end vaccination target of 40%, and the Omicron variant now detected in six countries in the...

Letter to the Sports Editor

Dec 09, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor

Dwayne Scott responds to Nicholas Fraser’s letter Dear Mr. Fraser, Kaieteur News – Thanks for copying me in your letter to the editor. Whilst it may not have been intended for a response, I...

Fake vaccination cards endanger all of us – how many circulating?

Dec 09, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fake vaccination cards endanger all of us – how many circulating?

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – ‘Too late and too few’ is my reaction, as I am reading that “Two nurses and a screening officer of the Ministry of Health were on Tuesday charged for selling...

Was total silence on Mr. Shuman’s part, the Govt.’s price for giving him the post of Deputy Speaker

Dec 09, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was total silence on Mr. Shuman’s part, the Govt.’s price for giving him the post of Deputy Speaker

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – In recent days there have been a number of emanations from both the Deputy Speaker and the Government that, for want of a better term, reads like a ‘lovers’...

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Burnham must be having a good laugh

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Each week, the more Bharrat Jagdeo speaks, the more the lines between party and government... more