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Hours after oil law passed, Ashni Singh signed Order to start withdrawing

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Hours after oil law passed, Ashni Singh signed Order to start withdrawing

Kaieteur News – One day after Head of State, President Irfaan Ali, signed into law the Natural Resource Fund Act, Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for...

Exploitative Exxon contract torturously unfair — Int’l Lawyer

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Exploitative Exxon contract torturously unfair — Int’l Lawyer

“…under this deal, when you take everything into account, Guyana gets roughly 10 percent and Exxon and its two partners get 90 percent, if that isn’t exploitative, then I don’t know what is...

Newly-wed couple found dead with bullet wounds in home

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Newly-wed couple found dead with bullet wounds in home

Kaieteur News – Residents of Sarah Johanna, a village located on the East Bank Demerara (EBD), were left in a state of shock yesterday after the bodies of a newly-wed couple were found dead in...

Housing Ministry to spend US$7M to ‘patch’ dumpsite road

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry to spend US$7M to ‘patch’ dumpsite road

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Housing and Water will soon be commencing works on the Eccles landfill (dumpsite) road at an estimated cost of $1,440,561,573 (US$7M). During the opening of the...

Two wanted for questioning in hinterland killings

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Two wanted for questioning in hinterland killings

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for two miners in connection with a double homicide that occurred on Christmas Eve night, along a trail at the...

Guyana hits record high with 485 COVID-19 cases in one day

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana hits record high with 485 COVID-19 cases in one day

-2 fully vaccinated men are latest fatalities Kaieteur News – Guyana has recorded 485 new COVID-19 cases—the highest number to be recorded in a day, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony,...

Forceful passage of NRF Bill breaches transparency standards – OGGN

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Forceful passage of NRF Bill breaches transparency standards – OGGN

Kaieteur News – The ‘forceful’ passage of the legislation governing the oil account is in breach of transparency standards and an international agreement Guyana adopted since 2018 that...

Yuh gat to frighten fuh go to de hospital now

Jan 05, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Yuh gat to frighten fuh go to de hospital now

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De Georgetown Public Hospital is now a COVID-19 hotspot. It report yesterday dat more dan 150 of de staff dem COVID-positive. Something did nah sound right about...

The AFC holds the key to Norton’s future

Jan 05, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The AFC holds the key to Norton’s future

Kaieteur News – Aubrey Norton has made a tactical mistake in running for the leadership of the PNC/R, and succeeding, during the just-concluded Congress of the party. He appeared to have been...

PNC election results – Part 4: Harmon’s harmonica never had harmony

Jan 05, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on PNC election results – Part 4: Harmon’s harmonica never had harmony

Kaieteur News – My point is that Aubrey Norton didn’t win the election, Harmon lost. So why did Norton win? Because there were only two candidates and Harmon was seen as the bad guy in the...

Massive crime reduction would be most welcomed

Jan 05, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Massive crime reduction would be most welcomed

Kaieteur News – Last year, the Region 4 Commander of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said that there was a reduction in crime from the previous year (KN September 3). It is not just an ordinary...

Summons out for bowman who threatened to kill union president

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Summons out for bowman who threatened to kill union president

Kaieteur News – The Leonora Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday issued a summons for the bowman who used a minister’s name to threaten the life of a union president on December 16, last. He has...

Probe launched into death of newborn baby at N/A Hospital

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Probe launched into death of newborn baby at N/A Hospital

Kaieteur News – The New Amsterdam Hospital has launched a probe into the death of a newborn baby. This is according to the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Bob Ramnauth. Ramnauth told...

G/T Council still to comply with several orders to prevent vending in front Regent Street stores

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on G/T Council still to comply with several orders to prevent vending in front Regent Street stores

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown (G/T) Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is yet to comply with mandamuses (court orders) that outline the prohibition of vending in front of Regent Street stores....

GNBS records successful year in verification, product monitoring services

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS records successful year in verification, product monitoring services

Kaieteur News – With a plethora of sub-standard electrical fittings and appliances flooding the market, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), during 2021, seized close to 50,000...

Soldier on the run for chopping peacemaker

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier on the run for chopping peacemaker

Kaieteur News – A rank of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is now running from the law after he chopped a peacemaker on Sunday last for intervening in a fight he had with another man. The...

Four additional coconut nurseries established in 2021

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Four additional coconut nurseries established in 2021

– HCIL seedling production capacity now 48,000 per annum – coconut and coconut byproducts export rakes in $2.5B Kaieteur News – As part of the government’s efforts to decentralise...

MOE receives donation of PPEs for schools

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on MOE receives donation of PPEs for schools

Kaieteur News -The Ministry of Education yesterday received a quantity of COVID-19 personal protective equipment from Sewa International Guyana. According to a release issued by the Ministry, some...

GCB makes name change to national senior team

Jan 05, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB makes name change to national senior team

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), in an official release yesterday, informed about the change of name to the national senior cricket team. The release noted that the, ‘GCB...

The Academy of Contemporary Martial Arts remembers Newton

Jan 05, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Academy of Contemporary Martial Arts remembers Newton

Kaieteur News – The Academy of Contemporary Martial Arts has paid tribute the late Sensei Garfield Newton who passed away recently after he was shot during a robbery at Albouystown. A release...

$42M Vlissengen Road walkway almost completed

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $42M Vlissengen Road walkway almost completed

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) is close to wrapping up its $42 million walkway project at Vlissengen Road, Georgetown. Manager-Traffic/Safety/Maintenance, Kester Hinds in...

Security guard on $50K bail for wounding construction worker

Jan 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard on $50K bail for wounding construction worker

Kaieteur News – Daniel Balkarran, a 29-year-old security guard of Lot 39 Block 4 Tain, Corentyne, Berbice, was on Monday charged at the Whim Magistrate’s Court for the offence of...

GCA extends condolences to family of former Cricket Administrator Sherlock Atwell

Jan 05, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA extends condolences to family of former Cricket Administrator Sherlock Atwell

Kaieteur News – The GCA is extending its sincere condolences to the family of the late Past President of the GCA, Mr. Sherlock Atwell, who passed away recently. Neil Barry, President of the...

All of the venues in Guyana 99 percent ready for U-19 WC

Jan 05, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on All of the venues in Guyana 99 percent ready for U-19 WC

Government hosting the cricket, GCB playing supporting role By Sean Devers, Kaieteur News – The ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup was first staged in Australia in 1988 and come January 14, 2022, the...

Georgetown Stelling a hotbed for spread of Covid-19 cases in Region 3

Jan 05, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Georgetown Stelling a hotbed for spread of Covid-19 cases in Region 3

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – The Minister of Health has repeatedly expressed concerns about the consistently high numbers of Covid-19 cases in Region 3 but apparently he has not exerted much...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more