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Given Guyanese lack of capacity…American group and TT firms take over Exxon’s multi-million dollar waste management contracts

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Given Guyanese lack of capacity…American group and TT firms take over Exxon’s multi-million dollar waste management contracts

Kaieteur News – In light of the fact that there is a limited number of Guyanese service providers of hazardous and nonhazardous waste management, Tiger Rentals- a U.S. based energy rental and...

AG flags breaches in procedures at Amerindian Affairs Ministry

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on AG flags breaches in procedures at Amerindian Affairs Ministry

– $22M Land Cruisers purchased for villages still to be handed over Kaieteur News – The Auditor General (AG) in his 2020 report has found several breaches in procedures regarding the...

Article 13 defends Yog Mahadeo against attacks

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Article 13 defends Yog Mahadeo against attacks

– insists new grouping has no political affiliation Kaieteur News – New Civil Society Group, Article 13, has come out against the attacks on one of its founders- Dr. Yog Mahadeo and again...

‘Use meeting with Brazil President to repair credibility on climate issues’ – GHRA tells Guyana Govt.

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Use meeting with Brazil President to repair credibility on climate issues’ – GHRA tells Guyana Govt.

Kaieteur News – Ahead of Friday’s state visit here by Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) says the Government of Guyana should use the opportunity at...

Pilot abandons plan to reestablish Guyana Airways

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Pilot abandons plan to reestablish Guyana Airways

– says APNU+AFC, PPP/C frustrated his efforts Kaieteur News – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Guyana Airways Incorporated, Dr. Colin Abrams has abandoned plans to reestablish the airline...

Family, Skeldon Hospital at odds about death of infant

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Family, Skeldon Hospital at odds about death of infant

– relatives maintain baby dies after receiving injections Kaieteur News – Relatives of a four-month-old infant and the Health Services Department in Region Six are at odds about the death...

1082 new Covi-19 cases recorded on Sunday

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 1082 new Covi-19 cases recorded on Sunday

—five fully vaccinated persons among nine more deaths Kaieteur News – Guyana recorded 1082 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday and the Ministry of Health also reported nine more deaths with five of...

Dog now fighting fuh security wuk

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dog now fighting fuh security wuk

Kaieteur News – One of de largest employers in Guyana is de security sector. Dem gat mo security guards dan dem gat police. Is suh when crime is a problem. Nowadays, yuh gat fuh hire security...

Policeman Narine sues Rickforde Burke for over $5M in libel damages

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman Narine sues Rickforde Burke for over $5M in libel damages

Kaieteur News – Inspector Prem Narine, has filed legal proceedings against, Rickforde Burke, in his personal capacity and as the President of Caribbean Guyana Institute of Democracy (CGID)...

Watkins, Harry, Bulkan triumph at Crown Mining Golf tourney

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Watkins, Harry, Bulkan triumph at Crown Mining Golf tourney

Kaieteur News – The Crown Mining Golf championship, featuring its exclusive TOLSEN brand of heavy duty construction equipment, exceeded expectations. Golfers were in good form and competition...

GCB 2nd four-day Trial game at Albion (3rd day)… MOM 11-wkt haul from Junior Sinclair highlights final day

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB 2nd four-day Trial game at Albion (3rd day)… MOM 11-wkt haul from Junior Sinclair highlights final day

Kaieteur News – Led by Man-of-Match Junior Sinclair, who followed up 5-18 with 6-41 yesterday, Keemo Paul’s X1 defeated Leon Johnson’s X1 by eight wickets with over a day and session to...

Master of the Guianas Chess tourney set for this Saturday

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Master of the Guianas Chess tourney set for this Saturday

Kaieteur News – Athena Chess is organizing the first edition of the Master of the Guianas chess tournament this Saturday, January 22. It will be an online chess tournament which will start at...

GCA U-15 program starts today at MYO – All involved must be fully vaccinated

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA U-15 program starts today at MYO – All involved must be fully vaccinated

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Under15 Cricket Clinic/Drills and Trial matches are schedule to start from this afternoon from 3:15pm at the MYO ground where a Rapid...

Dr Tulsi Dyal Singh pumps $2.1M into Berbice Cricket as support continues to pour in

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dr Tulsi Dyal Singh pumps $2.1M into Berbice Cricket as support continues to pour in

Kaieteur News – “I am very impressed with the work that the Berbice Cricket Board is doing and I even more impressed with the way, my funds are been accounted for. I am proud to be associated...

Fire destroys house at Maida Farm, Berbice

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys house at Maida Farm, Berbice

Kaieteur News – A fire of unknown origin destroyed a two-storeyed wood and concrete house at Maida Farm, Corentyne, Berbice, Sunday morning. The fire occurred around 08:45hr. The house is owned...

No bail for man who robbed sex partner

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on No bail for man who robbed sex partner

Kaieteur News – A 23-year-old man, Anfernee Archer of 21, Dowden Street Kitty, was remanded to prison until March 4, 2022 for allegedly robbing a man and woman who reportedly refused to pay him...

PAHO study finds…High levels of depression, suicidal thoughts in Latin American health workers during pandemic

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO study finds…High levels of depression, suicidal thoughts in Latin American health workers during pandemic

Kaieteur News – Washington, DC, January 13, 2022 (PAHO)- Health workers in 11 Latin American countries show elevated rates of depressive symptoms, suicidal thinking, and psychological distress,...

Cops, cameras to ward off litterbugs – President promises

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Cops, cameras to ward off litterbugs – President promises

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali has promised to install cameras and deploy policemen to safeguard areas that have been cleared of garbage during the two-day cleaning exercise in...

Eat shine rice for one week

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Eat shine rice for one week

Kaieteur News – There can be no justification, none whatsoever, for the increase in the price of locally produced food items. The increase for imported items cannot be avoided because of the...

Proposal to end guerrilla warfare in the PNC in 2022

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Proposal to end guerrilla warfare in the PNC in 2022

Kaieteur News – We have arrived at a curious irony. The PNC will be tabling its perspectives on reforming the governance system as the months unfold but it needs to advance solutions on its...

The questionable agreements between the oil companies and the Government of Guyana

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on The questionable agreements between the oil companies and the Government of Guyana

Dear Editor, Guyana is a relatively small South American country of three quarters of a million people on the tip of the continent that was previously a British colony, British Guiana, that...

The Indigenous Guyanese question

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Indigenous Guyanese question

Dear Editor, In Guyana’s Indigenous Villages the question of the constitution and functioning of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) is presenting some worry. Elections for Village Councils Toshaos...

AOAG supports Local Content Act

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on AOAG supports Local Content Act

Dear Editor, The Aircraft Owners’ Association of Guyana (AOAG) has considered and wishes to give its full public support to the Local Content Act. The Association recognises that this Legislation,...

Balram Singh Rai passes on

Jan 17, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Balram Singh Rai passes on

Kaieteur News – Former Home Affairs Minister of British Guiana, Dr. Balram Singh Rai has passed away in London at the age of 100. Singh Rai passed a few days ago in Oxford on the outskirts of...

Similar treatment must be meted for other workers and their unions

Jan 17, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Similar treatment must be meted for other workers and their unions

Dear Editor, Seepaul Narine is going where his predecessor, the late Komal Chand, never went. Reference is made to his letter “GAWU utilises other avenues to ensure workers receive justice” (SN...

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Sometimes the best of leaders fail

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Jimmy Carter’s presidency fell victim to global and domestic upheavals. His single term... more