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Illegal procession matter dismissed against Opposition MPs, Coalition supporters

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal procession matter dismissed against Opposition MPs, Coalition supporters

Kaieteur News – The illegal procession matter against the Opposition Chief Whip, Christopher Jones; Opposition Member of Parliament, Annette Ferguson and six members of the A Partnership for...

Hess, Exxon hurry to appraise latest multi-million barrel discovery at Lau Lau well

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Hess, Exxon hurry to appraise latest multi-million barrel discovery at Lau Lau well

– excited to understand scale of future profits Kaieteur News – Earlier this month, Kaieteur News had reported that partners on the Stabroek Block—ExxonMobil, Hess Corporation, and...

Guyana loan portfolio to double this year

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana loan portfolio to double this year

Kaieteur News – Minister with responsibility for Finance in the Office of the President, Dr. Ashni Singh, on Wednesday presented to the National Assembly the estimates for this year at $552.9B...

Govt. pumping $200 million into unproven fish cage initiative

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. pumping $200 million into unproven fish cage initiative

– says investment will help revive industry hard-hit by low catch Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) has allocated $200 million in Budget 2022 to offset the production of...

Teen stabbed to death trying to defend mother from abusive stepdad

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Teen stabbed to death trying to defend mother from abusive stepdad

Kaieteur News – A 19-year-old boy who was stabbed by his step-father on Wednesday succumbed at the Infectious Disease Hospital located at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown on Thursday. The dead...

Pregnant woman stabbed to death by ex-partner

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant woman stabbed to death by ex-partner

Kaieteur News – Police are searching for a 34-year-old East La Penitence, Georgetown man, identified as Terrence Thomas, who allegedly stabbed his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Loretta Simon, 28, to...

$21.1B budgeted for New Demerara River bridge

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $21.1B budgeted for New Demerara River bridge

– another $946M to keep existing structure floating Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Public Works has been allocated, through Budget 2022, the sum of $21.1 billion for the construction of...

De bigger de Budget, de langer de speech

Jan 28, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De bigger de Budget, de langer de speech

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De Fine Ants Minister setting down de marker. Every year de man breaking record. Every Budget is larger dan de previous and becomes de largest in de history of...

The PNC/R wants corn and husk

Jan 28, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PNC/R wants corn and husk

Kaieteur News – The PNC/R is in a domineering mode. After the recent elections of the party’s abbreviated Congress, the new executive demanded ‘corn and husk’. The party wanted it all. It...

Kissoon, Gaskin, Roopnaraine: More notes on race and class

Jan 28, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Kissoon, Gaskin, Roopnaraine: More notes on race and class

Kaieteur News – David Hinds recently declared me a madman and wrote that I am compromised. Mark Benschop said the PPP pays me $500,000 monthly. Adam Harris said he would not be surprised if the...

Budget – flattering to deceive

Jan 28, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Budget – flattering to deceive

Kaieteur News – The new budget is a good exercise in mathematics with lots of numbers thrown about either to impress Guyanese or to pull the wool over their eyes. There are percentages,...

$300M allocated to replenish small business fund

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $300M allocated to replenish small business fund

Kaieteur News – Budget 2022 has allocated $300 million for the replenishment of the Small Business Development Fund (SBDF). This will assist aspiring small business owners with the adequate...

Govt. mum on gas-to-shore sales pact between Exxon

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mum on gas-to-shore sales pact between Exxon

Kaieteur News – The Shadow Oil and Gas Minister, David Patterson who tabled a motion on the US$900 million Gas-to-Shore Project says he is disappointed that the governing People’s Progressive...

Remaining Norway money to finance ‘hope canal’ type projects—Dr Singh

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Remaining Norway money to finance ‘hope canal’ type projects—Dr Singh

Kaieteur News – Guyana and Norway back in 2009 inked an agreement under which it would earn up to US$250M for carbon services provided, some of which was uplifted and expended on various...

Blairmont man wanted for rape of minor

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Blairmont man wanted for rape of minor

Kaiateur News – Forty-year-old Mark Anthony Amsterdam, of Lot 43 No. 3 Settlement, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, is wanted by the police for the alleged rape of a child under 16. The Guyana...

STSC to host day of sports on February 6

Jan 28, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on STSC to host day of sports on February 6

Kaieteur News – The South Turkeyen Sports Committee will be hosting a pre-mash day of sports on February 6 at C Field Second Block, Sophia commencing at 09:00hrs. Teams will compete in 3-a-side...

Four more COVID deaths, 408 new infections

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Four more COVID deaths, 408 new infections

Kaieteur News – Two men, an 81-year-old and a 66-year-old from Region Four who contracted the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, have died. This is according to the Ministry of Health which...

NSC hails 2022 National Budget as most wide-ranging and transformational

Jan 28, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC hails 2022 National Budget as most wide-ranging and transformational

Kaieteur News –The National Sports Commission (NSC) has dubbed the 2022 National Budget, read by the Hon. Ashni Singh as the most comprehensive and transformational in Guyana’s history and...

Govt. to put more cameras on the streets

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to put more cameras on the streets

– $400M allocated to rebuild Brickdam Police Station Kaieteur News – The government has budgeted some $47.9B to boost public safety and security here, $400M of which will be used to...

New GPC Inc. to fund GCF online Education Programme

Jan 28, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on New GPC Inc. to fund GCF online Education Programme

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is elated to announce further financial support towards its online programme for teaching the sport to young Guyanese. The New GPC Inc. has...

Barnwell returns to National Trials with pugnacious 66; Shares 99-run 9th wicket stand with Junior Sinclair

Jan 28, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell returns to National Trials with pugnacious 66; Shares 99-run 9th wicket stand with Junior Sinclair

Harpy Eagles 4-day trial game… By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – A 99-run ninth wicket stand between the experienced the Chris Barnwell and the promising Junior Sinclair rescued Leon Johnson’s...

GTA President welcomes amplified allocation of funds in 2022 National Budget

Jan 28, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTA President welcomes amplified allocation of funds in 2022 National Budget

Kaieteur News – On behalf of the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA), President; Cristy Campbell has welcomed the amplified allocation of funds in the 2022 budget to further enhance sport in...

Govt. floats farmers’ market initiative to help cushion high cost of living

Jan 28, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. floats farmers’ market initiative to help cushion high cost of living

Kaieteur News – In its 2022 Budget, the People’s Progressive Party government has suggested a Farmers Market Initiative, among others, which it hopes will help to cushion the cost of living....

GCB name Guyana Harpy Eagles squad for first two rounds of WI Championship 2022

Jan 28, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB name Guyana Harpy Eagles squad for first two rounds of WI Championship 2022

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has announced a 15-man squad for the first and second rounds of the West Indies Championship 2022. The Guyana Harpy Eagles will play Windward...

Boxing, Tennis & Athletics bodies satisfied $2.2B allocation for Sports in historic 2022 National Budget

Jan 28, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxing, Tennis & Athletics bodies satisfied $2.2B allocation for Sports in historic 2022 National Budget

Kaieteur News – The 2022 National Budget as resented by Dr. Ashni Singh, Senior Minister with responsibilities for Finance under the Office of the President, has seen an almost 50% increase in...