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CGX plugs, abandons Kawa-1 well

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on CGX plugs, abandons Kawa-1 well

Kaieteur News – Canadian explorer, CGX Energy Inc., announced yesterday that it will be plugging and abandoning its Kawa-1 well where it initially said it had unearthed significant hydrocarbon...

CARICOM Heads renew support for Guyana as country prepares to submit Memorial next week

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM Heads renew support for Guyana as country prepares to submit Memorial next week

Border Controversy… Kaieteur News – During the thirty-third Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held this week, leaders...

“Respect International law !”- Protestors against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on “Respect International law !”- Protestors against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Kaieteur News – A number of Guyanese have added their voices to the protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This was evident yesterday as citizens once again stood in solidarity in...

Man detained after battered body found in front of his shop

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Man detained after battered body found in front of his shop

Kaieteur News – The owner of a shop in Baramita, North West District, Region One, is presently assisting police with investigations after a dead man was on Wednesday found in front of his...

Defence, Prosecutor clash over mode of trial

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Defence, Prosecutor clash over mode of trial

Fmr. Finance Minister Fraud case… Kaieteur News – The defence and the prosecution in the fraud matter for former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, found themselves at logger heads over the...

Woman embezzles over $3M from tax firm to allegedly feed gambling addiction

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Woman embezzles over $3M from tax firm to allegedly feed gambling addiction

Kaieteur News – A former supervisor for a Financial Management and Tax Consultancy business was on Friday placed on $200,000 bail for allegedly embezzling over $3 million from the company she...

$39.8M estimated to upgrade roads in Region Eight

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $39.8M estimated to upgrade roads in Region Eight

Kaieteur News – The Regional Democratic Council (RCD) of Region Eight is inviting contractors to undertake several road works in its region which is estimated to cost some $39.8 million. This...

Oil does soil some ah dem leaders

Mar 05, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Oil does soil some ah dem leaders

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Guyanese keep talking bout de country oil wealth. But wat oil wealth dem talking bout? De oil wealth gone! And it ain’t gone to Cove and John. It gone to...

Pneumonia remains a major public health concern

Mar 05, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Pneumonia remains a major public health concern

Kaieteur News – When a loved one dies, it leaves a lot of pain. The emotional stress of losing someone often leads to casting blame as to responsibility for the death. A few days ago, a letter...

Karl Marx: “History repeats itself first as tragedy, second as farce”

Mar 05, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Karl Marx: “History repeats itself first as tragedy, second as farce”

Kaieteur News – Jerry Gouveia was in the studio of Kaieteur Radio on March 6, 2020 and boldly declared that GECOM should share the responsibility for the death of Devon Subhan. The teenager...

New York Times prevails in libel case

Mar 05, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on New York Times prevails in libel case

Kaieteur News – It would appear that we see things differently, have a different system here and operate by different standards. It seems that something different prevails for the most part...

European Union, CDB sign off on £14M Climate Action Initiative

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on European Union, CDB sign off on £14M Climate Action Initiative

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the European Union (EU) signed off on Tuesday on the new Caribbean Action for Resilience Enhancement (CARE) programme. The five-year...

Caribbean States top charts for obese population

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean States top charts for obese population

Kaieteur News – The World Obesity Foundation yesterday released a report which concluded that the Caribbean has topped the charts for people living with obesity. The report was released on the...

5 patients in COVID-19 ICU, 22 new cases recorded

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 5 patients in COVID-19 ICU, 22 new cases recorded

Kaieteur News – While no COVID-19 fatality was recorded, the Ministry of Health yesterday reported that five patients were admitted into the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The Ministry’s...

Regional Leader urges CARICOM Heads to be more aggressive on global climate change agenda

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Leader urges CARICOM Heads to be more aggressive on global climate change agenda

Kaieteur News – Heads of Government of CARICOM States converged this week on Ambergris Caye, Belize for the Thirty-Third Inter-sessional Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean...

Body of man found along Meten-meer-Zorg Public Road

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Body of man found along Meten-meer-Zorg Public Road

Kaieteur News – An unidentified body was found on Wednesday on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD). Police said they received a call around 16:40hrs from a citizen informing them that the body of...

Khan is new President of WDCA

Mar 05, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan is new President of WDCA

Azeem Khan was elected President of the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) when the body held its election on Wednesday last at Uitvlugt Community Centre. Shanganan Singh was voted in as...

$75M to rehabilitate wing of Diamond Secondary School

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $75M to rehabilitate wing of Diamond Secondary School

Kaieteur News – The wing of the East Bank Demerara, Diamond Secondary School, which was destroyed by fire in December, 2018 will finally be rehabilitated this year to the tune of $75 million....

DDL is lone bidder to supply dry ice for vaccination programme

Mar 05, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on DDL is lone bidder to supply dry ice for vaccination programme

Kaieteur News – During the opening of tenders on Tuesday, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) was the only company that tendered to supply and deliver dry ice for the Ministry of Health...

Suggests former Guy & Windies ‘B’ player Derick Kallicharran

Mar 05, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suggests former Guy & Windies ‘B’ player Derick Kallicharran

Replicate what brought success in 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s By Sean Devers Derick Kallicharran, who played the first of his 39 First-Class games in 1979 against Barbados, says playing Shell...

Mohair’s unbeaten 55 leads GT to 2nd win

Mar 05, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohair’s unbeaten 55 leads GT to 2nd win

DCB Inter-Association U-15 Cricket… By Sean Devers Dave Mohabir stroked an entertaining unbeaten 55 to lead Georgetown to their second consecutive victory, in a truncated second round encounter...

Two bronze medals for Guyana

Mar 05, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two bronze medals for Guyana

2022 Caribbean Table Tennis Championships… Congratulations are in order for the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) and the entire contingent participating at this year’s senior Caribbean...

Bourda to come alive today with Big Man Cricket

Mar 05, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bourda to come alive today with Big Man Cricket

In its heyday, Bourda was known as the batting paradise in the Caribbean because of the traditional friendly batting conditions and eventual big scores. The inaugural edition of the Banks Beer,...

Champions and MVP receive prizes

Mar 05, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Champions and MVP receive prizes

Rawle Toney 3×3 Classic… Kaieteur News – The champion side of the second Rawle Toney 3X3 Basketball Tournament, ‘Linden’, and most valuable player, Shelroy Thomas, received their...

In hope of true leadership

Mar 05, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on In hope of true leadership

Dear Editor, There are those of us old ones who wonder how many of recent political leaders have heard about Winston Churchill. This British Prime Minister, in his book titled ‘The Hinge of...

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West Indies ride on Greaves’ 115 to exert dominance over Bangladesh

Jagdeo’s idea of transparency

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Transparency, as conceived by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, seems to be a peculiar exercise... more