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Skills gap could hamper success of Local Content Legislation

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Skills gap could hamper success of Local Content Legislation

– Country needs to tap Diaspora, reform business culture – Professor Lucas By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – With Guyana still in the first year of implementing the Local Content...

KNews security guard admits help planning robbery

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on KNews security guard admits help planning robbery

…as police search for more stolen $$$ Kaieteur News – Investigations are still ongoing into the armed robbery that took place at Kaieteur News on Monday and there are still lots of cash to be...

ExxonMobil must be held accountable for recent oil spill

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil must be held accountable for recent oil spill

…Norton demands release of findings from probe Kaieteur News – Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton believes that not only should the Government independently investigate the recent oil...

Businessman, son robbed, beaten by seven guards

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman, son robbed, beaten by seven guards

– Police silent, yet to make arrests By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – A businessman and his 22-year-old son were on September 28 last, robbed and brutally beaten with high-powered...

$362.4M contract signed for 686kWp solar farm in Mahdia

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $362.4M contract signed for 686kWp solar farm in Mahdia

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana on Wednesday signed an agreement with a private local firm to supply 686 kilowatt peak (kWp) electricity equivalent to 0.686 Megawatt (MW) of solar...

Islamic Bank clears US$120M loan for Guyana to upgrade Linden highway

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Islamic Bank clears US$120M loan for Guyana to upgrade Linden highway

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana has finally secured financing from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to aid in the resurfacing of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The government had...

22 local startup founders shortlisted for the Guyana Innovation Prize programme

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 22 local startup founders shortlisted for the Guyana Innovation Prize programme

Kaieteur News – Twenty two Guyanese startup founders with standout ideas in science, technology and agriculture have been shortlisted as the new cohort of Venture Fellows for the 2022-23 Guyana...

John Fernandes says it transferred interest in BV NDC land to real estate agent

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on John Fernandes says it transferred interest in BV NDC land to real estate agent

– refuses to accept $20M refund Kaieteur News – John Fernandes Limited said it has transferred its interest in the BV/ Triumph NDC land it was seeking to purchase to a real estate agent...

TIGI laments lack critical reports on impacts of mining, oil and gas operations

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on TIGI laments lack critical reports on impacts of mining, oil and gas operations

By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – While other nations have put measures in place to track and monitor the marginalisation of Amerindians in their villages as a result of mining activities as well...

Pressure mounts on govt. to renegotiate Exxon contract

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Pressure mounts on govt. to renegotiate Exxon contract

– Yog Mahadeo restates British law firm findings on signing of PSA Kaieteur News – As Guyanese remain steadfast in their demand for the renegotiation of the ExxonMobil contract...

Minibus conductor found guilty of killing Kitty youth

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus conductor found guilty of killing Kitty youth

Kaieteur News – On November 3, 25-year-old Timothy McKenzie, a bus conductor formerly of Thomas Street, Kitty, Georgetown is expected to be sentenced for the stabbing to death of 20-year-old...

Visa for STEM Guyana team denied, misses flight

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Visa for STEM Guyana team denied, misses flight

– Foreign Affairs Ministry steps in Kaieteur News – The day before the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Guyana team was scheduled to leave for the 2022 FIRST...

‘Satan’ goes on trial for murder of Ann’s Grove teen

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Satan’ goes on trial for murder of Ann’s Grove teen

Kaieteur News – On Tuesday, the trial commenced for 37-year-old Alvin Reid called ‘Satan’, of Nimrod Street, Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara who is charged with the 2016 murder of a...

Killer of former Top Cop’s brother gets 12 years

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Killer of former Top Cop’s brother gets 12 years

Kaieteur News – The youth who pleaded guilty to killing the brother of former Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud back in 2017, was on Wednesday sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. At the...

Resurgence of Cholera in Haiti worries PAHO

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Resurgence of Cholera in Haiti worries PAHO

Washington D.C., 12 October 2022 (PAHO) – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, said the recent cholera outbreak in Haiti, a steady increase in...

Guyanese urged to ‘plant more’

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese urged to ‘plant more’

…as Agrculture Ministry distributes seedlings Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday hosted a seed and seedling distribution exercise at its head office on Regent Street...

Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary School wins the first round of the JOF Haynes Debating Competition

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary School wins the first round of the JOF Haynes Debating Competition

Kaieteur News – The 2022 edition of the JOF Haynes Memorial Inter-Secondary School Debating Competition was launched on Tuesday with Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary School emerging as the...

Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum admitted to local bar

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum admitted to local bar

Kaieteur News – Deputy Commissioner (Ag) Wendell Blanhum was on Wednesday admitted to the local bar. Blanhum’s petition to practice law was presented in the High Court by his wife Latchmie...

Health Ministry records 10 new COVID-19 cases

Oct 13, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry records 10 new COVID-19 cases

Kaieteur News – On Wednesday, the Health Ministry reported via its daily dashboard that within the last 24hours, 10 new COVID-19 infections have been recorded. The new cases which bring the...

Who to trust?

Oct 13, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Who to trust?

Kaieteur News – Daily existence can be an enriching experience when there is trust. Relationships flourish, things get done, and there is an environment that makes all feel very good about the...

What is harder to find than love?

Oct 13, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What is harder to find than love?

Kaieteur News – My first job interview required that I produce some form of identification and proof that I was of working age. Since I did not have a Guyana identification card at the time, I...

Guyana going back to de ICJ

Oct 13, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Guyana going back to de ICJ

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Guyana is now likely to file wan action against Suriname at de International Court of Justice (ICJ). Guyana now gat possession of wan email which confirmed dat...

Johnson slams ton, Barnwell, Chanderpaul, Sankar shine as Demerara beat President’s XI by 160 runs

Oct 13, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Johnson slams ton, Barnwell, Chanderpaul, Sankar shine as Demerara beat President’s XI by 160 runs

By Zaheer Mohamed Kaieteur News – Skipper Leon Johnson struck an attractive century to lead Demerara to a convincing 160-run win over the President’s XI when the Guyana Cricket Board...

Shepherd spurs B’ce to win despite Sampson’s 85

Oct 13, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shepherd spurs B’ce to win despite Sampson’s 85

GCB 50-over Inter-County By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – In an encounter filled with drama in which 58 minutes were lost due to rain and an eight-minute late start due the late arrival of the...

Silver for Nicolette Fernandes at South American Games

Oct 13, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Silver for Nicolette Fernandes at South American Games

Kaieteur News – Despite her valiant effort, Nicolette Fernandes had to settle for silver in the women’s singles squash event at the South American Games last evening. Facing Colombia’s...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more