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Entire GMR&SC exec returned unopposed

Jan 12, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entire GMR&SC exec returned unopposed

Kaieteur News – Mahendra ‘Raj’ Boodhoo was on Tuesday evening returned as President of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) following the body’s Annual General Meeting...

Brian Ramphal recommits to Berbice Cricket for sixth successive year

Jan 12, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brian Ramphal recommits to Berbice Cricket for sixth successive year

Kaieteur News – When the Hilbert Foster led executives took control of the Berbice Cricket Board in early 2018, Berbice cricket was in total decline due to local cricket politics. Very few if...

BCB clinches another major sponsorship for 2023

Jan 12, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB clinches another major sponsorship for 2023

– RL Contracting sponsors under15 Inter Club Tournament Kaieteur News- The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has predicted that its 2023 cricket season on the field would be the bust in its eighty...

Aubrey to Faaiz; et tu Brute?

Jan 12, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Aubrey to Faaiz; et tu Brute?

Kaieteur News – Mr. Mursaline resigned from the post of treasurer from the PNC and made two damning statements about the PNC leader and the PNC party itself, both of which has damaged the...

Too fast will trip us up

Jan 12, 2023 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Too fast will trip us up

Kaieteur News – When the few outspoken Guyanese around say it, the PPPC Government and its loyalists jump on them, and overwhelm with a wall of noise. We at this paper have urged slowing...

The PNCR and the no-confidence motion against its Leader

Jan 12, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PNCR and the no-confidence motion against its Leader

Kaieteur News – The person against whom a no-confidence motion is passed is obligated to resign forthwith. It does not require any written law or rule for this to happen. By convention, the...

Govt needs to do something quickly about the alleged abuse of women at the Local Government Commission

Jan 12, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt needs to do something quickly about the alleged abuse of women at the Local Government Commission

Dear Editor, Please permit me space to highlight a rather troubling encounter I had this week. As I sat alone waiting for my colleague to join me at a popular cafe in downtown Georgetown, the...

Undervalued, unappreciated, omitted, and in need of urgent and just recognition

Jan 12, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Undervalued, unappreciated, omitted, and in need of urgent and just recognition

Dear Editor, As members of a distinct group of healthcare professionals called Nursing Tutors, functioning within the various nursing schools across Guyana it is with a broken heart that we say we...

Maximum penalty by the law should be applied to gun violence offenders

Jan 12, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maximum penalty by the law should be applied to gun violence offenders

Dear Editor, The only reason any citizen would carry an illegal firearm in this country or any country for that matter would be to kill, damage or hurt people usually the innocent. They would not...

Poor road work at Third Street Industry

Jan 12, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Poor road work at Third Street Industry

Dear Editor, I wish to use this media to state my dissatisfaction with an aspect of the Road Repair Project in Third Street Industry Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara. I was very happy to learn...

A need for a road traffic department in Guyana

Jan 12, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on A need for a road traffic department in Guyana

Dear Editor, Please allow me to express my concern in an attempt that action will or laws will be enforced after reading this article. First of all, the over loading of minibuses has become a norm....

ExxonMobil proposes another energy plant to take off massive amounts of gas from 4th & 5th projects

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil proposes another energy plant to take off massive amounts of gas from 4th & 5th projects

Kaieteur News – In light of the significant quantities of gas that will be produced from ExxonMobil Corporation’s Yellowtail and Uaru Projects in the Stabroek Block, the oil giant has floated...

Opposition goes to Parliament for true cost, terms and conditions for gas-to-energy project

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition goes to Parliament for true cost, terms and conditions for gas-to-energy project

Kaieteur News – Former Health Minister and Opposition Member of Parliament, Volda Lawrence has tabled several questions in the National Assembly to ascertain the financing arrangements in place...

Over one million barrels of toxic waste to be dumped overboard daily at 5th project – Exxon study reveals

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Over one million barrels of toxic waste to be dumped overboard daily at 5th project – Exxon study reveals

Kaieteur News – United States (U.S.) oil giant, ExxonMobil plans to dump more than a million barrels of toxic, oily chemicals overboard daily during the life of the Uaru project, estimated at...

President Ali receives India’s highest overseas award

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali receives India’s highest overseas award

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali was on Tuesday conferred with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) for the year 2023, by President of India, Honourable Droupadi Murmu. The award...

GRA staff arrested for selling fake driver’s licence document

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GRA staff arrested for selling fake driver’s licence document

Kaieteur News – A Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) employee was last week arrested for selling fake documentation to a 35-year-old labourer of Bush Lot, Essequibo Coast, Region Two. The...

Indigenous communities want control of their share of carbon credit revenue – Allicock

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous communities want control of their share of carbon credit revenue – Allicock

By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – Former Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Sydney Allicock is arguing the need for Indigenous communities to be in control of their share of revenue earned...

IDB approves US$100M funding for Diamond/Grove to Timehri road project

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on IDB approves US$100M funding for Diamond/Grove to Timehri road project

Kaieteur News – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved US$100M to begin the Diamond/Grove to Timehri road project, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill has announced. The...

Four Kuwaiti firms submit bids to redesign Belfield to Rosignol roads

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Four Kuwaiti firms submit bids to redesign Belfield to Rosignol roads

Kaieteur News – Four Kuwaiti firms, in joint venture with local companies, have submitted bids to redesign the road network between Belfield, East Coast of Demerara (ECD) to Rosignol in Region...

CARICOM mounts Election Observation Mission to Antigua and Barbuda

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM mounts Election Observation Mission to Antigua and Barbuda

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General has appointed Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer of the Elections and Boundaries Department of Belize to head the...

Region 4 man is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Region 4 man is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Kaieteur News – The Health Ministry on Tuesday reported that a 65-year-old man from Region Four, who contracted the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), died on Sunday while receiving treatment at a...

National Registration Act amendments allow for registration transactions to be done continuously

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on National Registration Act amendments allow for registration transactions to be done continuously

Kaieteur News – The National Registration (Amendment) Act No. 26 of 2022, which was assented to on December 13, 2022, has paved the way for registration transactions to be facilitated on a...

Guyanese swimmer on vacation in U.S. killed in accident

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese swimmer on vacation in U.S. killed in accident

Kaieteur News – A local swimmer was on Monday killed in a road accident while on vacation in the United States (US). The dead man was identified as Robert Taylor, 34, a member of the Silver...

Guyanese workers accuse Halliburton of flouting Local Content Law

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese workers accuse Halliburton of flouting Local Content Law

… Secretariat urges them to come forward with complaints Kaieteur News – Guyanese making claims against alleged non-compliant local content oil and gas companies must make reports to the...

Families of persons injured in Canje accident seeking justice

Jan 11, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Families of persons injured in Canje accident seeking justice

By Malisa Playter-Harry …as drunken firewoman charged with DUI, placed on bail Kaieteur News – For 32-year-old Sharon McDonald, the challenges of being a single mother are mountainous but her...

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more