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Lawrence Assanah selected by GBA to participate in IBA Two-Star Referees/Judges Course

Jan 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Lawrence Assanah selected by GBA to participate in IBA Two-Star Referees/Judges Course

Kaieteur News – Lawrence Assanah has been selected by the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) to participate in the upcoming International Boxing Association (IBA) Two-Star Referees/Judges Course...

Resisting changes to the oil contract

Jan 23, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Resisting changes to the oil contract

Kaieteur News – Something is going on today that is puzzling. The leadership trio in the PPP/C Government, who have oversight of this country’s natural resources are a picture of dogged...

American democracy in on the decline

Jan 23, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on American democracy in on the decline

Kaieteur News – It now appears inevitable that this November’s election in the United States is likely to be a straight contest between the incumbent Joe Biden and former President Donald...

The Opposition was never good at crafting macro and micro economic policies

Jan 23, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Opposition was never good at crafting macro and micro economic policies

Dear Editor, Guyana’s 2024 Budget’s theme: ‘Staying the Course: Building Prosperity for All’ undeniably reflects the primary goals and objectives of the PPP/C Government which has hit the...

The “Jagdeo Doctrine of 2023” raises important questions

Jan 23, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on The “Jagdeo Doctrine of 2023” raises important questions

Dear Editor, I would appreciate, if you could grant me the opportunity to respond to Dr Randy Persaud’s letter of Monday, January 22, 2024. His letter entitled “Andre Brandli is wrong about the...

Credit must be given to the current administration for coming up with a budget which has all the elements of a balanced and people-oriented budgetary matrix

Jan 23, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Credit must be given to the current administration for coming up with a budget which has all the elements of a balanced and people-oriented budgetary matrix

Dear Editor, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and the PPP/C administration must be commended for presenting to the nation yet another budget that is people-oriented while at the same time laying a...

Build baby, build

Jan 23, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Build baby, build

Dear Editor, In 1956, President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act, officially putting into action the construction of the Interstate Highway System of the United States. In 1957, work...

‘Constitutional reform: don’t drop the ball again’

Jan 23, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Constitutional reform: don’t drop the ball again’

Dear Editor, Having promised all and sundry to support constitutional reforms to establish inclusive governance, the PPP spent months trying to negate the main factor that gave rise to this demand by...

10% royalty on Exxon would have put US$120M in budget 2024

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on 10% royalty on Exxon would have put US$120M in budget 2024

Kaieteur News – Had Guyana applied a 10% royalty rate instead of the existing 2% rate on Exxon’s oil projects, the country would have had an additional US$120M (GY$25B) to allocate for its...

PNC/R to decide on ring-fencing after it takes office

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on PNC/R to decide on ring-fencing after it takes office

Kaieteur News – In the absence of the required well data from the Government of Guyana (GoG), the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), led by Mr. Aubrey Norton said it will wait until...

Gov’t borrowing on interest but allowing foreigners to fetch out Guyana’s wealth – Glenn Lall

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gov’t borrowing on interest but allowing foreigners to fetch out Guyana’s wealth – Glenn Lall

Kaieteur News – Guyana has been blessed with bauxite, timber, gold, diamonds, manganese and oil but these resources are not being used to advance the country’s development trajectory....

Woman killed in Beterverwagting accident

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Woman killed in Beterverwagting accident

Kaieteur News – A 53-year-old woman died on Sunday morning after the vehicle she was travelling in crashed and toppled around 02:00hrs on the public road at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara...

Second driver in Ruimveldt smash-up succumbs

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Second driver in Ruimveldt smash-up succumbs

Kaieteur News – The death toll of the January 9 deadly smash-up which occurred in front of Ruimveldt Police Station in the city rose to three after the second driver involved in the accident...

Dorm was flagged for fire vulnerabilities; officials did nothing

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Dorm was flagged for fire vulnerabilities; officials did nothing

Mahdia COI report reveals… Kaieteur News – Three months before the Mahdia Secondary School female dormitory fire in May last year, which claimed the lives of 20 children, Sub-Officer in...

“If wishes were horses beggars would ride”

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on “If wishes were horses beggars would ride”

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De annual Budget is like Christmas fuh some people. De public servants lining up like children waiting fuh Santa; de business class expecting more gifts than...

Time for a moratorium on the importation and breeding of pit bulls

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Peeping Tom Comments Off on Time for a moratorium on the importation and breeding of pit bulls

Kaieteur News – Some persons do not accept the label of pit bull dogs as dangerous. But the number of reported attacks on persons by these dogs, the frequency and the deadliness of these...

Ministers showing their faces, opening their mouths

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Ministers showing their faces, opening their mouths

Editorial… Kaieteur News – Once in a blue moon ministers of the PPP/C Government have gotten the green light. It is now a parade of PPP/C Government ministers racing for the podium and...

Flyover bridge to connect East Bank and East Coast on the horizon – Min. Edghill

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Flyover bridge to connect East Bank and East Coast on the horizon – Min. Edghill

Kaieteur News – Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill has said that the government intends to construct a flyover bridge that will link the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) with the East Coast of...

‘Greens Man’ who crashed into pick-up at Aranaputa dies

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Greens Man’ who crashed into pick-up at Aranaputa dies

Kaieteur News – One week after he collided with a pick-up at Aranaputa Valley, North Rupununi, Region Nine, vegetable vendor Randy Gilbert succumbed to his injuries in Brazil. Gilbert, called...

More small farmers need to participate in Farmers’ Market – Top Cop

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on More small farmers need to participate in Farmers’ Market – Top Cop

Kaieteur News – Police Commissioner (ag) Clifton Hicken has issued a call to small farmers to participate in the Force’s Farmers’ Market. Hicken made this comment on Saturday at the Guyana...

1600 prisoners to undergo rehab training this year

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on 1600 prisoners to undergo rehab training this year

…450 prison officers to trained Kaieteur News – A sum of $140.2 million has been set aside in this year’s budget to be expended on the rehabilitative training of 1600 inmates in the...

Rice production increase by 43,000 tonnes in 2023

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Rice production increase by 43,000 tonnes in 2023

… $1.3B allocated for growth of sector in 2024 budget Kaieteur News – Despite EL Nino weather conditions having an impact on the rice sector, production increased by 43, 000 in 2023 when...

Man fined $49.6M, jailed for 4 years for possession of $20M worth marijuana

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man fined $49.6M, jailed for 4 years for possession of $20M worth marijuana

Kaieteur News – Thirty-nine-year-old Latchman Sankar also known as ‘Jack’ was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $49.6M on Friday by Magistrate Zamilla Ali-Seepaul, for...

Almost 1M int’l passenger movements recorded at ports-of entry in 2023

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Almost 1M int’l passenger movements recorded at ports-of entry in 2023

Kaieteur News – By the close of 2023, Guyana recorded 931,450 international passenger movements across its four key ports of entry: the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Eugene F...

Expansion of conflict in Gaza

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Expansion of conflict in Gaza

Hard truths… Kaieteur News – The farther East that one visits via global communication networks, the more menacing and volatile the circumstances confronted. I discern a broad region,...

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Bharrat Jagdeo and the existential crisis of Rates and Taxes

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- I have always been perplexed by the nature of reality, the human condition, and whether... more