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Contract signed for the construction of US$35M four-lane Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge

Jan 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Contract signed for the construction of US$35M four-lane Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge

By Vanessa Braithwaite Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana and China Railway Construction Corporation Limited signed a US$35M contract for the construction of the new four-lane...

Only 35% works completed on Cemetery Road project

Jan 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Only 35% works completed on Cemetery Road project

6 months behind deadline… Kaieteur News – The ambitious Cemetery Road upgrade project in Georgetown has hit a roadblock, facing substantial delays and falling significantly behind schedule....

Port Mourant fire: Teacher died from smoke inhalation – PM reveals

Jan 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Port Mourant fire: Teacher died from smoke inhalation – PM reveals

Kaieteur News – Tokant Deokharan, the teacher who died in the Port Mourant, Berbice fire that gutted two houses died from smoke inhalation, a post mortem examination conducted by government...

Indian company gets $396M contract to set up solar plant at Leguan

Jan 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Indian company gets $396M contract to set up solar plant at Leguan

Kaieteur News – The 0.60 MW solar PV farm slated for Leguan Island, Region Three will be built by a company out of India to the tune of $396 million. This is according to the National...

Man, 59, slapped with six fraud charges

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man, 59, slapped with six fraud charges

Kaieteur News – A 59-year-old man was on Friday slapped with six fraud charges when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. He was not required...

Parika man remanded for murder of reputed wife

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Parika man remanded for murder of reputed wife

Kaieteur News – Thirty-nine-year-old Gurudeen Lalaram, a mason of Parika Façade, East Bank Essequibo, was on Friday remanded to prison for the murder of his reputed wife 25-year-old market...

Extractive revenues increased by 36% in 2021- Guyana’s 5th EITI Report

Jan 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Extractive revenues increased by 36% in 2021- Guyana’s 5th EITI Report

Kaieteur News – Guyana recorded a 36 percent increase in revenues generated from the extractive sector in 2021. This is according to the country’s fifth Extractive Industries and Transparency...

Public Servants to be trained in Spanish – Minister Parag

Jan 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Public Servants to be trained in Spanish – Minister Parag

Kaieteur News – Public Servants will be taught Spanish this year, Minister of Public Service Sonia Parag announced on Friday. The Minister was at the time speaking at her ministry’s...

CARICOM Heads discuss situation in Haiti

Jan 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM Heads discuss situation in Haiti

Kaieteur News – The Seventh Meeting of the Caribbean Community Lead Heads of Government on Haiti was held on Friday under the chairmanship of President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the...

Patterson accuses NPTAB evaluation committee of fraud as documents submitted by bidder allegedly ignored

Jan 06, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Patterson accuses NPTAB evaluation committee of fraud as documents submitted by bidder allegedly ignored

Kaieteur News – Former Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson has accused the evaluation committee of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) of committing...

Walking can be hazardous to your health

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Walking can be hazardous to your health

Kaieteur News – People nah like walk down de streets. Everything nowadays is driving. A man wanted to borrow de newspapers from he neighbour, so he jump on he electric bike and ride over to he...

The battle for GFF Elite League qualification happens tomorrow

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on The battle for GFF Elite League qualification happens tomorrow

– Monedderlust Connection FC to clash with Slingerz FC for Elite League berth Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League Promotional Playoff final between...

Fixtures revealed for historic ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in West Indies and the USA

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fixtures revealed for historic ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in West Indies and the USA

West Indies start against Papua New Guinea at the Guyana National Stadium on June 2 Kaieteur Sports – The fixtures for the ninth edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup have been revealed with...

Grange breaks silence about Jamaica Tallawahs fallout; commitment to cricket

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grange breaks silence about Jamaica Tallawahs fallout; commitment to cricket

SportsMax – Minister of Sport Olivia Grange has pushed back at critics, as she insists that the ministry did its best to give support to the Jamaica Tallawahs. Her response, in a statement...

‘One Guyana’ Basketball League set to resume January 13

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘One Guyana’ Basketball League set to resume January 13

Kaieteur Sports – After a brief break for the 2023 festive season, the ‘One Guyana’ Basketball Premier League is gearing up for its return on Saturday, January 13th, at the National...

DCB/SVC/Precision Services Inc. Inter-Association T/20 resumes today

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB/SVC/Precision Services Inc. Inter-Association T/20 resumes today

Kaieteur Sports – The DCB/SVC/Precision Services Inc. Inter-Association T/20 Tournament will resume this weekend, starting today 6th January 2024. Double- header matches are set for...

Adams, Nandu named respective captains as Regional 4-Day preparations bowl off

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adams, Nandu named respective captains as Regional 4-Day preparations bowl off

GCB 4-Day practice matches… – Match 1 set to bowl of Tuesday January 9 Kaieteur Sports – Anthony Adam and Matthew Nandu will lead respective XI’s when they GCB commence preparations...

RCD to kick off 2024 with Inaugural Inter-Region Softball Cricket on February 18

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on RCD to kick off 2024 with Inaugural Inter-Region Softball Cricket on February 18

Kaieteur Sports – Roraima Community Developers will kick off its 2024 calendar of activities with a National Softball Cricket tournament whereby the competition will see all ten administrative...

ExxonMobil and trust

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on ExxonMobil and trust

Kaieteur News – Any Guyanese that places an iota of trust in what ExxonMobil does here needs to obtain some professional attention. Any national government, populated by patriotic leaders,...

Jagdeo is wrong; Low is right

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Jagdeo is wrong; Low is right

Kaieteur News – At his last press conference, Bharrat Jagdeo sought to disparage a young professional who is young enough to be his son. He launched serious broadside against young Elson Low,...

Shut down the sugar industry in five years

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shut down the sugar industry in five years

Dear Editor, Having read BLUNT OF THE DAY (Jagdeo Monument: The Skeldon Sugar Factory) on 5th January 2024 (KN Online Website) which highlighted that the US$187m Skeldon Sugar Factory failed and as...

EXXON AND ESSEQUIBO

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on EXXON AND ESSEQUIBO

Dear Editor, Two issues have been dominating the headlines in Guyana for months – the flawed Exxon Oil Contract and the Essequibo border issue. However, what is generally missing from the...

A myopic approach is unhealthy and unhelpful

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on A myopic approach is unhealthy and unhelpful

Dear Editor, I read the article written by Hydar Ally in which like others, has faithfully followed the script to glorify the PPP leadership and to dam and demonise the PNC and its leadership. This...

PPP’s 74th anniversary and ISMs

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP’s 74th anniversary and ISMs

Dear Editor, January 1st 2024, marking the 74th anniversary of the founding of the PPP quietly went by. However, during 2023, the avid reader would not have missed the steady stream of letters to...

Double speak in NIS pension matter

Jan 06, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Double speak in NIS pension matter

Dear Editor, Well, well the saga goes on! The appeal in that NIS pension matter is given a double speak (so to speak). On one side, it is a criminal offence for employers’ not to remit...

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Jagdeo’s idea of transparency

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