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Linden town week 2024: the way forward in unity

Linden town week 2024: the way forward in unity

Feb 05, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Linden town week 2024: the way forward in unity

Dear Editor, I have been reliably informed that Linden Town Week 2024 has been launched. The launching happened yesterday albeit with a bit of controversy surrounding the dates for that popular...

Jagdeo blames volatile oil prices for not increasing public servants’ wages by 50% but disregards concept while racking up debt

Jagdeo blames volatile oil prices for not increasing public servants’ wages by 50% but disregards concept while racking up debt

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Jagdeo blames volatile oil prices for not increasing public servants’ wages by 50% but disregards concept while racking up debt

Kaieteur News – Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has blamed the volatile oil prices for government’s decision not to increase the wages and salaries of public servants by 50 percent; however,...

No decision made yet to head to arbitration over US$214M audit dispute with Exxon – Min. Bharrat

No decision made yet to head to arbitration over US$214M audit dispute with Exxon – Min. Bharrat

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on No decision made yet to head to arbitration over US$214M audit dispute with Exxon – Min. Bharrat

Kaieteur News – Three months after Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo suggested that the Government of Guyana (GoG) is preparing to head to arbitration in the US$214 million audit dispute with...

‘Dreddy’ dies following South Ruimveldt shooting

‘Dreddy’ dies following South Ruimveldt shooting

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Dreddy’ dies following South Ruimveldt shooting

Kaieteur News – A 40-year-old man succumbed to gunshot wounds he sustained after he was shot while attending a wake in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown early on Sunday morning. Dead is Joseph...

Kuru Kuru man found with teargas canister – Police

Kuru Kuru man found with teargas canister – Police

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Kuru Kuru man found with teargas canister – Police

Kaieteur News – Police on Saturday arrested a Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke/Linden Highway man after they found a teargas canister in his possession. Police identified him as Trivon Stewart, 21. Stewart...

UWI School of Medicine to be established in Guyana – Pres. Ali

UWI School of Medicine to be established in Guyana – Pres. Ali

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on UWI School of Medicine to be established in Guyana – Pres. Ali

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced that the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) School of Medicine has expressed interest in establishing a medical school in Guyana....

Controversial $346M Bamia Primary School to be completed in April

Controversial $346M Bamia Primary School to be completed in April

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Controversial $346M Bamia Primary School to be completed in April

After two years under construction… Kaieteur News – After lagging behind its completion date for months, missing two deadlines in the process, the $346 million Bamia Primary School in Region...

Jagdeo needs to avail himself of the facts

Jagdeo needs to avail himself of the facts

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Peeping Tom Comments Off on Jagdeo needs to avail himself of the facts

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – A local online report has indicated that Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, has said that he was not surprised that the government of Venezuela has violated the...

Sunday Rush, No More Sunday Rest!

Sunday Rush, No More Sunday Rest!

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Rush, No More Sunday Rest!

…Dem Boys Seh Kaieteur News – Sundays used to be days when yuh coulda hear di breeze whistlein’ through di streets ’cause nobody deh pon dem! But now? It’s like de whole...

Guyana’s call for ceasefire

Guyana’s call for ceasefire

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Guyana’s call for ceasefire

Editorial… Kaieteur News – We are pleased that last week our government spoke with some gumption that the time is now ripe for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Gaza. Speaking to...

Govt. sets aside $60M to rent more buildings for Cuban health workers

Govt. sets aside $60M to rent more buildings for Cuban health workers

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. sets aside $60M to rent more buildings for Cuban health workers

Kaieteur News – With another brigade of Cuban doctors and technicians expected to arrive in the country shortly, the government through the Ministry of Health has put aside some $60 million for...

GPHC now has telepathology capacity

GPHC now has telepathology capacity

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPHC now has telepathology capacity

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) now has the capacity to offer telepathology services. This was disclosed on Sunday by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the...

MODEC celebrates startup of construction of Exxon’s 5th FPSO

MODEC celebrates startup of construction of Exxon’s 5th FPSO

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on MODEC celebrates startup of construction of Exxon’s 5th FPSO

Kaieteur News – Japanese ship builder, MODEC, which was contracted by ExxonMobil construct Guyana’s fifth Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) recently held a reception at...

Hey BJ what have you done lately for Guyanese bro?

Hey BJ what have you done lately for Guyanese bro?

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Hey BJ what have you done lately for Guyanese bro?

Hard truths…. Kaieteur News – A lot it turns out, Bharrat Jagdeo has done much for Guyanese recently. He has given Guyanese insights, a whole encyclopedia full of them, about investors....

GECOM’s budget makes no provision for biometric equipment

GECOM’s budget makes no provision for biometric equipment

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on GECOM’s budget makes no provision for biometric equipment

Kaieteur News – Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira told the National Assembly on Monday that although the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been allocated...

Guyana Harpy Eagles wing out as Title defense bowls off February 7

Guyana Harpy Eagles wing out as Title defense bowls off February 7

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana Harpy Eagles wing out as Title defense bowls off February 7

2024 CWI Regional 4-Day Championships… Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Harpy Eagles 13-man squad winged out yesterday (Sunday) morning for St. Kitts, ahead of their first assignment versus...

$250M approved to pay oil tanker waiting fee

$250M approved to pay oil tanker waiting fee

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on $250M approved to pay oil tanker waiting fee

In a recent Committee of Supply session, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, disclosed that a substantial allocation of $250 million has been earmarked for demurrage fees this year....

Layne’s hat-trick crushes Hopetown as Monedderlust secures 3-0 victory

Layne’s hat-trick crushes Hopetown as Monedderlust secures 3-0 victory

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Layne’s hat-trick crushes Hopetown as Monedderlust secures 3-0 victory

East Coast Mash Cup… Kaieteur Sports – The Mash Cup Knockout Football tournament’s East Coast edition kicked off with enthusiasm at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground last...

Metro Office Supplies renews RHTYSC Females cricket sponsorship for the 13th consecutive year

Metro Office Supplies renews RHTYSC Females cricket sponsorship for the 13th consecutive year

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Metro Office Supplies renews RHTYSC Females cricket sponsorship for the 13th consecutive year

Kaieteur Sports – The long-standing relationship between the RHTYSC and Metro Office and Computer Supplies has been renewed for another year. The popular stationery store renewed their cricket...

Man found with loaded gun in crotch

Man found with loaded gun in crotch

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man found with loaded gun in crotch

Kaieteur News – A Venezuelan man, identified as Martinez Mejias Alcides Jose, 51, was on Friday found with a loaded pistol in his pants crotch. Police said that patrol ranks found the weapon on...

São Raimundo down Slingerz FC 4 – 0 in Boa Vista

São Raimundo down Slingerz FC 4 – 0 in Boa Vista

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on São Raimundo down Slingerz FC 4 – 0 in Boa Vista

Kaieteur Sports – Slingerz Football Club’s trip to Boa Vista, Brazil, took an unexpected turn when the former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League champions suffered a 4-0 defeat to...

Bajans stand tall, Mekdeci shines bright as BCQS concludes in style

Bajans stand tall, Mekdeci shines bright as BCQS concludes in style

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Bajans stand tall, Mekdeci shines bright as BCQS concludes in style

…Simpson, Benn shows class in Men’s finale Kaieteur News – The curtains have fallen on the highly anticipated Guyana leg of the BCQS Masters Squash tournament on Saturday. The Georgetown...

Questions on new generators for GPL

Questions on new generators for GPL

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Questions on new generators for GPL

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – My husband who is employed at GPL informed me that the eighteen (18) used power generators that were purchased in Trinidad arrived before Christmas. They were...

Dr Lakshmi Persaud shared her work with Guyanese literary enthusiasts

Dr Lakshmi Persaud shared her work with Guyanese literary enthusiasts

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Dr Lakshmi Persaud shared her work with Guyanese literary enthusiasts

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – It is with a heavy heart I read of the passing in England of celebrated writer Lakshmi Persaud (nee Seetaram) who taught for a period of time at Queens College when...

Super Pendulous Freddie Kissoon

Super Pendulous Freddie Kissoon

Feb 05, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Super Pendulous Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – The amusing Freddie Kissoon, on January 15, 2024, penned the barren piece, “When a newspaper becomes an opposition party.” At best, it was an exercise in...

Welcome and Sattaur hat-tricks power West Ruimvelt’s emphatic win

Welcome and Sattaur hat-tricks power West Ruimvelt’s emphatic win

Nov 25, 2024

…Chase’s Academic Foundation remains unblemished Kaieteur Sports- Round six of the Republic Bank Under-18 Football League unfolded yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, featuring...

Mominul, Jaker help Bangladesh avoid follow on

Mominul, Jaker help Bangladesh avoid follow on

Nov 25, 2024

Rutherford’s stunning century in vain as ‘Spice Man’ steals the show

Rutherford’s stunning century in vain as...

Nov 25, 2024

Bentick’s hat-trick lifts YMCA to $1M and ExxonMobil Futsal C/chip title

Bentick’s hat-trick lifts YMCA to $1M and...

Nov 25, 2024

Final batch of tickets for opening match released

Final batch of tickets for opening match released

Nov 25, 2024

NSC to host National Awards Ceremony on Thursday

NSC to host National Awards Ceremony on Thursday

Nov 25, 2024

The business class also funds undemocratic parties

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- There’s a peculiar phenomenon in Guyana, a sort of cyclical ritual, where members of... more

Rising Gun Crimes in the Caribbean: Urgent Action required by all

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – There is an alarming surge in gun-related violence, particularly among younger... more

Too many sharks too close for comfort

…Hard Truths By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- Around this part of the world, it is a hotbed of activity, a beehive of movements. ... more