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Jagdeo supported teachers’ strike in 2018 for better wages, but in 2024 he sings a different tune while in office

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Jagdeo supported teachers’ strike in 2018 for better wages, but in 2024 he sings a different tune while in office

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – As opposition leader in 2018, Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo supported a nationwide teachers’ strike for better salaries while he was Leader of the...

Parking in de city is like playing de lotto

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Parking in de city is like playing de lotto

Kaieteur News – Trying to get parking in de city is like trying to find de winning Lotto numbers. Some people however does strike dem own luck. One day a man was late for a meeting....

TRESPASSING!

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS Peeping Tom Comments Off on TRESPASSING!

Kaieteur News – A man left his home in Guyana and went overseas to live. One day he decided to return home and thought that it would be nice if he asked one of his new overseas friends to...

Public Procurement Commission

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Public Procurement Commission

Editorial… Kaieteur News – It is a small miracle that Guyana’s Public Procurement Commission (PPC) gets anything done. The careful slant in selections, and the ‘problem solvers’...

West Indies lose by 11 runs to Australia in T20 run-fest at Bellerive

Feb 10, 2024 Neeraj Khan Sports Comments Off on West Indies lose by 11 runs to Australia in T20 run-fest at Bellerive

SportsMax – In a nail-biting series-opener at Bellerive Oval, Australia emerged victorious by 11 runs against a full-strength West Indies in the first T20 International, despite a valiant...

Mangru, Fraser fifties setup crushing 185-run for Demerara

Feb 10, 2024 Neeraj Khan Sports Comments Off on Mangru, Fraser fifties setup crushing 185-run for Demerara

GCB Senior Women’s Super50 Inter-county Round 1 – Demerara vs. Essequibo Kaieteur Sports – Mandy Mangru and Cherry-Ann Fraser led with fifties for Demerara as they whipped...

2024 Drag Racing Series Round One: “1320 HEAT” billed for February 18

Feb 10, 2024 Neeraj Khan Sports Comments Off on 2024 Drag Racing Series Round One: “1320 HEAT” billed for February 18

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) is set to host its much-anticipated 2024 Drag Racing Series, aptly named “1320 Heat.” Round one of this...

2024 Mashramani Street-Style Football tourney officially launched

Feb 10, 2024 Neeraj Khan Sports Comments Off on 2024 Mashramani Street-Style Football tourney officially launched

Kaieteur Sports – The official launch of the sixth annual Mashramani Cup, hosted by Edison Jefford, took place yesterday at the MVP Sports establishment in the Giftland Mall. This highly...

Third day squashed as Eagles, Red Force seek to make most of likely last day

Feb 10, 2024 Neeraj Khan Sports Comments Off on Third day squashed as Eagles, Red Force seek to make most of likely last day

CWI Regional 4-Day Championships Round 1, Day 3- GHE vs. TTRF Kaieteur Sports – Weather again forced the stoppage of play on day 3 as both Guyana Harpy Eagles and the Trinidad and Tobago Red...

Berbice Oil and Gas College is one of ten in the world – President Ali

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Berbice Oil and Gas College is one of ten in the world – President Ali

By Shervin Belgrave President Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Friday afternoon commissioned the US$13 million Guyana Technical Training College Facility Simulator at Port Mourant, Berbice, Region Six. During...

‘No need to down tools, have patience’ – Pres. Ali tells teachers

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘No need to down tools, have patience’ – Pres. Ali tells teachers

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – President Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Friday assured teachers protesting for better salaries that there is no need to down tools; they just have to be...

First week of teachers strike

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on First week of teachers strike

– Students attendance at West Demerara schools cut by half Kaieteur News – As the dust settles on the first week of the Guyana Teacher’s Union (GTU)- led strike, its impact on the...

Separate acts of arson leaves several homeless

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Separate acts of arson leaves several homeless

Kaieteur News – Separate acts of arson on Thursday has left several people homeless at “Container City,” a squatting area located in Georgetown and at Lot 19, Seventh Street, Side Dam,...

Govt. investing heavily in the Army to patrol border and offshore activities – Pres. Ali

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. investing heavily in the Army to patrol border and offshore activities – Pres. Ali

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali on Thursday stated that the Government of Guyana (GoG) is investing heavily in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to not only patrol the country’s border but...

CXC waits for no one, Education Minister should meet with us now-Region Five teachers

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on CXC waits for no one, Education Minister should meet with us now-Region Five teachers

Kaieteur News – Teachers of Region Five are appealing to Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand to meet with them and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) as soon as possible to address...

Low turnout at Georgetown schools on day five of teachers’ strike

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Low turnout at Georgetown schools on day five of teachers’ strike

Kaieteur News – There was a low turnout of both teachers and students at several city schools on Friday as the nationwide teachers’ strike continued for the fifth day. On Monday, teachers...

Majority of classrooms locked, student attendance hits a minimum at Region Five schools

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Majority of classrooms locked, student attendance hits a minimum at Region Five schools

By Anasa Williams Kaieteur News – The attendance at schools in Region Five hit a minimum this week and in some cases two students per class as the strike by teachers continued countrywide on...

Classrooms empty as more Essequibo teachers join protest

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Classrooms empty as more Essequibo teachers join protest

Kaieteur News – On the Essequibo Coast in Region Two, the presence of students in classrooms dwindles amidst the ongoing protest by teachers demanding better wages. Yesterday marked the fifth...

Teachers to continue strike until gov’t meets with Union to discuss improved wages

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Teachers to continue strike until gov’t meets with Union to discuss improved wages

Kaieteur News – The fifth day of the nationwide teachers strike continued with fervor as educators in Georgetown stood resolute in front of the Ministry of Labour on Brickdam, Georgetown,...

Bandits cart off millions in cash, jewellery in La Grange home invasion

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bandits cart off millions in cash, jewellery in La Grange home invasion

Kaieteur News – An elderly couple was left traumatized on Wednesday after armed bandits invaded their residence at Lot 4, Unity Road, La Grange, West Bank Demerara and carted off with over $2...

Cart pusher jailed for breaking doctor’s Mercedes Benz windshield

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Cart pusher jailed for breaking doctor’s Mercedes Benz windshield

Kaieteur News – A man, who works as a cart pusher at the Stabroek Market in Georgetown, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment on Friday after he admitted to breaking the windshield of a...

Exxon to test Guyana’s gas potential this year in Stabroek Block

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Exxon to test Guyana’s gas potential this year in Stabroek Block

Kaieteur News – Head of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, Alistair Routledge said earlier this week that his company intends to drill at least seven wells this year, some of which will test the gas...

If any Guyanese trusted Maduro, they are in a bad way

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on If any Guyanese trusted Maduro, they are in a bad way

Hard Truths by GHK Lall… Kaieteur News – In the aftermath of the Argyle Agreement, droves of Guyanese got carried away. The PPP Government’s spinning sensations (media machinery)...

Two remanded for ‘ganja’ possession

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Two remanded for ‘ganja’ possession

Kaieteur News – Two men were on Friday placed before the court, after they were reportedly busted by police ranks with more than 15 pounds of cannabis at Hill Street, Albouystown, Georgetown,...

Low turnout, empty classrooms at EBD schools

Feb 10, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Low turnout, empty classrooms at EBD schools

Kaieteur News – Few teachers and students from East Bank Demerara (EBD) schools showed up on Friday as the Guyana Teachers’ Union’s (GTU) strike/ protests intensified on day five. Teachers...

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China-owned companies competing to build new West Dem. Hospital

China-owned companies competing to build new West Dem. Hospital

The West Demerara Regional Hospital. (China-owned companies) Kaieteur News- Three Chinese companies who are no strangers... more