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EIM donates to Mash Street Football Championships

Feb 16, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on EIM donates to Mash Street Football Championships

Kaieteur Sports – The Economic Independence Movement (EIM), a group aimed at creating social and economic change, made a significant financial contribution to Sports Management Inc. (SMI)...

WPA condemns Govt. banning of schoolgirl’s calypso

Feb 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on WPA condemns Govt. banning of schoolgirl’s calypso

Kaieteur News – The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has strongly condemned the recent decision by the Ministry of Education to disqualify a six-year-old student from a Mashramani Calypso...

Macedonia Joppa Voluntary Committee plans largest Mash celebrations in Region 6

Feb 16, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Macedonia Joppa Voluntary Committee plans largest Mash celebrations in Region 6

Dear Editor, On Friday. February 23, 2024, the Macedonia Joppa Voluntary Committee (MJVC), a registered non-profitable organization on the Corentyne will mark 44 years since Guyana became a...

Analysis of Jagan & Cold war Relevant today

Feb 16, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Analysis of Jagan & Cold war Relevant today

Dear Editor, An analysis of Jagan and the cold war is as relevant today as it was in that period (1946-91). It is not correct for anyone to pen “it belongs to a bygone era” and ignored...

Unbearable Shameful Corruption

Feb 16, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Unbearable Shameful Corruption

Dear Editor, In the Queenstown Mosque on Church Street at the ‘jumaah’ (prayers) two Fridays ago, my friends spoke in what was supposed to be hushed tones about the extent of corruption in the...

We must not descend into chaos

Feb 16, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on We must not descend into chaos

Dear Editor The National Security Advisor posted a video on social media showing someone dressed in APNU + AFC colours and APNU written on his / her clothing doing what many considered to be...

We are about the midpoint of Black History Month during this 2024 leap year

Feb 16, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on We are about the midpoint of Black History Month during this 2024 leap year

Dear Editor, Some 62 years ago, on February 16, infamously labelled ‘black Friday’, a budget riot was unleashed in British Guiana. This repulsive event was triggered by a national budget crafted...

Jagan saved Guyana from civil war

Feb 16, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Jagan saved Guyana from civil war

Dear Editor, Clement Rohee’s letter debunking the distorted views of Vishnu Bisram ,and consequently, Clem Seecharran, whose book slandering my father, President Cheddi is at the base of...

‘Cut we pay, we gon keep lessons, sell juice and mek money’ – striking teachers tell Govt

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Cut we pay, we gon keep lessons, sell juice and mek money’ – striking teachers tell Govt

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – Teachers on the picket line for better wages on Wednesday said that possible salary cuts will not deter them from standing up for their rights. “We gon...

GCCI didn’t see any feasibility study on gas project – Rambarran

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on GCCI didn’t see any feasibility study on gas project – Rambarran

– but supporting it based on public info and internal analysis Kaieteur News – The Senior Vice President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry Richard Rambarran said that...

Tobago oil spill spreads towards Caribbean Sea

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Tobago oil spill spreads towards Caribbean Sea

Kaieteur News – (TT NEWSDAY) Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) say the origin and purpose of the overturned vessel in Tobago must be identified quickly. In a media release on Tuesday,...

Govt throws schoolgirl out of Mash competition over calypso critical of 6.5% pay hike

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt throws schoolgirl out of Mash competition over calypso critical of 6.5% pay hike

– Education Ministry says lyrics inappropriate Kaieteur News – A six-year-old student from the Fort Ordinance Primary School in Berbice , Ezeka Minty was disqualified from National...

GTU files court action to challenge Govt. decision to deduct striking teachers’ salary

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on GTU files court action to challenge Govt. decision to deduct striking teachers’ salary

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) through attorney-at-law Darren Wade has initiated legal proceedings in the High Court to challenge the Government of Guyana (GoG) decision to...

Tucville man riddled with bullets in front home

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Tucville man riddled with bullets in front home

Kaieteur News – A 36-year-old Tucville, Georgetown man was shot multiple times about his body in front of his home Tuesday night. Injured is Winston Hazel an electrician of Gibson Street...

No tricks, no living, again!

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on No tricks, no living, again!

Kaieteur News – A man pull up with a horse cart on one of de city streets. De cart had some builders waste in de form of some broken and crushed concrete blocks. De road had a pothole. Was a...

The reasons for divestment

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS Peeping Tom Comments Off on The reasons for divestment

Kaieteur News – There are many reasons why governments opt to privatize public enterprises or divest themselves of certain interests in either commercial or manufacturing enterprises. One...

Jagdeo down memory lane

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Jagdeo down memory lane

Editorial… Kaieteur News – The question was as simple as simple can be. Can Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo live on $85,000 a month. Instead of a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ or ‘might be...

Popular hotel in New Amsterdam gutted by fire

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Popular hotel in New Amsterdam gutted by fire

Kaieteur News – A fire of unknown origin on Wednesday gutted the Castle Hotel, a popular hotel located on Chapel Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice. A preliminary report released by the Guyana Fire...

Ram calls out Govt. double standards on treatment of trade unions

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Ram calls out Govt. double standards on treatment of trade unions

– says GAWU, NAACIE delinquent in submitting audited statements Kaieteur News – Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram exposed what he said was government’s glaring double standard on the...

Guyana unveils major report at UN Security Council on the impact of war on climate and food security

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana unveils major report at UN Security Council on the impact of war on climate and food security

Kaieteur News – Following a high-level debate on Tuesday at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the impact of war and conflict on the environment, President, Dr. Irfaan Ali presented...

Courts Business Solutions to announce additional facility for small business financing at the Energy expo

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Courts Business Solutions to announce additional facility for small business financing at the Energy expo

Kaieteur News – Courts Business Solutions (CBS) will have a major presence at the Guyana oil and gas expo with a focus on small business solutions. In a press release the company said as part...

Govt. to spend $4B to rehabilitate over 30 hinterland roads

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. to spend $4B to rehabilitate over 30 hinterland roads

Kaieteur News – Having been allocated the largest chunk of the budget this year, the government through the Ministry of Public Works is preparing to spend approximately $4,741,000,000 out of...

Bids open for supply & delivery of exercise books for Education Ministry

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bids open for supply & delivery of exercise books for Education Ministry

Kaieteur News – Twelve companies have submitted bids to supply and deliver exercise books for the Ministry of Education, the National Procurement and Tender Administration (NPTAB) disclosed on...

Guyana looking at expanding tourism portfolio

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana looking at expanding tourism portfolio

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) will embark on a comprehensive assessment of the adventure tourism market in Guyana. GTA’s Director Kamrul Baksh explained that Guyana’s...

Schoolgirl, 13, beaten by mentally- ill brother

Feb 15, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Schoolgirl, 13, beaten by mentally- ill brother

Kaieteur News – Villagers at Arau, Region Seven Wednesday rescued a 13-year-old schoolgirl who was attacked and beaten unconscious by her mentally ill brother. Police said that she was attacked...