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Scotiabank and Habitat for Humanity partner to equip young people with construction skills.

Feb 09, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Scotiabank and Habitat for Humanity partner to equip young people with construction skills.

Kaieteur News – Scotiabank has donated $3,875,000 towards a youth focused skills training programme facilitated by Habitat for Humanity for persons ages 16-30 years. Participants are...

Govt. spending $70M to repair three revetments, clear farmlands

Feb 09, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. spending $70M to repair three revetments, clear farmlands

Kaieteur News – The government through the Ministry of Agriculture is looking to spend over $70M to build some three revetments on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two and to clear farmlands in...

Essequibo under15 cricketer benefits from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Feb 09, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Essequibo under15 cricketer benefits from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Kaieteur Sports – Francis Gurahoo, a fifteen year old all rounder, who represented Essequibo in the recently concluded GCB Inter County Under15 Tournament, has again benefited from this joint...

Rain spoils crucial Day 2, as Harpy Eagles look to regain control today

Feb 09, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Rain spoils crucial Day 2, as Harpy Eagles look to regain control today

…CWI Regional 4-Day Championships Round 1, Day 2 – GHE vs. TTRF Kaieteur Sports – Day 2’s action between Guyana Harpy Eagles and the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, was spoiled...

Sky High Aviation Services to launch connecting flight from Dominican Republic to Guyana

Feb 09, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Sky High Aviation Services to launch connecting flight from Dominican Republic to Guyana

Kaieteur News – Sky High Aviation Services will launch three weekly flights connecting the Dominican Republic with Guyana, starting February 18, 2024, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport has...

AAG to host Academy meet on February 10

Feb 09, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on AAG to host Academy meet on February 10

Kaieteur Sports – The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC), will host an academy meet tomorrow, Saturday, February 10, from 10:00am...

Jagdeo beats around the bush on meeting with GTU for salary negotiations for teachers

Feb 09, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Jagdeo beats around the bush on meeting with GTU for salary negotiations for teachers

Kaieteur News – Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday dodged questions on whether the government will at some point engage the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to negotiate increase in...

Our national security, the integrity of our borders and their protection is not a matter for political gamesmanship

Feb 09, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Our national security, the integrity of our borders and their protection is not a matter for political gamesmanship

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – Retired Rear Admiral, Gary Best, has been provided space by Denis Chabrol, who publishes Demerara Waves, to express a series of opinions on the matter of Guyana’s...

Unfair Criticism of USA and India Visa Delay or Denial

Feb 09, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Unfair Criticism of USA and India Visa Delay or Denial

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – Recent commentaries unfairly criticized the United States and India on issuance of visas. Few countries are as generous as India and USA (and Canada) in granting...

Another human remains sighting

Feb 09, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Another human remains sighting

Dear Editor Kaieteur News – Another case of human remains found by members of the public not being reported promptly to the authorities. In the first instance it was several weeks. In the...

Teachers, your cause is just

Feb 09, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Teachers, your cause is just

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – In recent correspondence I adverted to an unfolding tragedy in Guyana. It is the fact that many of us in August 2020, felt that notwithstanding the hubris of our...

Exxon’s focus now is making US$$$ and not updating Guyana on total barrels found in new discoveries

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Exxon’s focus now is making US$$$ and not updating Guyana on total barrels found in new discoveries

Kaieteur News – Head of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, Alistair Routledge said on Tuesday said his company is no longer focused on providing updates on the number of barrels added to its resource...

Over 6000 teachers on strike, several schools closed – GTU

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Over 6000 teachers on strike, several schools closed – GTU

Kaieteur News – Calls rang out on Wednesday for teachers to be paid better salaries as the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) strike action expanded on day three of efforts to achieve...

Govt inks pact for another terminal at CJIA

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt inks pact for another terminal at CJIA

Kaieteur News – Two days after President Irfaan Ali announced that the Government of Guyana (GoG) has been working with two groups for the construction of a second terminal at the...

Exxon assures US$2B guarantee was lodged

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Exxon assures US$2B guarantee was lodged

– says up to court to decide whether it should be made public Kaieteur News – While Guyanese remain anxious about whether a US$2 billion oil spill guarantee ordered by the Court has been...

Caribbean Union backs teachers strike

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Caribbean Union backs teachers strike

– says unity will make teachers stronger as they take collective action Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) has expressed its full support of the decision by the Guyana...

Business body begs US bank to fund Wales’ Gas project

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Business body begs US bank to fund Wales’ Gas project

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Chamber and Commerce Industry (GCCI) has resorted to writing a letter to the United Stated (US) Exim Bank, pleading for it to fund Guyana’s US$2B Gas to Energy...

Govt. showcases top brass salary scale and not 85% of teaching staff – Essequibo teachers

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. showcases top brass salary scale and not 85% of teaching staff – Essequibo teachers

Kaieteur News – The teachers on strike on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two, used day three of their protest to callout the Ministry of Education for only posting a small percentage of the...

A battle of wills is brewing

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A battle of wills is brewing

Kaieteur News – De teachers’ strike is now down to a mental battle. The government and de teachers are facing off each other to see which one of them will break first. But in such a...

La La Land!

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on La La Land!

Kaieteur News – The President wants to see a Guyana lane in every supermarket in Guyana. He said that some incentive could be offered to encourage this, including possibly the removal of VAT on...

Increasing oil income

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Increasing oil income

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s political opposition is now on record saying that increasing oil income is a national priority for the group. According to Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton, “We,...

Mahaicony Hospital gets $49M digital X-ray machine

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Mahaicony Hospital gets $49M digital X-ray machine

Kaieteur News – The Mahaicony Cottage Hospital in Region Five is the latest hospital to benefit from a digital X-ray machine, through the Ministry of Health. The state-of-the-art $49 million...

US$16M to construct river & sea defences at 28 locations

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on US$16M to construct river & sea defences at 28 locations

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Public Works is gearing up to spend approximately $4,127,900,000 (US$16M) this year to construct rip-rap sea and river defences at 28 areas along the country’s...

Man confesses to killing drinking buddy

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man confesses to killing drinking buddy

Kaieteur News – A 22-year-old man was arrested and is currently in custody assisting with investigations after he reportedly confessed to killing his drinking buddy. The deceased has been...

Prison Officers’ quarters fire was electrical

Feb 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Prison Officers’ quarters fire was electrical

– displaced officers get $1.8M donation from Credit Union Kaieteur News – Victims of the fire that gutted the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) Bachelor’s Quarters last week at Parade Street...

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The Opposition is engaged in self-sabotage

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- You know, I never thought I’d see the day when elections in Guyana would become something... more