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Two new local manufacturers join GNBS’s Made in Guyana certification programme

Apr 29, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Two new local manufacturers join GNBS’s Made in Guyana certification programme

Kaieteur News – The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has certified two new local manufacturers under its Made in Guyana Certification Programmes during April 2024. Under the Permit to...

Mass Net Distribution Campaign launched in Region 9 as part of efforts to eradicate malaria in Guyana

Apr 29, 2024 Neeraj Khan News Comments Off on Mass Net Distribution Campaign launched in Region 9 as part of efforts to eradicate malaria in Guyana

Kaieteur News – A campaign to distribute long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) has been launched in the Amerindian village of Aishalton, Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine, as part of the...

Jagdeo now seems less enthusiastic about solar energy

Apr 29, 2024 Neeraj Khan Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Jagdeo now seems less enthusiastic about solar energy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – At his last press conference, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo raised doubts about the use of solar power in Guyana, pointing to its instability, during cloudy...

Global Report on Food Crises: Acute hunger remains persistently high in 59 countries

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Global Report on Food Crises: Acute hunger remains persistently high in 59 countries

….1 in 5 people assessed in need of critical urgent action (FAO) According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), nearly 282 million people in 59 countries and territories...

Region 9 district hospitals get with new Ultrasound units

Apr 29, 2024 Neeraj Khan News Comments Off on Region 9 district hospitals get with new Ultrasound units

Kaieteur News – Ultrasound services will now be offered to residents of Annai, Karasabai, Aishalton and Sand Creek in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), eliminating the need for...

Guyana Girl Guide Association celebrates 100 years

Apr 29, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana Girl Guide Association celebrates 100 years

The Guyana Girl Guide Association (GGGA) on Saturday celebrated its 100th anniversary of its continuous work of empowering girls and young women in the country. Since the forming of the GGGA in 1924,...

‘The PPP’s approach is fatal’

Apr 29, 2024 Neeraj Khan Letters Comments Off on ‘The PPP’s approach is fatal’

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – Since about 2000 the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) has been using all manner of undemocratic and discriminatory means to force Africans into its ranks or migrate....

Guyana should be a major exporter of potable water

Apr 29, 2024 Neeraj Khan Letters Comments Off on Guyana should be a major exporter of potable water

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – I was heartened when The President made the statement of Guyana becoming a major exporter of clean, fresh drinking water. It is a grand idea which should come to...

Assessing Good Governance in the Global Context of Guyana’s Oil Wealth Distribution Strategies

Apr 29, 2024 Neeraj Khan Letters Comments Off on Assessing Good Governance in the Global Context of Guyana’s Oil Wealth Distribution Strategies

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – In the dynamic landscape of global oil markets, nations endowed with abundant oil resources face pivotal decisions regarding the equitable distribution of wealth...

Huge investments but no insurance

Apr 29, 2024 Neeraj Khan Letters Comments Off on Huge investments but no insurance

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – I offer my sympathy to the Latchman family, owners of the popular Colors of India Boutique at Bath Settlement, WCB, which was destroyed by fire along with a...

Approaching Arrival Day

Apr 29, 2024 Neeraj Khan Letters Comments Off on Approaching Arrival Day

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – Next Sunday, May 5th, the day on which the first indentured labourers from India landed on our shores, is a Public Holiday. However, it is officially dubbed...

GRA, Ramps and ExxonMobil

Apr 29, 2024 Neeraj Khan Editorial Comments Off on GRA, Ramps and ExxonMobil

Kaieteur News – The arrival of oil has transformed Guyana into an Alice in Wonderland country. In Guyana, by some great miracle, US$4.4 million ends up being US$12.1 billion. This is...

One Rotten Herring Spoils the Entire Basket

Apr 29, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on One Rotten Herring Spoils the Entire Basket

Dear Editor, I beg for a space within your newspaper to venge my frustration on the indecent conduct of forestry monitoring officers patrolling the Itaballi – Winiperu range, Essequibo River....

Breaking News: Man beaten with bat after pelting beer bottle to driver windscreen

Apr 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News: Man beaten with bat after pelting beer bottle to driver windscreen

Kaieteur News – In a shocking incident early Sunday morning, a man was left in critical condition following an altercation outside the GT Bar on Saffon Street, La Penitence, Charlestown,...

ExxonMobil and broker summoned to Court by GRA over inflated US$12.1B invoice

Apr 28, 2024 KNews Court Stories, ExxonMobil, Features / Columnists, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on ExxonMobil and broker summoned to Court by GRA over inflated US$12.1B invoice

Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) and its former broker Ramps Logistics Guyana Incorporated, have been summoned to court by the Guyana Revenue (GRA) over a US$12.1 billion...

Consider domino effect of billions being lost from gold fields – Glenn Lall

Apr 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Consider domino effect of billions being lost from gold fields – Glenn Lall

…could have ended blackouts, doubled public servants’ salaries Kaieteur News – Guyanese leaders continue to allow foreign investors into the country and provide them with substantial...

‘Left to bleed out’: Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank

Apr 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Left to bleed out’: Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank

Two Palestinian youths shot dead and 20 arrested as Israeli forces continue deadly crackdown in the occupied West Bank AL JAZEERA – Israeli forces have shot dead two young Palestinians and...

Prove gas will supply cheaper electricity than solar or halt Gas-to-Energy Project – Int’l Lawyer challenges Govt.

Apr 28, 2024 KNews Court Stories, ExxonMobil, Features / Columnists, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Prove gas will supply cheaper electricity than solar or halt Gas-to-Energy Project – Int’l Lawyer challenges Govt.

Kaieteur News – A damning international report released since October 2023 cited solar as a cheaper alternative to the US$1.8B Gas-to-Energy (GTE) however, the Government of Guyana (GoG) is yet...

VP Jagdeo denies being beneficial owner of Kaieteur, Canje oil blocks

Apr 28, 2024 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on VP Jagdeo denies being beneficial owner of Kaieteur, Canje oil blocks

Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has denied being one of the beneficial owners of the Kaieteur and Canje oil blocks. The Vice President was at the time responding to a question...

Miner chopped by employer after quitting job

Apr 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Miner chopped by employer after quitting job

Kaieteur News – A 24-year-old miner was on Wednesday chopped by his employer at Toroparu Backdam, Mazaruni River, Region Seven after quitting his job. The victim has been identified as Indeo...

One shot as gunmen snatch payroll from Cevons’ workers

Apr 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on One shot as gunmen snatch payroll from Cevons’ workers

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is investigating the shooting of a Cevons’ Waste Management employee on Saturday afternoon. Though details of the incident are sketchy, Kaieteur...

Two die after motorcycle crashes into utility pole

Apr 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Two die after motorcycle crashes into utility pole

Kaieteur News – Two young men died on Saturday morning after the motorcycle they were traveling on crashed into a utility pole while on the Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Dead...

MOE partners with World Bank to modernize TVET sector

Apr 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on MOE partners with World Bank to modernize TVET sector

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education (MOE) has announced its collaboration with the World Bank to modernise the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector in Guyana....

Investigate growing cases of sexual abuse in Indigenous communities

Apr 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Investigate growing cases of sexual abuse in Indigenous communities

…Leaders tell Govt. as ‘cover ups” prevent justice Kaieteur News – Indigenous leaders from across the country are calling on the government to launch an impartial investigation into the...

$295M worth of ganja, shotguns found in Berbice

Apr 28, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $295M worth of ganja, shotguns found in Berbice

Kaieteur News – Ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday unearthed a quantity of cannabis with a street value of $295, 171, 562, a 12-gauge shotgun and a semi-automatic gun along with...

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Deeply concerned about political dysfunction in society

Dear Editor The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is deeply concerned about the political dysfunction in society that is... more