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Govt. to spend over $308M to rehab seven bridges in Region 4

May 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to spend over $308M to rehab seven bridges in Region 4

Kaieteur News – The government of Guyana through the Ministry of Public Works is preparing to spend approximately $308,591,524 out of its $236,108,169,000 allocation to rehabilitate or...

US$260M Demerara River Bridge is 43.4 per cent completed

May 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on US$260M Demerara River Bridge is 43.4 per cent completed

Kaieteur News – The long traffic delays, congestion, and closure of the Demerara Harbour Bridge will soon be things of the past, as the much-anticipated new US$260 million Demerara River Bridge...

Police arrest man wanted for alleged robberies and rape

May 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Police arrest man wanted for alleged robberies and rape

Kaieteur News – Keshawn Nero, the 25-year-old man who was wanted by the Guyana Police Force (GPF), for a series of alleged robberies and rape was on Saturday arrested. Police issued a wanted...

First phase of student loan write-off commence

May 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on First phase of student loan write-off commence

Kaieteur News – Over 13,000 Guyanese are expected to receive $11 billion in student loan relief, as the government announced plans to commence phase one of the loan write-off programme for...

GPF signs MoU with NYPD to improve crime fighting capacity

May 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on GPF signs MoU with NYPD to improve crime fighting capacity

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the New York Police Department (NYPD) to improve their partnership and enhance collaboration....

Help us Identify this individual

May 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Help us Identify this individual

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force is asking for the assistance of the public in identifying the individual in the photo, who was involved in a vehicular accident on Coldingen, Public...

Region Two teachers join nationwide calls for collective bargaining

May 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two teachers join nationwide calls for collective bargaining

Kaieteur News – Teachers on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two, on Monday took to the streets to demand that the Government of Guyana (GoG) through the Ministry of Education agree to a multi-year...

Newly opened ‘Olmac Medical Hub’ offering access to overseas health care

May 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Newly opened ‘Olmac Medical Hub’ offering access to overseas health care

Kaieteur News – Olmac Medical Hub Guyana on Monday opened the doors of a new health care facility in Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCB), offering Guyanese access to quality services...

Some people wicked!

May 14, 2024 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Some people wicked!

Kaieteur News – We got some real wicked people in Guyana. Dem does have fun at your expense and dem boys nah talking about tantalize. Dem boys talking about vandalism. Imagine you got yourself...

GRFU fears forfeit in T&T clash due to Government’s reluctance

May 14, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on GRFU fears forfeit in T&T clash due to Government’s reluctance

– Rugby Union peeved at silence from Government on request for National Park upgrade By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), under the guidance of its...

Soca Warriors edge Golden Jaguars 2 – 1

May 14, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Soca Warriors edge Golden Jaguars 2 – 1

– Two teams return to action tomorrow By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – The Golden Jaguars faced off against the Soca Warriors last evening at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, resulting in a...

Albert, Rampersaud earn IFBB ‘Pro Card’

May 14, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albert, Rampersaud earn IFBB ‘Pro Card’

Kaieteur Sports – Bodybuilding sensation Nicholas ‘Creed’ Albert showcased his deftness in Barbados over the weekend, dominating the competition with his sculpted physique at the...

Pitbulls crowned inaugural GCB T10 Blast champions

May 14, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pitbulls crowned inaugural GCB T10 Blast champions

GCB T10 Blast tournament… – Sinclair cops final Man-of-the-match award Kaieteur Sports – The Demerara Pitbulls surged to the Inaugural Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) T10 Blast...

Sunil Mangru captures Shooters Club May Day pools tournament

May 14, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sunil Mangru captures Shooters Club May Day pools tournament

Kaieteur Sports – The Grand Central Bar at Grove on the East Bank of Demerara was the venue for another Pools competition which attracted some of the best exponents of the game on Wednesday 1st...

Edghill lone Guyanese at ITTF Americas Olympic Qualifying tournament

May 14, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edghill lone Guyanese at ITTF Americas Olympic Qualifying tournament

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Chelsea Edghill will be the only Guyanese competing at the ITTF Americas Olympic Qualification tournament in Lima, Peru. The tournament serves off today and...

Guyana: a three letter alphabet country

May 14, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Guyana: a three letter alphabet country

Kaieteur News – The alphabet that was taught and absorbed during our first days in school has 26 letters. Whether the first inputs and insights came from the home or in the classroom, the...

Politics, Power and Sex

May 14, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Politics, Power and Sex

Kaieteur News – Politics, we should know, is all about power. Mr. Forbes Burnham once said that anyone in politics who said he did not want power was either a fool or a rascal. And Mr. Burnham...

The PPP is now encamped in the bourgeois class

May 14, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPP is now encamped in the bourgeois class

Kaieteur News – Bharrat Jagdeo needs a refresher to be able to better differentiate between a party’s foundational principles and the ideology through which it hopes to realize its principles...

Freddie Kissoon’s penchant for ‘Quill Drivelling’

May 14, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon’s penchant for ‘Quill Drivelling’

Dear Editor, Editor, I am both amused and annoyed at the hilarity of the piece “I really envy President Ali.” It is another example of Freddie Kissoon’s ‘lack of substance,’ ‘silly...

I hope that the hinterland people elect Toshaos who have rounded leadership skill

May 14, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on I hope that the hinterland people elect Toshaos who have rounded leadership skill

Dear Editor, Mariaba, also known as modern Santa Rosa, is one of the oldest Amerindian communities in Guyana, with a colonial history dating back to the 1700s and 1800s. Over the years, many great...

A Dream Deferred: Rethinking Vehicle Taxation in Guyana

May 14, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Dream Deferred: Rethinking Vehicle Taxation in Guyana

Dear Editor, Guyana boasts a rapidly growing economy, yet for many Guyanese, the dream of car ownership remains out of reach. The reason? The staggering cost of vehicles, particularly used cars....

Removal of Marxism-Lenninism from PPP Constitution timely and strategic

May 14, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Removal of Marxism-Lenninism from PPP Constitution timely and strategic

Dear Editor, The decision by the PPP at its 32nd Congress to remove all references of Marxism-Lenninism from its Constitution is timely and strategic. It is an established fact that the Party had...

Enhancing Trade Training in CARICOM as an Imperative for Sustainable Development

May 14, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Enhancing Trade Training in CARICOM as an Imperative for Sustainable Development

Dear Editor, As global trade complexities surge in response to sustainability challenges like climate change, economic disparities, and the pressing need for resilient value chains, Caribbean nations...

Rogue vessels without insurance, proper documentation operating in maritime industry – T&T Energy Minister

May 13, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Rogue vessels without insurance, proper documentation operating in maritime industry – T&T Energy Minister

Kaieteur News – The recent oil spill which took place off the shores of Tobago has led to a full-fledged investigation by the government of the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. With...

ExxonMobil says Guyana could be the largest oil producer in South America’ – Routledge tells int’l oil conference

May 13, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ExxonMobil says Guyana could be the largest oil producer in South America’ – Routledge tells int’l oil conference

Kaieteur News – Discussions of Guyana’s future as a regional and global powerhouse took center stage in a discussion panel at Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2024 – World Oil...