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President Ali dodges question on plans to increase spending power of citizens, by asking reporter if he applied for house lot

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali dodges question on plans to increase spending power of citizens, by asking reporter if he applied for house lot

“How old are you? Where do you live? You own your own home? Applied for a house lot? Well sit down. You are not participating on the enhancement of your own life…at 28 years you should be...

EPA waives impact assessment for pipeline cleaning and storage facility to service oil sector

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on EPA waives impact assessment for pipeline cleaning and storage facility to service oil sector

Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has exempted a pipeline cleaning and storage facility to service the oil sector from an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). An EIA...

Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza, enclave’s government media office says

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza, enclave’s government media office says

CAIRO, June 22 (Reuters) – At least 42 people were killed in Israeli attacks on districts of Gaza City in the north of the Palestinian enclave on Saturday, the director of the Hamas-run...

Guyanese businesses question tax and duty-free concessions for Chinese supermarkets and hardware stores

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese businesses question tax and duty-free concessions for Chinese supermarkets and hardware stores

…says rapid expansion of Chinese businesses may be a strategy to undermine Guyanese Kaieteur News – The Guyanese Businesses Owners Association (GBOA), comprising 65 entities and...

Civil Society Groups call on the Govt. to adopt a more dignified approach to resolving future industrial disputes

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Civil Society Groups call on the Govt. to adopt a more dignified approach to resolving future industrial disputes

Kaieteur News – Several civil society groups have called on the Government to adopt a more dignified and legally defensible approach to resolving future industrial disputes. A joint statement...

Bandits rob Cornelia Ida family at gunpoint

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits rob Cornelia Ida family at gunpoint

Kaieteur News – Three bandits all armed with guns on Friday invaded the home of a Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara (WCD) family and robbed them at gunpoint. Police did not say what time of the...

Minibus driver robs miner after beating him with cutlass

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver robs miner after beating him with cutlass

Kaieteur News – A minibus driver on Friday reportedly broadsided a gold miner with a cutlass at Four Corner, Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) before robbing him of $150,000 and his cell...

Fisherman drowns in Essequibo River

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman drowns in Essequibo River

Kaieteur News – Police believe that a fisherman whose body was on Saturday found floating in the Essequibo River might have drowned on his way home to Winiperu Village, ReGion Seven. The dead...

New $14.5M water ambulance commissioned at Orealla / Siparuta

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on New $14.5M water ambulance commissioned at Orealla / Siparuta

Kaieteur News – The community of Orealla / Siparuta, Region Six on Saturday received a new $14.5M water ambulance from the Ministry of Health. The commissioning of the ambulance follows the...

Fire of unknown origin guts Weldaad house

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Fire of unknown origin guts Weldaad house

Kaieteur News – Fire of unknown origin destroyed a two storey wooden and concrete house at Weldaad, West Coast Berbice (WCB) Saturday afternoon leaving a family of eight homeless. The fire...

GPL to spend $200M to upgrade national grid – Jagdeo

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on GPL to spend $200M to upgrade national grid – Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) intends to spend approximately $200 million to upgrade the national grid, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo announced last Thursday....

Man fined $20.8M, jailed for possession of marijuana

Jun 23, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man fined $20.8M, jailed for possession of marijuana

Kaieteur News – A man was on Thursday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and fined $20,880,000 after he was found guilty of being in possession of 23.2 Kilograms (Kg) of cannabis for the...

$53.4B in trade between Guyana and Canada recorded in 2023

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $53.4B in trade between Guyana and Canada recorded in 2023

Kaieteur News – Bilateral trade between Guyana and Canada raked in CAD$350M or G$43.4B last year, Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Mark Berman announced on Friday. The High Commissioner...

Security beefed up to curb incidents of violence at GPHC’s A&E Dept

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Security beefed up to curb incidents of violence at GPHC’s A&E Dept

Kaieteur News – Security is being beefed up at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Accident and Emergency (A&E) department to curb the incidents of violence that have raised...

Gunmen escape after shooting at police vehicle in Sophia

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen escape after shooting at police vehicle in Sophia

Kaieteur News – Two gunmen on a motorcycle managed to elude police after shooting at their patrol vehicle at Sophia, Greater Georgetown, during the wee hours of Saturday. Police said that they...

Missing man found dead in swamp in Berbice

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Missing man found dead in swamp in Berbice

Kaieteur News – A 57-year-old Drainage and Irrigation Worker, Dharmindra Sarabjit who was reported missing by his daughter, was on Saturday found dead in a swampy area with thick vegetation in...

Govt. commences discussions with commercial airlines for possible carbon credit sale

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. commences discussions with commercial airlines for possible carbon credit sale

DPI – The government has initiated commercial discussions with players in the aviation industry for the sale of high-quality carbon credits. This was announced by President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan...

A friend always in need is a friend only in deed

Jun 23, 2024 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on A friend always in need is a friend only in deed

Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh is a funny ting how some people can’t tell de difference between a friend and a leech. Yuh got to wonder sometimes if dey eyesight bad or if dey just too...

Semifinalists decided in both divisions

Jun 23, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Semifinalists decided in both divisions

ExxonMobil Boys’ and Girls’ U14 Football Championship Kaieteur Sports – The Petra-organised ExxonMobil Boys’ and Girls’ Under-14 Football tournament intensified yesterday with...

Crunch time for West Indies; all-win South Africa still looking for the perfect game

Jun 23, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Crunch time for West Indies; all-win South Africa still looking for the perfect game

(Cricinfo) – It isn’t actually called a quarter-final, but for West Indies, this game against South Africa could well be one. Win, and they will be through to the T20 World Cup 2024...

51st CAC Fitness and Bodybuilding Championship officially launched

Jun 23, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on 51st CAC Fitness and Bodybuilding Championship officially launched

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GBBFF) officially launched the 51st Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Fitness and Bodybuilding Championship on Friday at the...

Over 70 honoured by RHTYSC in Tribute to Heroes programme

Jun 23, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 70 honoured by RHTYSC in Tribute to Heroes programme

Kaieteur Sports – The Rose Hall Town Youth Sports Club on Saturday last created history when it hosted its inaugural tribute to heroes for overseas-based former members and supporters of the...

SAKS Guyana re-launches PR Photo Shoot for growing businesses in spectacular fashion

Jun 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on SAKS Guyana re-launches PR Photo Shoot for growing businesses in spectacular fashion

Kaieteur News – Local beauty brand, SAKS Guyana Inc. on Wednesday held its 5th Public Relations photo shoot at Parc Rayne, with about thirty growing business in the cosmetology industry —in...

The PPP – a high-level sketch

Jun 23, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on The PPP – a high-level sketch

Hard Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is as old as Guyana. Well, almost. What can be said of it, where it is today, with the utmost clarity, in...

Curl Fete 2024

Jun 23, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Curl Fete 2024

Two days of fun under the theme SPLASH! Kaieteur News – Curl Fete, the annual festival celebrating natural hair and addressing all the misconceptions of hair, will for the first-time, be hosted...