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Guyana requires improved infrastructure

Oct 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana requires improved infrastructure

Dear Editor, There is a great need for improved infrastructure in Guyana. Even recently, the fire at Brickdam police station could’ve been avoided with better infrastructure in place. One of the...

A disrespect to Indians in Guyana that needs correcting

Oct 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on A disrespect to Indians in Guyana that needs correcting

Dear Editor, There is vehement protest by some after the Indian High Commissioner proposal to name a street in Guyana. Well that call will fall on deaf ears with this present-day Government. His...

Guyana’s oil sector still without 100 plus safeguards recommended by IMF, UNDP

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s oil sector still without 100 plus safeguards recommended by IMF, UNDP

Kaieteur News – Over the last five years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank...

Chemical changes in Guyana’s water causing significant reduction in seafood production – Mid-year Report

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Chemical changes in Guyana’s water causing significant reduction in seafood production – Mid-year Report

Kaieteur News – Chemical changes in Guyana’s coastal waters have caused a significant decrease in shrimp production. This is according to the Ministry of Finance’s 2021 Mid-Year Report....

Guyana, Brazil talk closer collaborations to further develop local agriculture sector

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Brazil talk closer collaborations to further develop local agriculture sector

Kaieteur News – Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, yesterday met with the Secretary of State for Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Roraima, Brazil, Mr. Aluizio Nascimento da Silva....

Govt. uses IDB loan to purchase equipment for prisoners

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. uses IDB loan to purchase equipment for prisoners

Kaieteur News – With a sum of G$11 million, the Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP) is aiming to boost the rehabilitation of prisoners by preparing them for reintegration into their...

Victim moves out of community after attacker released on bail

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Victim moves out of community after attacker released on bail

Kaieteur News – Fearful of being thrashed again with a cutlass, Nigel Reid, 52, said that he was forced to close up his house and move out from his community after his attacker was released on...

Man, 21, among 10 COVID -19 fatalities

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 21, among 10 COVID -19 fatalities

– Ministry says all were unvaccinated Kaieteur News – Ten additional people have died from COVID-19 pushing Guyana’s total deaths to 835, the Ministry of Health reported yesterday. The...

Approval gan come eventually

Oct 10, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Approval gan come eventually

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Watch and see how much ah dem rich people wah get Sputnik V vaccine gan go back fuh get de Pfizer jab. Is not dat dem nah trust de Russian-made vaccine. Is...

The one-man show has hit the road

Oct 10, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The one-man show has hit the road

Kaieteur News – Guyanese want change: change for the better. But they are looking in the wrong direction – towards the government rather than towards themselves and the political parties...

Brickdam inferno in the world’s unhappiest country

Oct 10, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Brickdam inferno in the world’s unhappiest country

Kaieteur News – The destruction of the Brickdam Police Station was caused by an essential service that failed to materialise. But why the surprise? Anyone who has been living in Guyana for the...

Code of Ethics for Judicial Officers

Oct 10, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Code of Ethics for Judicial Officers

Kaieteur News – The second edition of Guyana’s Code of Ethics for Judicial Officers is now available, and must be made to shine in all that it enshrines, all that it could mean. When put into...

Education Ministry spends in excess of $24.5B to aid learning amid COVID-19 – Report

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry spends in excess of $24.5B to aid learning amid COVID-19 – Report

Kaieteur News – Given the restrictions presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Education (MoE) expended a large amount of its budget towards providing alternative methods to...

Region 4 pensioners happy to receive one-off cash grant, 2022 books

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region 4 pensioners happy to receive one-off cash grant, 2022 books

– ‘Human Services Ministry appeals for persons to utilise multiple days of the week Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security rolled out its massive...

GNBS TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL QUALITY WEEK, 2021

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL QUALITY WEEK, 2021

Kaieteur News – The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has designated October 10 to 15, 2021 as National Quality Week (NQW) and to mark the occasion, a number of activities will be...

CANU nabs two in drug raid

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on CANU nabs two in drug raid

Kaieteur News – Two persons were nabbed by agents from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) following the discovery of a large quantity of cocaine and marijuana with a street value of over $4...

GuyWillShip to officially launch “Track It” website next week

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GuyWillShip to officially launch “Track It” website next week

Kaieteur News – In an effort to improve the integrity of its services, GuyWillShip has developed an online solution that will allow its customers to monitor their packages during shipping....

3 Berbice locations identified for flood relief complaints – Regional Chairman

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 3 Berbice locations identified for flood relief complaints – Regional Chairman

– process set to commence tomorrow Kaieteur News – Following several allegations of irregularities in the distribution of the flood relief monies to persons in Region Six who would have...

NGSA process benefits from historic quality checking by CXC

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on NGSA process benefits from historic quality checking by CXC

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has, for the first time since it began setting, marking and managing the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) in 2016, commenced and...

COVID-19: What’s next for us after the delta surge is over

Oct 10, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on COVID-19: What’s next for us after the delta surge is over

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – We are still in the middle of the delta wave in Guyana which seems to have hit its peak...

A strict diet helped me beat breast cancer – Survivor

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on A strict diet helped me beat breast cancer – Survivor

“It was my intuition about a lump in my breast that led to the discovery that I had cancer; something that my yearly mammogram had not picked up. So, I encourage anyone who would heed my advice;...

Code of Ethics for Judicial Officers

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Code of Ethics for Judicial Officers

The Court Journal… By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – On Tuesday, the second edition of Code of Ethics for Judicial Officers was launched in Guyana. The Code of Ethics contains principles...

Military ground snake (Erythrolamprus miliaris)

Oct 10, 2021 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Military ground snake (Erythrolamprus miliaris)

Interesting Creatures… Kaieteur News – The military ground snake (Erythrolamprus miliaris) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America. In 1964,...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Dr. Gregory Harris

Oct 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Dr. Gregory Harris

We are taking healthcare to the people and while it is not where I want it to be, I am proud of the strides made thus far to transform health care in Region 10 and I will continue to give it my all...

Semi-annual 14.5% growth, organ donor/transplant legislation, sugar workers quarter million grant

Oct 10, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Semi-annual 14.5% growth, organ donor/transplant legislation, sugar workers quarter million grant

By GHK Lall Kaieteur News – I am encouraged by the impressive numbers released as part of the Mid-Year Report by the Ministry of Finance. It is numbers, numbers, numbers all around, and on the...

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Sep 25, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana opened its 2026/27 Concacaf Nations League (League B) campaign on a winning note on Thursday, edging Puerto Rico 1-0 at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica, as...

Guyana is now a utensil of U.S. imperialism

Sep 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This year Guyana celebrates two anniversaries that ought to be considered together. We mark 60 years of Independence, but we also mark another 60th anniversary of Guyana’s admission to the United Nations on 20th September, 1966. On that day, the newly independent country took...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

The Guyana-China card – Part 2

Sep 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – If President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo are truly serious about contract renegotiations, they have an ace. It’s Guyana’s China card. China wants something. Exxon (America) wants something. Guyana wants something. I repeat if the Ali-Jagdeo led PPP Govt...

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