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COVID-19 claims the lives of five more persons

Sep 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 claims the lives of five more persons

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced that five more persons, who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) virus, have died. As a result of this, the...

Bids in for over $200M in Govt. projects

Sep 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bids in for over $200M in Govt. projects

Kaieteur News – The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday opened bids at the Ministry of Finance, with over $200 million in engineer’s estimates slated for...

Woman set on fire by husband died from shock and burns

Sep 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Woman set on fire by husband died from shock and burns

– local NGO wants better to be done for abused women Kaieteur News – A post-mortem examination carried out on the body of Sandrama Raju called ‘Roma’ of Miss Pheobe, Port...

Onderneeming man says family was terrorised by SWAT, seeking compensation

Sep 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Onderneeming man says family was terrorised by SWAT, seeking compensation

Kaieteur News – Orin Klass, a 39-year-old diesel mechanic from the Onderneeming community on the Essequibo Coast, is seeking compensation for the damage caused to his home during a SWAT...

Region Seven financially impacted due to flood situation – Chairman

Sep 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region Seven financially impacted due to flood situation – Chairman

Kaieteur News – Waters have begun to recede in some mining areas of the Region Seven district, but what is left behind is a reminder of how the flood situation financially impacted the region....

Two weeks after schools reopen over 20 close doors

Sep 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Two weeks after schools reopen over 20 close doors

Kaieteur News – Minister of Education (MoE), Priya Manickchand, while speaking to this publication, confirmed that less than two weeks after reopening for face-to-face delivery of education,...

Auditor General hands over 2020 audit report

Sep 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General hands over 2020 audit report

Kaieteur News – Auditor General, (AG) Deodat Sharma has handed over the 2020 Audit Report to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir. The report is, however, not available to the...

NSC powers Carlos Peterson-Griffith to World Classic Powerlifting Championships

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC powers Carlos Peterson-Griffith to World Classic Powerlifting Championships

Kaieteur News – The National Sports Commission yesterday covered in totality, the cost for Carlos Peterson-Griffith to attend the 2021 World Classic Powerlifting Championships in Halmstad,...

Elderly female security guard collapses and dies on the job

Sep 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly female security guard collapses and dies on the job

Kaieteur News – An elderly female security guard, who was based at David Persaud Limited, a construction equipment supplier located at Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara, collapsed and died on...

Guyana, US conduct another naval exercise offshore

Sep 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, US conduct another naval exercise offshore

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the United States (US) Navy on Saturday conducted a second naval exercise offshore for the year 2021. According to a statement by the GDF, its...

Sunshine cart off ORSCA Grand champion trophy

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sunshine cart off ORSCA Grand champion trophy

Kaieteur News – Sunshine carted off the 2021 Ontario Round-Arm Softball Cricket Association (ORSCA) 20-overs Grand champion trophy after beating Cambridge Jaguars by four wickets on Saturday at...

RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour First Division team defeat RHCCCC to lift RHT 51st anniversary trophy

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour First Division team defeat RHCCCC to lift RHT 51st anniversary trophy

– Anderson cops Man of the Match award as Team makes donation to Council Kaieteur News – A brilliant innings from Guyana most promising batsman Kevlon Anderson spearheaded his team Rose...

Guyana Lottery Company supports Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycling Club

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Lottery Company supports Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycling Club

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Lottery Company has thrown its support behind the Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycling Club for their 2022/2023 season. This was disclosed by both parties yesterday at a...

APNUites Practice very things they condemned in opposition

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNUites Practice very things they condemned in opposition

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Freddie’s column, “The Dominic Gaskin story: A curious inexplicability” (Sept. 7) wherein he explained why Mr. Gaskin is treated with deference and Indians...

Cash Grants should address individual needs of farmers

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cash Grants should address individual needs of farmers

Dear Editor, There has been much reporting of carefully thought out cash grants being given impetuously to a substantial number of farmers, apparently without differentiation of the nature, volume or...

Is an outreach required to resolve routine NIS issues?

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is an outreach required to resolve routine NIS issues?

Dear Editor, The contributor waiting almost five years for her social security issues to be resolved, (‘4 years and 8 months of excuses from NIS’, SN Sept 17), begs the question: would it...

We cannot continue to place wealth before good health

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on We cannot continue to place wealth before good health

Dear Editor, Given the recent catastrophe caused by the manganese mining operation on Matthew’s Ridge, now is the time to put a stop to the company’s operations. CRG has written several times...

Dartmouth protests

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dartmouth protests

Dear Editor, I would like the Guyana Minister of Home Affairs and Commissioner of Police to answer the following questions related to the brutal, frightful murder of Orin Boston of Dartmouth Village,...

Govt. shows care for all children by extending cash grant to private schools

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. shows care for all children by extending cash grant to private schools

Dear Editor, I am very relieved that private schools have been added to the “Because We Care” cash grant roll out, meaning that in terms of bringing a measure of relief to students right across...

I feel tarnished

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on I feel tarnished

Dear Editor, I noted the media shots of Guyana’s leader, H.E. President Ali laying a commemorative wreath in commemoration on the occasion of the 9/11 memorial on Greenwich Street in Lower New York...

The CXC Tragedy: One Year On

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The CXC Tragedy: One Year On

Dear Editor, September 22 marks one year since the release of the Caribbean Examination Council’s 2020 CSEC and CAPE examination results, and the start of a struggle to secure the best interests...

Protect our daughters from murders

Sep 22, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Protect our daughters from murders

Dear Editor, I am consumed with a plethora of negative emotions after hearing about the brutal murder of a young Corentyne mother at the hands of her former male partner. I’m gripped by anger,...

Nigeria now begging oil companies to cut expenses to meet citizens’ needs

Sep 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Nigeria now begging oil companies to cut expenses to meet citizens’ needs

As economic pains of COVID-19 increase… By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Nigeria, the largest oil producer in Africa, is now at the feet of oil companies begging for their mercy. It is...

Exxon to relocate supplies from T&T to Guyana by next year

Sep 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon to relocate supplies from T&T to Guyana by next year

…starts new exploration drilling in Stabroek Block Kaieteur News – US Oil major ExxonMobil—the Operator of the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana under the auspices of Esso Exploration and...

EPA now crafting policy to govern use of dispersants during oil spill

Sep 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EPA now crafting policy to govern use of dispersants during oil spill

Six years later… Kaieteur News – More than six years after the discovery of oil, recently appointed Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Kemraj Parsram revealed in an interview...

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GBF secures certified Hardwood Court in major boost for basketball...

Jun 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

Jun 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

Jun 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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