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Citizens are duty-bound to ensure elected leaders manage resources for generations to come – Kenyan Anti-corruption Leader

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens are duty-bound to ensure elected leaders manage resources for generations to come – Kenyan Anti-corruption Leader

Kaieteur News – Often times, citizens sit back and the lay the blame solely at the feet of their elected leaders for mismanaging their resources; however, they too have a duty to ensure that...

Guyana signs US$350M loan to extend four-lane road to Parika

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana signs US$350M loan to extend four-lane road to Parika

Kaieteur News – During a recent outreach in Malgre Tout/Meer-Zorgen area, Region Three, President Irfaan Ali announced that the government had secured a US$350 million loan from Qatar to extend...

Mahdia dorm fire…Another student succumbs

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia dorm fire…Another student succumbs

Kaieteur News – Another student, who was badly injured in the Mahdia Secondary School’s female dormitory on May 21, 2023 that claimed the lives of 19 children initially, died yesterday. Dead...

Gas-to-Energy project could be disastrous for Guyana’s economy – Gaskin

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Gas-to-Energy project could be disastrous for Guyana’s economy – Gaskin

Kaieteur News – Economist and transparency advocate, Ramon Gaskin believes that Guyana’s Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project could be disastrous for the country’s economy. In an interview with...

CJ dismisses case filed by APNU against voters’ list used for LGE

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CJ dismisses case filed by APNU against voters’ list used for LGE

Kaieteur News – Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George Wiltshire has dismissed the case filed by Chief Elections Scrutineer, Carol Joseph to block to the current voters’ list from being used during...

Teachers take to the streets, begging for higher pay

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers take to the streets, begging for higher pay

Kaieteur News – Several teachers joined the representatives of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on Tuesday to protest for higher salaries. The protest commenced around 10:00hrs in front the...

NDC Chairman arrested for pulling down PPP/C flags

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on NDC Chairman arrested for pulling down PPP/C flags

Kaieteur News – Police on Sunday arrested a woman for allegedly pulling down the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) party flags from electricity poles along the Manchester Public Road,...

Pilot denies human trafficking allegations

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Pilot denies human trafficking allegations

…says pay dispute drove complainant to make ‘false report’ against him Kaieteur News – Local pilot, Orlando Charles who has been accused by the Guyana Police Force of human...

President Ali attends Summit of South American Leaders in Brazil

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali attends Summit of South American Leaders in Brazil

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali and other Heads-of-State of South America are participating in the Summit of South American Leaders at Itamaraty Palace, the headquarters of the Ministry of...

Mechanic killed by fiancée’s uncle

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic killed by fiancée’s uncle

Kaieteur News – A mechanic’s decision to visit his fiancée’s home on Monday night proved fatal after her irate uncle rushed into her house at 5th Street, Martyr’s Ville, East Coast...

CDB Annual Meeting to provide platform for robust response to gender equity issues

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CDB Annual Meeting to provide platform for robust response to gender equity issues

Kaieteur News – After years of challenge and crisis which have slowed progress and even aggravated gender inequality in the Caribbean, “a robust response is needed” to counter these...

Guyanese social media influencer, Tisha Brodie shot and killed in ‘targeted’ shooting in Atlanta, US

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese social media influencer, Tisha Brodie shot and killed in ‘targeted’ shooting in Atlanta, US

Fox 3 NOW – Officers have Lindbergh Drive shut down between Piedmont Road and Adina Drive. Following an early morning shooting in northeast Atlanta, a lifeless woman was discovered in the back...

Berbice Chamber of Commerce elects first female president

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Chamber of Commerce elects first female president

Kaieteur News – The Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA), the oldest Chamber, in the country recently elected Samantha Reid as its first female president. Reid, who...

GNBS certifies Casa De Frances as Guyana’s first bed and breakfast facility

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS certifies Casa De Frances as Guyana’s first bed and breakfast facility

Kaieteur News – The Guyana National Bureau of Standards on Tuesday certified Casa De Frances Hotel, located at Plantation Farm, East Bank Demerara (EBD), as the first bed and breakfast facility...

Investments in Water Positively Impact Health Sector

May 31, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Investments in Water Positively Impact Health Sector

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) on Monday celebrated its 21st Anniversary of Service to the nation with a health fair held at the company’s headquarters in Shelterbelt, Vlissengen...

Mahdia dorm fire…Police confirms female student started fire, file to be sent to DPP

May 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia dorm fire…Police confirms female student started fire, file to be sent to DPP

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday confirmed that a female student of the Mahdia Secondary School reportedly started the fire that claimed the lives of 18 girls and a...

Mahdia dorm fire…Survivors to be flown to Georgetown for further assessment – Pres. Ali

May 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia dorm fire…Survivors to be flown to Georgetown for further assessment – Pres. Ali

Kaieteur News – In addition to the nine girls who were flown to the city on Monday following the devastating fire at the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory, Region Eight, President Irfaan Ali on...

Norwegian company gets US$140M subsea contract for 5th oil project

May 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Norwegian company gets US$140M subsea contract for 5th oil project

Kaieteur News – Aker Solutions disclosed this week that it has been awarded a sizeable contract from ExxonMobil’s Guyana affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) to...

Africa’s anti-corruption Legend, PLO Lumumba to appear on ‘The Glenn Lall Show’

May 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Africa’s anti-corruption Legend, PLO Lumumba to appear on ‘The Glenn Lall Show’

Kaieteur News – Africa’s Anti-Corruption Legend, Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba is scheduled to make an auspicious virtual appearance on ‘The Glenn Lall Show’ on Kaieteur Radio 99.1 on May...

Countries will now have to explain rationale for fast-tracking oil, mining licences – New EITI Rules

May 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Countries will now have to explain rationale for fast-tracking oil, mining licences – New EITI Rules

Kaieteur News – The Board for the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) has agreed to several changes to its Standard, one of which includes a new demand for countries to explain...

Chief Prison Officer dies in Melanie crash

May 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Prison Officer dies in Melanie crash

Kaieteur News – Chief Prison Officer attached to the Guyana Prison Service (GRS), Patrick Perry on Monday lost his life after the motorcar he was driving crashed into a sand heap along the...

Buxton woman dies after run over by garbage truck

May 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Buxton woman dies after run over by garbage truck

Kaieteur News – An 84-year-old woman of Sideline Dam, Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was on Tuesday afternoon killed after a garbage truck owned by Cevon’s Waste Management, reversed and...

Man crushed to death by concrete beam

May 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Man crushed to death by concrete beam

Kaieteur News – A concrete beam fell on a labourer on Tuesday at around 10:45 hrs and killed him in Buddy’s compound located on Sheriff Street, Georgetown. The man was identified by his...

Devastating Mahdia fire highlights need for implementation of adequate safety, prevention measures — Civil society advocates

May 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Devastating Mahdia fire highlights need for implementation of adequate safety, prevention measures — Civil society advocates

Kaieteur News – While it is very tragic and saddening, the recent fire at a high school dormitory at Mahdia, Region Eight exposes a greater social problem, the lack of implementation and...

Anna Regina Magistrates’ Court to cost $179M

May 24, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Regina Magistrates’ Court to cost $179M

Kaieteur News – The construction of a Magistrates’ Court at Anna Regina, Region Two is estimated to cost $179,638,476, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB)...

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