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Shot robbery suspect escapes after angry mob attacks cops

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Shot robbery suspect escapes after angry mob attacks cops

Kaieteur News – A robbery suspect, who was shot on Monday by police, seized the opportunity to escape from the lawmen after a hostile crowd, which emerged at Cooper Street, Albouystown,...

Woman stabs boyfriend in row over cell phone call

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Woman stabs boyfriend in row over cell phone call

Kaieteur News – A woman is presently in police custody for stabbing her boyfriend twice on Monday during an argument over a cell phone call she received, reportedly from another man. Her...

Joint Venture Insurance Group appoints Gavin Ramsoondar as Finance Director

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Joint Venture Insurance Group appoints Gavin Ramsoondar as Finance Director

Kaieteur News – In keeping with the nation’s local content drive, ‘CIC Insurance Brokers Guyana Inc’. has appointed Gavin Ramsoondar, a young, well-known business professional, to its...

APNU+AFC accuses GECOM of failing to act on evidence of voter impersonation during 2020 elections

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC accuses GECOM of failing to act on evidence of voter impersonation during 2020 elections

Kaieteur News – The A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Opposition is accusing the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) of failing to act on evidence of voter...

New offshore support vessels and logistics services company launched

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on New offshore support vessels and logistics services company launched

Kaieteur News – Having been established in Guyana since 2020, Intertec Inc., a new company providing multi-purpose offshore supply vessels and logistics services for the Oil and Gas Industry,...

Trial over legality of passage of NRF Act gets underway

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Trial over legality of passage of NRF Act gets underway

Kaieteur News – Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) and Opposition Parliamentarian, Khemraj Ramjattan was the first person to take the witness stand as the trial in the case filed to...

Dion Bascom for court today

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Dion Bascom for court today

Kaieteur News – Today, weeks after the police were advised to institute several criminal charges against Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom, the detective is slated to appear before a City...

Education Ministry launches initiative to ‘uplift’ skilled persons

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry launches initiative to ‘uplift’ skilled persons

Kaieteur News – The Council for Technical Vocational Education and Training (C-TVET) on Monday launched the Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR) at Herdmanston Lodge, Queenstown....

4 confess to involvement in robbery at GTT’s store at Giftland Mall

Sep 14, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 4 confess to involvement in robbery at GTT’s store at Giftland Mall

– Cleaner admits to providing key details Kaieteur News – Detectives have cracked the $13.4M GTT robbery case which took place on Wednesday last at the Giftland Mall, Turkeyen,...

LGBT groups, women groups and Minister Sonia Parag

Sep 14, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on LGBT groups, women groups and Minister Sonia Parag

Kaieteur News – This country is so filled with crushing, drowning hypocrisy that it compels patriots to expose this relentless hypocrisy whenever its mash-up image shows itself in the society....

ExxonMobil, partners pocketed US$2.7B, while Guyana collected $753M at half-year – Bank of Guyana Report

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil, partners pocketed US$2.7B, while Guyana collected $753M at half-year – Bank of Guyana Report

Kaieteur News – According to Bank of Guyana’s latest report on the health of the economy, ExxonMobil Corporation’s affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) and its...

Eight sectors in major decline since 2019 — Mid-Year Report

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Eight sectors in major decline since 2019 — Mid-Year Report

By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – Government’s mid-year economic report when examined over the past four years, has revealed frightening statistics- with eight of this country’s major sectors...

‘Publish the entire report of the RSS’ — AFC urges

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Publish the entire report of the RSS’ — AFC urges

…as questions being raised over credibility of the review Kaieteur News – Amid complaints about the credibility of a report by the Regional Security System (RSS) on the allegations of...

‘Brace for year-end spending spree by Govt.’

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Brace for year-end spending spree by Govt.’

…Opposition says as it flags sloth in budget spending Kaieteur News – This year, the PPP Government tapped the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) for the first time, increasing the country’s...

Oil fund oversight committee stacked with PPP cronies – PNCR Chairman

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Oil fund oversight committee stacked with PPP cronies – PNCR Chairman

Kaieteur News – Opposition Member of Parliament and Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC), Shurwayne Holder has expressed his party’s uneasiness with the recent...

New guidelines to regulate transfer of fish between ships

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on New guidelines to regulate transfer of fish between ships

— FAO says move aimed at closing loopholes against illegal, unregulated fishing Kaieteur News – A key Inter-Governmental forum on fisheries and aquaculture has endorsed new voluntary...

Guyana losing big by not imposing windfall tax on oil companies – IMF

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana losing big by not imposing windfall tax on oil companies – IMF

Kaieteur News – Guyana is missing out on large amounts of cash given the surplus of revenue oil operators are enjoying, with the Government refusing to impose a windfall tax on firms. The...

$95.3M in contracts signed for 1.1Km of roads at Mocha, EBD

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $95.3M in contracts signed for 1.1Km of roads at Mocha, EBD

Kaieteur News – The Government on Sunday signed two contracts worth some $93.5M to build two stretches of roads within Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara (EBD). The total length of the two roads...

Fight against COVID-19 takes large chunk of $26.5B health sector mid-year spending

Sep 12, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Fight against COVID-19 takes large chunk of $26.5B health sector mid-year spending

Kaieteur News – The Government has expended $26.5 billion of its $73.2 billion health sector budget for 2022 to help in the fight against the contagious COVID-19 virus. This is reflected in the...

I will picket UG against Dr. Alissa Trotz

Sep 12, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I will picket UG against Dr. Alissa Trotz

Kaieteur News – I am getting on in age but I have not hung up my picketing gloves. I will ask pro-democracy Guyanese to join me in the formation of a picketing group to demonstrate against Dr....

Questions Sieyf Shahabuddeen should answer

Sep 10, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Questions Sieyf Shahabuddeen should answer

Kaieteur News – I received a complimentary copy of Sieyf Shahabudeen’s biography of his famous and brilliant father, former Attorney-General of Guyana, Mohamed Shahabudden (MS). I thank Sieyf...

Govt.’s Mid-Year Report confirms presence of Dutch disease in Guyana

Sep 07, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.’s Mid-Year Report confirms presence of Dutch disease in Guyana

…as oil sector accounts for 54.9 percent of total GDP – Opposition By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – With significant declines in the non-oil economy, reported by the government in its...

Decades later…99% of Guyana’s territorial waters still unprotected

Sep 07, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Decades later…99% of Guyana’s territorial waters still unprotected

…remain infested with lawless fishing practices – Int’l Report Kaieteur News – An August 2022 report by the American University Center for Latin American & Latino Studies in...

Guyana must set guardrails against corruption

Sep 07, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana must set guardrails against corruption

…NRF Committee members should submit declarations to Integrity Body – Economist By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – As Guyana continues with its plan to speed up the production of oil and...

Two dead after minibus crashes into parked canter truck

Sep 07, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Two dead after minibus crashes into parked canter truck

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – A passenger did not make it home on Tuesday and a driver will never make another trip after his route 44 minibus slammed into a parked canter truck at Good...

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Tahir (5-17), Mehidy (3-13) magic show leaves Kings in disarray as...

Sep 10, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. SKL (Kaieteur News) – Two mind-boggling spells from spin wizard Imran Tahir, who put on a magic show for his 5-fer, backed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 3 wickets on...

When someone we love is taken from us

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to probe for some more life lessons. I pressed Guru a much heavier question. “Guru,” I said, “how does one recover from losing someone one loves?” He did not answer immediately. Perhaps there are some questions that deserve...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

A double centurion-not Roman, but Guyanese

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I have honoured before and lived to regret the lapse. In the instance of Chartered Accountant, attorney-at-law, and social activist, there is firm belief that I’m on good grounds to publish this tribute. For the milestone of his 200th oil and gas column. A milestone...

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