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Govt. blanks Toshaos Conference

Feb 09, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. blanks Toshaos Conference

– accuses leaders of breaking COVID-19 rules, shunning vaccines Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai announced that there will be no National Toshaos Council (NTC) conference this...

House approves $660M for legal fees in border controversy case

Feb 09, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on House approves $660M for legal fees in border controversy case

Kaieteur News – The Committee of Supply on Monday evening approved $660 million for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to pay for legal fees in the Guyana- Venezuela...

PNCR to meet with GECOM to discuss cleansing voters’ list

Feb 09, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR to meet with GECOM to discuss cleansing voters’ list

Kaieteur News – As the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government gears up to hold Local Government Elections this year the major opposition force, the People’s National Congress...

Citizens complain about police excesses

Feb 09, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens complain about police excesses

…Norton to meet Top Cop to seek redress Kaieteur News – During a series of party outreaches the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR), said that it has received numerous complaints by...

Man dies after doing back flip into canal

Feb 09, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies after doing back flip into canal

Kaieteur News – A 28-year-old carpenter lost his life on Monday after he back flipped into a canal during a swimming date with his girlfriend. He has since been identified as Ramesh Ramphal of...

Man who harboured gold heist suspect wanted for clothes vendor’s murder

Feb 09, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Man who harboured gold heist suspect wanted for clothes vendor’s murder

Kaieteur News – A newspaper vendor who is currently before the courts for harbouring a suspect in the Wallison Enterprise multi-million dollar gold heist is now wanted for murdering Carlos...

Lata’s death brings back memories of my mother

Feb 09, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Lata’s death brings back memories of my mother

Kaieteur News – When I read that Lata Mangeshkar died, immediately, I emphasize immediately, oceans of memories of my mother came tumbling down. Mangeshkar’s death comes at a time when I...

MOH employee accused of stealing vaccination cards walks free

Feb 09, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on MOH employee accused of stealing vaccination cards walks free

Kaieteur News – A driver employed at the Ministry of Health (MOH), 30-year-old Mark Samuels, who was accused of stealing 66 COVID-19 vaccination cards back in August 2021, was on Monday freed...

An agricultural nightmare! APNU+AFC wasted $720M to procure damaged fire pumps for drainage works

Feb 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on An agricultural nightmare! APNU+AFC wasted $720M to procure damaged fire pumps for drainage works

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – The agriculture sector is well known for its impressive contributions to Guyana’s economic wellbeing. But hidden under that veil, are numerous nightmarish...

Indian firm wins contract to build Ogle-Eccles Road with bid higher than engineer’s estimate

Feb 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Indian firm wins contract to build Ogle-Eccles Road with bid higher than engineer’s estimate

Kaieteur News – An Indian firm which had formerly submitted the highest bid to construct the Ogle to Eccles by-pass Road has secured the contract. And although the contractors had agreed to...

Condemnation grows over mistreatment of Guyanese oil workers

Feb 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Condemnation grows over mistreatment of Guyanese oil workers

– Exxon recruiter promises to fix issues after meeting with Labour Department Kaieteur News – Two unions on Monday united in condemning the alleged mistreatment of Guyanese working...

‘Guyana on path of resource curse’

Feb 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Guyana on path of resource curse’

…Ramjattan says Budget 2022 destroying non-oil sectors …warns against creeping return of corruption By Gary Eleazar Kaieteur News – Budget 2022 is reflective of a country that is...

20 Venezuelan women accused cops of abuse

Feb 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 20 Venezuelan women accused cops of abuse

– say they were robbed during raid By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – At least 20 Venezuelan women are accusing members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) of assaulting and robbing them of...

Hastings-Williams calls for changes to budget

Feb 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Hastings-Williams calls for changes to budget

– urges increase in tax threshold, bigger raise for pensioners Kaieteur News – If the needs of the people are not taken into account and set as priorities over the course of this year’s...

Ashni Singh presented nation with ‘voodoo economics’

Feb 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Ashni Singh presented nation with ‘voodoo economics’

…says MP Figueira, as he flagged steep rise in food prices By Gary Eleazar Kaieteur News – When Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh,...

Juveniles among four remanded for stabbing girl, 16

Feb 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Juveniles among four remanded for stabbing girl, 16

Kaieteur News – Two juveniles are among four Venezuelan sisters who were on Tuesday remanded to prison for attempting to kill a 16-year-old girl. Evelyn Alfonso, 22, and Roxanna Alfonso, 20,...

Guyana eyes production of bio-fortified rice – Agri. Minister

Feb 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana eyes production of bio-fortified rice – Agri. Minister

Kaieteur News – In defending the budgetary allocations for his ministry, the minister of Agriculture, Zulkifar Mustapha yesterday told the National Assembly that this sector is expected to take...

PNC/R slams NCN’s “one-sided” coverage of budget debates

Feb 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on PNC/R slams NCN’s “one-sided” coverage of budget debates

– complains of airtime-blackout of Opposition MPs Kaieteur News – The Peoples National Congress Reform (PNC/R) has flayed the National Communications Network (NCN) for what it termed its...

Murder of Robb Street granny…Appellate Court reduces trio sentence by 31 years

Feb 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of Robb Street granny…Appellate Court reduces trio sentence by 31 years

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Court of Appeal (COA) yesterday upheld the conviction for the trio who brutally murdered 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris at her Robb Street home back in 2011,...

Peruvian Judge bars oil executives from leaving country after oil spill

Jan 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Peruvian Judge bars oil executives from leaving country after oil spill

…Guyana still awaits full-cover insurance from oil companies Kaieteur News – A judge in Peru on Friday last, barred four executives from Spanish oil company, Repsol, from leaving the...

‘Tax reliefs in budget are for the rich’

Jan 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Tax reliefs in budget are for the rich’

…Economist urges direct cash transfers from NRF to help ordinary citizens Kaieteur News – The tax reduction measures announced in this year’s budget will not benefit the ordinary...

Plane found abandoned at Kuruduni

Jan 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Plane found abandoned at Kuruduni

– propeller missing as police probe discovery Kaieteur News – A Cessna airplane bearing registration number YV 506 was on Saturday found abandoned at Kuruduni, Essequibo with its...

Fire destroys GNSC workshop

Jan 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys GNSC workshop

Kaieteur News – An early morning fire destroyed a workshop at the Guyana National Shipping Company (GNSC) Wharf‘s Lombard Street, Georgetown. According to an eyewitness, the fire started...

After doling out billions in contracts without oversight

Jan 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on After doling out billions in contracts without oversight

– Govt. now promising rigid ranking system for bidders this year Kaieteur News – Against the background of awarding a slew of mega contracts last year- some to contractors with no track...

Wanted man nabbed by police dressed as a woman

Jan 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted man nabbed by police dressed as a woman

Kaieteur News – In his effort to avoid being caught, 30-year-old Shawn Bobb, a labourer, of East La Penitence, Squatting Area Georgetown, disguised himself as a woman and hid away in a house at...

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Kellogg’s Senior Indoor Hockey championship concludes

Nov 10, 2026

– GCC Elite overturn Saints to claim Women’s Open crown as Bounty GCC, Antonio’s Hickers also win titles (Kaieteur News) – GCC Elite came from behind to win the Kellogg’s...

(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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