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PPP/C’s management of Covid-19 is commendable

Mar 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP/C’s management of Covid-19 is commendable

Dear Editor, I quote from the BBC: “Covid-19 has shaken the world, with more than 2.5 million deaths and 115 million cases confirmed.” As can be noticed, the effect of Covid-19 is massive and...

A comparison of Ramotar and Granger’s Presidency

Mar 29, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A comparison of Ramotar and Granger’s Presidency

Kaieteur News – Guyana has had nine executive presidents. For this discussion we will exclude the current leader, Dr. Irfaan Ali. He is just a mere seven months in the job. Sam Hinds was...

Cheddi Jagan was a prosaic leader

Mar 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cheddi Jagan was a prosaic leader

Dear Editor, Clement Rohee’s depiction of the late Cheddi Jagan (KN March 23) is a pathetic analysis of his so-called ‘Father of the Nation’. With incessant reference to the qualities of the...

Labourer feared dead as boat found drifting in Corentyne River

Mar 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer feared dead as boat found drifting in Corentyne River

Kaieteur News – A 58-year-old has gone missing and is feared dead after he left in a boat to “pick up seine” in the Corentyne River, some 15 miles from Orealla. Missing is Nazim Shamshudeen...

Demand for land surveyors to increase over next decade – President Ali

Mar 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Demand for land surveyors to increase over next decade – President Ali

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s demand for land surveyors will increase over the next 10 years says President Irfaan Ali. Ali made this assertion during an event at the State House on Friday, which...

I was dismayed by VP Jagdeo’s gas-to-shore feasibility study comments

Mar 29, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on I was dismayed by VP Jagdeo’s gas-to-shore feasibility study comments

Dear Editor, I was absolutely dismayed when I read an article entitled “Financial feasibility of gas-to-shore a “no-brainer” – VP Bharrat Jagdeo” in the Kaieteur News. This article can be...

Phagwah – so much involved

Mar 29, 2021 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Phagwah – so much involved

Kaieteur News-Yesterday, right on the heels of Palm Sunday, and in the next breath, we grasp at the essences of Phagwah, of this festival called Holi which was celebrated by over a billion Hindus....

Gold dealer executed in front of club with 15 bullets – Shooters escape in waiting white wagon

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Gold dealer executed in front of club with 15 bullets – Shooters escape in waiting white wagon

Kaieteur News-A well-known gold dealer was last evening executed in front of a popular night club in Georgetown. The dead man has been identified as, Ricardo Fagundes, called ‘Paper Shorts’, an...

Payara licence could have been better but Govt. was under “enormous pressure” – Jagdeo

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Payara licence could have been better but Govt. was under “enormous pressure” – Jagdeo

By Shikema Dey Kaieteur News- Guyana was warned by a host of oil experts and good governance advocates to not rush the approval of Payara, ExxonMobil’s third field development project in the...

Disrespect for Guyana’s Labour Laws not costly – $100 to $46,000 fines for non-compliance

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Disrespect for Guyana’s Labour Laws not costly – $100 to $46,000 fines for non-compliance

Kaieteur News- In light of India’s logging company, Vaitarna Private Holdings Incorporated (VHI) being flagged recently for blatant violations of Guyana’s Labour Laws, it has come to the...

ExxonMobil now sees Guyana operations as profits for shareholders …as bulk of Liza 1& II front end spending completed

Mar 22, 2021 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on ExxonMobil now sees Guyana operations as profits for shareholders …as bulk of Liza 1& II front end spending completed

Kaieteur News-With the bulk of the initial Capital Expenditure for the Liza Phase One aspect of the ExxonMobil led operations in the Stabroek Block completed, the company is now looking to Guyana as...

In light of energy transition… Developing countries must team up to fortify their oil sectors for the years to come -African Oil Expert

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on In light of energy transition… Developing countries must team up to fortify their oil sectors for the years to come -African Oil Expert

Kaieteur News-“Now, more than ever before, countries blessed with petroleum resources need to cooperate and collaborate to find the best means of benefitting from their God endowed resources. They...

Pensioner accidently burns self to death with “kero stove”

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner accidently burns self to death with “kero stove”

Kaieteur News –A female pensioner, 79, might have accidently burnt herself to death, yesterday, at her home with a “kero stove”. At least this is the theory police are working with after...

Why explorers are not targeting more gas in response to the energy transition? – Analyst asks

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Why explorers are not targeting more gas in response to the energy transition? – Analyst asks

Kaieteur News-Analyst with Global E&A, Jamie Collard, says that, there has been much talk about natural gas as a transition fuel, primarily in helping to lower emissions and pollution. But is...

Guyana needs to expand shore base capabilities outside GT – GYSBI GM

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana needs to expand shore base capabilities outside GT – GYSBI GM

By Mikaila Prince Kaieteur News- In order for the Guyana Shore Base (GYSBI) at Houston to adequately support the oil industry, the company’s General Manager, Sean Hill, says Guyana needs to expand...

APNU+AFC slowly falling apart – As Leader silent for months

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC slowly falling apart – As Leader silent for months

By Kemol King Kaieteur News- A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) was formed on Valentine’s Day in 2015. Two heavyweights in t he APNU and the AFC, David Granger and...

Guyana speeding to 10,000 COVID-19 cases

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana speeding to 10,000 COVID-19 cases

Kaieteur News- With over 800 COVID-19 infections recorded in just two weeks, Guyana is seemingly speeding towards the benchmark of 10,000. This publication’s analysis of the recent daily...

Tekkin’ chance does cause yuh to prance

Mar 22, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Tekkin’ chance does cause yuh to prance

Kaieteur News – Prezzie trying he best. De Prezzie is still a young man. But he trying he best in a difficult situation. Is nuff weight pon he shoulders. He doing wah Jaggy was good at:...

Controversial T&T Company gets $365M health contract

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Controversial T&T Company gets $365M health contract

Kaieteur News- A company that was blacklisted by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) for alleged financial malpractices in Guyana has once again been awarded a US$1.6M contract. It was awarded...

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022…Clear player pathway for domestic players on track for sustainable national team programme – TD Greenwood

Mar 22, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022…Clear player pathway for domestic players on track for sustainable national team programme – TD Greenwood

By Franklin Wilson in the Dominican Republic, compliments of Secure Innovations & Concepts, Industrial Safety Supplies Inc., Fazia’s Motor Spares and GFF Kaieteur News – Even as...

Nandu narrowly misses ton as Everest CC beat UG by an innings and 73 runs

Mar 22, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nandu narrowly misses ton as Everest CC beat UG by an innings and 73 runs

Kaieteur News- Mattheu Nandu narrowly missed a century as host Everest Cricket Club defeated University of Guyana by an innings and 73 runs when the Georgetown Cricket Association Noble House Sea...

Murder suspect admits to killing Kuru Kururu man – But hesitant to reveal where he disposed corpse

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Murder suspect admits to killing Kuru Kururu man – But hesitant to reveal where he disposed corpse

Kaieteur News- Murder suspect, Leon Waddle, 30, has admitted to killing the missing Kuru Kururu man, Answar Stoll, 46, but he is hesitant to reveal where he disposed the corpse. This was related to...

Car stolen after owner loses keys at football game

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Car stolen after owner loses keys at football game

Kaieteure News- A black Volkswagen PYY 2919, was stolen on Monday February 8, after its owner eportedly misplaced the keys while attending a football match at Buxton, East Coast Demerara. The owner,...

Guyana, Norway commence talks for ‘phase two’ of LCDS

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Norway commence talks for ‘phase two’ of LCDS

Kaieteur News-The Government of Guyana has commenced talks with Norway to begin ‘phase two’ of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) which Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat said...

Lusignan prisoner beaten for ‘snitching’ on other inmates

Mar 22, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan prisoner beaten for ‘snitching’ on other inmates

Kaieteur News- An inmate at the Lusignan Prison was beaten on Friday for reportedly “snitching” on other prisoners. Recovering from the assault is Ceylon David popularly known as “Tallman”....

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Hodge 140* puts West Indies in command

Nov 09, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Kavem Hodge dislodged Bangladesh from the driver’s seat with a career-best unbeaten 140 on the fourth day in Sylhet. The visitors went to stumps on 345 for 3, leading by 315...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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