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Guyana to audit in excess of US$6 billion more of Exxon’s costs – VP Bharrat Jagdeo

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to audit in excess of US$6 billion more of Exxon’s costs – VP Bharrat Jagdeo

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – Guyana has in excess of US$6 billion of oil-related expenses to audit from ExxonMobil and Stabroek block partners, affiliates and sub-contractors, according to...

Demerara Harbour Bridge boss used $900K company funds to gift himself bracelet – Audit Report reveals

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Harbour Bridge boss used $900K company funds to gift himself bracelet – Audit Report reveals

Int’l Men’s Day celebration… Kaieteur News – General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB), Rawlston Adams, honoured himself in a rather unique fashion for International Men’s...

Bandits hijack taxi, drive away with passenger

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hijack taxi, drive away with passenger

Kaieteur News – Armed bandits on Tuesday robbed a taxi driver of his white Toyota Premio car and drove away with his passenger. The taxi driver, Kevin Hope, 34, was robbed around 20:30 hrs. at...

Opposition wants temporary health workers hired by Volda Lawrence to be paid.

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition wants temporary health workers hired by Volda Lawrence to be paid.

– Health Minister says ‘No payment unless employment contracts are provided’ By Sueann Wickham Kaieteur News – Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, has responded to a call from...

Snr. cop moves to court over ‘unfair’ practices in year-end police promotions

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Snr. cop moves to court over ‘unfair’ practices in year-end police promotions

Kaieteur News – Senior Superintendent of Police, Calvin Brutus, has moved to the High Court in a bid to block promotions for senior members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) until the decision...

Cop in custody after robbing sleeping man

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cop in custody after robbing sleeping man

Kaieteur News – Delroy Chapman, a 25-year-old police Constable, is now in custody after he allegedly robbed a man of his valuables. The incident, according to reports, occurred at Crane, West...

CARICOM urged to rely on COVID measures, as rich nations hoard vaccines

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM urged to rely on COVID measures, as rich nations hoard vaccines

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)’s outgoing Chair and Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, has urged that the region rely on...

Beepats to build Marriott Four Point Sheraton hotel and resort near CJIA

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Beepats to build Marriott Four Point Sheraton hotel and resort near CJIA

Kaieteur News – Beepats Distributing Company yesterday announced that it would be entering the hotel industry with the intent of establishing a Marriott Four Point Sheraton Airport hotel and...

Meet de man with de golden handshake

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Meet de man with de golden handshake

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys see a nice Cricket Band at King’s Jewellery wah dem like. Dem wondering when is de next International Men’s Day so that dem gan get big wuk in de government and have de...

Trade unions have colonized the workers!

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Trade unions have colonized the workers!

Kaieteur News – If you are serious about having a long career with very little risk of being removed, then you should consider becoming a trade union leader. It is one of the few jobs in...

Dance freely tonight because you are free

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dance freely tonight because you are free

Kaieteur News – Tonight, maybe hundreds of thousands of young Guyanese will frolic through the night till morning. When they awake, they will touch ground in a free country. A majority of these...

Police believes missing man was murdered – issues wanted bulletin

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police believes missing man was murdered – issues wanted bulletin

Blood stains in Kuru Kuru house… Kaieteur News – Family members of missing man, Answar Stoll, whose home was reportedly found with bloodstains, are now bracing themselves for the worst, as...

Education Ministry extends school uniform and supplies voucher programme

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry extends school uniform and supplies voucher programme

Kaieteur News – Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, yesterday announced that her Ministry has decided to extend the school uniform and supplies voucher programme. Manickchand said that...

Dunae Trading hands over prizes to winners in ‘Tidy Up and Win Promotion’

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dunae Trading hands over prizes to winners in ‘Tidy Up and Win Promotion’

Kaieteur News – Dunae Trading, the local distributor of the Tidy Up detergent line, held a handing over ceremony on Monday for its grand prizewinners in the ‘Tidy Up and Win Promotion.’ The...

Land of Canaan man killed by speeding car

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Land of Canaan man killed by speeding car

Kaieteur News – A Land of Canaan man on Tuesday died after a speeding car collided with him on the Kuru Kururu public road, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The victim has been identified as Bheesham...

Guyana lacks capacity to test for new variant of COVID-19 – Health Minister

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana lacks capacity to test for new variant of COVID-19 – Health Minister

Kaieteur News – The Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, yesterday announced that Guyana’s health system does not hold the capacity to test for the new variant of COVID-19 that was first...

St. Francis NGO partners with UN for Spotlight Initiative to tackle violence against women and girls

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on St. Francis NGO partners with UN for Spotlight Initiative to tackle violence against women and girls

By Malisa Player-Harry Kaieteur News – The St. Francis Community Developers led by Alex Foster has partnered with the United Nations and two of its partners – the United Nations...

Albouystown man committed to stand trial

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown man committed to stand trial

Businesswoman tied to bed and strangled… Kaieteur News – On Tuesday, more than a year after Malcolm Cully, 28, a water vendor of Cooper Street, Albouystown, Georgetown was charged for the...

Health Ministry records 18 new COVID-19 cases

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry records 18 new COVID-19 cases

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday recorded 18 new COVID-19 cases. This is according to the Ministry’s daily dashboard update. The new cases have increased the total number of...

Magistrate orders mental evaluation for knife-wielding RDC worker

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate orders mental evaluation for knife-wielding RDC worker

Kaieteur News – The Region Six Regional Democratic Council (RDC) employee, who was on Tuesday arrested for threatening his reputed wife with knives, was yesterday slapped with two charges....

Woman sets house on fire after argument

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Woman sets house on fire after argument

Kaieteur News – A woman is now in custody after she allegedly set a house on fire after having an argument with her reputed husband. Kaieteur News understands that the fire started sometime...

UG Economic Society encouraged by GGA/Nexgen GA

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on UG Economic Society encouraged by GGA/Nexgen GA

Kaieteur News – Members of the University of Guyana Economic Society were encouraged to take up the sport of golf following a fund raising activity which was held recently at the Nexgen Golf...

ANSA McAL donates 100 tablets to Education Ministry

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ANSA McAL donates 100 tablets to Education Ministry

Kaieteur News – The ANSA McAL Foundation yesterday donated 100 electronic tablets to the Ministry of Education. The tablets were purchased with funds raised from the ‘ONE YARD’ virtual...

National Blitz Chess C/ship set for today

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Blitz Chess C/ship set for today

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Chess Federation will be hosting its National Blitz Championship today at the Guyana National Stadium from 11:00hrs. The tournament will be contested in the open and...

Exxon Mobil and Tiger Rentals are the latest corporate entities to support

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exxon Mobil and Tiger Rentals are the latest corporate entities to support

GFF/K&S/MCYS Bounce Back Football… Kaieteur News – Yesterday, Communications Manager of Exxon Mobil, Nicholas Yearwood and General Manger of Tiger Rentals, Shane Singh presented...