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Ex-Minister Norton charged in relation to $12.5M drug bond rental scandal

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-Minister Norton charged in relation to $12.5M drug bond rental scandal

Kaieteur News – Former Minister of Health, under the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Government, Dr. George Norton, yesterday made his first court appearance...

Exxon encounters additional problems despite “repairs and upgrades” to gas compressor

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon encounters additional problems despite “repairs and upgrades” to gas compressor

– oil production down from 120,000 to 30,000 barrels per day Kaieteur News – After conducting “repairs and upgrades” to the Liza Destiny’s gas compressor system less than two months...

Family buries wrong body in COVID mix-up

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Family buries wrong body in COVID mix-up

By Shannard Mentus Kaieteur News – Menisha Ramjattan and her family are seeking answers on how the body of their relative, who was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

Repairs to Lethem’s main access bridge to cost at least $17M

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Repairs to Lethem’s main access bridge to cost at least $17M

Kaieteur News – The repairs to the Pirara Bridge, located on the Linden-Lethem trail, Region Nine, that was damaged last Saturday, is expected to cost at least $17M to repair. The Pirara Bridge...

Female passenger assaulted by bus driver after complaining about vulgar music

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Female passenger assaulted by bus driver after complaining about vulgar music

Kaieteur News – Police yesterday arrested a Zone 42 bus driver who was seen in a video assaulting a female passenger after she complained about his “loud and vulgar music,” Mark Ramotar,...

Demand for industrial zones in Guyana overwhelms Trade Ministry — Minister Walrond

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Demand for industrial zones in Guyana overwhelms Trade Ministry — Minister Walrond

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s economy is reported to have grown by 43.5 percent this past year despite the non-oil economy contracting by more than seven percent, but according to the Minister...

Security guard hospitalised after gunmen shoot him in leg

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard hospitalised after gunmen shoot him in leg

Kaieteur News – A security guard is now hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was shot to the right thigh by two unidentified men on Monday, in the vicinity...

Donald Rodney’s appeal of 1982 conviction for unlawful possession of explosives set aside in historic decision

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Donald Rodney’s appeal of 1982 conviction for unlawful possession of explosives set aside in historic decision

By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – Four decades after Donald Rodney was found guilty and sentenced for the unlawful possession of explosives, the appeal of his 18-month conviction was yesterday...

Magistrate rules matters to be tried summarily

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate rules matters to be tried summarily

Lawrence, Mingo, Smith-Joseph elections fraud cases… Kaieteur News – Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, has ruled that the Chairperson for the People’s National Congress, Volda Lawrence;...

ExxonMobil slapped with more fines in US over environmental violations

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil slapped with more fines in US over environmental violations

…will also have to spend US$10M to ‘clean up its act’ Kaieteur News – The United States Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Illinois yesterday...

Prisoner freed after bandit implicates mastermind in contractor’s murder

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner freed after bandit implicates mastermind in contractor’s murder

Kaieteur News – Kacey Heyliger, 28, who was on remand for the murder of Peter Gonsalves, a contractor, was freed sometime after March 1, 2021, following a bandit implicating another individual...

Vaccine War breakout!

Apr 14, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Vaccine War breakout!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys feel dat is a war tekkin’ place with dem companies wah mekking vaccines. Everybody want dem vaccine fuh sell so dem pulling down matee. Dem boys...

A nation’s survival depends on its people having courage and humanity

Apr 14, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A nation’s survival depends on its people having courage and humanity

Kaieteur News – This is the 21st century where humans are learning more each day that certain values are too precious to be treated flippantly thus, humans are becoming more willing to speak...

Bat-and-ball parties

Apr 14, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Bat-and-ball parties

Kaieteur News – The kid, who, upon being given out, ends the game by picking up and walking away with his bat and ball, is not at all an unusual occurrence. Any person who spent hours playing...

Power and power

Apr 14, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Power and power

Kaieteur News – It is unlikely that the slogan for Guyana Power and Light (GPL) website, “Empowering you”, would not have been selected and settled upon with as much a sense of painful...

Natural gas landing site not under Industry Minister purview

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Natural gas landing site not under Industry Minister purview

…as Govt. says no plan to subsidise electricity for manufacturing Industrial sites or zones in Guyana fall under the Ministry with responsibility for Industry and Commerce, but the Wales Estate...

$25 M “Welcome to Guyana” sign erected at CJIA

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $25 M “Welcome to Guyana” sign erected at CJIA

Kaieteur News – Yesterday First Lady, Arya Ali, unveiled a 20-foot “Welcome to Guyana” sign at the roundabout near the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and the placement of 100...

Angoy’s Avenue man sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for simple larceny

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Angoy’s Avenue man sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for simple larceny

Kaieteur News – A 26-year-old from Agony’s Avenue, New Amsterdam was yesterday sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for simple larceny. Appearing at the Albion Magistrate Court was Kishan...

Vagrant injured after struck down by car

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Vagrant injured after struck down by car

Kaieteur News – This man identified only as a vagrant was struck down by a car close 22:00 hrs. yesterday on Saffon Street, Charlestown in the vicinity of the Green Bar. According to reports,...

88 new COVID-19 Cases – MoH

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 88 new COVID-19 Cases – MoH

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday recorded 88 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of Guyana’s confirmed cases to 11,277. According to the MoH updated dashboard,...

DDL sales soared during COVID-19 pandemic

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on DDL sales soared during COVID-19 pandemic

…now aims to cash in on promised oil boom Kaieteur News – The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic devastated economies of scale across the world this past year and while Guyana’s non-oil...

Giftland donates $2.4M in goggles to CDC

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland donates $2.4M in goggles to CDC

– to help St Vincent and the Grenadines Kaieteur News – The Giftland Group of Companies has donated 24,000 goggles valued $2,400,000 to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC). In a release it...

GTT gets new, non-Guyanese CEO

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GTT gets new, non-Guyanese CEO

Kaieteur News – For more than two decades, locals have always sat at the helm of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), a subsidiary of US-based Atlantic Tele-Networks (ATN) Inc....

Govt. to establish institute to train youths for petroleum sector – Minister Bharrat

Apr 14, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to establish institute to train youths for petroleum sector – Minister Bharrat

Kaieteur News – Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat has said the Government plans to establish an oil and gas training institute to build local capacity to meet the demands of the...

Team Alanis is sponsor of Sunday’s GCF sanctioned 60-miler

Apr 14, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Alanis is sponsor of Sunday’s GCF sanctioned 60-miler

Kaieteur News – Cyclists will once again hit the road for competitive action with all covid-19 precautions in place when they match pedals on Sunday in a 60-mile race organised by Team Alanis...