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VP Jagdeo commits to releasing fiscal terms for all mining contracts

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on VP Jagdeo commits to releasing fiscal terms for all mining contracts

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – Almost ten months after the Extractive Industries Transparency (EITI) flagged Guyana a third time for not releasing large-scale mining contracts in the...

World Bank flags ethnic, political polarization as major bugbear to Guyana’s development

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank flags ethnic, political polarization as major bugbear to Guyana’s development

…says country’s reliance on oil money poses significant risks Kaieteur News – While Guyana has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies with the development of its oil...

G7 puts focus on push to phaseout fossil fuel

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on G7 puts focus on push to phaseout fossil fuel

STRASBOURG/SAPPORO, April 18 (Reuters) – A commitment from the Group of Seven wealthy countries to phase out fossil fuels faster has been welcomed as a potential step towards a global deal for...

CARICOM drafting plan to tackle crime

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM drafting plan to tackle crime

– urged to implement more support for male youths Kaieteur News – CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett says an action plan which is to be implemented across the region will be...

Taxi driver dies after car turns turtle on Linden Highway

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver dies after car turns turtle on Linden Highway

Kaieteur News – A 48-year-old taxi driver was killed on Monday and a passenger injured after his car turned turtle along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. Police identified him as Alvin Dubar of Lot...

PSC urges business sector to explore new funding sources

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on PSC urges business sector to explore new funding sources

…says access to financing remains major challenge Kaieteur News – The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has urged its members to explore new funding sources, even as it laments the lack of...

Farmer dies after crashing bike into bridge

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer dies after crashing bike into bridge

Kaieteur News – A farmer of Karasabi Village, Region Nine, died on Monday after crashing his motorcycle into the Shiwan Bridge rail in the South Pakaraima District Sunday night. The dead man...

Children traumatized after gunmen invade North Ruimveldt ‘Strip Mall’

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Children traumatized after gunmen invade North Ruimveldt ‘Strip Mall’

Kaieteur News – Two children said to be toddlers were reportedly left traumatized after five gunmen on Sunday evening invaded the ‘Strip Mall’ located at Last Entrance North Ruimveldt,...

Pastor walks free on charge of allegedly raping church sister

Apr 19, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pastor walks free on charge of allegedly raping church sister

…as magistrate upholds no-case submission Kaieteur News – Collin Samuels also known as “Pastor Sammy” of the People’s Restoration Ministries located on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two,...

Guyana to tap new Canadian-funded grant mechanism

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to tap new Canadian-funded grant mechanism

…launch of project billed for Thursday in Jamaica Kaieteur News – The government of Canada will on Thursday launch a new local development initiatives grant mechanism “Local Engagement...

CARICOM Competition Commission and Commonwealth launch a new course for Consumer Protection Authorities in the Caribbean

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM Competition Commission and Commonwealth launch a new course for Consumer Protection Authorities in the Caribbean

Kaieteur News – The CARICOM Competition Commission (CCC) on Tuesday launched its online consumer protection course for consumer protection officials in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy...

US$105M Eccles well project to benefit 40,000 residents

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on US$105M Eccles well project to benefit 40,000 residents

Kaieteur News – The US$105M installation of a new well at Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) will significantly improve the level of service and supply of potable water to approximately 40,000...

National Toshaos Council, Iwokrama collaborate on mentorship to Indigenous villages

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on National Toshaos Council, Iwokrama collaborate on mentorship to Indigenous villages

Kaieteur News – The National Toshaos Council (NTC) and the Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) on Monday announced their collaboration in...

President Ali for several overseas trips

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali for several overseas trips

…aimed at boosting economic growth, relations with private sector bodies Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday disclosed that there are several impending regional and international...

GAICO boss elected Chairman of PSC

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GAICO boss elected Chairman of PSC

Kaieteur News – Chief Executive Officer of GAICO Komal Singh was on Tuesday elected as Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) during the business section of the Commission’s 31st...

Govt. cash hand out to Afro-Guyanese organisations has nothing to do with court case over withheld subsidy- IDPADA-G

Apr 19, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Govt. cash hand out to Afro-Guyanese organisations has nothing to do with court case over withheld subsidy- IDPADA-G

Kaieteur News – The decision taken by the Government of Guyana to distribute monies to some 55 Afro-Guyanese organisations has no bearings on the court case in which the International Decade...

Essequibo pump attendant gets life imprisonment for killing man

Apr 19, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Essequibo pump attendant gets life imprisonment for killing man

Kaieteur News – Essequibo pump attendant, Nankishore Persaud was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment for the unlawful killing of 35-year-old Arvin Toolsie Mayhilall, of Johanna Cecilia...

Fire destroys pensioner’s Herstelling home

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys pensioner’s Herstelling home

Kaieteur News – Fire believed to be set maliciously on Monday destroyed the Lot 399, Third Street, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home belonging to 64-year-old Maharanie Mohan. The...

Duo wanted for robbery under arms at Annandale

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Duo wanted for robbery under arms at Annandale

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday issued two separate wanted bulletins for 47-year-old Akeem Marques and 23-year-old Chris Sampson, known as Chris both of Bare Root, East...

$100M refurbished Psychiatry Department commissioned at GPHC

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on $100M refurbished Psychiatry Department commissioned at GPHC

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health on Tuesday commissioned a $100M refurbished Psychiatry Department. The...

Local NGO in search of Youth Environmental Speaker

Apr 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Local NGO in search of Youth Environmental Speaker

…over $2M in cash and prizes up for grabs Kaieteur News – Encouraging preservation and fostering conservation through awareness and free speech has and will always be the backbone towards...

Finalists to be decided this evening

Apr 19, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Finalists to be decided this evening

2023 Milo U18 Schools Football Championship… Kaieteur News – Today, the penultimate meeting date of the high-stakes Nestlé-sponsored 2023 Milo Under-18 Schools Football Championship will be...

H@rd Truths By GHK Lall – The President does fair, he must aim higher

Apr 19, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on H@rd Truths By GHK Lall – The President does fair, he must aim higher

Kaieteur News – Today what I say is sure to surprise more than a few of my fellows. I come not with sword or spear, but with ploughshare and honest labour. When we clash and slash at each...

Hercules says Team Headley looking to make statement, as action bowls off today

Apr 19, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hercules says Team Headley looking to make statement, as action bowls off today

CWI Headley/Weekes Tri-Series… Kaieteur News – Ryan Hercules, Head Coach of Team Headley says his boys are eager to showcase their talents as a squad, as they open the tournament today versus...

Why people wearing hoods in Guyana?

Apr 19, 2023 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Why people wearing hoods in Guyana?

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys see some disturbing videos of persons committing robberies on innocent persons. One incident tek place in a supermarket and de odder at an open air...