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President Ali waiting on future oil revenues to pay public servants better

Mar 09, 2024 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on President Ali waiting on future oil revenues to pay public servants better

Kaieteur News – Public servants can look forward to better salaries come 2027, President Irfaan Ali announced on Thursday while addressing officers at the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Annual...

Govt. now updates oil and gas data

Mar 09, 2024 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Govt. now updates oil and gas data

Kaieteur News – The government of Guyana has now updated its Petroleum Management Programme’s Data Center, following a four-month delay in some instances. On Sunday, Kaieteur News reported...

Aid airdrop kills five people in Gaza after parachute fails

Mar 09, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Aid airdrop kills five people in Gaza after parachute fails

As famine stalks enclave, aid workarounds criticised as a distraction from Israel’s blocking of aid through land routes. Al Jazeera – Five people were killed and several injured after a...

‘GTU’s multi-year proposal must start from 2024’- Chief Education Officer says

Mar 09, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ‘GTU’s multi-year proposal must start from 2024’- Chief Education Officer says

…as discussions between sides to continue next week Kaieteur News – Chief Education Officer (CEO) Saddam Hussain is maintaining that the Ministry of Education’s position on the Guyana...

BREAKING NEWS – Mother and son murdered at Saxacalli

Mar 09, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS – Mother and son murdered at Saxacalli

Kaieteur News – A mother and her son were on Friday reportedly murdered at Saxacalli, an area located on the West Bank of the Essequibo River and some 25 miles away from Parika. Dead are...

Four prison officers, two others freed of conspiracy to help “Smallie” escape

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Four prison officers, two others freed of conspiracy to help “Smallie” escape

Kaieteur News – The six persons who were charged with conspiracy to assist death row inmate Mark Royden Williams called ‘Smallie’ to escape from the Mazaruni Prison in May 2023 were on...

Man left to clean girlfriend’s $1M jewellery never returns, lands in Court

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man left to clean girlfriend’s $1M jewellery never returns, lands in Court

Kaieteur News – A man who was accused of defrauding his girlfriend of her jewellery was on Friday remanded to prison by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly. The accused, Terry Abrahams made his first...

Govt. to spend $13M to do soil test for school

Mar 09, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to spend $13M to do soil test for school

Kaieteur News – The government through the Ministry of Education will be spending $13 million to conduct geotechnical investigation and topographical survey on the site for the New...

GRA to train more oil auditors – Statia

Mar 09, 2024 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on GRA to train more oil auditors – Statia

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be training more auditors for its Petroleum Unit, established to conduct audits of oil companies operating locally. Commissioner General,...

Man granted $10,000 bail for allegedly assaulting woman

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man granted $10,000 bail for allegedly assaulting woman

Kaieteur News – A man who is accused of unlawfully and maliciously assaulting a woman was granted $10, 000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday. The accused,...

Police destroy $159M worth of cannabis at Ebini Backdam

Mar 09, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Police destroy $159M worth of cannabis at Ebini Backdam

Kaieteur News – Police on Thursday destroyed $159M worth of cannabis on four farms measuring 5.5 acres at Ebini Backdam, Berbice River. In a press release, the police said that the cannabis was...

Cybercrime, recruiting and retaining police officers among challenges facing Police Force – Top Cop

Mar 09, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Cybercrime, recruiting and retaining police officers among challenges facing Police Force – Top Cop

Kaieteur News – Commissioner of Police (ag) Clifton Hicken on Thursday said that cybercrime, the recruitment and retention of officers are among the challenges facing the Guyana Police Force...

Caribbean Governors endorse IDB ‘One Caribbean’ program

Mar 09, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Governors endorse IDB ‘One Caribbean’ program

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) has endorsed the “One Caribbean” program. The program is a comprehensive framework designed...

Words are getting in de way!

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Words are getting in de way!

Kaieteur News – When yuh dealing with de Pee Pee Pee yuh does gat to weigh yuh words like gold and carve out yuh phrases with an anvil. Precision and clarity are de name of de game. Yuh gat to...

GBTI GCC Ladies shine at Big Apple Indoor Hockey Tournament

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI GCC Ladies shine at Big Apple Indoor Hockey Tournament

Kaieteur Sports – The GBTI GCC ladies visited the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania over the last weekend to participate in the prestigious Big Apple Indoor Tournament 2024. This was their third...

Knight, Gordon help Barbados survive scare from dangerous Guyana

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Knight, Gordon help Barbados survive scare from dangerous Guyana

CWI CG United Women’s Super50 Cup Round 3… – Defending Champs beat Guyanese by 4 wickets Kaieteur Sports – Opener Kycia Knight stroked an unbeaten half-century, while Allison...

Lack of football venues, a crisis in Guyana – Forde

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lack of football venues, a crisis in Guyana – Forde

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, asserts that the limited access to football pitches in Guyana has reached a crisis level,...

6th Annual South American Undiscovered Martial Arts Championship officially launched

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on 6th Annual South American Undiscovered Martial Arts Championship officially launched

– With over 150 Martial Artists expected to participate on March 31 Kaieteur Sports – The 6th Edition of the Guyana South American Undiscovered Martial Arts Championship is slated for...

Guyana TEAM ONE maintains second position after 6 rounds

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana TEAM ONE maintains second position after 6 rounds

Kaieteur Sports – Team One of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) maintains their second position after six rounds of play in the CARICOM Classic Chess Team Tournament being held at the Ramada...

GFF/KFC Elite resumes tonight with double header

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/KFC Elite resumes tonight with double header

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League resumes tonight at the National Training Centre, featuring a double-header. Slingerz FC aims to maintain their undefeated...

Nexgen Golf Celebrates Women’s Day with Free Golf Offer Mar 8-10th

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nexgen Golf Celebrates Women’s Day with Free Golf Offer Mar 8-10th

Kaieteur Sports – Nexgen Golf salutes the accomplishments of all women as Women’s Day is celebrated worldwide but wanted to especially celebrate women in sport in Guyana with a three day...

Rule of law and incitement to hostility – think of one kind only

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Rule of law and incitement to hostility – think of one kind only

H@rd Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – On occasion, I read some of the contributions in the letter columns. I would hurry past the known characters, aka the unreconstructed partisans; they...

America’s hypocrisy, America’s impotency

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on America’s hypocrisy, America’s impotency

Kaieteur News – America’s hypocrisies on the terrible devastations of the Palestinians are glaring and endless. America’s impotency relative to what is battering the Gazans is shocking in...

Irfaan Ali must ‘manners’ Jagdeo

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Irfaan Ali must ‘manners’ Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – Even before the elections of 2020, Bharrat Jagdeo could not restrain himself. He announced publicly that he was going to be part of any incoming PPP/C government. He took it...

It seems our very electoral machine is complicit in the facilitation of electoral mal-practices

Mar 09, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on It seems our very electoral machine is complicit in the facilitation of electoral mal-practices

Dear Editor, With effect from March 1, 2024 GECOM has produced an Official List of Electors. The list is made up of 706,439 voters. As some of us have projected, with concern, the voters list will...