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Guyanese contemplating running from oil-rich country over high cost-of-living – UK media reports

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyanese contemplating running from oil-rich country over high cost-of-living – UK media reports

Kaieteur News – The Guardian, a UK based media house recently reported that citizens of oil-rich Guyana are contemplating to leave the country as the cost of food soars, making it difficult to...

Jagdeo changes tune on interest rates charged on ExxonMobil’s investments

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Jagdeo changes tune on interest rates charged on ExxonMobil’s investments

Jagdeo before: “Regardless of whether you make the financing in the form of a loan or equity, you have to get a rate (of) return. There is a cost of capital and that is how it is.” Jagdeo now:...

Israeli strike kills nearly 100 in Gaza school refuge, civil defence officials say

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israeli strike kills nearly 100 in Gaza school refuge, civil defence officials say

CAIRO, Aug 10 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound housing displaced Palestinian families killed around 100 people, the Gaza Civil Emergency Service said on...

Firearm, stolen items recovered after McDoom robbery

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Firearm, stolen items recovered after McDoom robbery

Kaieteur News – Following an armed robbery at the ‘Thousand Dollar Store’ in McDoom, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Friday, detectives have recovered a .32 pistol along with several...

GTU leadership divided on Govt.’s proposed 10% pay hike for teachers in 2024

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on GTU leadership divided on Govt.’s proposed 10% pay hike for teachers in 2024

Kaieteur News – The leadership of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) appears to be divided on its position on the Government of Guyana’s new proposal of 10% salary increase...

Norton gets policy ideas from ‘Bam Bam Alley’ and Plaisance Line-Top

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Norton gets policy ideas from ‘Bam Bam Alley’ and Plaisance Line-Top

Kaieteur News – Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton during a recent interview with Globe Span said that he meets people and gets information by hanging out at ‘Bam Bam Alley’ (a hang...

Govt. yet to recoup over $1B for damages caused by vessel that crashed into Harbour Bridge

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. yet to recoup over $1B for damages caused by vessel that crashed into Harbour Bridge

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana is yet to recoup in excess of $1B from a Panamanian company whose vessel, MV Tradewind Passion crashed into the Demerara Harbour Bridge on October 8,...

$275M contract awarded to build secondary school in Phillipai

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on $275M contract awarded to build secondary school in Phillipai

Kaieteur News – The students of Phillipai Village in the Upper Mazaruni of Region Seven will soon benefit from their own secondary school that will be built by Prored Resources at a cost of...

Prison escapee recaptured in Region 8

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Prison escapee recaptured in Region 8

Kaieteur News – Thirty-year-old prison escapee, Jose Awad, of Lima Sands, Essequibo, was recaptured on Friday by police in Region 8. The Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a statement issued on its...

Cliff Anderson Sports Hall rehabilitation project nearing completion

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS News, Sports Comments Off on Cliff Anderson Sports Hall rehabilitation project nearing completion

Kaieteur News – With just two more set of works to be finished, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson on Friday said that the rehabilitation of the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall is...

Punctuality is de hardest word to define

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Punctuality is de hardest word to define

Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh punctuality is like a unicorn. Everybody talk ‘bout it, but nobody ever see it. In de dictionary, punctuality gat simple meaning but in reality, it hard to...

International Children’s Outreach Hosts Annual Summer Camp

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on International Children’s Outreach Hosts Annual Summer Camp

– Enriching lives through STEM and community building Waterfalls Magazine – This summer, International Children’s Outreach (ICO) held its highly anticipated annual summer camp,...

450 players receive cricket gear courtesy of President

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 450 players receive cricket gear courtesy of President

…“Cricket is not just turning up and holding a bat when you’re talented, you have to give more of yourself”- President Ali Kaieteur Sports – It was a monumental day for cricket in...

And they’re off: 16th running of Guyana Cup set for today

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on And they’re off: 16th running of Guyana Cup set for today

Kaieteur Sports – The entire country is buzzing for the 16th running of the Guyana Cup which takes centre stage today, (Sunday August 11) at Rising Sun Turf Club. This Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred...

Guyana stuns at Miss Caribbean Culture Queen pageant

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on Guyana stuns at Miss Caribbean Culture Queen pageant

– Captures crown 2nd time in a row Waterfalls Magazine – Guyana’s Shequana Holder was crowned Miss Caribbean Culture Queen 2024, just as her 21st birthday began on Tuesday, marking a...

Crowd support is vital to Guyana’s victory

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Crowd support is vital to Guyana’s victory

Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys/Girls… Kaieteur Sports – Boxing pundits of yesteryear can fondly reminisce of those nostalgic moments as spectators of amateur boxing cards in the...

How one woman’s battle with cervical cancer inspired her natural products business

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on How one woman’s battle with cervical cancer inspired her natural products business

By Christal Yong Waterfalls Magazine – In the world where most products are made with chemicals, one has to be wary of the harmful effects of the variety of mascaras, lip balms, conditioners,...

‘Coach Michelle’ Cumberbatch returns with 2nd edition of ‘Manifesting the Relationship You Want’ Conference

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on ‘Coach Michelle’ Cumberbatch returns with 2nd edition of ‘Manifesting the Relationship You Want’ Conference

By Darren Hinds Waterfalls Magazine – Many people are just a conference away from embarking on a new, more fulfilling, more purposeful journey in life. While this may be hyperbole to some...

Kares T10: ENet to broadcast Super 8 matches at Enmore

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Kares T10: ENet to broadcast Super 8 matches at Enmore

Kaieteur Sports – ENet, Guyana’s only locally-owned and leading telecommunications company will broadcast the quarter-final matches of the second Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast set for...

REVISITING THE TOPIC OF MANGROVES

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on REVISITING THE TOPIC OF MANGROVES

CONSUMER CONCERNS PAT DIAL Waterfalls Magazine – This column will again touch on the subject of Mangroves because of its abiding importance historically, socially and economically. When the...

ELEVATING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WITH THE USE OF STANDARDS

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, GNBS, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on ELEVATING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WITH THE USE OF STANDARDS

GNBS IN FOCUS Waterfalls Magazine – The expansion of the housing sector, coupled with investments in oil and gas, real estate, and agriculture, has propelled Guyana’s economy, triggering a...

Kares Engineering – Manufacturing ‘Made In Guyana’ Approved Piles and Slabs

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on Kares Engineering – Manufacturing ‘Made In Guyana’ Approved Piles and Slabs

Waterfalls Magazine – Guyana’s ongoing construction boom forces manufacturers of building materials to increase production to meet the country’s infrastructure needs. As a result, certain...

Ann’s Grove teacher launches 1st Summer Reading Programme

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on Ann’s Grove teacher launches 1st Summer Reading Programme

Waterfalls Magazine – In an initiative that is set to leave a lasting impact on the community of Ann’s Grove East Coast Demerara (ECD), a beloved teacher Roylyn Shundell Jerrick-Benjamin,...

Talking Dollars & Making Sense: Market Analysis and Marketing & Sales Strategy in Guyana

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on Talking Dollars & Making Sense: Market Analysis and Marketing & Sales Strategy in Guyana

Waterfalls Magazine – Welcome back to Talking Dollars & Making Sense. Today, we’re diving into market analysis and crafting a robust marketing and sales strategy specifically within the...

Corruption – Guyana a world beater, or deader than dead

Aug 11, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Corruption – Guyana a world beater, or deader than dead

Hard Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – Budget billions have been national showstoppers since 2021, with new records annually. Even in the best of societies-advanced, watched, measured,...

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Ministry of Education, GTU at loggerheads over reshaping ‘Nationals’

Norway should be shown the door

Kaieteur News – Guyana should do no business ever with Norway. The mere possibility of re-entering a deal with Norway... more