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Atrocious Local Content Policy…Guyana sleeping at the wheel – Charles Ramson Jr.

Sep 16, 2019 KNews News 0

Local Content refers to the maximum or preferential use of a country’s goods, services and labour. It is one of the critical ways in which countries can retain billions of dollars from the oil...

Govt. seeks Independent Administrator to prepare Guyana’s second EITI Report

Sep 16, 2019 KNews News 0

The coalition administration is seeking the services of an Independent Administrator to prepare Guyana’s second report, to be submitted to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...

LOVE AT FIRST TOUCH…Blind couple lives contented lives despite visual impairment

Sep 16, 2019 KNews News 0

By Alex Wayne Pull Quote: “Our lives are very fulfilling…Its not dark and gloomy as some people seem to think. We live just like normal couples and enjoy just as much as the same...

Berbice Bridge Co. denies it refused to maintain pontoons

Sep 16, 2019 KNews News 0

Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) has refuted claims that it refused financial support to maintain the structure’s pontoons, which have not been repaired in 11 years. In an...

Three teachers quit Sophia Training Centre over threats, verbal abuse by students

Sep 16, 2019 KNews News 0

At least three teachers at the Sophia Training Centre have refused to return for the new semester after being subjected to unruly behaviour and even threats. Kaieteur News confirmed that the...

Ramjattan protested at AFC New York Town Hall

Sep 16, 2019 KNews News 0

– tells AFC supporters that Guyana ready for First Oil Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, yesterday attended a New York AFC Chapter meeting,...

From Burnham to AFC: The failure of a country

Sep 16, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

If someone was to say to me to look them in the eyes wearing only my academic hat, and with deep honesty say yes or no to Burnham being a great leader, I would not hesitate even for a fraction of a...

GUYANESE HORROR FICTION…SANDRA DREAMS OF FLYING (also published as The Ring)

Sep 16, 2019 KNews News 0

Part Four: Haitian Magic “She remembers the last time …her teeth sinking into that soft, little throat… Isabella reads her thoughts. She laughs and whispers: Sweeter than a first kiss, A...

GRA will level playing field for local suppliers in oil sector – Statia

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

By Kiana Wilburg Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia, says he is a proponent for local companies being given a fair opportunity to compete alongside...

Guyana could lose US$8 to 16 billion in interest rates from Exxon – Canadian engineer

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), for the Stabroek Block has fielded major criticisms for a...

UK firm wins contract to audit Exxon’s US$960M pre-contract costs

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

By Kiana Wilburg IHS Markit Limited, a London-based firm, has been recruited by the Energy Department to audit billions of dollars ExxonMobil and its partners said, they invested in the Stabroek...

GPL’s licence restricts power purchasing from private businesses, individuals

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

– Minister seeks amendments While a number of local businesses and individuals are eager to acquire purchasing power in the Guyana Power Light, (GPL) Inc, achieving the objective may not be as...

Deficiencies in court system hindering pace of justice – Attorney-at-law

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

For Guyana‘s justice system to be more efficient and effective in its cause, a number of administrative deficiencies must be addressed, Attorney-at-law, Sanjeev Datadin has said. The...

Surveillance cameras in the city…AFC seeks to quell invasion of privacy concerns

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

The Alliance For Change (AFC) believes that criminals, rather than the law-abiding public, should be apprehensive about the presence of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras around...

Alleged wife-killer, ex-cop in Kitty bar slaying still on the run

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

Alleged wife-killer Clive Wilson, and ex-cop Kurt Anthony Duncan accused of gunning down a Kitty night spot patron remain at large, almost two weeks and a month after their victims were slain....

Supremacy of the Constitution has been subverted – Ramkarran

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

Former Speaker of the House and Leader of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Ralph Ramkarran contends that the Constitution has been undermined by the occurrences of the past year, following the...

Ministerial outreaches were a part of 2019 budget – Harmon refutes Jagdeo’s claims

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon has refuted accusations by Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo that the Coalition Government has been spending taxpayer’s...

Justice Claudette Singh’s attitudinal metamorphosis

Sep 09, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

There have been several editorials, columns and letters in the newspapers the past five weeks that have not been endearing to Justice Claudette Singh, the GECOM chairperson. The fundamental reason...

Welcome to the enchanted Cinderella county!

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

Pomeroon-Supenaam, also known as the Cinderella county, borders the Atlantic Ocean on the north, the East with Essequibo Island-West Demerara, the South with Cuyuni-Mazaruni and on the west...

Guyanese Horror Fiction…SANDRA DREAMS OF FLYING (also published as the Ring)

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

“We floated above a bed. A woman and her baby were sleeping there. Isabella bent to the mother, who moaned something, and kept on sleeping. But the baby woke up….and —and—and...

$30M primary school for Kamarang

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

Almost 170 students are settling into their brand new school building at the recently commissioned Kamarang Primary School. Kamarang, located in the Upper Mazaruni District in Region 7...

Farming transforming lives of Baracara women

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News 0

Utele Amsterdam has been farming all her life and is not ready to slow down just yet. The 49-year-old Baracara resident is one of the many women farmers in the Region 6 community who earn a...

Draft Policy…Minister’s approval not necessary for foreign companies’ local content plans

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News 0

The third and current draft of the Department of Energy’s local content policy leaves much to be desired. So far, Kaieteur News has uncovered a series of issues in the policy which essentially...

Increased need for dialysis prompts Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital to subsidize cost

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News 0

-working patients will soon be accommodated on Sundays Subsidized dialysis is now being offered at the Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital (DBSH). The privately operated East Street hospital in making the...

Cabinet approves $205M in solar systems contracts

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News 0

In keeping with the government’s Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) Vision 2040, the Cabinet has moved forward with its approval of several contracts for solar systems. Approval was...

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Gerry Gouveia, Desmond Trotman and my country

I am no friend of Gerry Gouveia. I don’t know Gouveia. I think I saw him once in my life at the Guyoil Gas Station in Kitty,... more

The Public Service Commission should recall all delegated powers

The government is stacking the public service with its cronies. Some public officials are capitalising on this process in... more