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Guyanese must not be cooks and servants for Oil Industry

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

…build national capacity to demand ‘high-end’ jobs from ExxonMobil—Prof. Terrence Blackman “…that’s the way in which I would like to see us approach the local content, not to be...

Construction of $857M Good Hope Secondary plagued with “challenges”

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

15 months later… – contractor to complete project by August Kaieteur News – Fifteen months after it should have been completed, the construction of the $857M Good Hope Secondary...

Deputy Commander, ASP charged for falsifying meals payment

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – A Deputy Commander and an Assistant Superintendent of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were yesterday charged for falsifying over $1million in meals payment for riot ranks. Deputy...

Bel Air Park woman wanted by police for operating Ponzi Scheme

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – A Bel Air Park woman is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the operation of a Ponzi scheme and collecting monies. The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday issued...

Redouble mask wearing efforts – Emergency Medicine Specialist urges

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

– as fears of more infectious COVID variants surface Kaieteur News – Instead of subsiding, it would seem that COVID-19 has not only been increasing but steadily mutating, with scientists,...

COVID-19 law breakers crawl out of bushes as police tow away their vehicles

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – Seven COVID-19 law breakers, who had attended a private party in Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Sunday, were forced to crawl out of bushes in which they were hiding...

Equal pay for equal work for locals and foreigners – Labour Minister insists

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Labour is currently in the process of updating its human resources and other capacities, in order to deal with issues related to the influx of Venezuelans,...

De big sale!

Apr 13, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists 0

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De Opposition Leader nominate persons fuh de Local Government Commission, according to de news. But is de President who got to make de nomination. So we want...

The dilemma of treating the mentally ill who are also destitute

Apr 13, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

Kaieteur News – There are a great number of suspected mentally ill persons walking around the streets of the country. There are a great many others who are not mentally ill but simply destitute...

David Granger and Volda Lawrence: Comparative notes

Apr 13, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

Kaieteur News – I received several inquiries about my column of Friday, April 2, 2021 titled, “PNC will have to rig its own election to stop Volda Lawrence.” Some folks asked if I do not...

Cash is King

Apr 13, 2021 KNews Editorial 0

Kaieteur News – The government’s COVID-19 cash relief provision of $25,000 per family has meant a lot to many families that were faced with numerous hardships during the pandemic that is...

Eight commissioners sworn in to have oversight of Local Govt. Organs

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

New LGC board takes effect… Kaieteur News – Eight persons were sworn in by President Irfaan Ali yesterday to function on the Local Government Commission (LGC); the body charged with oversight...

Ramadan fast to begin tomorrow

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – The Central Islamic Organisation (CIOG) has advised that the Crescent for Ramadan has not been sighted and therefore the fasting will begin tomorrow, Wednesday April 14, 2021....

Man remanded for touching policewoman’s breast

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – A man was last Friday remanded to prison for allegedly touching a policewoman’s breast. The defendant, Jason Yanis, of Lot 31 Bent Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, had...

Mason’s wrist severed during row at Annandale

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – A 26-year-old mason of Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, was on Saturday hospitalised with a severed left wrist after an argument he had with another man turned violent. According...

US Military Reps to visit for Tradewinds planning conference

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – Military representatives from the United States and 23 partner nations are participating this week in the Final Planning Conference for the Tradewinds exercise, a US Southern...

Hindu Community urged to adhere to COVID guidelines as Chaitra Navratri is observed

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – As the Hindu Community commenced the observance of Chaitra Navratri yesterday, the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, in a statement, not only extended greetings but warned of the...

Vitality Inc sponsors cricket tournament and educational Scholarship for BCB

Apr 13, 2021 KNews Sports 0

Kaieteur News – The rapid development taking place in the Ancient County of Berbice continues at a very fast rate with Vitality Inc through the Vitality Foundation coming on board to sponsor a...

Ministry records two more COVID-19 deaths

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday reported that a 64-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and a 60-year-old woman from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West...

Vitality Inc on board as RHTYSC, MS Under23 team sponsor for 2021

Apr 13, 2021 KNews Sports 0

– Co sponsor club 31st annual magazine Kaieteur News – One of the main reason why the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club is widely considered Guyana leading youth and sports...

Excluding Diaspora from long term oil plans is a mistake — Foreign Secretary

Apr 13, 2021 KNews News 0

Kaietuer News – Guyana’s Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Robert Persaud, believes that the Diaspora cannot be excluded from any development plans for the country, with...

Mr. Linden Classic set for May 29th

Apr 13, 2021 KNews Sports 0

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GBBF) has collaborated with Fitness Express to present the hardworking athletes, the bodybuilding and fitness fraternity and the...

Juman-Yassin to run for GOA presidency again, but Term limit motion could restrict him

Apr 13, 2021 KNews Sports 0

By Calvin Chapman Kaieteur News – The current head of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), K.A. Juman-Yassin, a former Chief Magistrate, has served at the helm of the GOA for over two decades,...

Rockaway Group of Companies supports East Coast Police cricket team

Apr 13, 2021 KNews Sports 0

Kaieteur News – Rockaway Group of Companies has thrown its support behind the East Coast Police cricket team. Recently, the Chief Executive Office of the entity Hafeez Ali presented a quantity...

Bakewell renews RHTYSC Cricket Sponsorship for 22nd successive year…

Apr 13, 2021 KNews Sports 0

Kaieteur News – “It is a common knowledge that sponsorship for sports in Guyana is mostly a one off thing. The RHTYSC is therefore very grateful that over the last two decades, Bakewell...

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David Granger and Volda Lawrence: Comparative notes

Kaieteur News – I received several inquiries about my column of Friday, April 2, 2021 titled, “PNC will have to rig... more

The dilemma of treating the mentally ill who are also destitute

Kaieteur News – There are a great number of suspected mentally ill persons walking around the streets of the country.... more

Proposed global minimum tax rate would be crippling

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – Officials of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)... more

Men robbed of millions in restaurant, counsels in election petition, and a mother’s choice

By GHK Lall Kaieteur News – I continue to probe to make some sense of some of the things that made the news last week,... more

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