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Scotiabank Guyana CRCU donates US$1,500 to Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Scotiabank Guyana CRCU donates US$1,500 to Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre

Scotiabank Guyana’s Central Retail Collection Unit (CRCU) recently donated US$1500 ($300,000) to the Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre (RCAC) under the bank’s vibrant Community Programme,...

Car dealers voice concerns over reduced taxes, importation restrictions

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Car dealers voice concerns over reduced taxes, importation restrictions

On Friday last, Finance Minister Winston Jordan, during the National Budget Presentation, proposed the removal of excise tax on vehicles under four years old and less than 1500cc, and the proposed...

Reward offered for info on Eccles Industrial Site break-in

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Reward offered for info on Eccles Industrial Site break-in

Fed up with the constant and brazen acts of thieves, businessman Khemraj Brijlal is offering a reward for information that could lead to the recovery of some pricey equipment that was stolen from his...

Natural Resources Ministry lending support to Zika fight

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources Ministry lending support to Zika fight

An outbreak of the Zika Virus in the northern and eastern parts of Brazil has prompted the Ministry of Natural Resources to throw its support behind the Ministry of Public Health. The two ministries...

Gov’t paying keen attention to early childhood development

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t paying keen attention to early childhood development

Strategic measures have been implemented to advance early childhood development and Government is fully on board. In fact, Cabinet was recently privy to extensive measures that have been implemented...

Cops grill gold miner’s son, others over 150 ounces ‘heist’

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops grill gold miner’s son, others over 150 ounces ‘heist’

Police were last night questioning a miner’s son and others over claims that gunmen in a car robbed them of 150 ounces of raw gold at around 15.30hrs yesterday. Sources identified one of the...

Industrial action affects several sugar factories

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Industrial action affects several sugar factories

…as colleagues show solidarity with Wales Estate workers Yesterday, “vital” factory maintenance work in the sugar factories across the country and other field works were severely affected as...

No bail for seaman accused of trafficking ganja in box

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on No bail for seaman accused of trafficking ganja in box

A seaman accused of owning a box containing marijuana was yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan was 31 year-old Ron Morris, a...

Three months jail for battery thief

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three months jail for battery thief

Magistrate Leron Daly sitting in the Providence Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday sentenced a Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara resident to three months imprisonment for stealing a battery from a...

Fourth man charged with Bank of Baroda robbery

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Fourth man charged with Bank of Baroda robbery

A fourth man was yesterday charged for allegedly staging a daylight robbery at the Bank of Baroda branch at Montrose, East Coast Demerara, two weeks ago. Shawn Harris a/k “Bruk Up”, 27, of Pike...

It is wise for Gov’t to get back into rice-milling

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is wise for Gov’t to get back into rice-milling

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a news article in today’s edition – February 4, 2016 of your newspaper titled, “Govt. considers re-entering rice milling – AgriMinister” If...

I say a little prayer for you

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I say a little prayer for you

Dear Editor, I gave The Lord thanks for Kaieteur News’ spiritual insight, maturity, humility, and boldness, to call on the people of Guyana to pray for the choking bonds of wickedness to be...

Britny Mack performed excellently for her country

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Britny Mack performed excellently for her country

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to respond to a letter recently published in the letters section of your newspaper on Britny Mack”. Likewise I and the PRO Mr. Denroy Livan are in receipt of registered...

Politics and political unionism destroyed the sugar industry

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Politics and political unionism destroyed the sugar industry

Dear Editor, Too few local observers quite appreciate that the sugar industry, reliant as it is on overseas markets for its revenue, is more an international than a local business – which is...

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Regional titles decided as ExxonMobil U18 Championships continue...

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(Kaieteur News) – The ExxonMobil Under-18 Football Championships will continue on October 30 and 31, with fixtures scheduled across six districts as teams battle for regional honours and places in...

The King comes to a colony that never quite became free

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The King’s official visit to Guyana is an occasion for ceremony, the polishing of old silver and the remembering of a history that we might otherwise prefer to leave undisturbed. There will be speeches about friendship, partnership and the enduring bonds between our two...

Are We All Ukrainians?

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Jagdeo’s PPP: PNC sensation, WIN, raw realities Pt I

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – PPP General Secretary, Cde Bharrat Jagdeo, showed again that he is one step ahead of the crowd. A PPP-PNC Xmas card. A neat package of joy. Has the potential to give hope, generate inspiration. Maybe even heal some long-festering national wounds. On the surface, what...

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Scotiabank Guyana CRCU donates US$1,500 to Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre

Car dealers voice concerns over reduced taxes, importation restrictions

Reward offered for info on Eccles Industrial Site break-in

Natural Resources Ministry lending support to Zika fight

Gov’t paying keen attention to early childhood development

Cops grill gold miner’s son, others over 150 ounces ‘heist’

Industrial action affects several sugar factories

No bail for seaman accused of trafficking ganja in box

Three months jail for battery thief

Fourth man charged with Bank of Baroda robbery

It is wise for Gov’t to get back into rice-milling

I say a little prayer for you

Britny Mack performed excellently for her country

Politics and political unionism destroyed the sugar industry

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