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Jan 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $200,000 bail for taxi driver allegedly caught with 30lbs of ganja
A 23-year-old taxi driver of Burn Bush Dam, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice was yesterday released on $200,000 bail at the Blairmont Magistrate Court. Sohil Nabbi appeared before Magistrate Alex...Jan 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GLDA acquired equipment to detect, prevent disease in animals
Early detection and prevention of diseases in animals is an important component of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), which recently acquired a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)...Jan 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Education delivery takes big chunk from Region Six budget
Region Six is expected to see some major investments and developments this year, with a budget exceeding 2017’s by $362 Million. Regional officials, during a press briefing, recently,...Jan 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPF “eagerly awaiting” reconstitution of Police Service Commission
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) said it is eagerly awaiting the reconstitution of the Police Service Commission (PSC) to fill the posts of senior ranks. This was disclosed by Acting Police...Jan 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Broomes receives Global Peace Award
Yesterday, the founder and President of iChange Nations (ICN), Ambassador Clyde Rivers, honoured Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, with the organisation’s highest...Jan 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan among three busted with cannabis on E’bo Coast
A Venezuelan is now one of three persons in police custody, following a drug bust last Saturday at the Golden Fleece backstreet, Essequibo Coast. Information filtered to this publication indicates...Jan 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Health Advocates recruited to boost fight against NCDs
As part of a multi-faceted quest to commence an aggressive sensitisation campaign to help tackle the challenges associated with Non Communicable Diseases [NCDs], the Ministry of Public Health...Jan 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Major development slated for Sophia – CH&PA
This year is expected to see major infrastructural development in Sophia. This is according to the Chief Executive Officer of Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Lelon Saul at a...Jan 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Over $127M collected during City Council’s amnesty period
The amnesty period, November 15 – December 2017, was announced by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) for defaulters to pay up their rates and taxes which were in arrears. This period saw the...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Businessman charged for defrauding customer of vehicle
An auto-sale dealer was yesterday charged for defrauding a customer of a vehicle valued at $5M which was entrusted to him. Amal Maraj, 30, of Lot 86 Good Hope Phase 2, East Coast Demerara, appeared...Jan 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab soldier with marijuana
The intensified police presence across Berbice continues to cause havoc for criminal and those intent on doing illegal activities. The newly established police check point at the entrance of the...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Elite League leaders Den Amstel to boost squad in January transfer period -Coach O’Neal Yearwood confident of success
After two completed rounds of play in Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League, newcomers Den Amstel are top of the table with two wins, slightly ahead of Victoria Kings and Fruta Conquerors...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL Makes Strong Economic impact in Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana -The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has announced the tournament’s economic impact for Guyana. The 2017 event, which took place between 4 August and 9 September last year,...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT/Pulse Launch Mash Fitness Camp Promises to take the road by storm with spectacular Amazon Gem Costumes
GTT/Pulse yesterday launched its Mashramani Fitness Camp at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Eve Leary as part of the company’s aim to have persons get fit, toned and ready to take the road by...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Australia romp to victory and 4-0 Ashes triumph
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia romped to an innings and 123-run victory over England after dismissing the tourists for 180 on the final day of the fifth test yesterday to complete a 4-0...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Despite title win Jaguars team Manager says they want to finish unbeaten
By Sean Devers In the history of Regional sponsored First-Class cricket which began in 1966 with the Shell Shield, only Jamaica has won the title on more consecutive occasions than the Guyana...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Official points standings after eighth round of CWI PCL
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Following are the Official Points Standings after the eighth round of matches which ended on Sunday in the 2017-18 Digicel 4-Day Championship. Abbreviations: PTS-total...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB name U-15 inter county training squad Sessions to commence tomorrow
The Selection Panel of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has named a training squad in preparation for next month’s Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) U-15 Competition. Players have gained places in...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Lionel Dandrade wins 5th Bigi Broki Wacka 10k Bridge Race
Guyana’s regional success in athletics has shot off to an early start after Trinidad & Tobago based Guyanese Lionel Dandrade won Suriname’s Bigi Broki Wacka 10km bridge race on Sunday last....Jan 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Purchase of a “mango pelter” tells the sadness of a lost land
I have always polemized in these columns that there has been over a long period of time, a psychic breakdown in Guyana. If people’s psyches are not functionally stable, you will have a collective...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our hopes are being lifted, but we must be prepared for the fall
DEAR EDITOR With the public announcement in the local media that ExxonMobil is gearing up for oil production from Guyana’s first oil well by mid-2020, and that the company has announced that it has...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This call was an important step taken by the residents of Orealla
DEAR EDITOR, On March 30th 2017, an article appeared in the Kaieteur News,” Orealla residents call for audit of village books.” This call was an important step taken by the residents of Orealla...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Our blinkered view
The views of news blogs are representative but not of popular opinion since only those who have access to the internet use blogs. Internet access in Guyana is not widespread. The views expressed in...Jan 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am not mentally enslaved by any political party
DEAR EDITOR, I would like to inform Mr. Gobin Harbhajan the Prime Minister’s Representative of Region Six that I am a very simple and humble person, and I am always ready to stand for the truth...
Oct 19, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Adnan Akmal and Sheharyar Ghani punched fifties to help Pakistan rally to a 7-wicket win over India when World Cup action continued yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium,...Oct 19, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett was thrust unexpectedly and suddenly into the contest for the position of United Nations Secretary-General. A woman presently occupies an important diplomatic post – Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations – was nominated belatedly...Oct 18, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...Oct 19, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s number one political detector of danger, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, attended an evening of reflection for Mr. Robert Corbin, one-time deputy prime minister and opposition leader. In trademark fashion, he came armed with his own classical composition: the Jagdeo...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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