August 2018

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Miners’ body ups pressure on Govt. for mercury phase-out assistance

Aug 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Miners’ body ups pressure on Govt. for mercury phase-out assistance

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) is calling on Government to place more resources to help stakeholders in the phase-out of mercury. Guyana is targeting 2027 for ending the use...

Tain Farmer found dead along Corentyne Public road

Aug 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Tain Farmer found dead along Corentyne Public road

A 38-year-old Farmer of Tain Village, Corentyne, Berbice was yesterday found dead, around 3:30 am, along the Kilmarnock Public Road with injuries about his body. Dead is Marlon Cox of Market Street,...

Man fined $50,000 for dangerous driving

Aug 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man fined $50,000 for dangerous driving

Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday fined a driver attached to Tower Suites, Main Street, Georgetown, $50,000 after finding him guilty of dangerous driving. Twenty- three-year-old Dwayne...

Mahdia is now a town

Aug 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia is now a town

The Ministry of Communities has declared that by way of Order No. 27 of 2018 published in the Official Gazette dated August 9, 2018, Mahdia in the Potaro-Siparuni region has been designated a...

Is Harbhajan targeted by his own people for being outspoken?

Aug 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Harbhajan targeted by his own people for being outspoken?

Dear Editor, The Alliance for Change (AFC) was never serious about tackling corruption and I have written exhaustively on this issue. I have concluded since 2011 that the AFC, on a pro rata basis is...

I support giving oil money directly to Guyanese

Aug 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I support giving oil money directly to Guyanese

Dear Editor, I completely agree with Guyana’s distinguished economist Dr. Clive Thomas that a significant part of the nation’s oil revenue should be given directly to each household in Guyana at...

Coalition has a history of fooling Guyanese

Aug 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coalition has a history of fooling Guyanese

Dear Editor, During the 2015 election campaign, I’ve seen just how easy it was for a person to be fooled. Even some die-hard PPP supporters fell victim to the APNU+AFC lies and deception strategy....

Stop the scare-mongering

Aug 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop the scare-mongering

Dear Editor, During the last sitting of the National Assembly, before the break for the recess until October, the opposition, Peoples Progressive Party again sought to raise the issue of what they...

The Coalition Government’s labor relations is a disaster

Aug 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Coalition Government’s labor relations is a disaster

Dear Editor, Almost immediately upon assuming office in 2015, the Coalition Government of Guyana increased ministers and parliamentarians’ salary by 50 percent. They did so with full knowledge that...

Foreigners cannot come and take advantage of our people

Aug 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Foreigners cannot come and take advantage of our people

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has been taking note- via social and mainstream media- of the assault on Guyanese, in our own land, by foreigners who are said to be Russians or...

CONTROLLING CORRUPTION

Aug 14, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CONTROLLING CORRUPTION

Recently, there has been much discussion about corruption since the arrest of former Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, former South Africa President Jacob Zuma, the impeachment and imprisonment...

Cops in custody for murder of Brazilian miner at Puruni

Aug 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cops in custody for murder of Brazilian miner at Puruni

– ranks abandoned police station to go on illegal raid A police corporal and a constable are in custody for allegedly killing an unarmed Brazilian miner last Saturday during an...

Govt. initiates process to undertake crucial Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment

Aug 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. initiates process to undertake crucial Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment

The coalition administration has begun the process for undertaking the next Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Assessment, which is regarded as the hallmark for assessing...

$367M HDM Labs Inc. contract smacks of corruption

Aug 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $367M HDM Labs Inc. contract smacks of corruption

– Former Health Minister calls for probe Former Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said there are many discrepancies in the narrative provided by Minster of Public Health, Volda Lawrence over the...

THREE FRIENDS DEAD – one critical after Sunday morning smashup

Aug 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on THREE FRIENDS DEAD – one critical after Sunday morning smashup

Residents of two West Bank Demerara (WBD) communities are in shock after an early Sunday morning accident on the La Grange Public Road, left three friends and another youth battling for his...

Poor Math performance of Guyanese students troubling

Aug 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Poor Math performance of Guyanese students troubling

– Finance Ministry The Ministry of Finance has noted that the public education system continues to deliver mixed results with respect to learning outcomes for school-aged children. But...

AFC’s decision for LGEs hints at complications at next general elections – Former Speaker

Aug 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on AFC’s decision for LGEs hints at complications at next general elections – Former Speaker

The decision of the Alliance For Change, (AFC) to contest the Local Government polls alone due to failure to reach an agreement with its coalition partner APNU on certain matters, is an indication...

When police can’t rob dem does kill

Aug 13, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on When police can’t rob dem does kill

Soulja Bai tell de world de odda day that he want an unbribable commissioner. He didn’t stop to think that de commissioner come from the police force. And if that is de case then he got to find one...

Match 3 Hero CPL T20 Cricket…Reifer’s 5-20 spoils Warriors party

Aug 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Match 3 Hero CPL T20 Cricket…Reifer’s 5-20 spoils Warriors party

By Sean Devers Another capacity crowd at Providence last night saw Raymon Reifer bag 5-20 as Barbados Trident beat Exxon Mobil Guyana Amazon Warriors by 30 runs in the sixth edition of Hero CPL T20...

Golden Jaguars meet Consul General Shirley Melville on way to Rio Train/Play Camp

Aug 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars meet Consul General Shirley Melville on way to Rio Train/Play Camp

Consul General for Guyana in Roraima and other Northern States of Brazil, Shirley Melville, met with the Guyana based players and staff of the Golden Jaguars on Saturday evening in Boa Vista...

Paralyzed accident victim sustained permanent brain damage

Aug 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Paralyzed accident victim sustained permanent brain damage

– will need lifelong care, experts say Everyone is hoping for a miracle for little Matthew Zaman who was rendered helpless after he was struck by a minibus outside his Felicity Railway...

CFU 2018 BOYS’ U14 CHALLENGE SERIES…James’ Hat-trick propels Guyana to first victory

Aug 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU 2018 BOYS’ U14 CHALLENGE SERIES…James’ Hat-trick propels Guyana to first victory

The National U14 Boys’ team registered their first win of the CFU Boys’ U14 Challenge when they defeated Bonaire by a 5 – 1 margin Friday in their third match of the tournament at the Ergilio...

Dillon Mahadeo wins in Cross Fit event in T&T

Aug 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dillon Mahadeo wins in Cross Fit event in T&T

Guyana’s top male cross fit athlete, Dillon Mahadeo, secured the top spot in Trinidad & Tobago’s (T&T) Cross Fit Challenge over the weekend. However, his teammates Christian McRae, Delice...

Smuggled items…Prison officials, inmates in daily battle of wits

Aug 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Smuggled items…Prison officials, inmates in daily battle of wits

There’s a saying that the more you look is the less you see. That seems to be the case at the nation’s penitentiaries, where officials and inmates wage a daily battle of wits; with one...

GT Beer/ Keep Your Five Alive Futsal Tournament…Sparta Boss hold Tigers at Bay

Aug 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer/ Keep Your Five Alive Futsal Tournament…Sparta Boss hold Tigers at Bay

Known for his exceptional skill and wizardry, Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson rolled back the years with a masterful display to lead Sparta Boss to a resounding 7-3 win over Tiger Bay in the...

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Patriots rally to hand Tridents third straight defeat

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CPL – St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots produced a batting performance for the ages, chasing down 218 to defeat the Barbados Tridents by six wickets in a pulsating Republic Bank Caribbean Premier...

Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Silence and sloth

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim aftermath, there’s the reverse of what should be happening. With intensity and honesty. With frequency...

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