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Local government elections will make little difference

Oct 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Local government elections will make little difference

Are we fooling ourselves into believing that local government elections will change things in Guyana? What will it change? Local government in Guyana faces three main challenges. Having local...

Work to begin on new Demerara Bridge next year

Oct 17, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Work to begin on new Demerara Bridge next year

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MOPI) will be moving ahead with the New Demerara Harbour Bridge this year with the intention to begin actual work on the much need crossing in 2019. In a recent...

$75,000 bail for possession of ‘Ecstasy’

Oct 17, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on $75,000 bail for possession of ‘Ecstasy’

Thirty-two-year-old Steve Fiedtkou of Mandela Avenue was once again put before the court, this time, in relation to possession of Ecstasy. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged...

Armed perpetrators pounce on Bush Lot Chinese Restaurant. -escape with undisclosed amount of cash

Oct 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Armed perpetrators pounce on Bush Lot Chinese Restaurant. -escape with undisclosed amount of cash

The Su Mamoo Chinese Restaurant located at Bush Lot Village, Corentyne, Berbice is the latest armed robbery victim. According to the officer in charge of crime, Chabinauth Singh, three men gained...

Regulations proposed to debar errant contractors

Oct 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Regulations proposed to debar errant contractors

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has launched consultations to familiarise public authorities on proposed regulatio ns which would make it easier to debar contractors who do substandard work....

Whimpering thoroughbreds are whimsically running in Whim

Oct 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Whimpering thoroughbreds are whimsically running in Whim

Writing in his Chronicle column (the newspaper which some observers claim has destroyed the legacy of Moses Nagamootoo), the PM wrote; “In my home area, Whim-Bloomfield, detractors had peddled that...

Zero Hunger: our actions today are our future tomorrow

Oct 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Zero Hunger: our actions today are our future tomorrow

By José Graziano da Silva Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Just three years ago, in September 2015, all United Nations Member States approved the 2030 Agenda...

There are absolutely no possible conflict of interest issues in this instance

Oct 17, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are absolutely no possible conflict of interest issues in this instance

DEAR EDITOR, I bought a copy of the Stabroek News on Monday and read with astonishment an article on possible conflict of interest issues pertaining to Minister Cathy Hughes’ membership in Cabinet...

What have Mr Holland and the APNU leadership done for young people in Linden and Region 10 in general?

Oct 17, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on What have Mr Holland and the APNU leadership done for young people in Linden and Region 10 in general?

DEAR EDITOR, Carwyn Holland’s missive which found its way into the Guyana’s Chronicle of October 15th under the caption: “Is Guyana your property Jagdeo?” reveals the panic and desperation...

GECOM sends away Seventh-day Adventists from elections training

Oct 17, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM sends away Seventh-day Adventists from elections training

DEAR EDITOR, Has the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) gained the authority to overrule the Constitution of Guyana? How many Election Officials/Officers/Trainers have the power to discriminate...

A matter of integrity

Oct 17, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A matter of integrity

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News reports on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, that “the Integrity Commission does not intend to pursue declaration of assets and liabilities from public officials which should...

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A SOCIAL DILEMMA

Oct 17, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A SOCIAL DILEMMA

Signs are not simply to be read but to be believed and followed. If they are directional they will guide us to our desired destination. If they are warning or danger signs, they will protect us from...

Kato Hydropower Plant attracts billion-dollar bid

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Kato Hydropower Plant attracts billion-dollar bid

Ministry of Public Infrastructure – Sea and River Defense Resilience Project – Lot 5, Site 4: Grove/Lookout, East Bank Essequibo, Region #3 HECI – Design, Supply and Installation of a 150k...

Three escape from Lusignan jail

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Three escape from Lusignan jail

inmates stage riot hours later The Lusignan jail recorded the escape of three prisoners in the early hours of yesterday morning, and subsequent unrest that saw a number of inmates being shot with...

Govt. signs MoU with Canadian Province

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. signs MoU with Canadian Province

…to explore joint ventures in oil and gas The Government has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the oil and gas sector with yet another external partner ahead of commercial oil...

No conflict of interest in oil sector involvement – Nigel & Cathy Hughes

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on No conflict of interest in oil sector involvement – Nigel & Cathy Hughes

Nigel and Catherine Hughes have rubbished speculation that there is conflict of interest in relation to Nigel’s involvement in the Oil and Gas industry while his wife sits as a Minister of...

No plan by Integrity Commission to pursue retroactive declarations

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on No plan by Integrity Commission to pursue retroactive declarations

The Integrity Commission does not intend to pursue declaration of assets and liabilities from public officials which should have been made before 2018. Commission Chairman, Kumar Doraisami has said...

Guyanese ‘Bishop’ arrested in T&T for murder of female pastor

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese ‘Bishop’ arrested in T&T for murder of female pastor

Police in Trinidad and Tobago have arrested Guyanese Melroy Corbin for the murder of pastor Alisa Ali. Corbin, a self proclaimed “Bishop” had been on the run, and was found hiding out at a...

Former Guyana envoy gets $$M judgment for breach of contract

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Former Guyana envoy gets $$M judgment for breach of contract

Justice Diana Insanally yesterday handed down her ruling in the case filed by former Guyana High Commissioner to Canada, Harry Narine Nawbatt, against the Attorney General. The judge awarded...

Prisoners gon always get away once you beat dem

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Prisoners gon always get away once you beat dem

Every year, dem got some problem at one of dem prisons. Yesterday, de problem was at Lusignan. Dat mek it three year in a row dat prisoners behaving bad and causing problems. One year dem bun down a...

Three months after Diamond teen killed in Soesdyke…Rural Constable slapped with murder charge

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Three months after Diamond teen killed in Soesdyke…Rural Constable slapped with murder charge

Three months after a teenager was fatally stabbed after attending a wedding house celebration, a Rural Constable was yesterday charged and remanded for the murder. Tony George, 28, of Lot 75...

Regional Super50 cricket … Reifer, Bramble bat Jaguars to fifth win as Canada go down by 4 Wkts

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 cricket … Reifer, Bramble bat Jaguars to fifth win as Canada go down by 4 Wkts

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Regal, Vnet, Noble House Seafoods & Cascadia Hotel In murky conditions and played before virtually empty stands, Guyana Jaguars, led by a 79-run...

Guyana Fitness Games 2018… Sinclair is Strongest man; Latoya Roberts & Kelvin Baul are Scaled champs; Team Mahadeo reigns supreme

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Fitness Games 2018… Sinclair is Strongest man; Latoya Roberts & Kelvin Baul are Scaled champs; Team Mahadeo reigns supreme

Story and photos by Franklin Wilson It was an afternoon and evening that produced an absolute display of grit, endurance, determination, endurance, will power, fortitude capped off by raw power as...

EU, Guyana in political dialogue on Cotonou Agreement

Oct 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on EU, Guyana in political dialogue on Cotonou Agreement

The Sixth Round of European Union-Guyana Political Dialogue in the framework of Article 8 of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States/European Union (ACP-EU) Cotonou Agreement took place...

Banks DIH/GABA leagues… Eagles and Ravens win Sunday night clashes

Oct 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH/GABA leagues… Eagles and Ravens win Sunday night clashes

Dyna’s Ravens 56-43 Pepsi Sonics (First Division) Tyrone Hamid top scored with 19 points to lead Dyna’s Ravens to a predictable win over the rebuilding Pepsi Sonics basketball club by 13 points...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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