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Cops seek ‘person of interest’ in Triumph cemetery killing

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek ‘person of interest’ in Triumph cemetery killing

Police appear to have identified yet another suspect in the killing of Qualfon receptionist, Ranella Benfield, whose battered body was found in a cemetery at Triumph, East Coast Demerara, last...

Agriculture agencies launch training programme to manage disaster

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Agriculture agencies launch training programme to manage disaster

Droughts, floods and other disasters caused by climate change have increased rapidly in the past several years, affecting the agricultural sector in many countries and putting them at risk of growing...

New law needed to protect Sovereign Wealth Fund – IMF

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New law needed to protect Sovereign Wealth Fund – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging Guyana to put systems in place to ensure that when the country finally establishes its Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), the fund is not abused. In fact,...

Guyanese in NY prepare for Trump’s tough laws

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese in NY prepare for Trump’s tough laws

US President Donald Trump has stepped up his efforts to reduce the number of immigrants entering the United States. He is also moving towards reducing the benefits given to them and retirees. This...

Upgrades to Herstelling Main Access Road underway

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Upgrades to Herstelling Main Access Road underway

Herstelling residents will soon be traversing on an asphalt road as the Ministry of Public Infrastructure began upgrades to the community’s main access road. The Ministry’s Special Projects Unit...

Govt. to find $5B to pay severed sugar workers— Agri. Minister

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to find $5B to pay severed sugar workers— Agri. Minister

– Berbice Chamber suggests lands for former employees By Malisa Playter- Harry The Central Corentyne Chamber together with other business people of the private sector met, yesterday,...

Edghill’s motion on Camp Street Prison Fire for debate

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Edghill’s motion on Camp Street Prison Fire for debate

Parliamentarians will debate a motion that calls on Government to make a full disclosure on the July 9, 2017 fire that destroyed the Camp Street Prison, sparked the escape of eight prisoners and the...

East Coast Road expansion advances

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on East Coast Road expansion advances

The works for the East Coast Demerara Road Widening and Improvement Project which commenced last year August is expected to be completed in August 2019. As the expansion project progresses,...

Pro Boxing returns to CASH after two year hiatus…Marques to battle Venezuelan Arias in main bout on Jan 20, nest

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pro Boxing returns to CASH after two year hiatus…Marques to battle Venezuelan Arias in main bout on Jan 20, nest

Story and photos by Sean Devers After an absence of over two years the Guyana Boxing Board of Control has collaborated with MCG to bring Professional Boxing back to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

Reifer, Paul hurt Scorpions to give Jaguars edge

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reifer, Paul hurt Scorpions to give Jaguars edge

Kingston, Jamaica, CMC – Leaders Guyana Jaguars resumed the Regional Four-Day Championship in the same manner they ended it at the Christmas Break, by dominating the opening day of the eighth round...

Strategic UG courses to aid integrated delivery of health care

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Strategic UG courses to aid integrated delivery of health care

In order to improve and expand its services, the health sector is in need of an integrated approach to execute its mandate of health care delivery. For this reason, the University of Guyana...

BDBA acquires rights to promote Bartica Easter Regatta 2018

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BDBA acquires rights to promote Bartica Easter Regatta 2018

Promises an unforgettable series of events The Bartica Development Business Association (BDBA) has inked an agreement with the Regional Administration of Region # 7 for the rights to organise and...

Nand Persaud to take bigger bite of Cuban rice market

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Nand Persaud to take bigger bite of Cuban rice market

Good news is on the horizon for Guyana’s rice industry which bounced back in 2017 with an approximate 12.7 percent increase in output when compared to 2016. Nand Persaud and Company established a...

Guyanese speedsters hold their own in CMRC 2017

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese speedsters hold their own in CMRC 2017

King conquers Caribbean; Team Mohamed’s invincible By Calvin Chapman Although Guyana failed to dethrone Trinidad & Tobago for the Overall Team title in the Seaboard Marine sponsored Caribbean...

Speedboat, Floodlights unstoppable in 2017 as Softball cricket continued to expand

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Speedboat, Floodlights unstoppable in 2017 as Softball cricket continued to expand

By Zaheer Mohamed Despite losing of one of its seasoned players in the latter part of 2017 in tragic circumstances, Softball cricket enjoyed yet another successful year which saw its expansion with...

9-year-old girl battling for life after C’tyne accident

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 9-year-old girl battling for life after C’tyne accident

Nine-year-old Christina Lakeram, a student of Number 68 Primary School, is battling for her life at the Georgetown Public Hospital. She was struck down yesterday along the Number 68 Public...

18-month-old toddler’s murder…Uncle deemed mentally fit for PI

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 18-month-old toddler’s murder…Uncle deemed mentally fit for PI

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday deemed Sherwin Roberts, fit to stand a Preliminary Inquiry (PI). Roberts allegedly buried his 18-month-old niece alive over a pair of earring. He had...

C’tyne wedding house shooting…’Rambo’, ‘Bara’ surrender

Jan 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne wedding house shooting…’Rambo’, ‘Bara’ surrender

The two suspects wanted in connection with the shooting of three men at a wedding house at Hampshire Village, Corentyne, Berbice have turned themselves over to authorities. Tameshwar...

There will be no agreement

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on There will be no agreement

The Guyana Chronicle, the mouthpiece of the ruling coalition, has suddenly and very timely reported that Justice Roxanne George, the acting Chief Justice, did not apply for the position when...

The year that Jaws survived to terrorise once more

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The year that Jaws survived to terrorise once more

For me, if anything was frightening about 2017, it was the survival of the PPP and the psychotic energy it expended. In very few countries, a fallen regime of the type we had under Jagdeo and...

Why should the President look beyond these two legal luminaries?

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why should the President look beyond these two legal luminaries?

DEAR EDITOR, During the 2015 Elections Campaign, the present Government made multitudinous promises to the populace, particularly to the younger generation of Guyana. The youths were also...

Selling propaganda through public relation blitzes is a failed method

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Selling propaganda through public relation blitzes is a failed method

DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me space in the letter columns to express concern as well as to educate your readers about the level of misinformation being peddled by the Ministry of Public...

There doesn’t appear to be much room for optimism

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There doesn’t appear to be much room for optimism

DEAR EDITOR, The new year of 2018 has already dawned. As is customary, expectations are high that the new year will be better than the preceding years. Regrettably, there does not appear to be...

Seriously now…

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Seriously now…

DEAR EDITOR, I am responding to Ms. Gillian Burton-Persaud on the assumption that the remarks attributed to her in the Saturday December 23 edition of the Kaieteur News, under the caption...

Oil & Gas – A framework for cost recovery

Jan 05, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oil & Gas – A framework for cost recovery

DEAR EDITOR, Recently, there has been talk in the media about the Government’s share of the oil revenue from Exxon and its partners. It’s been alleged that the Government’s full share of...

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Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors extended their flawless win streak this season while keeping their 2-0 record at home safe, after crushing the St. Kitts & Nevis...

The Kara Kara conundrum

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Linden Town Council does not possess an untouchable constitutional right to administer its affairs. The Constitution does not confer upon the Linden Town Council an unfettered right to govern Linden in whatever manner it chooses. It establishes local government within the...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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