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Chief Elections Officer to brief Commissioners tomorrow on readiness for polls

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Elections Officer to brief Commissioners tomorrow on readiness for polls

Guyana could know as early as tomorrow when General and Regional Elections are to be held. Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, is expected to brief the six commissioners and the...

Senior police shake-up in ‘B’ Division

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Senior police shake-up in ‘B’ Division

Several senior ranks were shifted around in the Guyana Police Force B’ Division effective from yesterday, Monday 22nd January, 2019. Kaieteur News was reliably informed that Senior...

Former cop gets four years for trafficking in cocaine

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former cop gets four years for trafficking in cocaine

A City Magistrate yesterday sentenced a former member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to four years’ imprisonment after finding him guilty on a narcotics charge. Twenty-two-year-old Louie...

Gunmen kill taxi driver execution-style on East Bank highway

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen kill taxi driver execution-style on East Bank highway

An Indian Chief Taxi driver was shot dead execution-style last night, around 20:00 hrs, at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, while his horrified girlfriend and five-year-old daughter sat in his car....

Court hears… Miner attempts to burn colleague alive during robbery

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Court hears… Miner attempts to burn colleague alive during robbery

A miner will be spending the next few days in jail as he was remanded, following two charges which involved violent robberies. Conrad Henry called ‘Andre’ of Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara,...

May 22 set for Goldfields’ meeting on Board performance

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on May 22 set for Goldfields’ meeting on Board performance

Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc. has set May 22nd for a special meeting in which a number of shareholders will be asking for the current board to be sacked. The company had been written...

CH&PA gives defiant restaurant owners 28 days to shut up shop

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA gives defiant restaurant owners 28 days to shut up shop

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) yesterday sent out a Contravention Order to the owners of ‘Georgie’, a popular Chinese restaurant in Diamond, East Bank Demerara, who...

Sea defence contractor obligated to repair damaged WCD access road —Ministry official

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sea defence contractor obligated to repair damaged WCD access road —Ministry official

The contractor is obligated to repair any damage incurred to the access road at La Union, West Coast Demerara (WCD) over the duration of the river defence project. Chief Sea and River Defence...

Self-confessed drug dealer testifies to overhearing accused planning robbery …as trial continues into 2013 Meten-Meer-Zorg murder

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Self-confessed drug dealer testifies to overhearing accused planning robbery …as trial continues into 2013 Meten-Meer-Zorg murder

A self-confessed drug dealer who says he overheard some men planning to rob his neighbours, was called to testify yesterday in the trial of seven persons, including a woman, who are accused of...

Lawyers file High Court submissions over no confidence motion

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyers file High Court submissions over no confidence motion

Attorney-at-Law Maxwell Edwards, who is representing the Attorney General has said that the Constitution should not be interpreted in a narrow and legalistic way. Edwards was at the time responding...

Citizens’ Bank records $124M drop in profits … high level of non-performing loans in banking sector … new branch for Mandela Avenue

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens’ Bank records $124M drop in profits … high level of non-performing loans in banking sector … new branch for Mandela Avenue

Citizens’ Bank recorded a profit of $602.3M in profit after taxation for fiscal year 2018, as opposed to the previous year, which saw the bank gathering $726.6M in profit after taxation. This...

Even the dead deserve some dignity

Jan 23, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Even the dead deserve some dignity

Guyana will continue to be viewed as a backwater nation. The country is spending millions to redesign hospitals and health institutions to protect them from natural disasters, while at the same time...

P&P Insurance Brokers’ annual practical pistol match to start GSSF’s calendar

Jan 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on P&P Insurance Brokers’ annual practical pistol match to start GSSF’s calendar

Local practical shooters will for the fourth year be given an opportunity to participate in the Annual Practical Pistol Match which has been exclusively sponsored by P&P Insurance Brokers...

Magnum Mash Cup 2 futsal launched

Jan 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Magnum Mash Cup 2 futsal launched

The second annual Magnum Mash Cup inter-ward futsal tournament will kick off at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, where 32 teams will clash for almost $1million in cash prizes, beginning...

GABF elections and AGM slated for Saturday Singh pegged to be elected unopposed

Jan 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF elections and AGM slated for Saturday Singh pegged to be elected unopposed

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has announced that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Executive Committee elections will be held this Saturday at the Roraima Duke Lodge hotel...

ECCC SPR Enterprise 40-over cricket Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ CC denied possible victory due to rain, lack of covers

Jan 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECCC SPR Enterprise 40-over cricket Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ CC denied possible victory due to rain, lack of covers

Rain washed out the opening round encounter of the East Coast Cricket Committee SPR Enterprise 40-over tournament at Buxton ground between Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Cricket Club and...

National U15 cricketer gets help from BCB Ball project

Jan 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on National U15 cricketer gets help from BCB Ball project

National under-15 pacer Isaiah Thorne was the recipient of a pair of batting gloves compliments of the Berbice Cricket Board ball project. Thorne is among the quickest young pacers in the...

Ramkelawan elected as chairman of ECCCC

Jan 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramkelawan elected as chairman of ECCCC

The Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club (ECCCC) of East Coast Demerara held its 2019 Annual General Meeting and election on Sunday last at the club’s pavilion. With ECCCC having average success on...

Engines and other activities starting to rev-up for Bartica Regatta 2019 Mayor Marshall is Chairman of Planning Committee

Jan 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Engines and other activities starting to rev-up for Bartica Regatta 2019 Mayor Marshall is Chairman of Planning Committee

Plans have commenced for what is anticipated to be the biggest Bartica Regatta with Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall, Chairing the Regatta Planning Committee. The first meeting was convened...

Supply of inventory items for Parliamentary Office attracts 16 bidders

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Supply of inventory items for Parliamentary Office attracts 16 bidders

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NTPAB) yesterday opened 16 bids for the Supply of Inventory Items for the Parliamentary Office. Some companies vied for all the lots,...

Govt. looking to fund NGOs in quest to boost economic activities

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. looking to fund NGOs in quest to boost economic activities

With strategic funding, government is aiming to boost the country’s economic activities. Moreover, government, through its Ministry of Social Protection, has called on Non Governmental...

Bel Air man jailed for illegal weapons

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bel Air man jailed for illegal weapons

Lloyd Johnson and Andre Smart appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts yesterday before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to hear their fate as she ruled on their matter for...

Palms, Mahaica Children’s Home receive special needs buses

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Palms, Mahaica Children’s Home receive special needs buses

The Palms Geriatric Home and the Mahaica Children’s Home yesterday each received one Special Needs minibus, at a total cost of $11.4 Million, from the Ministry of Social Protection. Minister...

Frank Anthony and Dr. Vindhya Persaud were asked to withdraw

Jan 23, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Frank Anthony and Dr. Vindhya Persaud were asked to withdraw

In journalism, there are several categories of the supplier of information. There is your friend who has a substantial position in a particular entity. The friendship is not publicly known and over...

Capoey house destroyed as kero stove sparks blaze

Jan 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Capoey house destroyed as kero stove sparks blaze

A young couple from Capoey on the Essequibo Coast is without a home to call their own, after a fire destroyed their Capoey property on Monday evening. The house was owned by 22-year-old Wayne...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more