January 2019

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Drinking night ends with fatal stabbing of GDF rank

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Drinking night ends with fatal stabbing of GDF rank

A drinking night ended with 26-year-old Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lieutenant Mark Bagot, of Lot 21 Philippe Village, Berbice, being stabbed to death last Sunday evening. The incident took...

Six years later Central Police Station still not completed

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Six years later Central Police Station still not completed

Even as the Ministry of National Security and the Police high command continue to ramble over the many improvements over the years and the many plans in place for the betterment of the force, the...

Dem boys’ People of the Year 2018

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys’ People of the Year 2018

Dem boys were planning a cookout on Old Year’s night to start off de new year. It is a traditional thing plus is Frank de vodka man birthday celebrations…plenty free drinks and food. Uncle...

Police issue wanted bulletin for fraud suspect, Allan Robert Gates

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police issue wanted bulletin for fraud suspect, Allan Robert Gates

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Allan Gates for questioning in relation to fraud. Already convicted for fraud, Gates is alleged to have committed the offense on Waheeda Ramcharran on...

HAPPY NEW YEAR’S DAY TO ONE AND ALL!

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on HAPPY NEW YEAR’S DAY TO ONE AND ALL!

Today marks the first day of 2019 and we at Kaieteur News would like to thank all of our readers for your unwavering support throughout 2018. We pray that we can retain an untainted relationship with...

ERC engages Indigenous Peoples Commission

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ERC engages Indigenous Peoples Commission

The Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC), recently met the Indigenous Peoples Commission (IPC). Both sides gave firm commitments to collaborate during the New Year and to work towards finding...

Hit and run accident claims the life of Supply man

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hit and run accident claims the life of Supply man

A hit and run accident during the wee hours of Sunday morning has now left 34-year-old Shayne Haynes, of Supply Village, East Bank Demerara, dead. The accident occurred along the roadway of the said...

Bulkan pays homage to Harry Ramsaroop at Dharm Shala luncheon

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bulkan pays homage to Harry Ramsaroop at Dharm Shala luncheon

Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, was among those who spent Christmas Day with the residents of Dharm Shala Complex at Albouystown, Georgetown. At the event, a luncheon hosted by the...

Body surfaces after Puruni boat accident

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Body surfaces after Puruni boat accident

A body has surfaced following Friday’s boat accident in the Puruni River, Region Seven. The boat accident occurred in the Puruni River around midday on December 28, 2018. It involved two...

NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE FROM MR. DONALD RAMOTAR, FORMER PRESIDENT

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE FROM MR. DONALD RAMOTAR, FORMER PRESIDENT

Dear fellow members of our large Guyanese family. As we celebrate another year in which we have been gifted life, let us pause to take note of this very critical juncture in our nation’s...

Wife killer appeals 83-year sentence

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Wife killer appeals 83-year sentence

Arguing that Justice Navindra Singh should have recused himself from the trial, convicted wife killer Michael Persaud, 28, also known as ‘Mikey’, has appealed an 83-year sentence...

What do you think will happen here in 2019?

Jan 01, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What do you think will happen here in 2019?

I once observed in these columns that no other profession in the world is more conscious of the passage of time than a newspaper columnist. As you keep writing, you are face to face with how time...

8.5 percent increase for GPL’s workers

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 8.5 percent increase for GPL’s workers

A Memorandum of Agreement for revised wages and salaries for junior and senior employees for the calendar year 2019 was signed yesterday between Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) and National...

Former Minister Vibert DeSouza dies

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former Minister Vibert DeSouza dies

Former Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Francis Vibert DeSouza, died at this home in Eccles Saturday evening. De Souza served as the Minister of Amerindian Affairs. He also wore many hats in...

Reflecting on 2018

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Reflecting on 2018

The past year [2018], like other years gone by, was especially eventful with many newsworthy occurrences that this publication saw necessary to share with you our readers. The reports during...

2018 Oil and Gas Review

Jan 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 2018 Oil and Gas Review

The year 2018 saw a number of worrying developments in Guyana’s efforts to prepare for the oil and gas sector. Below are just a few of the major stories that Kaieteur News broke on the oil sector....

What Mr. Persaud did was cold, calculated, deliberate and nauseating

Jan 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on What Mr. Persaud did was cold, calculated, deliberate and nauseating

DEAR EDITOR, In the wake of former government MP, Mr. Charrandass Persaud’s action in the National Assembly recently, please allow me some space to discuss this issue, one of national...

More about escaping the heavy hand of justice

Jan 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on More about escaping the heavy hand of justice

DEAR EDITOR, These are exciting times, and interesting too, for what is now being fully revealed, following the motion of no-confidence brought against the government. Beginning with the...

Do the decent thing and resign forthwith

Jan 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do the decent thing and resign forthwith

DEAR EDITOR, The dawn of a new year always brings with it a renewed sense of home and optimism. The no-conference motion which was passed in Parliament by a majority vote was a development...

On the No-Confidence Motion

Jan 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on On the No-Confidence Motion

DEAR EDITOR, As was to be expected, following passage of the No-Confidence Motion, certain court jesters have sprung up like ‘jumbie bubbie.’ Their aim is to chip away as fast, and as hard...

Guyanese must have an abiding interest in the rule of law

Jan 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese must have an abiding interest in the rule of law

DEAR EDITOR, Since the passage of the No-Confidence Vote in Parliament on December 21, 2018, there have been many persons calling for elections to be held in 90 days. The Guyana Bar Association is...

The electorate should find other political parties to vote for

Jan 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The electorate should find other political parties to vote for

DEAR EDITOR, Whether there are elections in Guyana early in 2019 or in 2020, the Guyanese people are faced with little to choose between the two major parties. The President and Prime...

The hindrance of healthy discussions on the No-Confidence developments

Jan 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The hindrance of healthy discussions on the No-Confidence developments

DEAR EDITOR, Over the past week, there has been an eruption of views regarding the Parliamentary No-confidence Motion and with it, the ugly face of tribalism, racism and disunity. Debates...

Do authorities really want to control the wildlife trade?

Jan 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do authorities really want to control the wildlife trade?

DEAR EDITOR, The SN Dec 27/2018, article titled “Finches’ smuggler flies under cops’ radar” caught my attention. On Dec 8, 2018, US Customs and Border Protection agricultural...

Parliamentary Majority – We are being burdened by a legal caterwauling

Jan 01, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parliamentary Majority – We are being burdened by a legal caterwauling

DEAR EDITOR, We seem to be confused about simple things that even a schoolboy can understand and differentiate, much less our legal luminaries. In line with our Constitution, a majority is...

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Punctuality is now a problem in Georgetown Schools

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(Kaieteur News) – Every school day in the city, in almost every ward, you can see scores of school children – dressed in their uniforms – ambling to school after 9:00am. The casualness of these children suggests that punctuality is no longer important to them or to their parents. But it does...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

UGGI Survey: Pt. IV

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(Kaieteur News) – This is the last commentary on the University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) Independence 60 Survey titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society being Built. Today’s focus goes beyond the two bottom performing areas of “national government” and “foreign oil...

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