February 6, 2019 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Immigration application denied… Canada orders ex-minister, Jennifer Webster, to leave country

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration application denied… Canada orders ex-minister, Jennifer Webster, to leave country

Canadian authorities last year ordered former Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster, to leave the country. This was after she was turned down months earlier by the...

TT Govt. to pursue new marine acreage near oil-rich Guyana-Suriname basin-Energy Minister

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on TT Govt. to pursue new marine acreage near oil-rich Guyana-Suriname basin-Energy Minister

By Kiana Wilburg reporting from Trinidad and Tobago According to a U.S. Geological Survey report, the Guyana-Suriname basin holds an estimated resource potential of over 13.6 billion barrels...

Guyana, a logistical hub for China’s expansion in the region

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, a logistical hub for China’s expansion in the region

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell “(China) also will likely include enhanced river and multimodal routes linking Brazil to the Atlantic in a southerly direction through Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina,...

PPP stages protest outside GECOM – demands March elections

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP stages protest outside GECOM – demands March elections

Scores of PPP/C supporters converged at Red House in Kingston, yesterday, to press calls by the party for general elections to be held by March month end. The picketing exercise which lasted about an...

Police raid strip club after video surfaced of woman climbing fence

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police raid strip club after video surfaced of woman climbing fence

One day after a viral video surfaced of a woman climbing over a gate to a prominent city’s bar, police have raided the place. Yesterday, Crime Chief, Lyndon Alves, confirmed that several...

No decision taken on elections date

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on No decision taken on elections date

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is yet to decide on a date for the holding of the Regional and General Elections, Chief Elections Officer, (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission...

Bike bandit accidentally shoots partner after robbing customer

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bike bandit accidentally shoots partner after robbing customer

Police were last night guarding a 22-year-old robbery suspect who was shot in the arm by an accomplice while fleeing the scene of a robbery. The incident occurred around 16.00 hrs near an...

Jenny coming back wid tears in she eyes

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Jenny coming back wid tears in she eyes

Basil de Willie open a can of worms when he talk bout dual citizenship. Since he talk about that, people who go to great lengths to get Canadian citizenship talking about giving it up. Dem boys...

Eight teams to compete for a place in GFF Elite League Season 4 Promotion Playoff Cougars FC relegated

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eight teams to compete for a place in GFF Elite League Season 4 Promotion Playoff Cougars FC relegated

Eight teams will vie for a chance to participate in the GFF Elite League Season 4 when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) hosts the Elite League Season 4 promotion playoff this Saturday and...

Long serving Swim Coach Stephanie Fraser now a Certified FINA Referee

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Long serving Swim Coach Stephanie Fraser now a Certified FINA Referee

The indefatigable Stephanie Fraser who has served the swimming fraternity with great humility over the years as a qualified Coach has now been certified by the international body FINA as a...

GCB Senior Female Inter-County 50-over Giddings grabs 5 as Berbice retain title Gajnabi, Fraser, Mangru lead Select U-19 to victory over E’bo

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Senior Female Inter-County 50-over Giddings grabs 5 as Berbice retain title Gajnabi, Fraser, Mangru lead Select U-19 to victory over E’bo

By Zaheer Mohamed Pacer Erva Giddings grabbed five wickets as Berbice successfully defended their title following an eight-wicket victory over Demerara when the final round of the Guyana...

Delaying tactics

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Delaying tactics

Guyanese are working all over the world. Jobs are hard to come by and so Guyanese have taken to going wherever they can find jobs. Each of these non-residents is eligible to vote so long as...

Ansa McAl 592 Beer supports GTC Pre-Mashramani Gymkhana race meet

Feb 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl 592 Beer supports GTC Pre-Mashramani Gymkhana race meet

Under their 592 Beer, Ansa McAl has thrown their support behind the Georgetown Turf Club which will reopen its doors for horseracing fans on Sunday February 17th at the Mocha Arcadia horserace...

UG Turkeyen Campus evacuated over bomb Threat

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UG Turkeyen Campus evacuated over bomb Threat

Threats of bombs being strategically planted on the Turkeyen campus of the University of Guyana [UG] resulted in a complete shutdown of the tertiary institution, yesterday. According to...

Tender Board examines 30 projects in marathon session

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Tender Board examines 30 projects in marathon session

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) received bids and proposals for 30 projects yesterday, and worked from morning late into the night. Notably, one project...

Minister demands accountability on Local Gov’t Commission spending

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minister demands accountability on Local Gov’t Commission spending

Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, is demanding accountability from the Local Government Commission, (LGC) as it relates to expenditures of its 2019 budget. Minister Bulkan commented on the...

Govt. appeals CJ’s no-confidence judgements

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. appeals CJ’s no-confidence judgements

Government has appealed the recent judgments of Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George. In filings released yesterday, the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs, cited dissatisfaction of...

Young Bagotville calypsonian targets child abuse

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Young Bagotville calypsonian targets child abuse

Contestant in the Junior Calypso Monarch competition, 20-year-old Denisha Washington, of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara, hopes to sensitize and raise awareness on the effects of child abuse....

As Venezuelan migrant situation widens… Region Four lends support for realisation of One-Stop referral centre

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on As Venezuelan migrant situation widens… Region Four lends support for realisation of One-Stop referral centre

As the Regional Executive Officer [REO] of Region One, Lieutenant Colonel Randy Storm, continues to reach out to his counterparts in other regions for assistance with the growing Venezuelan...

Five witnesses remain in Bourda cheese vendor murder PI

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Five witnesses remain in Bourda cheese vendor murder PI

Police Prosecutor, Neville Jeffers, is expected to call five remaining witnesses to testify in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Troy Ramalho, a Bourda cheese vendor, who was...

Senior cop charged with rape of girl, 13, granted bail

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Senior cop charged with rape of girl, 13, granted bail

Two weeks after a senior member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) was charged with the rape of a 13-year-old and remanded for the offence, bail was yesterday granted to him for the offence. Seecharran...

Two charged separately after brawl over alcohol

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two charged separately after brawl over alcohol

A miner, who the court heard stabbed a man several times with a beer bottle after he accidently knocked over his drink while partying, was yesterday charged for the offence. Keith Daniels, 19,...

GECOM Chairman should stamp his authority, buck stops at him – Nandlall

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairman should stamp his authority, buck stops at him – Nandlall

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is of the opinion that the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield, is shirking...

Former NCN CEO Lennox Cornette dies

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former NCN CEO Lennox Cornette dies

The media fraternity lost one of its veterans yesterday with the passing of former National Communications Network (NCN) Chief Executive Officer, Lennox Cornette. Close associates of the...

Guyana records major decrease in prison TB cases

Feb 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records major decrease in prison TB cases

The Programme Coordinator of the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP), Dr. Jeetendra Mohanlall, has indicated that there has been a significant decrease in Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in prisons....

12 NEXT

Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more