February 15, 2019

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Guyana, New Zealand sign air services agreement

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, New Zealand sign air services agreement

Guyana has entered an air services agreement with New Zealand. The agreement, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which grants both states the right to conduct international air transport...

Guyanese Security Expert presents books to the Police Force

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese Security Expert presents books to the Police Force

The Guyana Police Force yesterday received a special donation of prized books from an internationally renowned Guyanese Security Expert. Dr. Yeon Adams who served the Guyana Police Force from...

Miner, 19, stabbed to death in camp

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Miner, 19, stabbed to death in camp

Alcohol and quick tempers have again proved to be a deadly mix. This time around, a 21-year-old miner is in custody for stabbing a 19-year-old associate to death in a camp at Frenchman, located a few...

City bandits captured at police roadblocks after hammering, robbing Chinese

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on City bandits captured at police roadblocks after hammering, robbing Chinese

Swift action by B’ Division cops on the upper Corentyne has led to the arrest of two suspects who had pounced on a Chinese businessman in Skeldon with the intention to rob him yesterday...

A disappointing Valentine’s Day

Feb 15, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A disappointing Valentine’s Day

Last Friday, an old, grey-haired man walked into one of Georgetown’s finest jewellery stores with a beautiful young lady at his side. He told the jeweller he was looking for a special ring for his...

Youth for High Court trial after stabbing bus driver in row over $100

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Youth for High Court trial after stabbing bus driver in row over $100

Nineteen-year-old Erwin Smith, who is accused of attempting to kill a bus driver during an argument over $100, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court in Georgetown. On his...

NAREI helps Linden youths set up demonstration plots

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NAREI helps Linden youths set up demonstration plots

NAREI is helping a group of young people in Linden to set up a demonstration plot with the aim of promoting agriculture among youths. The Linden Quality Production Cooperative Society Limited...

NY cops hunt killer of Guyanese teen in Bronx

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NY cops hunt killer of Guyanese teen in Bronx

New York (nbcnewyork.com) – A teenager was stabbed to death near a Bronx bodega Wednesday evening and the killer is still on the run, police say. Pernell Pompey, 17, of the Bronx, was knifed...

PPP banks on Carter Center to spread info about “the beast” on Int’l stage

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP banks on Carter Center to spread info about “the beast” on Int’l stage

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The People’s Progressive Party is looking to the Carter Center to spread “facts” on the international stage about the state of affairs in Guyana. Opposition Leader,...

Govt. operating as if it has already won ‘No Confidence’ court case – Jagdeo

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. operating as if it has already won ‘No Confidence’ court case – Jagdeo

The government of Guyana is carrying on with business as usual, operating as though it has already won the court case challenging the validity of the No Confidence Motion, according to Leader...

Demtoco rolls out new packaging as deadline looms

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Demtoco rolls out new packaging as deadline looms

In another 10 days, new tobacco regulations mandating that cigarette packs display graphic health warnings will come into force. Already, the Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (Demtoco) and the...

New council wants revamp of City Hall’s PR, other departments

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New council wants revamp of City Hall’s PR, other departments

The newly installed council of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC) has expressed the need for revamping of a number of departments within City Hall. During a recent statutory meeting,...

Energy Dept. acting contrary to its policies – Jagdeo

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Energy Dept. acting contrary to its policies – Jagdeo

The Department of Energy is failing terribly. This is the firm belief of Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo. He thinks that the department is even failing at the simple task of acting in harmony with...

Guyanese community in Venezuela endorses Juan Guaido

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese community in Venezuela endorses Juan Guaido

The Representatives of the Guyanese Community in Venezuela (RCGV), a foundation that represents 65,000 Guyanese living in the South American country, has publicly declared its support for the...

Cyber attacker demanded pay ransom in bitcoins – GPL

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cyber attacker demanded pay ransom in bitcoins – GPL

State-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has confirmed that the perpetrators of a cyber attack earlier this month demand payment in bitcoins, a cryptocurrency that is a form of electronic...

HPV vaccine now being offered to boys and girls as old as 16 – Ministry announces

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on HPV vaccine now being offered to boys and girls as old as 16 – Ministry announces

Days after an official announcement about its decision to include boys in its Human papillomavirus [HPV] campaign, a formal notice has been publicised in the daily newspapers informing parents of...

Guyana celebrates 40 years in radio broadcasting ─ 6 regional radios in the Hinterland

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana celebrates 40 years in radio broadcasting ─ 6 regional radios in the Hinterland

World Radio Day 2019 was observed on Wednesday, and Guyana not only marked the revival of radio as an instrument for dialogue, information sharing, tolerance and peace, but also celebrated a...

UG unions accuse Labour Ministry of failing to be an “impartial arbiter”

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UG unions accuse Labour Ministry of failing to be an “impartial arbiter”

Moves to have the Ministry of Social Protection’s Labour Department intervene in yet another industrial standoff, have reached a point where allegations are being made that the designated arbiter...

Solar panels stolen from newly installed wind measuring station at Onverwagt

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Solar panels stolen from newly installed wind measuring station at Onverwagt

Less than a month after installing a new tower to test wind speed at Onverwagt, West Berbice, there is painful news that thieves have targeted it. According to Minister of Public Infrastructure,...

Liza Destiny FPSO to set sail for Guyana in several months

Feb 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Liza Destiny FPSO to set sail for Guyana in several months

Singapore (www.offshoreenergytoday.com) – Dutch FPSO giant SBM Offshore said in its 2018 full-year earnings report yesterday that the Liza Destiny FPSO (Floating Production Storage and...

Lenox Shuman, the President, UG and leadership failure

Feb 15, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Lenox Shuman, the President, UG and leadership failure

I met with Lenox Shuman, at his request, last week. A modest man, with a modest office and an equally modest campaign director who has the largest sense of humour I have seen in a politician, Shuman...

It cannot be business as usual

Feb 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It cannot be business as usual

Dear Editor, Please permit me a bit of your valuable media space in an effort to highlight another example of why better must come to Guyana. Guyana cannot continue to conduct business as usual as we...

GOVERNMENT LEADERS IGNORE COURT ORDERS

Feb 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on GOVERNMENT LEADERS IGNORE COURT ORDERS

Editor, It is very unfortunate that heads of government ignore Court Orders which set the tone for a breakdown of law and order. David Granger as head of state and government by ignoring the no...

Incompetence, Inefficiency or Partisan Political Collusion at GECOM?

Feb 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Incompetence, Inefficiency or Partisan Political Collusion at GECOM?

Dear Editor, It is GECOM Secretariat’s statutory duty and responsibility to keep a current list of voters to be in readiness to conduct national and regional elections within the...

An open letter to Mr. Jagdeo, There’s a lot you should remember

Feb 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to Mr. Jagdeo, There’s a lot you should remember

Editor, We the people of this country Guyana are totally fed-up with you and your nonsense. We have understudied you and your behaviour. Just to let you know what you yourself already know....

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Bermuda here for Rugby Americas North Men’s clash with Guyana today

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Kaieteur Sports – The National Park Rugby field will be a hive of activity today when the Guyana Rugby Football union (GRFU) host the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Men’s Competition clash between...

Bring it out of the office

Apr 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – She sat next to me in the minibus. We struck up a conversation easily. The conversation was friendly and respectful. Nothing else was involved! She wore a matching blouse and skirt, pastel in colour and very well-tailored. It fitted her quite naturally as if it were made for...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Excellency Irfaan on the Honourable Oneidge

Apr 25, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – For those who would believe, I have always held Excellency Irfaan Ali in special regard. For those taken aback, I hasten to add that there was some remodeling of ‘special’ and ‘regard’ for the president. Only fitting, I submit; fitting for...

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