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Probe was ordered into contract awards to Housing Minister’s husband – Sources

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Probe was ordered into contract awards to Housing Minister’s husband – Sources

A top-level Government official reportedly ordered a probe last year into claims of conflict of interest surrounding Minister of Housing, Valerie Adams-Yearwood and her husband. Leader of the...

Increase public disclosure of oil data – Chatham House Urges

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Increase public disclosure of oil data – Chatham House Urges

Considering the fact that the release of accurate information on the petroleum sector to the citizenry is central to ensuring transparency and accountability, Chatham House is calling on the...

Convicted ex-soldier escapes from Lusignan Prison

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted ex-soldier escapes from Lusignan Prison

Members of the Guyana Police Force along with the Guyana Prison Service are on the hunt for a prisoner who escaped yesterday in the wee hours of the morning. John Lambert, 24, of Lot 158 North...

Angry man shoots reputed wife Bartica beach front

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Angry man shoots reputed wife Bartica beach front

Police have detained a 52-year-old miner who shot his reputed wife at around 02:00 hrs at the Bartica Beach Front, Essequibo. Ava Abrams, 49, of Lot 77 Third Avenue Bartica, was shot in the hand...

Masquerade bands will have to get police permit to perform on roadways

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Masquerade bands will have to get police permit to perform on roadways

– Director of Culture endorses move, seeks resuscitation of tradition Masquerade bands will now have to acquire an endorsement letter and police permission before they embark on personal...

Ramjattan blames ‘builder’s flaws’ for delay in completion of La Parfaite Harmonie Police Outpost

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan blames ‘builder’s flaws’ for delay in completion of La Parfaite Harmonie Police Outpost

– project reportedly way behind schedule Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramhjattan is blaming ‘builder’s flaws,’ for a contractor missing several deadlines to complete the...

Ram Jattan build cage. He betta watch out

Apr 08, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ram Jattan build cage. He betta watch out

Some things does happen dat dem boys does wonder if people don’t care or if dem don’t have regard fuh de law. Two men get charge fuh a lady murder. De case tek a long time to solve but just like...

With first oil months away…EPA Legislative review yet to start

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on With first oil months away…EPA Legislative review yet to start

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana is poised to welcome first oil in a matter of months. Yet, the legislative framework for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a key regulator for the sector, is...

Invest in Guyana – Jordan tells Islamic Bank group

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Invest in Guyana – Jordan tells Islamic Bank group

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, has urged public and private sector entities associated with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to invest in Guyana to expand their market opportunities...

Lodge and CWSS to contest 2019 Milo Schools’ football tournament final

Apr 08, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lodge and CWSS to contest 2019 Milo Schools’ football tournament final

Linden’s Christianburg/Wismar Secondary School (CWSS) will play Lodge Secondary in the final of the seventh Milo Schools’ football tournament after getting past their opponents during...

Ramkarran joins calls for power sharing as solution to ethnic division

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ramkarran joins calls for power sharing as solution to ethnic division

“Frustration is so deep that the venerable Yesu Persaud advocates the abolition of Politicians! “[However] few dare to speak out, like Yesu Persaud, and most dutifully cast their ballot...

Noble House Seafood/Gen next U-19 cricket …MOM Nedd (5-13) spins DCC to inaugural title – As GCC go down in exciting low-scoring final

Apr 08, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noble House Seafood/Gen next U-19 cricket …MOM Nedd (5-13) spins DCC to inaugural title – As GCC go down in exciting low-scoring final

Story and Photos by Sean Devers West Indies U-19 left-arm spinner and DCC Captain Ashmead Nedd snatched 5-13 at Bourda yesterday to claim the Man-of-the-Match award and lead his team to a 20-run...

Allicock through to Q/finals of Pan Am qualifiers

Apr 08, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Allicock through to Q/finals of Pan Am qualifiers

Guyana fighting sensation, Keevin Allicock, has won his first two fights of the American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) Pan American games qualifiers that is being held in Nicaragua. To this end, he has...

GCA’s NBS day/night 40-over 2nd Division Final…GCC lift 4th title with 162-run win over Everest

Apr 08, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s NBS day/night 40-over 2nd Division Final…GCC lift 4th title with 162-run win over Everest

Led by a Man-of the-Match performance from Timothy McAlmont, GCC captured their fourth GCA’s NBS 40-over Second Division Cricket title when they crushed Everest by 162 runs in the day/night final...

D’Andrade cops Caura Dash 10k in T&T

Apr 08, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade cops Caura Dash 10k in T&T

Guyanese Lionel D’Andrade continued to excel in Trinidad and Tobago as he captured the Caura Dash 10k yesterday. D’Andrade clocked 36 minutes 57 seconds to win the event ahead of Sharlun Williams...

Local writer launches book of prehistoric saga

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local writer launches book of prehistoric saga

By Feona Morrison Already known for his book narrating Guyana’s vast folklore, local writer Michael Castello now has a new book available, Cloud Warriors—The Alpha-Warraus’ Story, a...

MYO thump Ace Warriors by 10 wickets despite Enmore ton

Apr 08, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on MYO thump Ace Warriors by 10 wickets despite Enmore ton

Despite a fine century from opener Rawl Enmore, host Muslim Youth Organisation romped to a 10-wicket victory over Ace Warriors when the Georgetown Cricket Association Noble House Sea Foods second...

Rubis Bel Air Under-17 Inter County Cricket 2019 to start today

Apr 08, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rubis Bel Air Under-17 Inter County Cricket 2019 to start today

An official release from the Guyana Cricket Board has indicated that the Inter- County Under-17 tournament sponsored by Rubis Bel Air Branch would be played from today Monday 8th April to Wednesday...

GHB/Bounty Paper Towel/Solo Developmental League…Saints take top honours on day two

Apr 08, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GHB/Bounty Paper Towel/Solo Developmental League…Saints take top honours on day two

Saints Hockey Club (SHC) won three of the four games contested yesterday during the second day’s play of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) organised, Bounty Paper Towel & Solo soft drink sponsored...

Unlicensed pest control operators warned of possible jail time, fines

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Unlicensed pest control operators warned of possible jail time, fines

The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) has indicated that the country has 21 licensed pest control operators and all others who are not registered will be prosecuted in...

Talented violinist Akeem Adams seeks to take his craft to the international stage

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Talented violinist Akeem Adams seeks to take his craft to the international stage

Last Thursday, Kaieteur News enlisted the services of a young musician, Akeem Adams, to play at the ceremony, commemorating its 25th anniversary. Adams played a musical rendition of Smooth...

Undercover CH&PA officials buy food from illegal Chinese restaurant — legal actions initiated

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Undercover CH&PA officials buy food from illegal Chinese restaurant — legal actions initiated

Enforcement officials checking the legality of a Chinese restaurant in Diamond last week managed to buy two boxes of foods while posing undercover as customers. After purchasing the food, they...

Sooba refutes misappropriation claims

Apr 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sooba refutes misappropriation claims

Former Town Clerk and Legal Officer to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council,(M&CC), is clearing the air on negative reports, which claimed that she was allegedly involved in the misappropriation...

Rodney found nothing commendable about Burnham

Apr 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Rodney found nothing commendable about Burnham

It is part of the revisionists’ stock- in-trade to look but to see only what they want to see. This lopsided way of seeing then becomes the basis for justifying political somersaults in praxis,...

Moses Nagamootoo and his apparatchiks on the Chronicle board

Apr 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Moses Nagamootoo and his apparatchiks on the Chronicle board

There are times you meet people and at that very moment, the things that they say cause you to feel that they are not particularly grounded in plausible thoughts. One day, at the junction of Church...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more