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Earliest date for Elections is March 2, 2020 -Granger

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Earliest date for Elections is March 2, 2020 -Granger

– Parliament reconvenes on October 10, 2019 for extension of Constitutional deadline President David Granger has announced that the earliest date for the holding of General and Regional Elections...

Guyana to receive its first share of Liza oil by February 2020 – IMF

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to receive its first share of Liza oil by February 2020 – IMF

By Kiana Wilburg According to the International Monetary Fund (IMG), Guyana can expect to lift its first entitlement of one million barrels of crude oil as early as February 2020. Kaieteur News...

Bodies of boat crash victims found

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bodies of boat crash victims found

The bodies of the missing passengers from last Monday’s Essequibo River accident have been found. Jose Francisco Joaquin, a Brazilian, and Osafo Anthony Roberts called Join wire, 25, an auto...

PPP says Granger still to set Elections date – demands a signed proclamation as evidence that one has been set.

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP says Granger still to set Elections date – demands a signed proclamation as evidence that one has been set.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is not satisfied with the President’s statement yesterday on the holding of General and Regional Elections, that the earliest possible date is March 2, 2020....

Suspect in KN grenade attack held after being deported from Cayenne

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect in KN grenade attack held after being deported from Cayenne

More than three years after issuing an arrest warrant for him, police have finally detained Shemar Wilson, one of the key suspects in the June 6, 2016 grenade attack outside of Kaieteur News’...

Crime reporter’s dad, 82, succumbs weeks after found beaten in home

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Crime reporter’s dad, 82, succumbs weeks after found beaten in home

The father popular crime reporter Leroy Smith succumbed three weeks after he was found beaten and unconscious in his home. The victim has been identified as Leroy Peters, 82, of Ann’s Grove, East...

Commission to appeal court ruling in Royston King’s dismissal – LGC

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Commission to appeal court ruling in Royston King’s dismissal – LGC

The Local Government Commission (LGC) is to appeal the recent court ruling which rendered the dismissal of former Town Clerk Royston King invalid. This is according to LGC Chairman Mortimer Mingo. He...

People don’t have to go pun de road to get killed

Sep 26, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on People don’t have to go pun de road to get killed

Bandits ain’t got regard fuh anybody and dem boys ain’t only talking bout de local bandits. Dem boys hear bout two big man who dead after bandits go in dem home while dem sleeping. One of dem was...

Where are the Proclamations?

Sep 26, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Where are the Proclamations?

The naming of a date for elections does not mean that elections are scheduled for that day. The only time that certainty can be established is when the Proclamation is signed on paper The...

Trade unions called on to be more active in workers’ education ─ as GPSU hosts 23rd Biennial Delegates Conference

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trade unions called on to be more active in workers’ education ─ as GPSU hosts 23rd Biennial Delegates Conference

President David Granger, has called on the trade unions to play a more active role in the education of workers. It was explained that a modern public service demands competent, proficient and...

Feasibility study on seawall rehabilitation moving ahead

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Feasibility study on seawall rehabilitation moving ahead

The rehabilitation and reconstruction of the seawall from Kingston to Ogle is progressing; as the government moves a step further with the feasibility study and design. A public consultation was held...

Man who kicked down station door gets community service

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man who kicked down station door gets community service

A man, who damaged an office door at the East La Penitence Police Station, was yesterday ordered to serve fourteen days doing community service at the same police station. Thirty-eight-year-old...

Trini cargo company targets oil and gas sector with local office

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trini cargo company targets oil and gas sector with local office

With the aim of providing their full freight forwarder and logistics services to Guyana, Trinidad-owned Cargo Consolidators Agency Limited (CCA) launched their local operations last Friday. Its...

Six years for mason who killed fellow villager at back-to-school event

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Six years for mason who killed fellow villager at back-to-school event

A 47-year-old mason of Lot 16 ‘A’ Williamsburgh, Corentyne, Berbice was sentenced to six years imprisonment for manslaughter committed on his fellow villager, Vishram “Ajai”...

Little word on next forest deal as Guyana set to collect final US$50M.

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Little word on next forest deal as Guyana set to collect final US$50M.

Almost a decade after a five-year ground-breaking forest conservation deal was signed between Guyana and Norway, its end is near. There is no immediate word whether another one is likely. In the...

Kitty resident on $300,000 bail over causing death of motorcyclist

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty resident on $300,000 bail over causing death of motorcyclist

A Kitty, Georgetown resident was yesterday released on $300,000 bail, two months after he was involved in an accident which resulted in the death of a motorcyclist. Appearing at the Georgetown...

Fingerprints obtained from scene of Anna Catherina murders were blurred, smudged – detective

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fingerprints obtained from scene of Anna Catherina murders were blurred, smudged – detective

The fingerprints obtained from the scene of the September 21, 2012 murders of businesswoman Jennifer Persaud and her two sons were not useful to detectives, as they were smudged and blurred. This is...

Union finally allowed to visit Aurora Gold Mines

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Union finally allowed to visit Aurora Gold Mines

The National Mine Workers’ Union of Guyana (NMWUG) is expected to visit Aurora this week, then follow-up with a visit to Buckhall. NMWUG President, Sherwin Downer, told Kaieteur News that a meeting...

Coastland residents warned of high tides next week

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Coastland residents warned of high tides next week

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is advising the public, especially residents of low-lying coastal communities, to take precautions, as the period of Spring tides – 26th September- 2th October...

Former GCAA chairman died of blunt trauma, strangulation

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former GCAA chairman died of blunt trauma, strangulation

Strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head have been deemed the cause of death of former Chairman of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Mr. Hugh Adrian Denbow This was revealed during...

CANU probes video of officer allegedly planting ganja on female passenger

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CANU probes video of officer allegedly planting ganja on female passenger

At least one officer of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) may be in deep trouble after what appeared to be a shakedown of a female passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on...

Failure to follow-up may undermine success rate of stomach bacteria treatment

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Failure to follow-up may undermine success rate of stomach bacteria treatment

– Canada-based Gastroenterologist Persons affected by constant indigestion, stomach pain and heartburn should never take these symptoms for granted. This was recently posited by Canada-based...

Play in the UCCA U-17 cricket competition underway

Sep 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Play in the UCCA U-17 cricket competition underway

Action in the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) Under-17 tournament for schools in the Upper Corentyne and Black Bush Polder areas got underway and results in some of the matches played saw...

Guyana achieves first UN HIV 90-90-90 target ahead of 2020 timeline

Sep 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana achieves first UN HIV 90-90-90 target ahead of 2020 timeline

–allocates $10.9 M to widen response through civil society organizations Next year will be a very defining milestone for countries around the world. It will be the year that the United Nations...

Novar Beach beckons following fun day

Sep 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Novar Beach beckons following fun day

The Number Sixty Three Beach on the Corentyne Coast has been for some time commanding the spotlight for beach activities and entertainment, but there is now a fierce challenge from within Region Five...

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Uncertainty clouds Golden Jaguars’ Head Coach position as Barbados showdown approaches

Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more