October 2019

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CGI’s SBF Petroleum Jaguars 50-over League Defending Champs E’bo & L/C’tyne tied on 20 points; Foo has most runs, Smith most wickets

Oct 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on CGI’s SBF Petroleum Jaguars 50-over League Defending Champs E’bo & L/C’tyne tied on 20 points; Foo has most runs, Smith most wickets

Story and photos by Sean Devers With two rounds to go, defending Champions Essequibo and Lower Corentyne are tied on 20 points each going into today’s penultimate round of the CGI’s SBF Petroleum...

Can GTT explain?

Oct 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can GTT explain?

DEAR EDITOR, About three weeks ago I received a phone call from a relative in the US. The call got disconnected twice and both times my relative said he heard a recording of our immediately previous...

Why must hard-working, tax-paying, law-abiding Guyanese citizens continue to suffer because of some ‘rogue’ police ranks?

Oct 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why must hard-working, tax-paying, law-abiding Guyanese citizens continue to suffer because of some ‘rogue’ police ranks?

DEAR EDITOR, First, I wish to thank you for publishing my earlier open letter to the Commissioner of Police on the incidents of noise nuisance in the neighbourhood. You may recall that sometime back,...

8 Governments can no longer hide—Who is on the Christians’ Side?

Oct 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on 8 Governments can no longer hide—Who is on the Christians’ Side?

DEAR EDITOR, Christians are the most persecuted religious group in modern times, governments must also show that they are on their side as they are with other religious groups. While the eyes of the...

Many parties are sprouting up like flowers

Oct 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Many parties are sprouting up like flowers

DEAR EDITOR, First of all, I would like to express my support to SN when government ads were curtailed; these ads need to be re-instated as soon as possible- I would also like to congratulate Mr....

Emergency vehicle drivers must drive with care

Oct 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Emergency vehicle drivers must drive with care

DEAR EDITOR, The law and department policy will usually state that an officer must drive with due regard for public safety. All intersections require prudent action by the emergency vehicle driver....

Support Country, Community and Causes

Oct 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Support Country, Community and Causes

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Oscar Ramjeet (KN Oct. 9) inadvertently stated, in a response to an article I penned on Lenox Shuman’s talk in New York, that I am a supporter of PPP. (Ramjeet praised and endorsed...

Quick thoughts – scratching the surface

Oct 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Quick thoughts – scratching the surface

DEAR EDITOR, I’ve been wanting to say this for some time now and have been watching the Guyana newspapers. We may want to consider where these OIL contracts are signed going forward, so for...

Shameful to continue a campaign of deception of the courts’ rulings on the NCM

Oct 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shameful to continue a campaign of deception of the courts’ rulings on the NCM

DEAR EDITOR, In reading Monday’s editorial in another newspaper titled “Unconstitutional gov’t and cash transfers”, I was reminded of a remark Desmond Hoyte once made at a...

Friendship’s Never Again Deadly Car Crash

Oct 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Friendship’s Never Again Deadly Car Crash

DEAR EDITOR, It was reported in KN on Oct. 15, that a speeding police car travelling southwards on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) roadway collided head-on with a taxi travelling northwards in the...

ExxonMobil commits to handle costs to clean up spills from Guyana operations that affect T&T, Venezuela & others

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil commits to handle costs to clean up spills from Guyana operations that affect T&T, Venezuela & others

According to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that was done for ExxonMobil’s third Stabroek Block project called Payara, an unmitigated oil spill can affect Guyana’s Continental and...

Goldminer/bandits shootout…Wanted bulletin issued for ‘Demon’, recently charged Linden gang member

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Goldminer/bandits shootout…Wanted bulletin issued for ‘Demon’, recently charged Linden gang member

The police have issued wanted bulletins for two men fingered in last Monday’s shocking attempted robbery which left gold miner, Deon ‘Mow’ Stoll, dead. The case, which has angered the...

Trinidad Energy Chamber shuts door on Private Sector Commission

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad Energy Chamber shuts door on Private Sector Commission

The Trinidad and Tobago Energy Chamber does not appear interested in cooperating with the Guyanese Private Sector. That was indicated when it sponsored a Guyana Safety Forum at the Arthur...

Minimum royalty rate for deepwater acreage is 7 to 10 %

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minimum royalty rate for deepwater acreage is 7 to 10 %

-Even a doubling of Guyana’s current rate would not scare away oil producers – Industry Analyst In the eyes of Fitch Solutions, an industry-leading provider of macro intelligence data,...

Companies approach prison workers with insurance plans

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Companies approach prison workers with insurance plans

–hopes of Government intervention still sharp Director of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), Gladwin Samuels, has indicated that the GPS has received interest from several insurance...

Fuel spill near titled lands captures attention of District Council

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel spill near titled lands captures attention of District Council

A fuel spill in the Ikaazupu Wao (Wao means creek) which runs within the Aishalton Village’s titled lands, has captured the attention of the South Rupununi District Council (SRDC). The...

Iwokrama Centre warns against illegal activities in protected forest

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Iwokrama Centre warns against illegal activities in protected forest

The Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) for Rain Forest Conservation and Development has warned against conducting illegal activities in the protected Iwokrama Forest, and has reminded that...

Ramjattan admits to crime increase

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan admits to crime increase

Speaking with Kaieteur News on Thursday, after the commissioning of the new “fire boat”, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said, that there has been a “spike” (rise) in crimes...

Thieves finally caught in YMCA

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves finally caught in YMCA

Two persons are now in police custody following a third break-in at The Grill located in the YMCA compound, Thomas Lands. According to the owner of the business, the thieves returned last...

Don’t corner a cat

Oct 21, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Don’t corner a cat

Life is nice when things going good. But when things bad don’t talk. People read nuff things bout jealous women and de things dem do. Some woman had a birth night party and when she enter de party...

Guyana’s poor sleep on planks while Govt. waives $$$ billions in taxes to rich oil companies – Engineer

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s poor sleep on planks while Govt. waives $$$ billions in taxes to rich oil companies – Engineer

Guyana has exempted the operators of the Stabroek Block from a series of taxes, and it will cost the people dearly, according to a Canadian Engineer, Darshanand Khusial. The Lead Operator on that...

Troy Resources ordered only to conduct remedial operations

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Troy Resources ordered only to conduct remedial operations

Following engagement with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), the Ministry of Natural Resources has advised that as part of the preparations for the restarting of operations at the...

New York Business Group U19 50-overs Tourney…Albion whips Rose Hall Town Pepsi to become 2019 champions

Oct 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on New York Business Group U19 50-overs Tourney…Albion whips Rose Hall Town Pepsi to become 2019 champions

By Samuel Whyte Albion Community Center Cricket Club (ACCCC) are the 2019 New York Business Group U19 cricket champions after defeating double defending champions Rose Hall Town Pepsi (RHT Pepsi) in...

Govt. allows certain private bodies to supply electricity to others

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. allows certain private bodies to supply electricity to others

It is generally not allowed by law for a person or an institution to supply electricity to another, in an area where the public supplier, Guyana Power and Light (GPL), has the exclusive...

GTT National Indoor Hockey C/Ship…GBTI Tigers regain, Hikers retain first division titles

Oct 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT National Indoor Hockey C/Ship…GBTI Tigers regain, Hikers retain first division titles

Pepsi Hikers edged YMCA Old Fort Delta Force 4-3 last night to retain their National Indoor Men’s First Division title in a clash at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) that saw no love lost...

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Jeffery, Foster headline Group 3 and 4 victories at South Dakota

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…as 2026 GMR&SC calendar concludes (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean Clash of Champions delivered an exciting season finale at South Dakota Circuit, with competitors across multiple categories...

In case you didn’t know

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In case you didn’t know, there is a difference between staging a picketing exercise, going on a march, and turning up with a bullhorn that sounds as if it was borrowed from the announcer at the Providence National Stadium. Apparently, some people have difficulty...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms: the return of Jim Crow America

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Looking on at the U.S. midterms, and there are all these moves that have thwarting at best, or cheating at worst, in the DNA. First point: if this is the U.S. the straight arrow, and there are these shenanigans-Supreme Court accommodations, State subterfuges, Federal...

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