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Missing crab-hunters rescued, …survived by roasting fish and crabs

Dec 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Missing crab-hunters rescued, …survived by roasting fish and crabs

After being stuck at a location called Buckerbury in the high seas for six days due to high tides, the four men who set out on a crabbing trip two Sundays ago were rescued after walking to Nickerie,...

Guyana sweep Grenada in Goodwill Basketball three-match series

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana sweep Grenada in Goodwill Basketball three-match series

The score read 97-73 when the final buzzer was sounded on Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) to conclude the match and the three-game Goodwill basketball series between hosts...

Eon Hooper helps Grill Master win Banks DIH 15/15 Softball Cricket League

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eon Hooper helps Grill Master win Banks DIH 15/15 Softball Cricket League

Excellent batting by Eon Hooper, which crowned a fine all round performance, helped Grill Masters hauled themselves from a precarious position to beat Regal Stars and win the Banks DIH 15/15 Softball...

Charges delayed for driver in deadly Nismes accident

Dec 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Charges delayed for driver in deadly Nismes accident

Police are yet to charge the 34-year-old bus driver in the deadly Nismes, West Bank Demerara crash that claimed four lives on November 30, last. The driver, Compton Bharrat, has since been released...

Corentyne man chopped in head during a robbery attempt

Dec 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man chopped in head during a robbery attempt

A 33-year-old man is currently nursing a chop wound to his head and other injuries about his body after he managed to fight off three armed men during a daring robbery attempt Sunday night. Resting...

David Granger’s interpretations of things

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on David Granger’s interpretations of things

How do you know when politicians have expressed a sincere belief or it is the banal regurgitation of political opportunism, a case in which the politician varnishes the real motive with emotional...

‘592 Beer Inter-Village Football Festival’

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘592 Beer Inter-Village Football Festival’

Golden Grove, Friendship secure quarterfinal berths Golden Grove and Friendship secured to their berths to the quarterfinal round when the inaugural ‘592 Beer Inter-Village Football Festival’...

Observing International Anti-Corruption Day

Dec 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Observing International Anti-Corruption Day

The Guyana Peace Council joins Peace Organizations around the World in observing International Anti-Corruption Day which is held annually on December 9. The specific goal is to raise public awareness...

‘Lady Jag’ Ashley Rodrigues among top-25 Players in EMU Soccer History

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Lady Jag’ Ashley Rodrigues among top-25 Players in EMU Soccer History

Ypsilanti, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – In celebration of the 25th year of the Eastern Michigan University soccer programme, the EMU department of athletics has unveiled the best 25 players to...

Miner charged for attempting to kill cousin

Dec 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Miner charged for attempting to kill cousin

Tishon Thomas, a miner was yesterday hauled before a city magistrate and slapped with an attempted murder charge. He allegedly tried to stab his cousin to death with a knife. The 21-year-old man of...

The journey of destruction continues

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The journey of destruction continues

DEAR EDITOR, I had written in the media on October 11, 2019 that profitability should not have been the sole criterion for the closure of the estates, and that has always been the position of the...

Missing in Action — Festive Shopping Manners

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Missing in Action — Festive Shopping Manners

DEAR EDITOR, The absence of shopping manners especially during the festive season is truly calamitous. The holiday season is already on us, and strangely enough large department stores, shopping...

My 2019 highlights (or low ones)

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on My 2019 highlights (or low ones)

DEAR EDITOR, I look at the year 2019, and I could write a full-length book in one sitting. It was that kind of year, when evil winds blew and parched most minds in this sick land, while leaving both...

Society is poorer for every corrupt action taken by public officials

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Society is poorer for every corrupt action taken by public officials

DEAR EDITOR, December 9 is designated by the United Nations as Anti-Corruption Day. It is an opportune time to reflect on the state of corruption not only in Guyana but the world at large. Guyana...

Human Rights Day 2019: Youth Standing Up for Human Rights

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Human Rights Day 2019: Youth Standing Up for Human Rights

DEAR EDITOR, The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948, envisioning a world where “all members of the human family” enjoy...

The ‘Haitian’ paranoia is both ugly and needless

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ‘Haitian’ paranoia is both ugly and needless

DEAR EDITOR, The ‘Haitian’ paranoia is both ugly and needless. I was appalled by the tone of a recent letter in one of the daily newspapers, which suggested a dark conspiracy stretching...

Not an easy task to transition sugar workers into farmers

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not an easy task to transition sugar workers into farmers

DEAR EDITOR, The Presidential Candidate of the newly-minted political party, Change Guyana, Mr. Robert Badal in a letter which appeared in the December 05 Kaieteur News said that he “…was deeply...

These traffic ranks have a different approach to ease road accidents

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on These traffic ranks have a different approach to ease road accidents

DEAR EDITOR, While the speeding and recklessness continues on our roads, (more so with the minibuses), and the carnage seems to continue unabated, it seems as though the ranks at Alberttown Police...

Compensate the families; bring closure to the Lindo Creek Massacre saga

Dec 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Compensate the families; bring closure to the Lindo Creek Massacre saga

DEAR EDITOR, It is hoped that the COI-recommended compensation will bring closure for the families of the victims of the Lindo Creek Massacre. It is up to the President to deliver. It has been over...

ExxonMobil continues to defy guyana…FPSO builders give out more contracts despite no approval

Dec 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil continues to defy guyana…FPSO builders give out more contracts despite no approval

The development plans for a third oilfield in the Stabroek Block are yet to be approved by the Department of Energy (DoE) but this has not stopped Oil and Gas Logistics Company, SBM Offshore...

Tax exemptions should be reduced for oil sector to avoid abuse – GRA boss

Dec 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Tax exemptions should be reduced for oil sector to avoid abuse – GRA boss

It is envisaged that the significant number of concessions granted to the oil sector will be reduced “very soon” to make way for the introduction of a system of tax credits. This was recently...

Govt. captures US$40B in taxes from oil sector due to loopholes in Guyana’s laws

Dec 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. captures US$40B in taxes from oil sector due to loopholes in Guyana’s laws

Major loopholes in various tax laws are causing Guyana to lose millions of dollars in revenue, says Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia. But the authority has...

Four missing after crabbing trip.

Dec 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Four missing after crabbing trip.

Four men are missing after they left home last Sunday to crab hunt in Suriname. The vessel the men were using was discovered at an undisclosed location in Suriname with their catch. Missing are...

Bank of Guyana, Finance Ministry ink MoU to govern Oil Fund

Dec 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bank of Guyana, Finance Ministry ink MoU to govern Oil Fund

Guyana is closer to operationalising its Natural Resource Fund (NRF), meant to collect and act as a reservoir for the country’s oil patrimony, to be had when first oil comes on-stream....

Mom of girl killed in Nismes crash makes agonizing plea to road users

Dec 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mom of girl killed in Nismes crash makes agonizing plea to road users

“Come Out! Come out! Please! If the driver is speeding please come out! If the driver is drinking please come out!” This was the plea yesterday of a grieving Yashoda Mangal, as she relived...

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The PPP is in self-destructive mode

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News –The PPPC is not some scrappy garage band trying to book a gig at the Seawall Bandstand.... more