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AAG’s second development meet set for tomorrow

Jan 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG’s second development meet set for tomorrow

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) will be hosting its third consecutive event for the 2020 season and the second ‘Development Meet’ tomorrow at 10:30hrs at the McKenzie Sports Club (MSC)...

Key traffic advisory body resuscitated

Jan 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Key traffic advisory body resuscitated

The Guyana Police Force Traffic Advisory Committee, which was not functioning for some time, has been resuscitated. The committee will be chaired by Commissioner of Police Leslie James and includes...

Leadership roulette in Venezuela

Jan 18, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Leadership roulette in Venezuela

The story from neighbouring Venezuela is that Señor Juan Guaido is on the down escalator. It has been a slow-moving political soap opera, with many disconnected parts that somehow never seemed to...

2019 LABA YBG U19 final on tonight

Jan 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2019 LABA YBG U19 final on tonight

Royals and Raiders clash for top honours… Kings and Jets battle for third place The final of the 2019 Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s Youth Basketball Guyana Inter Club championship final...

Pay the retro to NDC workers now

Jan 18, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pay the retro to NDC workers now

DEAR EDITOR, Late last year, December 19th, there was a letter by a Rudolph Singh in KN, “No bonus for NDC workers”, in which Singh cited the correspondence from the Local Government...

The GAWU has considered the response of our trade union colleague, Mr Lincoln Lewis

Jan 18, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GAWU has considered the response of our trade union colleague, Mr Lincoln Lewis

DEAR EDITOR, The GAWU has considered the response of our trade union colleague, Mr Lincoln Lewis which appeared in the January 17 editions of the Kaieteur News. At the outset, we recognize that Mr...

The status of Guyana as a country is about to change

Jan 18, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The status of Guyana as a country is about to change

DEAR EDITOR, The issue of dual citizenship has become a major hurdle for the smaller parties, more notably the United Republican Party, The Liberty and Justice Party and Change Guyana. These parties...

NCN’s coverage over the last four years is different from the past

Jan 18, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on NCN’s coverage over the last four years is different from the past

DEAR EDITOR, Christopher “Kit” Nascimento, is still trying to bully NCN to prove his case. He has sent another letter published on January 17th, 2020 on what he called the matter of media...

There is no ambiguity in the Statutory Declaration Form 3

Jan 18, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no ambiguity in the Statutory Declaration Form 3

DEAR EDITOR, There is no ambiguity in the Statutory Declaration Form 3 (Representation of the People’s Act). It states: I, (FULL NAME BLOCK CAPITAL) of (ADDRESS) having been nominated in the...

Incorrect Deadline? Combination and not Coalition, possible as per law

Jan 18, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Incorrect Deadline? Combination and not Coalition, possible as per law

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to your editorial “Coalition Day is here” (KN Jan 17). That deadline may be arbitrary and a violation of the law as regards the Peoples Representation Act. Has...

ExxonMobil flares gas way longer than EPA expected – Dr. Adams

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil flares gas way longer than EPA expected – Dr. Adams

ExxonMobil has been flaring natural gas from the Liza-1 well much longer than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expected it to. This was revealed by Executive Director of the EPA, Dr. Vincent...

Energy Expert advises against joining OPEC+

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Energy Expert advises against joining OPEC+

…says Guyana could seek observer status By Kemol King Guyana wouldn’t benefit from joining the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+). But it can learn a lot from being an...

When oil money reaches the people, we can light fireworks everyday – Jagdeo

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on When oil money reaches the people, we can light fireworks everyday – Jagdeo

Former President and People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo is of the view that the Government’s decision to host a commemorative event for Guyana attaining oil...

Intense police presence needed to stomp out minibus park chaos

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Intense police presence needed to stomp out minibus park chaos

President of the United Minibus Union (BMU) Eon Andrews, and Chairman of the Sophia Minibus Branch, Unzie Copeland, are pleading with the Guyana Police Force to intensify their presence at the...

PM results saves man, 67, from murder charge

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PM results saves man, 67, from murder charge

The results of a postmortem appear to have saved a 24-year-old labourer from being charged for killing a West Bank Demerara pensioner. Police had received reports that the labourer had kicked...

Suriname was told its gas content days after find

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname was told its gas content days after find

… Guyana waited years Suriname recently announced that Apache and Total, two oil companies operating off its shores, made a hydrocarbon discovery on an oil concession, titled Block 58. In its Maka...

Quality checks delay CJIA handover

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Quality checks delay CJIA handover

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) project is on its way to be finally handed over. According to Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MOPI), Jaipaul Sharma, the project...

External Investigators needed to break back of corruption – Jagdeo

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on External Investigators needed to break back of corruption – Jagdeo

SOCU, Police Force probes… It is almost one year now since the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is probing a damning report on corruption that took place at one of its sister agencies, the Special...

Most GPHC burn victims were attacked by their spouse

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Most GPHC burn victims were attacked by their spouse

A majority of patients at the Burn Care Unit (BCU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are those who were attacked by their spouses. This was related by a top official at the...

Alleged thief runs into police while chasing victim

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged thief runs into police while chasing victim

By Trishan Craig The court on Wednesday heard that an alleged thief was caught by the police when he chased one of his victims straight into the hands of the police after asking for $100. Odwin David...

Exxon got Guyana sucking brick

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Exxon got Guyana sucking brick

When people look at de oil situation, dem always finding a problem because the oil situation got nuff problems. People now looking at wha Suriname get after it find oil and comparing de Suriname...

Sugar workers have been treated unfairly

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Sugar workers have been treated unfairly

Sugar workers have not enjoyed an increase in salaries since 2015. This will be a major factor in their decision about which party they will vote for in the March general and regional elections....

Two buildings in “Big Yard” collapses

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two buildings in “Big Yard” collapses

Residents of “Big Yard” Tucville, Georgetown, are pleading with Government for assistance as their place of abode came crashing down last night. Luckily, no one was seriously injured. When...

Man satisfies ego by beating businessman in front of police

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man satisfies ego by beating businessman in front of police

A 28-year-old union worker satisfied his anger by on Wednesday evening by beating a businessman in the presence of police officers. The incident occurred at the popular “Sunset Boulevard Bar”...

CANU intercepts truck with cocaine, ganja stashed in fertiliser

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CANU intercepts truck with cocaine, ganja stashed in fertiliser

Customs Anti-narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks have detained four people after intercepting a truck with what is suspected to be cocaine and marijuana hidden among fertiliser. A CANU release stated that...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There’s an old saying in Guyana: “You can’t put a little boy to do a big man’s... more