January 2020

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January 17 is final day for parties to coalesce

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on January 17 is final day for parties to coalesce

Political parties have until January 17, 2020, to coalesce if they so intend. During a Nomination Day Press Briefing jointly hosted by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and Guyana Press...

Miner killed after boat crashes into tree – friend hospitalised

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Miner killed after boat crashes into tree – friend hospitalised

By Shikema Dey A 25-year-old miner was killed just after midnight on Tuesday in the Pomeroon River after the boat he was travelling in crashed into a tree. A friend who was with him is hospitalised....

City Hall is de best place fuh Nomination Day

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on City Hall is de best place fuh Nomination Day

Friday is when all dem political parties, new and old, will signify dem intention to contest de elections. Of course, dem boys seh is every time elections come around some [political parties does...

Man nabbed with unlicensed firearm at party

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man nabbed with unlicensed firearm at party

A 25-year old construction worker of Area B, Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara was nabbed Monday night with an unlicensed firearm at a party in Prince William Street, Plaisance. Police said that...

Mechanic charged for stealing employer’s equipment

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic charged for stealing employer’s equipment

A 33-year-old mechanic was yesterday hauled before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, after he was charged for stealing equipment from the mining camp at which he was once employed. The defendant, Ruanda...

Iran attacks U.S. forces in Iraq in retaliation for killing of commander

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Iran attacks U.S. forces in Iraq in retaliation for killing of commander

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran said it launched a missile attack on U.S.-led forces in Iraq in the early hours today in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose...

Schoolboy beaten for not allowing peers to write on his uniform

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy beaten for not allowing peers to write on his uniform

A third form student of Campbellville Secondary School is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was allegedly beaten by several of his peers for not allowing them to write on his...

E’bo man accused of fatally stabbing wife to stand trial

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo man accused of fatally stabbing wife to stand trial

A 50-year-old chainsaw operator who is accused of stabbing his wife to death was yesterday committed to stand trial before a judge and jury at the next practicable sitting of the Essequibo Assizes....

Girl, 12, dies after choking in hammock at friend’s home

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 12, dies after choking in hammock at friend’s home

The police in Number 1 sub-division in Region Six have launched an investigation in connection with the sudden death of a 12-year-old Vryman’s Erven Secondary School Student from Rotterdam, East...

Lombard St. families to receive support upon relocation

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lombard St. families to receive support upon relocation

– CH&PA to collaborate with other agencies to provide help Twenty (20) Broad and Lombard Street squatting area families will receive additional support from the Central Housing and Planning...

Clerk committed to stand trial for rape of girl, 10

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Clerk committed to stand trial for rape of girl, 10

A 43-year-old clerk was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the 2014 rape of a 10-year-old girl. The accused, Jomo McDonald of Republic Drive, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, was...

Speeding bus driver threatens to put out passenger

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding bus driver threatens to put out passenger

A passenger who rebuked a driver for going beyond the speed limit was hastily asked to exit a minibus yesterday around 12:26pm, on Camp Street, Georgetown. The route 44 minibus, BXX 9516, was...

Unauthorised persons continue to occupy regional houses

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Unauthorised persons continue to occupy regional houses

The issue of unauthorised occupants living in government-owned buildings in Region Four, and not paying rent has been highlighted in the Auditor General’s most recent report. The Auditor General...

Berbice beach hotel double-murder… Five persons released from custody

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice beach hotel double-murder… Five persons released from custody

The five persons who were arrested by police last week for questioning have since been released from custody after investigators found no credible evidence to keep them detained. The men were...

Umana Yana is new venue for Nomination Day proceedings

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Umana Yana is new venue for Nomination Day proceedings

The Umana Yana in Kingston is the new venue for Nomination Day proceedings. Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s PRO Yolanda Ward confirmed yesterday that the day’s activities were moved from...

Who gave the orders to sign the contract?

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Who gave the orders to sign the contract?

We live in a strange country. One man denied a link between debt and oil. Peeping Tom demolished the denial and yet the man rebutted that Peeping Tom had vindicated his position. Guyana has to repay...

ERC to investigate multiple campaign attacks

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ERC to investigate multiple campaign attacks

In an effort to combat the recent rise in social conflict with the coming of Regional and General Elections, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) is set to investigate the multiple campaign attacks....

GECOM will be available to correct any misinformation – PRO

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM will be available to correct any misinformation – PRO

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward, has committed to making herself available to the press during election season to correct any misleading information...

27 bids opened for six governmental projects

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 27 bids opened for six governmental projects

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday opened ¬¬¬¬¬27 bids for six governmental projects. National Parks Commission Rehabilitation of northern stand ...

Tropical Shipping supports Blind Cricket

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tropical Shipping supports Blind Cricket

The Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) has once again received a financial donation from Tropical Shipping which is located on High Street Kingston. Yesterday’s...

$827M Secondary School for Yarrowkabra

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $827M Secondary School for Yarrowkabra

…as Education Ministry, BK Int’l sign contract The Ministry of Education yesterday signed an $826.7M contract with BK International Inc. for construction of the Yarrowkabra Secondary School on...

Sixth KARES Caribbean Fitness Challenge set to unfold at National Park on Feb. 9th

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sixth KARES Caribbean Fitness Challenge set to unfold at National Park on Feb. 9th

Male and Female winners to pocket $500,000 each With the biggest cash prizes ever up for grabs, the 6th annual Kares Caribbean Fitness Challenge, under the theme: ‘Bring Out The Beast In You’ is...

Olympic hopeful Chance to compete at Gamecock opener

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Olympic hopeful Chance to compete at Gamecock opener

“Hard work, prayer and God; keys to success” By Calvin Chapman Kaieteur Sport caught up with U.S. based student-athlete and Tokyo Olympics hopeful, Arinze Chance, who shared with us that he will...

Gold Board revenues increase by $2.2B in 2019

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gold Board revenues increase by $2.2B in 2019

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is lauding what it says is another record-breaking year of gold declarations. Updated figures indicate that 634,905 ounces were declared, about 18,000 ounces...

Guyanese Lionel D’Andrade places second in Bigi Broki Waka 10k in Suriname

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Lionel D’Andrade places second in Bigi Broki Waka 10k in Suriname

Guyanese athlete Lionel D’ Andrade continues to make a name for himself on foreign soil when he took the runner up spot in the Bigi Broki Waka 10k which was held on Sunday last in Paramaribo,...

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GBF names boys’ and girls’ teams for Inter-Guiana Games...

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has named its boys’ and girls’ teams for the basketball competition at the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), scheduled for October 23–25...

The politics of a box of cook-up

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During the PNC era, a gentleman who had been persuaded to participate in one of the many marches organised by the government received a box of food at the end of the proceedings. He opened it. Inside was cook-up rice and a generous piece of chicken. There was only one small...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Great Game: right around here

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana now has more than oil in its hands. Guyana has a strain of this century’s Great Game now hanging over its head. It’s not the Great Game played out by Britain and Imperial Russia almost 200 years ago for dominance in Central Asia. Wish it was that distant, and...

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