January 2020

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El Dorado leads exports as Gold Board reports 629,000 ounces for 2019

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on El Dorado leads exports as Gold Board reports 629,000 ounces for 2019

Despite a tough year, the gold industry has managed to come out smiling again. Gold declarations were 18,000 ounces more than 2018, with El Dorado Trading Guyana leading with the largest amount,...

Guyana to soon benefit from UK anti-corruption programme via private school

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to soon benefit from UK anti-corruption programme via private school

By Kiana Wilburg The absence of well-trained investigators in financial crimes is often deemed to be one of the biggest impediments to Guyana’s attempts at arresting grand corruption. In an effort...

Venezuela becomes major buyer of Guyana rice again

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela becomes major buyer of Guyana rice again

…country earned US$222M last year in exports to 35 countries The Guyana Rice Development Board’s 2019 export report has revealed that US$222.7 million was earned through the export of rice to...

$300M in medical supplies missing from MOPH

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $300M in medical supplies missing from MOPH

– Ministry failed to enforce delivery- schedule penalty for supplies According to the Auditor General’s report of 2018, the Ministry of Public Health paid over $77 million for supplies which...

Sharma vs. Sharma… Govt. upset over leak of Auditor General report

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sharma vs. Sharma… Govt. upset over leak of Auditor General report

– $250M in fuel cannot be verified The Coalition Government has expressed concern that the Auditor General report of 2018 has been leaked. The report was handed over to the Speaker of the...

Greenidge got nuff time pon he hands

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Greenidge got nuff time pon he hands

Carl Greenidge vex bad. He did get vex wid de Waterfalls paper when it publish how some of dem oil producing countries worse off than before dem find oil. Of course, de Waterfalls paper had some...

WHILE YOU ARE OUT CAMPAIGNING…

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHILE YOU ARE OUT CAMPAIGNING…

There are two things which corrupt oil companies are good at when dealing with poor, developing countries. They are adept at lining the pockets of crooked politicians so as to obtain favourable deals...

Bodies in hotel room… Female threatened to poison children

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bodies in hotel room… Female threatened to poison children

By Shikema Dey As police work to ascertain a motive behind the suspected suicide of an East Coast Demerara couple, new developments are coming to the forefront. Kaieteur News was told that the young...

Commissioner General should dispose of vehicles to maximise revenues

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Commissioner General should dispose of vehicles to maximise revenues

– Auditor General In a recent Auditor General report, the findings stressed the distribution of vehicles and other items that could have garnered a large sum of revenue. The report also made...

Guyanese family mourns as teen dies in Brampton hit-and-run

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese family mourns as teen dies in Brampton hit-and-run

Peel police say a 16-year-old girl whose family came from Guyana has died in hospital following a hit-and-run in Brampton early Sunday morning. Police responded to the area of Gore Road and Queen...

Investigation launched into passenger who collapsed at CJIA

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Investigation launched into passenger who collapsed at CJIA

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has launched an investigation after a male passenger collapsed and died while boarding an outgoing American Airlines flight early Sunday morning at the Cheddi...

Man crushed to death by tractor

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man crushed to death by tractor

A Linden resident was on Saturday crushed to death after falling off a tractor. He was identified as Rondell Jacobs. The incident occurred at 72 miles Kaburee Main Access Trail at around 22:00hrs....

Butcher who tried to arrest man, charged

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Butcher who tried to arrest man, charged

A 23-year-old butcher of A 95 East La Penitence, Georgetown, was yesterday hauled before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, after he was charged for restraining a man, whom he tried to take...

Education Minister commissions two new schools in Region One

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister commissions two new schools in Region One

…Canal Bank Primary receives boat and engine On the day that schools reopened across the country after the Christmas holidays, Minister of Education Dr. Nicolette Henry commissioned two new...

Fire destroys three homes in separate incidents

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys three homes in separate incidents

Yesterday morning, three minors were rescued by heroic neighbours after the home they were in alone caught fire at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice. Reports are that the three children were left...

Murder accused jailed three years for armed robbery

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused jailed three years for armed robbery

Travis Evans, who had pleaded guilty to raping a woman back in 2010, was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on an armed robbery charge. The 25-year-old’s guilty plea to the rape...

NDC to correct work and hand bill to LBI resident

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NDC to correct work and hand bill to LBI resident

The Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) of Better Hope/LBI will correct a land filling done by a male resident of Earls Court LBI and hand him the bill. This is because the resident had failed to...

Father of 4 charged with murdering Black Bush Polder farmer over cattle accusation

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Father of 4 charged with murdering Black Bush Polder farmer over cattle accusation

A 33-year-old father of four yesterday appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Renita Singh to answer to the indictable charge of murder. Remanded to prison is Bertram Ramnauth,...

Woman stabbed to death on birthday over thieving monkey row

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Woman stabbed to death on birthday over thieving monkey row

A Plaisance shop owner was stabbed to death just after midnight on Sunday allegedly by her 57-year-old next door neighbour, Samuel Cummings. The dead woman was identified as 54-year-old Sharon...

GPHC has waiting list of 100 for surgery to fight diabetic retinopathy

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC has waiting list of 100 for surgery to fight diabetic retinopathy

Caused by damage to the blood vessels of the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eyes known as the retina, diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes complication that affects the eyes. Although this...

Turbo football resumes tomorrow night at MOE ground

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turbo football resumes tomorrow night at MOE ground

The third annual Turbo knockout football tournament that is sponsored by Guyana Beverages Inc. will resume tomorrow night at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on Carifesta Avenue. This...

Magistrate seeking paper committal in La Penitence Market shootout case

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate seeking paper committal in La Penitence Market shootout case

Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers, yesterday indicated to Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan that the file, in relation to the shootout at La Penitence Market three months ago, is complete. Investigations...

Linden man jailed for sexual activity with underage girl

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Linden man jailed for sexual activity with underage girl

A Wismar, Linden man was yesterday sent to prison for 20 years for engaging in sexual activity with an underage girl. The man, Keon Lawson, was found guilty on two counts of the offence by a...

Trophy Stall to kick start EBFA 2020 Season with U-13 League sponsorship

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall to kick start EBFA 2020 Season with U-13 League sponsorship

Managing Director of The Trophy Stall, Ramesh Sunich yesterday confirmed his company’s commitment towards sponsorship of the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-13 League. At a simple...

Priyanna Ramdhani wins Silver at 2020 Honolulu Open A-Division Badminton Tourney

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Priyanna Ramdhani wins Silver at 2020 Honolulu Open A-Division Badminton Tourney

Priyanna Ramdhani won the Silver Medal after reaching the Finals at the 2020 Honolulu Open A-Division Tournament held in Hawaii, USA January 3-5, 2020. This is a great start for her, beginning the...

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Heavy winds and rain cause roof damage at New Anna Regina stadium

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…no injuries reported Kaieteur Sports – Residents in parts of Guyana experienced heavy winds and persistent rainfall on Wednesday, resulting in minor structural damage at the newly constructed...

Who is really to blame?

Jun 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A motorist approached a busy junction one afternoon and, after glancing left and right, eased his vehicle across a major roadway. Before he could clear the intersection, there was a loud crash. A speeding vehicle slammed into the side of his car, scattering glass and twisting...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

A new watcher, reporter

Jun 25, 2026

Hard Truths… (Kaieteur News) – Kiskadee Watch is here. Daily. Online only. For now. Much more in the pipeline. Took some time, talent, and treasure from a few to get to here. From nowhere beside a vision to reach where it is today. More is needed. From Guyanese who yearn...

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