February 2020

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I will gladly be a character witness for Gary Best

Feb 13, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I will gladly be a character witness for Gary Best

A teacher who for decades occupied the classroom will always have fond memories of select students. To me, Gary Best is one of those students. I am truly sorry that Gary has found himself in the...

Albion defeat Tucber Park by 52 runs to advance to Lewison BCB under-15 Final

Feb 13, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion defeat Tucber Park by 52 runs to advance to Lewison BCB under-15 Final

Albion Community Center Cricket Club U15 team made light work of Tucber Park Cricket Club when the defeated them by 52 runs to advance to the final of the 2020 Lewison BCB 50 Overs U-15 Cricket...

A model for the Guyana Police Force

Feb 13, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A model for the Guyana Police Force

Recently, the nation received confirmation of the terror that grips this land, through the finality of DNA, which conveyed the fate in the harrowing murder of a key witness. A burnt car and body...

The Guyanese electorate must take seriously, the sounding of alarm bells

Feb 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyanese electorate must take seriously, the sounding of alarm bells

DEAR EDITOR, Provided there are no administrative hiccups nor legal snafus along the way, the Guyanese electorate is heading inexorably to the polls on March 2, 2020. Although we are just few weeks...

Oil revenues could avert the greatest threat facing Guyana!

Feb 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oil revenues could avert the greatest threat facing Guyana!

DEAR EDITOR, Even in developed countries, critical infrastructure no longer enjoys protection by the military or the oceans. In the twenty-first century, threats to critical infrastructure occur in...

The youthful of this society have a long way to go

Feb 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The youthful of this society have a long way to go

DEAR EDITOR, More and more I hear calls for a youth presence politically, since the numbers are there. I am for all for it, but only after recognition and delivery of the range of what is involved....

Ramjattan is shameless, taking credit for rice farmers’ success

Feb 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramjattan is shameless, taking credit for rice farmers’ success

DEAR EDITOR, Khemraj Ramjattan went into Black Bush Polder and boasted of APNU+AFC’s success in the rice industry. He claimed that under APNU+AFC, Guyana has achieved the two highest ever...

Littering on the seawall

Feb 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Littering on the seawall

DEAR EDITOR, I write this letter to garner awareness on how to battle this disparaging situation of persons littering along the seawall area. The aesthetic of this naturally beautiful area has been...

Exxon Oil Contract Misinterpretations

Feb 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exxon Oil Contract Misinterpretations

Dear Editor, In regards to Kaieteur News editorial on 9 February. 2020 entitled, “Give us a fair deal or leave,” I was reminded of an old Yiddish proverb, “A half-truth is a whole...

Kudos and warmest congratulations

Feb 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kudos and warmest congratulations

DEAR EDITOR, It is indeed fitting and very deserving the conferral of the Commonwealth Points of Light Award to leading HIV/AIDS advocate, Ms Desiree Edghill. Ms Edghill has led from the front and is...

A tough electoral contest

Feb 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A tough electoral contest

DEAR EDITOR, Barring fraud, which cannot be ruled out as per opinion of voters, this election is among the toughest of electoral contests in Guyana history; it is no walkover for any party and as...

Global Witness spent over two decades exposing corruption in extractive sectors

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Global Witness spent over two decades exposing corruption in extractive sectors

… Its work led to formation of EITI The globally respected anti-corruption watchdog, Global Witness, recently released a report titled ‘Signed Away’. That report detailed how a poor negotiation...

City Council moves to cancel all leases granted by Royston King

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on City Council moves to cancel all leases granted by Royston King

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council is set to cancel all leases approved by former Town Clerk Royston King. The announcement was made by City Mayor Ubraj Narine, at Monday‘s Statutory meeting....

Orinduik Block holds 5.1 billion barrels oil-equivalent – Report reveals

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Orinduik Block holds 5.1 billion barrels oil-equivalent – Report reveals

The Orinduik Block is now estimated to have 5.1 billion barrels of oil-equivalent, according to a recent Competent Persons Report contracted by Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas. The firm, Gustavson...

Portugal prosecutor orders seizure of accounts owned by Angolan Ex-President’s daughter

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Portugal prosecutor orders seizure of accounts owned by Angolan Ex-President’s daughter

LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s public prosecutor said on Tuesday it had ordered the seizure of Portuguese bank accounts belonging to Isabel dos Santos, who is a suspect in a fraud...

Police set up citizens’ WhatsApp account to report road lawlessness (+592-620-6713)

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police set up citizens’ WhatsApp account to report road lawlessness (+592-620-6713)

“If you see it, snap it and send it” straight to the WhatsApp Group created by the Guyana Police Force Traffic Department where citizens who witness road madness and captures it on camera, can...

One held after Giftland Mall robbery

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on One held after Giftland Mall robbery

– accomplice escapes following shootout – Giftland boss complains of delay in gun licence Police have detained a prime suspect in Monday night’s robbery at the GTT Booth located inside...

S.O.C.U secures conviction… Extradited GRDB accountant gets 3 years for fraud

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on S.O.C.U secures conviction… Extradited GRDB accountant gets 3 years for fraud

Almost one year after being extradited from Canada to face fraud allegations amounting to $414M, former accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Peter Ramcharran, was yesterday...

Exxon might drunk and smart Guyana again

Feb 12, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Exxon might drunk and smart Guyana again

Everybody talking bout de contract wha Trotman sign. Who can read and write seh dem couldn’t sign a contract like dat because is like if a man signing over he house to a smart man who giving him...

JUSTICE FOR ALL

Feb 12, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on JUSTICE FOR ALL

These days if you are involved in a fatal accident and you are arrested by the police, you should expect a long stay at the police station. You should call your family and ask them to bring blankets...

US issued almost 5,300 visitors’ visa to Guyanese last year

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US issued almost 5,300 visitors’ visa to Guyanese last year

The US issued almost 5,300 visitors’ visas last year to Guyanese, a slight increase from 2018. According to figures by the US Department of State, last year there were 5,296 non-immigrant visas...

GPHC official blames staff shortage for fire at Psychiatric Ward

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC official blames staff shortage for fire at Psychiatric Ward

Almost two weeks ago, a section of the Psychiatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), was destroyed by a fire that was reportedly started by a mentally ill patient. A senior...

Gary Best suspends campaign appearances …Out on $100,000 station bail

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gary Best suspends campaign appearances …Out on $100,000 station bail

Former Army Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Gary Best, is taking himself out the public spotlight following his $100,000 station bail posted on Monday. Best was in police custody after...

Businessman gets fined, suspended sentence for attempting to bribe CANU

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman gets fined, suspended sentence for attempting to bribe CANU

Businessman, Vibert Marks, 44, of Lot 95 Independence Street, La Grange, and of Lot 16 Hibiscus Park, Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara, was yesterday found guilty of attempting to export gold without...

I submitted my declaration to the Integrity Commission – Harmon

Feb 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on I submitted my declaration to the Integrity Commission – Harmon

Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon, has denied that he is not compliant with the declaration of his assets. A report in the state-owned Guyana Chronicle this week named...

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(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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