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Fire destroys sections of Lusignan Prison

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys sections of Lusignan Prison

– No deaths, no escapees, 15 injured A fire yesterday destroyed sections of the Lusignan Prison after it was said to be a form of retaliation. Reports were that narcotics, cellphones and forms...

De Rigadier put Guyana in de Guinness Book of World Records

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De Rigadier put Guyana in de Guinness Book of World Records

Karen de Suzie tek she eyes pass de boss man of de Waterfall paper. If she nah understand wha he seh is because she nah want understand. De boss man seh bedroom story is personal and private matter....

Windies make perfect start to series as Blackwood inspires

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies make perfect start to series as Blackwood inspires

SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Mercurial Jermaine Blackwood perished agonisingly short of a deserved hundred but West Indies took a giant leap towards their first series win on English soil in 32...

No move on re-development of Prime City Lands until further consultation – Mayor

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No move on re-development of Prime City Lands until further consultation – Mayor

Georgetown Mayor, Ubraj Narine, has said that there will be no move on the re-development of prime city lands in the Houston area until proper consultation is done. This newspaper was informed of...

Harrigan positioning for Jaguar’s midfield role

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Harrigan positioning for Jaguar’s midfield role

By Calvin Chapman Eighteen-year-old defensive midfielder Jamar Harrigan has his sights set on achieving all that he can with football locally, inclusive of winning the Elite League with his new club...

Security guard loses home to fire

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard loses home to fire

A 27-year-old security guard is now without a place to live after a fire gutted his home at Riverstown, Essequibo Coast, Region Two yesterday. The fire occurred sometime between 06:30 hrs and 08:00...

Chief Justice dismissed Rickford Burke’s multi-million libel suits against media entities

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice dismissed Rickford Burke’s multi-million libel suits against media entities

Eight years after Rickford Burke, New York-based radio talk show host filed a $20M libel suit against Guyana Times, Multi Technology Vision Inc. and Little Rock Television Station Inc., Chief Justice...

Brazilians still being allowed to sneak into Lethem despite COVID-19 travel restrictions

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilians still being allowed to sneak into Lethem despite COVID-19 travel restrictions

Police at the Guyana/Brazil border in Lethem are coming under heavy criticism for failing to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in Region Nine by allowing Brazilians to sneak into the town...

CPA notes decline in child abuse reports

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CPA notes decline in child abuse reports

– Cites COVID-19 as contributing factor Director of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA), Ann Greene in a brief telephone interview with Kaieteur News yesterday, related that the Agency...

Election rigging: Faces of dangerous journalism

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Election rigging: Faces of dangerous journalism

One of the most explosive issues in journalism in the 21st century occurred last month in the New York Times (NYT), one of the leading global newspapers. In an opinion piece in the NYT, Republican...

The AFC’s leaders will face sanctions

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The AFC’s leaders will face sanctions

Martin Niemoller, a Lutheran pastor, who was born in 1892 and lived to the ripe old age of 92 wrote the following words: “They came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I...

Police Constable thwarts attempt to set Umana Yana on fire

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police Constable thwarts attempt to set Umana Yana on fire

Brave and fast work by a police constable yesterday prevented a man from setting fire to the Umana Yana at High Street, Kingston, Georgetown. Kaieteur News learnt that two police constables were on...

Six new COVID-19 cases recorded; national total now stands at 297

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Six new COVID-19 cases recorded; national total now stands at 297

The Ministry of Public Health informed the nation yesterday that there have been six new cases, bringing the country’s total number of positive cases to 297. Further, there are currently 126...

Resourcefulness taken to astounding heights daily

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Resourcefulness taken to astounding heights daily

DEAR EDITOR, The CEO of GECOM is possibly the best at fabrications and outright falsifications. He needed clarification and interpretation, which were the first untruths. What he really needed was...

Shared governance – should we, can we?

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shared governance – should we, can we?

DEAR EDITOR, I enter again where even heroes hesitate to go. I continue for my conscience, my vision for this country, and the peace of mind that comes from doing what I fervently believe is right. I...

An appeal to Mr. Granger and Nagamootoo

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An appeal to Mr. Granger and Nagamootoo

DEAR EDITOR, My heart used to swell with pride when hearing you speak. Particularly, when I heard Mr. Nagamootoo speak at the Salvation Army’s launch of their annual Christmas fundraiser in 2017. I...

Caricom people urge correction of Lowenfield’s report

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Caricom people urge correction of Lowenfield’s report

DEAR EDITOR, Caribbean people urge the GECOM to correct the election ‘kak’ report submitted by Lowenfield and bring the election process to closure. This charade has gone on for too long and...

It’s time opposition leaders take this struggle to another level

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s time opposition leaders take this struggle to another level

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese cannot fail to acknowledge, much less underestimate, the seriousness of the political quandary created by caretaker President Granger and the coalition he leads. And while it is...

My appeal to all who are concerned about Guyana’s future

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on My appeal to all who are concerned about Guyana’s future

DEAR EDITOR, I have read and listened to so many of my fellow Guyanese expressing their concerns about our country’s dilemma and with time one can feel the gruesome pain and anguish that we pass on...

Trotman seems not to know that we learn and benefit from CARICOM

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trotman seems not to know that we learn and benefit from CARICOM

Dear Editor, While claiming to be “all for CARICOM”, Raphael Trotman, Chairman of the AFC has told member states of CARICOM to mind their own business and allow Guyana to solve what he refers to...

Chairwoman Singh must declare

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Chairwoman Singh must declare

In view of what comes out of the bowels of the Guyana Elections Commission, we are now undeniably a country without a compass and, no matter how kindly considered, a society based on straw and sand....

Update! Fifteen inmates injured in Lusignan fire

Jul 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Update! Fifteen inmates injured in Lusignan fire

According to an official police report, some fifteen inmates received minor injuries in the fire that destroyed a section of the Lusignan Prison today. It was noted that around 12:45h at the East...

Fire at Lusignan Prison

Jul 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire at Lusignan Prison

Kaieteur News will bring more details in a later report.

Absent Lowenfield sends in falsified report – Govt. commissioners also a ‘no show’

Jul 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Absent Lowenfield sends in falsified report – Govt. commissioners also a ‘no show’

– sends in falsified report – GECOM to meet soon on a way forward By Shikema Dey Guyana’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield once again, defied a direct order by the...

Lowenfield acting in bad faith and against democracy – OAS

Jul 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield acting in bad faith and against democracy – OAS

In its strongest statement yet, the Organisation of American States (OAS) has condemned Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, for his repeated attempts to frustrate the democratic process,...