August 22, 2020

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Exxon will have to spend more to protect the environment – VP Jagdeo

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon will have to spend more to protect the environment – VP Jagdeo

Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has said that ExxonMobil and the other oil companies will have to spend more in order to ensure Guyana’s natural environment is safeguarded. He appeared on last...

DPP to prosecute keith Lowenfield, Mingo and others

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on DPP to prosecute keith Lowenfield, Mingo and others

– Police to conduct comprehensive investigations The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack, S.C, has decided to take over the criminal charges that were filed against the Chief...

WPA leaves Coalition over sidelining of small parties

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on WPA leaves Coalition over sidelining of small parties

– Contradicts Granger on consultations The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has decided to part ways with the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) coalition over what it considers...

Christopher Jones arrested for simple larceny

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Christopher Jones arrested for simple larceny

– released on $100,000 bail Former Sports Director, Christopher Jones was arrested and later released on $100,000 station bail yesterday over allegations of simple larceny of a quantity of...

Ponzi scheme operators arrested

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ponzi scheme operators arrested

Owner of Accelerated Capital Firm Inc. (ACFI), Yuri Dominguez and his wife were arrested by police on Thursday evening for operating an alleged Ponzi/Pyramid Scheme. Dominguez, a 34-year-old Cuban...

64 lbs of weed, 3 motorcycles found stashed among tombs

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 64 lbs of weed, 3 motorcycles found stashed among tombs

Police, including the Commander-in-Charge of Region 5 Edmond Cooper, acting on information received swooped down at the Kingelly Seadam, West Coast Berbice where two large parcels wrapped in...

If President Ali is serious, he will bring legislation to regulate political parties – Ram

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on If President Ali is serious, he will bring legislation to regulate political parties – Ram

Chartered Accountant and anticorruption advocate, Christopher Ram is of the firm conviction that one of the biggest issues in Guyana relates to the absence of legislation to regulate political...

Fraudsters with forged Power of Attorney tries to sell owner his property

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fraudsters with forged Power of Attorney tries to sell owner his property

It appears that a gang of fraudsters who were targeting empty house lots across the coastland has run of out luck. Yesterday, a number of them were arrested after they attempted to sell a businessman...

Good Hope Secondary School Project’s delay is unacceptable – Minister Priya

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Good Hope Secondary School Project’s delay is unacceptable – Minister Priya

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has stated that the long delay of the Good Hope Secondary School project is unacceptable. This comes after the Minister paid a visit to the school’s...

A man and he stones dead

Aug 22, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A man and he stones dead

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys seh you should not speak ill of de dead. But dem boys seh deh still gat people who talk bad about Cheddi and Burnham when dem bin alive, when dem bin dead and even after dem...

The PPP/C is asleep at the wheel

Aug 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPP/C is asleep at the wheel

The PPP/C is “hard ears’. When it comes to national emergencies, they wait until the “boat done gone a falls” before they act. In other words, the PPP/C does not like to listen to the view of...

OIL COMPANIES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO SLOW POISON GUYANESE

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OIL COMPANIES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO SLOW POISON GUYANESE

Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr. Vincent Adams has made it clear that he has a duty to protect the nation and ensure that the same blunder made with the first two permits issued...

Pioneering businessman, Toolsie Persaud dies

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pioneering businessman, Toolsie Persaud dies

Popular Guyanese businessman Toolsie Persaud passed away yesterday after reportedly being ill for some weeks. Persaud was in his early 90s. He was the proprietor of Toolsie Persaud Ltd. (TPL), a...

Cummings Lodge/Sophia squatters served with contravention notices

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cummings Lodge/Sophia squatters served with contravention notices

The Ministry of Housing and Water (MHW) on Thursday served a number of contravention notices to squatters residing along the Cummings Lodge/Sophia area. The Ministry in a statement noted that...

Juvenile among 22 caught at Mary’s Bar

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Juvenile among 22 caught at Mary’s Bar

– To appear in court on Monday A juvenile is among 22 persons that were caught at Mary’s Bar on Tuesday breaching the COVID-19 regulations, according to Region Three Commander, Errol Watts....

GuyOil CEO says screenshots about illegal fuel transactions are fake

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GuyOil CEO says screenshots about illegal fuel transactions are fake

The Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Oil Company, Renatha Exeter, sought to set the record straight yesterday regarding purported screenshots of emails between herself and former Finance Minister,...

Government to procure 25,000 solar panels for hinterland communities

Aug 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Government to procure 25,000 solar panels for hinterland communities

In its pursuit of transitioning to renewable energy, the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) administration has engaged the Government of India in procuring some 25,000 solar panels that will...

Pollard pleased with win; Powell wants an improved Tallawahs

Aug 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pollard pleased with win; Powell wants an improved Tallawahs

The Trinbago Knight Riders defeated Jamaica Tallawahs by seven wickets at the Brian Lara Stadium on Thursday and Captain Kieron Pollard says he is pleased with the win. Knight Riders restricted the...

The Elections Petition

Aug 22, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Elections Petition

We are now approaching the fourth week since official results of the March 2 General and Regional Elections were declared. At this point, all parties would have submitted their list of...

Walter Ramsahoye, the nature of humans and correcting history

Aug 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Walter Ramsahoye, the nature of humans and correcting history

We humans are inherently dishonest and uncaring. We only show concern for life when it directly affects us. We never stop to put ourselves in the place of others. When the former Acting Chief...

Caribbean to have boxing coaches’ virtual seminar next month

Aug 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean to have boxing coaches’ virtual seminar next month

The Guyana Boxing Association, in a release to the media has announced that Chairman of the Caribbean Steering Committee for Boxing; Steve Ninvalle, has organized a virtual seminar for coaches to be...

Pyramid Scheme or FOREX Trading

Aug 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pyramid Scheme or FOREX Trading

DEAR EDITOR, I’ll start off by saying that I have seen the advertising flooding Facebook and other social media and they are indeed very alluring. Who wouldn’t want to get rich quick without...

Rushing to Judgment

Aug 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rushing to Judgment

DEAR EDITOR, It is an interesting construct for possible debate – that is of (voted) ‘Political Appointees’ terminating the employment of (non-voted) ‘political appointees’, and for no...

PPP once again given the unenviable task

Aug 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP once again given the unenviable task

DEAR EDITOR, This is not the first time that the PNC has bankrupted this country through a proliferation of incompetence, failed social and economic policies, forthright corruption and barefaced...

What message is government sending on appointments?

Aug 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on What message is government sending on appointments?

DEAR EDITOR, With regards to your news report and letters, I wish to add my voice. What message is the government sending with these appointments? The country is very displeased with several Cabinet...

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West Indies, New Zealand meet in Sobers’ country to celebrate...

Jul 19, 2026

(Cricinfo) – The statue of Sir Garry Sobers at Kensington Oval stands 12 feet tall. His memory casts a much longer shadow, especially now that he is gone. Tributes have flown in from all over...

A critique of an argument never made

Jul 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Terence Yhip is perfectly entitled to disagree with my understanding of the Resource Curse. Serious questions of political economy have never advanced through unanimity. What he is not entitled to do, however, is attribute arguments to me that I never made and then proceed to...

Transparency, sovereignty, and the challenge of power

Jul 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Few issues test the sovereignty of small states more severely than requests made by powerful friends. How should a country respond when cooperation is expected, but the proposed terms exceed its legal, financial and institutional capacity? That question...

Earthquakes after earthquakes

Jul 19, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall… (Kaieteur News) – Venezuela had one earthquake, then more. Death and destruction on a wide scale. I shrink from forces larger than life, bigger than man. Guyanese were in the middle of one earthquake, when another crashed down on their heads. Seems like...

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