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Cuffy was a dual citizen

Oct 29, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Cuffy was a dual citizen

Kaieteur News – Cuffy was a dual citizen. He was not born in Guyana; he was born in Ghana. But we can safely say that he is entitled to retroactive citizenship. This would make him a dual...

13 new COVID-19 cases recorded from 215 tests

Oct 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 13 new COVID-19 cases recorded from 215 tests

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday announced that 13 new COVID-19 cases were recorded from 215 tests conducted. The newly recorded cases take the total number of confirmed...

Son of Citizenship Initiative’s Rhonda Lam, commits suicide

Oct 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Son of Citizenship Initiative’s Rhonda Lam, commits suicide

Kaieteur News – The 15-year-old-son of Rhonda Lam, former Presidential Candidate for the Citizens Initiative Party, allegedly took his own life yesterday around 14:45hrs at his Triumph, East...

Venezuelan remanded for murder of teen

Oct 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan remanded for murder of teen

Kaieteur News – A Venezuelan labourer, Nestor Luis Bolivar Martines , 22, also known as Carlos of Sixth Street, Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara (WCD), was yesterday remanded for the murder...

Over 900 teachers brainstorm reopening schools for CSEC, CAPE students

Oct 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 900 teachers brainstorm reopening schools for CSEC, CAPE students

KaieteAs the Ministry of Education (MOE) continues its consultations with teachers of students set to write the 2021 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced...

Caribbean Airlines to fly twice weekly to Toronto

Oct 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines to fly twice weekly to Toronto

Kaieteur News – Trinidad-headquartered Caribbean Airlines will from Sunday, November 1, 2020, offer twice-weekly service between Cheddi Jagan International, Guyana and Lester B. Pearson...

26 Mahdia youths graduate from heavy-duty equipment operator training

Oct 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 26 Mahdia youths graduate from heavy-duty equipment operator training

Kaieteur News – Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, congratulated 26 graduates from the Ministry’s six-week heavy-duty equipment operator training held in Mahdia, Potaro-Siparuni (Region...

AG Anil Nandlall, attorney-at-law Timothy Jonas to be appointed Senior Counsel

Oct 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AG Anil Nandlall, attorney-at-law Timothy Jonas to be appointed Senior Counsel

Kaieteur News – The Office of the President (OP) yesterday announced that after consultation with Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Yonette Cummings OR, President Irfaan Ali will appoint...

Man committed to stand trial for murder of ex father-in-law

Oct 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man committed to stand trial for murder of ex father-in-law

Kaieteur News – A man was on Tuesday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of his ex father-in-law who was killed earlier this year. The preliminary inquiry (PI) for the...

JetBlue to start New York flights from December 11

Oct 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on JetBlue to start New York flights from December 11

Kaieteur News – Low-cost JetBlue on Tuesday announced a revised launch timeline for new nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Georgetown,...

DPP to correct fiat for attorneys to prosecute Lawrence, Mingo and Joseph

Oct 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on DPP to correct fiat for attorneys to prosecute Lawrence, Mingo and Joseph

Kaieteur News – The Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is expected to correct the fiat for the six attorneys-at-law who were selected to prosecute the persons accused of...

Fitness Test competed for Referees nominated for 2021 FIFA List

Oct 29, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Test competed for Referees nominated for 2021 FIFA List

The Guyana Football Federation on October 24 successfully conducted the Fitness Test for Referees who will be nominated for the 2021 FIFA List of Referees. Under strict COVID-19 protocols at the...

Can Alexander tell us the truths about Forbes Burnham’s rule?

Oct 29, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Can Alexander tell us the truths about Forbes Burnham’s rule?

Kaieteur News – If any Guyanese, other than Vincent Alexander, had written the following words, I would have shrugged it off and never think of penning this column, “Reconciliation has been...

Campaign donations

Oct 29, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Campaign donations

Kaieteur News – There was a timely recent article carried in this newspaper titled, “With billions in play, US jails, fines candidates for not reporting campaign donations” (KN October 21)....

Disappointed in not playing more games for Guyana

Oct 29, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Disappointed in not playing more games for Guyana

Says Ex-Nat left-arm spinner Glen Robinson By Sean Devers Forty-nine-year-old Glen Robinson lives in Canada with his wife Jacqueline whom he married on October 12 1996 and his 21-year-old son Jayden...

Was a declaration made to GRA on this deal?

Oct 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was a declaration made to GRA on this deal?

Dear Editor, With Kaieteur News’ investigative journalism on the US$1,000,000 transferred to James Bond, my question to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), did this taxpayer report this income...

The PPP and PNC have done worse for us, while doing very well for themselves

Oct 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP and PNC have done worse for us, while doing very well for themselves

Dear Editor, What I share today is not intended as a comment on dual citizenship, which is farthest from my mind. It is of what I stand for and where I am, as one holding citizenship of both Guyana...

Discipline in the Sugar Industry

Oct 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Discipline in the Sugar Industry

I take serious exception to your publishing my letter and mischievously omitting the following critical paragraph: “A critical factor not to be overlooked is that several managers and managers live...

Cane dust creates a visible, unattractive situation for many homes

Oct 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cane dust creates a visible, unattractive situation for many homes

Dear Editor, Permit me to vent my frustration with the current open air burning in the agro industry as well within the township of New Amsterdam. Firstly, I shall address the burning of the cane...

Sugar is much more than that the product

Oct 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar is much more than that the product

When the PNCR government closed the Wales Sugar Estate in 2015, on the grounds that it was running at a huge financial loss for several years, former PNCR member Stanley Ming, said categorically that...

Kaieteur Block owners, like Canje, registered in territory notorious for financial secrecy

Oct 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur Block owners, like Canje, registered in territory notorious for financial secrecy

The fleecing of Guyana series… Kaieteur News – As with the owners of the Canje Block, the owners of the Kaieteur Block set the stage for secrecy in their acquisition of the license by...

PNCR Executive James Bond received US$1M for NICIL-leased lands

Oct 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR Executive James Bond received US$1M for NICIL-leased lands

– Sale executed five months after land acquisition Kaieteur News – People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive, James Bond collected US$1 million dollars related to the sale of...

KN publisher writes to Ramotar over Kaieteur, Canje oil blocks

Oct 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on KN publisher writes to Ramotar over Kaieteur, Canje oil blocks

Kaieteur News Publisher, Glenn Lall, has written to former President Donald Ramotar asking him to explain his decision for signing away two of Guyana’s most valuable assets – the Kaieteur and...

Motion to override Local Gov’t Commission’s decision “illegal and improper” – Chase-Green

Oct 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Motion to override Local Gov’t Commission’s decision “illegal and improper” – Chase-Green

Non-approval of hiring new staff… Kaieteur News – Former Mayor and current councillor Patricia Chase-Green has outlined her disapproval at a motion placed before Georgetown Mayor and City...

Man shot for asking to turn down music

Oct 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot for asking to turn down music

Kaieteur News – A man was on Saturday shot at a shop located at Iyana Backdam, North West District (NWD), Region One, after he asked for the music being played to be turned down. Nursing a...