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Gary Best: The best or the worse is yet to come

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Gary Best: The best or the worse is yet to come

Kaieteur News – I cannot comment on the acquittal of Gary Best because there is going to be a continuation of the trial in the Full Court so the matter is still sub judice. I can still express...

Three years jail for Chesney man who robbed, raped market vendor

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three years jail for Chesney man who robbed, raped market vendor

Kaieteur News – The suspect, who was arrested in connection with the robbery/rape committed on a female market vendor from the Corentyne area, was yesterday sentenced to 36 months imprisonment...

One critical in West Coast smash-up

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on One critical in West Coast smash-up

Kaieteur News – A smash-up involving four vehicles last night, along the Ruimzeight Gardens public road on the West Coast of Demerara, has left one person critical. The accident reportedly...

Boy, 8, electrocuted with drill

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 8, electrocuted with drill

Kaieteur News – Found lying motionless in his yard with an electric drill in his right hand, an eight-year-boy is believed to have been electrocuted yesterday at his home. The boy, said to be a...

Three arrested after gun, ammo find in Berbice

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three arrested after gun, ammo find in Berbice

Kaieteur News – Police in East Berbice have reported a major find as they continue their anti-crime operations in the Region. According to information, a party of police ranks attached to the...

President urges Region 2 businesses to follow COVID-19 protocols

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President urges Region 2 businesses to follow COVID-19 protocols

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali yesterday urged Region Two businesses to “self-police” to ensure COVID-19 protocols are followed by their staff and customers to help reduce the...

Region Six records 17 of 32 new COVID-19 cases

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six records 17 of 32 new COVID-19 cases

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that of the 32 newly recorded COVID-19 cases, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) accounted for 17 of them. Region Two and Region Eight...

‘Close friend’ of Marcus Bisram re-arrested

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Close friend’ of Marcus Bisram re-arrested

Kaieteur News – The ex-policeman, who is said to be a ‘close friend’ of Marcus Bisram, was yesterday re-arrested in connection with the robbery committed on Bisram at No. 70 Village, Upper...

Man who ran into path of minibus dies

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man who ran into path of minibus dies

Kaieteur News – The man, who a driver claimed ran into the path of his minibus, has succumbed to his injuries. According to police, Maxwell Mona, 55, a labourer of Chester Village, West Coast...

Canadian High Commission marks end to 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian High Commission marks end to 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Kaieteur News – Today marks the end of the global campaign on 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The conclusion also coincides with the UN International Human Rights Day....

The right to truth is central to a healthy democracy – GHRA

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on The right to truth is central to a healthy democracy – GHRA

Kaieteur News – International Human Rights Day 2020 observed globally today, provides an opportune moment to reflect on the relationship between truth, justice and democracy. This was...

Fix it now – President Ali tells NIS head at Region 2 outreach

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fix it now – President Ali tells NIS head at Region 2 outreach

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali has instructed the representative of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to “fix it now” after hearing multiple concerns by Region Two...

Baramita man killed during fight with brother-in-law

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Baramita man killed during fight with brother-in-law

Kaieteur News – A man said to be in his early 30’s, was allegedly slain on Monday by his brother-in-law during a “fight.” Dellon Alanzo of Moran Area, Baramita, North West district,...

Union demands arbitration for decade-old sacking of 57 Rusal workers

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Union demands arbitration for decade-old sacking of 57 Rusal workers

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday called on Government to start arbitration with Russian-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated...

Caribbean Cinemas, MovieTowne irked by Govt.’s refusal to reopen cinemas

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Cinemas, MovieTowne irked by Govt.’s refusal to reopen cinemas

Kaieteur News – Caribbean Cinemas and MovieTowne recently joined forces to express their disappointment in Government’s decision to keep indoor cinemas closed throughout this month. In a...

Three E’bo Coast residents receive titles after waiting for years

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three E’bo Coast residents receive titles after waiting for years

Kaieteur News – Residents heaped praises on His Excellency, Dr. Irfaan Ali, yesterday after his swift intervention which resulted in the issuance of Certificates of Title to three Region Two...

Lima Sands, Charity targeted for 600 house-lots

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lima Sands, Charity targeted for 600 house-lots

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali has announced that an additional 600 house-lots will be developed and distributed to residents in several Region Two communities. The President made this...

GCB/ Tropical Spring O-40 T20 cricket

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/ Tropical Spring O-40 T20 cricket

Semis set for Everest tomorrow Kaieteur News – After seven rounds of the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Tropical Spring Over-40 T20 cricket tournament with zones being played in Demerara,...

GGA/Nexgen GA make donation to Hope Orphanage

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GGA/Nexgen GA make donation to Hope Orphanage

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Golf Association in collaboration with the Nexgen Golf Academy has made a timely donation to Hope Children’s Orphanage. Following a fund raising event held by...

Dream or nightmare?

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Dream or nightmare?

Kaieteur News – Professor Amy Myers Jaffe of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, covered wide-ranging areas in an article in The Conversation on September 22 titled,...

GTTA ‘restart’ tournament now scheduled for next Thursday

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA ‘restart’ tournament now scheduled for next Thursday

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) had earmarked this weekend for the commencement of the ‘Restart’ tournament since the Covid-19 outbreak but after a couple...

Minister of Sport and team visit East Berbice, distribute Floodlights, cricket gear

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minister of Sport and team visit East Berbice, distribute Floodlights, cricket gear

Kaieteur News – Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr on Sunday last spent the entire day visiting a number of communities in East Berbice. The energetic Minister, who is also...

Sleepy Sanitary Pads congratulates its fifth $100,000 Winner

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sleepy Sanitary Pads congratulates its fifth $100,000 Winner

Kaieteur News – Sleepy’s All-Natural Sanitary Pads is excited to congratulate Denise Gomes of Timehri, the fifth $100,000 winner, in its six-month, “Sleepy Monthly Special Promotion.” The...

Fighting corruption requires placing more women in decision-making

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fighting corruption requires placing more women in decision-making

Dear Editor, In Guyana, the people most negatively affected by corruption are women and men who are workers, farmers, small business people and the poor. Therefore, women and men, from the...

Irfaan Ali has thrown his administration’s own COVID-19 regulations aside

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Irfaan Ali has thrown his administration’s own COVID-19 regulations aside

Dear Editor, Irfaan Ali, head of the PPP administration, has thrown their COVID-19 regulations over his shoulders and has become Donald Trump’s heir-apparent in disdain for these necessary...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- I’ve always had an aversion to elections, which I suppose is natural for someone who... more