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Three men arrested for having large amounts of cannabis in their possession

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three men arrested for having large amounts of cannabis in their possession

Kaieteur News – On Thursday, ranks of the Guyana Police Force arrested three men after they were found with over a total of 300 grams of cannabis in their possession. According to police...

Education Minister defends physical reopening of schools

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister defends physical reopening of schools

Kaieteur News – The Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, yesterday defended the conditional reopening of schools for face-to-face learning on the “Wakeup Guyana” radio programme on...

Confirmed COVID-19 cases pushes to 5,601

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Confirmed COVID-19 cases pushes to 5,601

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday recorded 73 new COVID-19 cases, pushing Guyana’s total number of confirmed cases to 5,601. This was presented in their daily dashboard update...

High Court dismisses $50M defamation claim Magistrate brought against DPP

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on High Court dismisses $50M defamation claim Magistrate brought against DPP

Kaieteur News – The High Court has dismissed a $50M claim for defamation brought against the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali- Hack by Magistrate Alex Moore. According to the...

Supreme Court responds to sentencing criticism

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Supreme Court responds to sentencing criticism

Kaieteur News – The Supreme Court of Judicature yesterday responded to public criticism that was made about two recent sentences handed down in the court system. In a statement, the Court noted...

GCB/Tropical Springs 0-40 T20 cricket Fifties from Mohammed, Persaud power Everest Masters to Tournament’s highest total

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/Tropical Springs 0-40 T20 cricket Fifties from Mohammed, Persaud power Everest Masters to Tournament’s highest total

Q/Finals set for today at Everest & Enmore By Sean Devers Half-centuries from ex-Cayman Islands Stanford T20 batsman Shaeed Mohammed and Basil Persaud and a cameo 20 from Randy Lindore...

South Africa-England ODI called off amid Covid scare

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Africa-England ODI called off amid Covid scare

ESPNcricinfo – The first ODI between South Africa and England in Cape Town has been called off, less than an hour before the toss. As reported by ESPNcricinfo, the postponement related to a...

Driver’s license can be used at Citizens Bank as proof as address

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Driver’s license can be used at Citizens Bank as proof as address

Kaieteur News – Customers opening bank accounts at Citizens Bank Guyana Inc. can now use their driver’s licence as proof of address. This is according to a source from Citizens Bank, who...

Kwakwani residents volunteer to serve on Ad Hoc Committee with the aim of ‘Bringing Football Back To Life’

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kwakwani residents volunteer to serve on Ad Hoc Committee with the aim of ‘Bringing Football Back To Life’

Kaieteur News – In a profound demonstration of community eagerness, members of the Kwakwani community last Sunday responded to a call from President of the Guyana Football Federation, Wayne...

Golf Association continues Gift of Giving Tradition

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golf Association continues Gift of Giving Tradition

Kaieteur News – Tomorrow from 11:00hrs the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and Nexgen Golf Academy will host its annual event for the Enmore Orphanage with a CURRY-Q. This novel idea was proposed...

Rahim and Shariff finish in top 20 of FIDE Worldwide Youth and Cadet Tournament

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rahim and Shariff finish in top 20 of FIDE Worldwide Youth and Cadet Tournament

Kaieteur News – Angel Rahim finished 7th in the Women’s Under-18 category of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Youth and Cadet Tournament. In what turned out to be a sensational performance...

Cyclists saddling up for 2nd leg in Linden tomorrow

Dec 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cyclists saddling up for 2nd leg in Linden tomorrow

Speed Sundays Time Trials Kaieteur News -Following a successful return to cycling via the Speed Sunday Time Trials series, the first leg pedaling off in the city, cyclists are getting ready to hit...

Concacaf confirms schedule for Concacaf Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf confirms schedule for Concacaf Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Kaieteur News – Miami, FL – Concacaf has confirmed the schedule for the eagerly anticipated regional qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. World governing body FIFA today...

There will be lots of empty chairs at the table this Christmas

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on There will be lots of empty chairs at the table this Christmas

DEAR EDITOR, With less than 27 days left in the year, 2020, the Guyana United Artists (GUA) wishes to thank the Editors of Kaieteur News and Stabroek News for the coverage given to our exclusive...

I hope this clears everything up

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I hope this clears everything up

DEAR EDITOR, It is to my amusement that the chairman of a party, called The Cooperative Republicans of Guyana, has written in the letters section, that the sodomy laws of Guyana is necessary in...

Caricom should not be seen as a tool of any one political tendency

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Caricom should not be seen as a tool of any one political tendency

DEAR EDITOR, The Ministry of Home Affairs now has to face a High Court hearing in a challenge to the Government’s decision to deport a number of recently arrived citizens of Haiti. It appears that...

No will to deal with oil and gas dilemmas

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on No will to deal with oil and gas dilemmas

DEAR EDITOR, I promised myself that I have commented enough on the Oil saga’s as has been reported by KN, but the article “Where is the rest of the media” /KN Dec 4th”,...

The future of Georgetown

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The future of Georgetown

DEAR EDITOR, It is time for the question to be seriously asked, and answered, about the future of Georgetown, Capital of Guyana. There needs to be the most comprehensive assessment of its viability...

An initial step to civil discourse

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An initial step to civil discourse

DEAR EDITOR, It has been over a century that Indian intellectuals have consistently put forth that the use of the pejorative term “coolie” be removed from our vocabulary when referencing...

It is time to end the theft of public funds

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time to end the theft of public funds

DEAR EDITOR, It has been very frustrating to read and hear about massive corruption in Guyana by public officials who are entrusted to provide value for the people’s money. Over the last decade,...

Guyanese are poor, but our country is rich!

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese are poor, but our country is rich!

DEAR EDITOR, Today I had a fishing experience off the Kingston Jetty. Brought my Diaspora fishing rods and lures (bait). I thought the folks with their cast nets would have an advantage over me,...

Has the Govt. asked Exxon about improving the financial terms of the Stabroek Block oil contract?

Dec 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Has the Govt. asked Exxon about improving the financial terms of the Stabroek Block oil contract?

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was recently able to push back on the oil companies to improve the Stabroek Block agreement which was originally signed in 2016. Those...

UK firm throws shares in Kaieteur, Canje Oil Blocks on US, UK stock markets

Dec 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UK firm throws shares in Kaieteur, Canje Oil Blocks on US, UK stock markets

Kaieteur News – Westmount Energy Limited, a UK company that has been buying up shares in several companies with highly prospective oil blocks in the Guyana-Suriname basin, has been able to land...

Multiple passwords used to delete about 1,000 scanner images linked to Belgium coke bust

Dec 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Multiple passwords used to delete about 1,000 scanner images linked to Belgium coke bust

Kaieteur News – Efforts by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has led to the recovery of a deleted image of a shipping container that the Belgium authorities busted with 11.5 tons of cocaine...

Gary Best walks free of Jude Bentley’s death

Dec 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gary Best walks free of Jude Bentley’s death

Kaieteur News – Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Gary Best, yesterday walked free of a causing death by dangerous driving charge in which national cyclist, Jude Bentley,...

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