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Convict appeals 88-years jail sentence for Old Year’s Day murder of ex-girlfriend

Dec 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Convict appeals 88-years jail sentence for Old Year’s Day murder of ex-girlfriend

Kaieteur News – Murder convict, Jermaine Maynard, has asked the Appeal Court to overturn the 88-years jail sentence, which was imposed on him by Justice Navindra Singh, for the murder of his...

Badminton Association launches Air Badminton programme

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Badminton Association launches Air Badminton programme

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Badminton Association has launched the Air Badminton programme – The New Outdoor Game at the National Park on Tuesday 29th of December 2020. Air Badminton was...

Pandemic and Jaguars title loss were the lows of 2020 for Guyana’s cricket

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pandemic and Jaguars title loss were the lows of 2020 for Guyana’s cricket

12 players opt out of Bangladesh tour as Permaul recalled By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – The year 2020 is finally, thankfully over! In what for most, has been a forgettable year, normal life...

A year of shutdown and networking along with personal and national triumphs

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on A year of shutdown and networking along with personal and national triumphs

2020 Basketball Year in Review… Kaieteur News – Patience is a virtue that everyone in Guyana’s basketball has needed in 2020. The Guyana basketball stars saw their season cancelled a...

EIA – the latest unwanted guest

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on EIA – the latest unwanted guest

Kaieteur News – EIA stands for Economic Impact Assessment, a choking mouthful that is better conveyed through its initials, EIA. A crude attempt at phonetic sounds results in something that...

The year 2020 was mixed with advantages and disadvantages

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The year 2020 was mixed with advantages and disadvantages

Dear Editor, If the APNU+AFC provided an earful to listen to the downside of our beloved country Guyana in the leap year 2020, then, the PPP/C Party did provide a mouthful to talk about on the other...

The way Guyanese act is not conducive to accelerated development

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The way Guyanese act is not conducive to accelerated development

Dear Editor, Guyanese are not a disciplined people. It is well understood that there had to be a high level of resentment of authority in all post-slavery societies – for who would want to work for...

Merely increasing wages will not impact lives

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Merely increasing wages will not impact lives

Dear Editor I refer to a short letter to the Editor, “Raising minimum wages might not necessarily help the poor,” written by Mr. Shawn Ori in response to an editorial: “Minimum wage – how far...

In some countries, the political elite view democracy as a ‘terrible encumbrance

Dec 31, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on In some countries, the political elite view democracy as a ‘terrible encumbrance

Dear Editor, As we approach the end of 2020 we are reminded that in any society where the political, economic, social and cultural and rights of a people are trampled upon, democracy is threatened....

Exxon charges Guyana US$1.6B for works up to 2017 alone

Dec 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon charges Guyana US$1.6B for works up to 2017 alone

– Govt. has concerns about “adverse” findings By Kemol King Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has handed a bill of...

APNU/AFC Cabinet approved $228M on project but contract signed for $191M

Dec 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU/AFC Cabinet approved $228M on project but contract signed for $191M

– AG 2019 report Kaieteur News – Details from the 2019 Auditor General’s report revealed that the former Coalition government had approved the sum of $228.062 million for the construction...

US Coastguard flagship deployed to battle illegal fishing offshore Guyana

Dec 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US Coastguard flagship deployed to battle illegal fishing offshore Guyana

– to conduct “multi-month” patrols Kaieteur News – The crew of the USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) departed from Pascagoula, Mississippi, last Tuesday, just ahead of Christmas, for a...

Coalition spent all of US$18M of ExxonMobil Signing Bonus

Dec 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition spent all of US$18M of ExxonMobil Signing Bonus

– Auditor General By Shikema Dey Kaieteur News – Every single cent of the US$18M signing bonus Guyana received when it penned the 2016 agreement with petro giant, ExxonMobil, was spent by the...

Guyana to spend US$2M on one helicopter, maintenance and training

Dec 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to spend US$2M on one helicopter, maintenance and training

– Finance Minister Kaieteur News – The National Assembly on Monday approved $413M in supplementary funding for the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). According to the Senior Finance Minister,...

Hess Corp. was marketer for Guyana’s 4th oil lift

Dec 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Hess Corp. was marketer for Guyana’s 4th oil lift

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Guyana’s fourth lift of approximately one million barrels of sweet, light Liza crude was actually marketed by Hess International Sales LLC and sold to BP Oil...

Region 6 officer threatens wife with knives in front of police

Dec 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 6 officer threatens wife with knives in front of police

– accused of breaking into home of estranged wife, falling asleep Kaieteur News – The Sport Officer attached to the Regional Democratic Council of Region Six (East Berbice) is presently...

Cuban man confesses to killing woman and her daughter

Dec 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban man confesses to killing woman and her daughter

Kaieteur News – Intensely grilled by detectives, Cuban national, Yoel Rodríguez Barrientos, has admitted to the gruesome murder of his girlfriend and her daughter, on Christmas night. The...

Killer gets 23 years for murder of US citizen for insurance

Dec 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Killer gets 23 years for murder of US citizen for insurance

Kaieteur News – A man who pleaded guilty to being part of a plot that ambushed and brutally murder a United States-based Guyanese citizen back in 2012, has been jailed for 23 years. Jailed was...

Politicians’ gan knack glass tomorrow night

Dec 30, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Politicians’ gan knack glass tomorrow night

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys wan know weh dem political big wigs gan be celebrating New Year’s Eve. De COVID mek all dem Old Year’s Night party get cancelled. But Dem Boys...

If COVID-19 DOES NOT GET YOU, THE BANDITS WILL

Dec 30, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on If COVID-19 DOES NOT GET YOU, THE BANDITS WILL

Kaieteur News – There is hardly a day that there is not a report of someone being robbed or, even worse, being killed during the course of a robbery. Life has become a lottery in Guyana; if the...

Today is my birthday; I wish my parents were alive

Dec 30, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Today is my birthday; I wish my parents were alive

Kaieteur News – This column here is a piece of memoir. It is my birthday today. As I reflect on the years that have gone by, I have no regrets about my social evolution. I have no regrets that...

GFF, K and S, MCYS Bounce Back Football Classic…Benjamin double propels Linden All Star; Mc Arthur brace sends GT All Star through

Dec 30, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF, K and S, MCYS Bounce Back Football Classic…Benjamin double propels Linden All Star; Mc Arthur brace sends GT All Star through

Kaieteur News- By Zaheer Mohamed Linden All Star and Georgetown All Star have secured their places in the final of the Guyana Football Federation/Kashif and Shanghai and Ministry of Culture Youth and...

House Speaker tests positive for COVID-19 a second time

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Rana five-for and enterprising batting put Bangladesh in the driver’s seat

Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more