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A major issue that must be faced

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A major issue that must be faced

DEAR EDITOR, Before the 2015 General Elections, APNU+AFC vigorously denied its intention to close SUGAR and, in fact, promised “to energize SUGAR and return it to former glory years”....

The BoG must make the necessary declaration to protect citizens

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The BoG must make the necessary declaration to protect citizens

DEAR EDITOR, It is out of frustration that I have decided to make public the travesty one has to go through when making online transactions Republic Bank Ltd (Guy). I have noticed that the bank has...

Freddie’s penchant for bandwagoning is annoying

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie’s penchant for bandwagoning is annoying

DEAR EDITOR, I like reading FK’s column. I have great respect for the man but sometimes I find his penchant for indiscrete bandwagoning annoying. Take for instance; when the local commentators...

Cornelia Ida residents under flood threat because of lawlessness

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cornelia Ida residents under flood threat because of lawlessness

DEAR EDITOR, I beg of you to allow me space to highlight a burning issue that is affecting the residents of Cornelia Ida, Sea-View Housing Scheme W.C.D. I have been pleading with government(s) for...

We are obviously in deep, unchartered waters

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are obviously in deep, unchartered waters

DEAR EDITOR, The recent case of the EPA only now seeking to review the law which restricted them to fining Repsol the absurd equivalent of US$ 5,000 for a recent mud spill reveals how woefully...

Govt.’s inaction sets back gas to power plant by two years – Ramson

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.’s inaction sets back gas to power plant by two years – Ramson

The Coalition administration had ample opportunity to get the ball rolling on the much needed gas to power plant that would significantly reduce electricity costs. But instead of providing the...

Tullow linked to firm bankrupted after Facebook data scandal

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tullow linked to firm bankrupted after Facebook data scandal

Kenyan media has uncovered a link between Tullow Oil and Cambridge Analytica, the firm that was bankrupt after it was revealed to have misappropriated the private data of tens of millions of Facebook...

NCN gives Coalition Govt. 1 hour coverage, PPP gets 1 minute

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NCN gives Coalition Govt. 1 hour coverage, PPP gets 1 minute

…Launching of campaign season State-owned television and radio broadcasting corporation, the National Communications Network (NCN), has come under heavy criticism after there was a significant...

St. Joseph Mercy launches its own branded medications

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on St. Joseph Mercy launches its own branded medications

The St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH) is now offering medications under its own brand name, assuring quality and authenticity. Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Deborrah Ramsay, said that the...

El Dorado leads exports as Gold Board reports 629,000 ounces for 2019

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on El Dorado leads exports as Gold Board reports 629,000 ounces for 2019

Despite a tough year, the gold industry has managed to come out smiling again. Gold declarations were 18,000 ounces more than 2018, with El Dorado Trading Guyana leading with the largest amount,...

Guyana to soon benefit from UK anti-corruption programme via private school

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to soon benefit from UK anti-corruption programme via private school

By Kiana Wilburg The absence of well-trained investigators in financial crimes is often deemed to be one of the biggest impediments to Guyana’s attempts at arresting grand corruption. In an effort...

Venezuela becomes major buyer of Guyana rice again

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela becomes major buyer of Guyana rice again

…country earned US$222M last year in exports to 35 countries The Guyana Rice Development Board’s 2019 export report has revealed that US$222.7 million was earned through the export of rice to...

$300M in medical supplies missing from MOPH

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $300M in medical supplies missing from MOPH

– Ministry failed to enforce delivery- schedule penalty for supplies According to the Auditor General’s report of 2018, the Ministry of Public Health paid over $77 million for supplies which...

Sharma vs. Sharma… Govt. upset over leak of Auditor General report

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sharma vs. Sharma… Govt. upset over leak of Auditor General report

– $250M in fuel cannot be verified The Coalition Government has expressed concern that the Auditor General report of 2018 has been leaked. The report was handed over to the Speaker of the...

Greenidge got nuff time pon he hands

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Greenidge got nuff time pon he hands

Carl Greenidge vex bad. He did get vex wid de Waterfalls paper when it publish how some of dem oil producing countries worse off than before dem find oil. Of course, de Waterfalls paper had some...

WHILE YOU ARE OUT CAMPAIGNING…

Jan 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHILE YOU ARE OUT CAMPAIGNING…

There are two things which corrupt oil companies are good at when dealing with poor, developing countries. They are adept at lining the pockets of crooked politicians so as to obtain favourable deals...

Bodies in hotel room… Female threatened to poison children

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bodies in hotel room… Female threatened to poison children

By Shikema Dey As police work to ascertain a motive behind the suspected suicide of an East Coast Demerara couple, new developments are coming to the forefront. Kaieteur News was told that the young...

Commissioner General should dispose of vehicles to maximise revenues

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Commissioner General should dispose of vehicles to maximise revenues

– Auditor General In a recent Auditor General report, the findings stressed the distribution of vehicles and other items that could have garnered a large sum of revenue. The report also made...

Guyanese family mourns as teen dies in Brampton hit-and-run

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese family mourns as teen dies in Brampton hit-and-run

Peel police say a 16-year-old girl whose family came from Guyana has died in hospital following a hit-and-run in Brampton early Sunday morning. Police responded to the area of Gore Road and Queen...

Investigation launched into passenger who collapsed at CJIA

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Investigation launched into passenger who collapsed at CJIA

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has launched an investigation after a male passenger collapsed and died while boarding an outgoing American Airlines flight early Sunday morning at the Cheddi...

Man crushed to death by tractor

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man crushed to death by tractor

A Linden resident was on Saturday crushed to death after falling off a tractor. He was identified as Rondell Jacobs. The incident occurred at 72 miles Kaburee Main Access Trail at around 22:00hrs....

Butcher who tried to arrest man, charged

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Butcher who tried to arrest man, charged

A 23-year-old butcher of A 95 East La Penitence, Georgetown, was yesterday hauled before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, after he was charged for restraining a man, whom he tried to take...

Education Minister commissions two new schools in Region One

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister commissions two new schools in Region One

…Canal Bank Primary receives boat and engine On the day that schools reopened across the country after the Christmas holidays, Minister of Education Dr. Nicolette Henry commissioned two new...

Fire destroys three homes in separate incidents

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys three homes in separate incidents

Yesterday morning, three minors were rescued by heroic neighbours after the home they were in alone caught fire at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice. Reports are that the three children were left...

Murder accused jailed three years for armed robbery

Jan 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused jailed three years for armed robbery

Travis Evans, who had pleaded guilty to raping a woman back in 2010, was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on an armed robbery charge. The 25-year-old’s guilty plea to the rape...

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Republic Bank U18 Football League: Unbeaten trio flex muscles as...

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The intensity was palpable at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue this past Sunday as the seventh annual Republic Bank Under 18 School’s Football League...

We have entered the dark zone once again

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The police account of the incident in which shots were fired in Kitty at a vehicle in which was the leader of the opposition, brings back haunting and uncomfortable memories of one of the darkest eras of Guyana. And it specifically brings back memories of the assassinations of...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

King Charles III – post visit reflections

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The mind can be a funny thing. Mine played a trick on me, did a somersault. Now that King Charles III came and went, it’s confession time. He should come again. Guess who would lead the parade, the welcoming party? Incidentally, there could be a temporary halt to...

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