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CJ quashes order to have Haitians deported

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on CJ quashes order to have Haitians deported

– says AG application of withdrawal has no merit Kaieteur News – The Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George-Wiltshire, yesterday quashed the deportation order that was granted by Principal...

Police promise cheques will be ready by Friday

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Police promise cheques will be ready by Friday

Run around for bail money… Kaieteur News – The run around to recover the refund of bail money continued yesterday, but police have since given assurances to those affected that cheques will...

One more to testify in Vryheid’s Lust woman’s murder PI

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on One more to testify in Vryheid’s Lust woman’s murder PI

Kaieteur News – One more witness is expected to testify in the murder case of 56-year-old Velma Pickering of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara (ECD), as the Preliminary Inquiry (PI)...

Elderly man is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly man is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday reported another COVID-19 death. This time it was a 65-year-old man from Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice). In its release, it was stated that the...

Retrial ordered for duo sentenced to 75 years for murder

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Retrial ordered for duo sentenced to 75 years for murder

Kaieteur News – The Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial for Devon Thomas and Randy Isaacs, who were sentenced to 75 years imprisonment each for the murder of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara...

Suspected serial robbers appear in court

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected serial robbers appear in court

– One jailed, one granted bail Kaieteur News – A pair of suspected serial robbers was on Tuesday charged for committing a robbery under arms on a Suri Trading’s salesman. Appearing...

Appeal Court orders convicted rapist out on bail to serve jail sentence

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal Court orders convicted rapist out on bail to serve jail sentence

Kaieteur News – The Court of Appeal has turned down a request of a convicted rapist to have his seven years jail sentence rescinded. Instead, Kenrick Morrison, who has been out on bail pending...

Italian oil services company aims to setup fabrication yard in South Cummingsburg

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Italian oil services company aims to setup fabrication yard in South Cummingsburg

Kaieteur News – Saipem, an Italian multinational oil services company, is expected to construct and operate a fabrication yard located at Lot A, Lot B, Mudlot A, Mudlot B and Water Parts of...

Owner of CI Mini-mart robbed at gunpoint

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Owner of CI Mini-mart robbed at gunpoint

Kaieteur News – A 32-year-old businessman, who operates the V&M Minimart at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, was on Tuesday evening robbed at gunpoint by two unidentified men. The...

Knife bandits rob labourer of cellphone

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Knife bandits rob labourer of cellphone

Kaieteur News – Two knife bandits, on Tuesday, slashed a 40-year-old labourer under his chin as they robbed him of his cellphone. The incident occurred at La Retraite, West Bank Demerara (WBD),...

15-year sentence for Corriverton man who killed farmer

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 15-year sentence for Corriverton man who killed farmer

Kaieteur News – A 27-year-old man, who has been on remand for the past five years for the August 2015 murder of a cattle farmer, was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in prison. Asif Hamid,...

Driver arrested with two boxes of ammunition

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Driver arrested with two boxes of ammunition

– cops on the hunt for two passengers Kaieteur News – A driver was arrested yesterday after his passengers reportedly ran away and left him with two boxes of 35cartridges 12-gauge...

Banks DIH supports Golden Jaguars’ FIFA World Cup preparations

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH supports Golden Jaguars’ FIFA World Cup preparations

Kaieteur News – Banks DIH has partnered with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to provide water and energy drinks to the Senior Men’s National Team as it prepares for 2022 FIFA World Cup...

AAG to host 50th CARIFTA games in 2022 due to COVID-19

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG to host 50th CARIFTA games in 2022 due to COVID-19

Kaieteur News – The 49th Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) Games will be hosted from July 2-4 in Bermuda his year instead of the customary Easter weekend showpiece. This will pave the...

Drainage works commence at Lowland to alleviate flooding

Jan 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Drainage works commence at Lowland to alleviate flooding

Kaieteur News – Swift action by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), has resulted in works commencing on a number of drains and canals at Lowland on the East Coast of...

Gajanand Singh’s new lease on cricket career One of 5 Guyanese picked in 44-man US squad

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gajanand Singh’s new lease on cricket career One of 5 Guyanese picked in 44-man US squad

By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – Former West Indies Under-19 and Guyana First-Class batsman Gajanand Singh is among five Guyanese (all Berbicians) selected in a 44-man USA squad for preparations...

GAPLF saddened by the loss of spotter/loader Orin ‘Dawg’ Timothy Also a former bodybuilder

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF saddened by the loss of spotter/loader Orin ‘Dawg’ Timothy Also a former bodybuilder

By Franklin Wilson Kaieteur News – In his own simple way he touched the lives many of the current as well as past athletes especially in the sport of powerlifting with his efficiency in getting...

Ramnauth, Heyliger slam selectors for non-inclusion of Essequibians

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramnauth, Heyliger slam selectors for non-inclusion of Essequibians

Kaieteur News – Devon Ramnauth and Dillon Heyliger, two former national youth players, have expressed disappointment with Guyana’s selectors after they did not include any player from...

Call for Constitutional Reform

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Call for Constitutional Reform

Dear Editor, I have already commented on the futility and deceptive nature of this renewed call for Constitutional Reform. Rather than merely tinkering with what phrases should constitute a reform...

Brindley Horatio Benn was indeed a preeminent patriot of Guyana

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Brindley Horatio Benn was indeed a preeminent patriot of Guyana

Dear Editor Kindly allow me to respond to Lena Platt’s nee Benn laudatory and fitting tribute to her father in the KN of 1-27-21. Brindley Horatio Benn was indeed a preeminent patriot of Guyana...

Are the right people in charge of the Agriculture Ministry and associated agencies?

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are the right people in charge of the Agriculture Ministry and associated agencies?

Dear Editor, I commend Dr. Vishnu Bisram for his letters (KN Jan 21 and 25) on the importance of agriculture in the economy and the findings of his opinion poll on the agricultural sector of the...

Glenn Lall applauded for media activism on oil

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Glenn Lall applauded for media activism on oil

Dear Editor, Those of us who study social sciences and or read about mass movements would be familiar with the rise of various social movements and ‘revolutions’ in the name of a just cause after...

A technical assessment and not farmers should decide location of all-weather road

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on A technical assessment and not farmers should decide location of all-weather road

Dear Editor, A technical assessment decides on the location of road at No. 58 or 52 village and not farmers. It is not appropriate for the rice farmers and cattle farmers to decide where the...

We either commit to doing the right thing, or we don’t

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on We either commit to doing the right thing, or we don’t

Dear Editor, I confess that the Hon. Leader of the Opposition knows how to pick them. He does so with one loser after another. First, there was that dual citizen bit that he blew up into a national...

Mr. Arcia-Aporrea’s opinions are proffered not to help Guyana

Jan 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Arcia-Aporrea’s opinions are proffered not to help Guyana

Dear Editor, With the discovery and now production of oil, Guyana has entered a new phase not only in its history, but also our global significance. We however seem to be unable to fully grasp our...