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Bandit nabbed after robbing Brazilian businessman

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit nabbed after robbing Brazilian businessman

Kaieteur News – One of the suspects that robbed a Brazilian businessman at his workplace just a few days ago was recently nabbed by the Police during a raid exercise. The police were at the...

Taiwan come bearing gifts

Feb 05, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Taiwan come bearing gifts

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – It looks like Guyana foreign policy mekkin in de US Embassy. Is dem skin-up de story how Guyana enter agreement with Taiwan to open investment office in Guyana....

Desperate times call for desperate measures

Feb 05, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Desperate times call for desperate measures

Kaieteur News – A hire-car driver was shot three times by a bandit recently. The bandit had reportedly entered the man’s car and asked to be dropped off at a location. During the journey, the...

Café Pele: The incredible return of colonial mentality in Guyana

Feb 05, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Café Pele: The incredible return of colonial mentality in Guyana

Kaieteur News – Do you know the Brazilian hero, Pele, who is also an international icon and was one of the first Black sporting heroes to advance the pride of the Black race? Today, Pele is not...

Ed Cowan on race in Australia

Feb 05, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Ed Cowan on race in Australia

Kaieteur News – We could and should take a page out of the wide-open and unflattering book of former Australian cricket opener, Ed Cowan. He did not pull on any punches in a frank, if not...

Major breakthrough as cops nab second suspect, secure confession, recover stolen bike

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Major breakthrough as cops nab second suspect, secure confession, recover stolen bike

Case of Construction worker shot dead for motorcycle… Kaieteur News – Detectives, on Wednesday made a major breakthrough in the murder case of Peter Gonsalves, 60, a construction worker, who...

Businessman’s son charged with assaulting customer with beer bottles

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman’s son charged with assaulting customer with beer bottles

Kaieteur News – A businessman’s son made his first court appearance in the Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court, on January 25, 2021, after he was charged for allegedly assaulting one of his...

Minibus driver granted bail for causing death of cyclist

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver granted bail for causing death of cyclist

Kaieteur News – A minibus driver, was yesterday, released on $250,000 bail for causing the death of a cyclist, by dangerous driving. The defendant, Rampersaud Persaud, made his first appearance...

Sophia youth wanted for escaping from lawful custody

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia youth wanted for escaping from lawful custody

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) last evening, issued a wanted bulletin for the Akeem John called “Fineman,” 22, of Lot 144 Block ‘F,’ North Sophia, Georgetown, for...

West Bank minimart robbed by bandits

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on West Bank minimart robbed by bandits

Kaieteur News – A minimart located on the West Bank of Demerara, was on Wednesday, robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash and other items by two bandits. According to a police report, the...

Man who destroyed state property given 40 hours community service

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man who destroyed state property given 40 hours community service

Kaieteur News – A man, who pleaded guilty to destroying part of the Seawall Band Stand, was yesterday given 40 hours of community service when he appeared in court. The defendant, Raymond...

Firearm, ammunitions, ganja found in Berbice house

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Firearm, ammunitions, ganja found in Berbice house

Kaieteur News – Members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Wednesday discovered a firearm, ammunitions and a quantity of suspected marijuana in a Berbice house. According to a police report,...

AFC condemns flaring by Exxon

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on AFC condemns flaring by Exxon

Kaieteur News – The Alliance For Change (AFC) has come out to condemn the increase flaring currently being exercised offshore by ExxonMobil. In a statement to the press yesterday afternoon, it...

Two more fatalities added to COVID-19 death toll

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Two more fatalities added to COVID-19 death toll

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that two more persons have died from the COVID-19 virus; a 54-year-old male from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and a 73-year-old male...

Public Works Ministry seeking to tackle illegal vending on seawalls

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Public Works Ministry seeking to tackle illegal vending on seawalls

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Public Works is seeking to curb the illegal vending on the seawalls that has been ongoing for quite some time. The Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill;...

Police officer testifies in moneychanger and daughter’s murder PI

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Police officer testifies in moneychanger and daughter’s murder PI

Kaieteur News – A police officer, on Wednesday, testified in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, as the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder case of Better Hope moneychanger, Aaron...

Health Minister urges persons recovered from COVID-19 to still take vaccine

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister urges persons recovered from COVID-19 to still take vaccine

Kaieteur News – The Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, is advising persons who were infected with the COVID-19 virus and have recovered, to take the vaccine upon their arrival in Guyana....

$50,000 reward offered for capture of this man

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $50,000 reward offered for capture of this man

Kaieteur News – A reward of $50,000 cash, will be given to anyone with valuable information leading to the capture this man. He as has been identified as Edward Isaac, 46, of Hill and School...

CJ orders GRA, GEA to hand over fuel seized from Van-West Charles’ company

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on CJ orders GRA, GEA to hand over fuel seized from Van-West Charles’ company

Kaieteur News – Chief Justice (CJ) (Ag), Roxane George- Wiltshire, has ordered the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) to release 631,184.9 litres of fuel seized...

Govt’ scraps Taiwan Office agreement, says One China policy remains intact

Feb 05, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt’ scraps Taiwan Office agreement, says One China policy remains intact

Kaieteur News – Mere hours after Taiwan announced plans to initiate an investment office in Guyana, drawing questions over adherence to the One China Policy, the Government of Guyana terminated...

Panko Steel Fabrication golf tourney set for Sunday

Feb 05, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Panko Steel Fabrication golf tourney set for Sunday

Kaieteur News – After a lengthy hiatus competitive Golf will make a grand return to the Lusignan Golf Course when the Panko Steel Fabricating tournament tees off from 09:00hrs on Sunday. The...

Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s hundred and Mustafizur Rahman’s strikes make it Bangladesh’s day

Feb 05, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s hundred and Mustafizur Rahman’s strikes make it Bangladesh’s day

ESPNcricinfo – Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s maiden Test hundred followed by a new-ball burst from Mustafizur Rahman put Bangladesh in a dominant position against West Indies in the first Test in...

Fruta Conquerors to compete in 2021 Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield

Feb 05, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fruta Conquerors to compete in 2021 Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield

Kaieteur News – Fruta Conquerors, the winners of the 2019 GFF Elite League, will compete in the 2021 Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield, as the regional competition resumes following the...

Afruica Gentle fulfilling dream of playing College Tennis Says Cultural gap is big in Baltimore, Maryland USA

Feb 05, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Afruica Gentle fulfilling dream of playing College Tennis Says Cultural gap is big in Baltimore, Maryland USA

By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – Nineteen-year-old Afruica Gentle has acquired a four-year partial athletic scholarship to attend Coppin State University in Baltimore Maryland and is studying...

Who is to bell the cat?

Feb 05, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is to bell the cat?

DEAR EDITOR, Once again, our beloved nation state is being distracted by a level of folly and unnecessary energy being spent on things like gifts and the strange behaviour. So long as our leaders on...