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Correct yourself Charrandass!

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Correct yourself Charrandass!

Kaieteur News – The decision to appoint Charrandass Persaud as the country’s High Commissioner to India is vulgar. This is one of the dumbest decisions of the incumbent regime. When Persaud...

The regrets and a world I will always long for

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The regrets and a world I will always long for

Kaieteur News – This is my final column looking at the year 2020. I know I have burdened readers with constant assessments and reflections of 2020, but that was inevitable given my age. When...

Locating the conversation

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Locating the conversation

Kaieteur News – It should be stated upfront, that there is no substitute for the mainstream press. The structure, training, discipline and administrative capacity that constitute the average...

Suspected killer’s girlfriend lodges report with police – case adjourned

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected killer’s girlfriend lodges report with police – case adjourned

Henry boys murder case… Kaieteur Newss – As the Henry boys murder case was adjourned, yesterday, the girlfriend of one of the defendants charged with murdering them, lodged an official report...

Labourer sentenced to two years imprisonment for gun possession

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer sentenced to two years imprisonment for gun possession

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old labourer of Nigg Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment for the possession of firearm and ammunition without a licence....

Ministry staffer who allegedly slapped pensioner sent on leave

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry staffer who allegedly slapped pensioner sent on leave

– investigation launched Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Human Service and Social Protection has sent one of its staffers on administrative leave as it investigates allegations that she...

High Court dismisses $242M breach of contract lawsuit against Govt.

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on High Court dismisses $242M breach of contract lawsuit against Govt.

Kaieteur News – Justice Sandra Kurtzious, on Monday dismissed an action in which Dynamic Engineering Construction Company Limited sought in excess of $242M in damages from the Government of...

Colywn Harding‘s baton rape civil case dismissed for want of prosecution

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Colywn Harding‘s baton rape civil case dismissed for want of prosecution

Kaieteur News – Two civil suits filed by Colwyn Harding, the young man who accused a police constable of raping him with a baton in 2013, have been dismissed for want of prosecution. The...

Pensioner drowns after falling into Koker

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner drowns after falling into Koker

Kaieteur News – A pensioner, 70, drowned yesterday, after he reportedly fell into a koker at Henrietta, on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two. Police have since identified the dead man as...

Tender Board receives 68 bids

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Tender Board receives 68 bids

Kaieteur News – The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), on Tuesday, opened 68 bids for three government ministries at their Ministry of Finance (MoF) office on Main...

Stafrei Alexander freed of murdering co -accused

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Stafrei Alexander freed of murdering co -accused

Kaieteur News – Stafrei Alexander, who was on trial for murdering his accomplice Terrence Thomas, in 2015, following their escape from police custody, was on Monday acquitted from the crime by...

Man tells Police he stabbed friend because he questioned his relationship with an older woman

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man tells Police he stabbed friend because he questioned his relationship with an older woman

Kaieteur News – Fernando Fitzpatrick, 25, a carpenter, who was arrested for allegedly stabbing his friend during an altercation, later told the police he did it because he was questioned about...

Guyana Jaguars Secures Performance Analyst, Dinesh Mahabir

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Jaguars Secures Performance Analyst, Dinesh Mahabir

The Guyana Jaguars’ management has taken another substantial developmental step with the hiring of Dinesh Mahabir for the 2021 CWI CG Insurance Super 50 Cup, a release from the Guyana Cricket Board...

Diamond man freed of raping woman at Promenade Gardens

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond man freed of raping woman at Promenade Gardens

Kaieteur News – Samuel Whaul, an accountant, from Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, who was accused of raping a 20-year-old woman in 2018, has been freed of the offence. Whaul, was...

$50,000 reward offered for capture of wanted thief

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $50,000 reward offered for capture of wanted thief

Kaieteur News – A reward of $50,000 cash will be given to anyone with valuable information leading to the capture this man. He is wanted by police for entering the premises of a Nandy Park...

MCYS re-shaping the Racquet Centre into state of the art facility

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCYS re-shaping the Racquet Centre into state of the art facility

30- million works set for completion within a month, GTA 1st VP expresses delight By Franklin Wilson The constant prayer of the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) to have a state of the art facility to...

Sophia teen placed on $50,000, bail for robbery charge

Feb 03, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia teen placed on $50,000, bail for robbery charge

Kaieteur News – A Sophia teen was yesterday placed on $50,000, bail when he appeared in court for a robbery charge.The defendant, Seon Benjamin, 18, called “Black & Shine” a welder of...

Teams named for Devon Ramnauth Youth Cricket League

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams named for Devon Ramnauth Youth Cricket League

Kaieteur News – The clubs that will be participating in the Devon Ramnauth Youth Cricket League which is set to start shortly in Region two have released their squads. The teams set to vie for...

Speaker’s Cup International Softball Cricket tourney set for April 2-4

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Speaker’s Cup International Softball Cricket tourney set for April 2-4

Kaieteur News – The Everest Cricket Club Masters in partnership with the Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, will host the Speaker’s Cup International Softball tournament from...

GSA President aims to attract more youth and young females to cricket Wants to revive the game in non-traditional areas

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA President aims to attract more youth and young females to cricket Wants to revive the game in non-traditional areas

By Sean Devers Kaieteur News Former Malteenoes, Demerara and National batsman Neil Barry will head the new Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Executive which will serve for a two-year term after...

GFF investigates unauthorised tournament, urges responsible behaviour during pandemic

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF investigates unauthorised tournament, urges responsible behaviour during pandemic

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is in the process of investigating reports of the launch of an unsanctioned football tournament in the East Coast Demerara region, and...

Effects of NY snow storm on Guyanese life

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Effects of NY snow storm on Guyanese life

DEAR EDITOR, The huge snow storm that blanketed the greater New York area impacted the lives of all including the large Guyanese population that make the city their home. Sunday night thru Monday and...

Young people in Guyana’s advancement

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Young people in Guyana’s advancement

DEAR EDITOR, I write to you to reiterate a known fact that young people are leading the culture of innovation and should be permitted every opportunity to thrive and lead by example. In every...

What is not yet said and is yet to be done

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is not yet said and is yet to be done

DEAR EDITOR, After listening to the recent sitting of Parliament it is difficult not to notice the high level of hypocrisy expressed by some members of the opposition in the National Assembly. Many...

Leave the dark ages behind

Feb 03, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leave the dark ages behind

DEAR EDITOR, Fully informed people are essential to a democratic State. President Abraham Lincoln in his famous Gettysburg Address in 1863 intoned that the sacrifices of the Union soldiers were for...