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“Killa” turns self in shortly after wanted bulletin issued in Fagundes killing

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on “Killa” turns self in shortly after wanted bulletin issued in Fagundes killing

Kaieteur News – An hour after a wanted bulletin was issued yesterday for Rondell Bacchus called “Killa”, in relation to the Main Street execution of Ricardo Fagundes, the man turned himself...

Guyana to come up for EITI validation on July 1

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to come up for EITI validation on July 1

Kaieteur News – Following its acceptance into the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in October 2017 as a candidate member, Guyana is expected to go through its first...

Henry boys relative charged and remanded to prison for murder

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Henry boys relative charged and remanded to prison for murder

Kaieteur News – Mark Anthony Henry – the brother and cousin respectively of Joel and Isaiah Henry, the cousins who were butchered and dumped in the Cotton Tree backlands, West Coast Berbice...

Accident claims life of pensioner

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Accident claims life of pensioner

Kaieteur News – An accident that occurred on Monday night on the Providence Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), at around 21:30 hrs. has claimed the life of 86-year-old, Neville Williams, a...

Measure local content by value not volume – T&T Oil Expert warns Guyana

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Measure local content by value not volume – T&T Oil Expert warns Guyana

Kaieteur News – While the Energy Department is in the process of adding the finishing touches to the draft Local Content Policy, there is one key rule that should not escape its...

Gambling row leaves one dead

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Gambling row leaves one dead

Kaieteur News – One man was killed on Monday following a gambling row which took place at “Rocky Shop”, located in Second Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Police identified the dead...

Decomposed body identified to be that of missing teen

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed body identified to be that of missing teen

– Autopsy reveals he had drowned; was last seen on camera walking towards Harbour Bridge Kaieteur News – The decomposed body discovered on Monday lying face-down on the Belle Vue...

Fisherman feared drowned after net pulled him overboard

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman feared drowned after net pulled him overboard

Kaieteur News – A 45-year-old fisherman is feared drowned after the fishing net, which he tossed into the sea got entangled with his feet and pulled him overboard at Waini River Mouth, North...

Corentyne woman chops boyfriend to the head during argument

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne woman chops boyfriend to the head during argument

Kaieteur News – Police are searching for a woman who reportedly chopped her boyfriend to the head at Number 68 Village, Upper Corentyne, Berbice. Nursing an injury to the head is Paramanand...

Suspect confesses to killing Swan man in home; claims intention was to rape female occupant

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect confesses to killing Swan man in home; claims intention was to rape female occupant

Kaieteur News – One of the two suspects arrested in the murder of a man who was found dead in his Swan, Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway home, has reportedly confessed to detectives that he...

GEA invites companies to install more solar power capacity

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GEA invites companies to install more solar power capacity

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s leadership has in recent days been touting the landing of associated gases from the Liza 1 well – offshore Guyana – in order to produce electricity but the...

Tax exemption available for old age pensioners using bank systems

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Tax exemption available for old age pensioners using bank systems

Kaieteur News – Old age pensioners using the banking system to collect their monthly benefits should be aware that there may be deductions for taxes when using that system. Kaieteur News...

Where is de evidence of a third wave?

Apr 07, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Where is de evidence of a third wave?

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys tired of calling fuh more stringent measures to stem de COVID. Dem boys bin calling fuh a lockdown since last year; but nobody nah tekkin dem boys...

Black Bush Polder is not an isolated case

Apr 07, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Black Bush Polder is not an isolated case

Kaieteur News – A young woman wrote a very distressing Open Letter to the First Lady of Guyana, Mrs. Arya Ali. In that letter she detailed her frustration at the lack of opportunities for...

Bolivia and Guyana: Oh the stupidity of humans!

Apr 07, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bolivia and Guyana: Oh the stupidity of humans!

Kaieteur News – The PPP made a stunning comeback in the March 2020 election. Seven months after this achievement in Guyana, it was repeated in Bolivia. The Movement Toward Socialism lost power...

Two roads

Apr 07, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Two roads

Kaieteur News – In Robert Frost’s much loved, much quoted and much misunderstood ‘The Road Not Taken’, the persona in the poem presents a narrative in which the underlying metaphor is the...

Man arrested for robbing men dining at restaurant identified as suspect in another robbery

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man arrested for robbing men dining at restaurant identified as suspect in another robbery

Kaieteur News – The 22-year-old man of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, who was arrested on Monday in relation to the million-dollar robbery carried out on two men, dining at a restaurant last Saturday,...

Logger gets “licks” after approaching man to fight

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Logger gets “licks” after approaching man to fight

Kaieteur News – A logger who approached a man to fight on Monday ended up “getting licks” at Kwakwani Park, Region Ten. Police identified him as Adolph Allicock, better known as “Dog...

Linden woman missing days after she planned to move out of boyfriend’s house

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Linden woman missing days after she planned to move out of boyfriend’s house

Kaieteur News – The relatives of 21-year-old Shonnette Dover of Wismar Linden, are calling on Linden police to investigate the circumstances surrounding her mysterious disappearance some days...

Two persons succumb to COVID-19, 31 new cases recorded – MoH

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Two persons succumb to COVID-19, 31 new cases recorded – MoH

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday reported two new COVID-19 fatalities, a 78-year-old female from Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice) and a 67-year-old male from Region...

Consultation underway for the enactment of social work legislation

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Consultation underway for the enactment of social work legislation

Kaieteur News – A series of consultations is underway to enact legislation to guide social work practices in Guyana. The discussions will include input from several stakeholder organisations,...

GCCI elects new Executive Management Committee

Apr 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI elects new Executive Management Committee

Kaieteur News – According to a Press Release by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI), a newly elected Executive Management Committee (EMC) was done yesterday, April 6, 2021,...

SQ Apparel is the official apparel sponsor for Ride Along GY

Apr 07, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on SQ Apparel is the official apparel sponsor for Ride Along GY

Kaieteur News – Ride Along GY, the first bicycle rental and tour company in Guyana located at Lot 25 Durban Street, Werk-En-Rust, recently signed an agreement with SQ Apparel (formerly SQUADRA)...

Rose and James upbeat about Guyana’s chances

Apr 07, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose and James upbeat about Guyana’s chances

Kaieteur News – Stanton Rose Jr., the captain of Guyana senior men’s basketball team, along with co-captain Delroy James, are both confident that the selected 12-man squad can continue to...

P&P Insurance Brokers to open GSSF’s 2021 calendar with ‘rust off” match

Apr 07, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on P&P Insurance Brokers to open GSSF’s 2021 calendar with ‘rust off” match

Kaieteur News – Local sport shooters will be given an opportunity to participate in a match sponsored annually by P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited. For the sixth consecutive...