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Man busted with ganja in Pringles tins at Ogle Airport

Feb 11, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Man busted with ganja in Pringles tins at Ogle Airport

Kaieteur News – A passenger was on Tuesday busted with a quantity of marijuana concealed in two Pringles tins at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport located at Ogle, East Coast...

Only 33% of the country’s fire hydrants are fully functional

Feb 11, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Only 33% of the country’s fire hydrants are fully functional

Kaieteur News – Following a series of fire that created unprecedented havoc last year, challenging the capabilities of the Guyana Fire Service countrywide, the Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson...

Mudwata and Ghislaine Maxwell

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mudwata and Ghislaine Maxwell

By now, most people around the world know the name Ghislaine Maxwell. She has been found guilty of sex-trafficking. I think most people will not shed a tear if Maxwell is jailed. But civilisation...

The EPA clearly not working in the interests of Guyana

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The EPA clearly not working in the interests of Guyana

Kaieteur News – Whenever we think of Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), blood rushes to the head, and the self-control that is needed comes under severe strain. Anyone with a...

Jail time for Agricola murder convict reduced from 80 to 35 years

Feb 11, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Jail time for Agricola murder convict reduced from 80 to 35 years

Kaieteur News – Agricola resident Balram Singh, who was sentenced in 2015 to serve 80 years behind bars for the murder of taxi driver, Bhomeshwar Sukhdeo, had his term reduced to 35 years when...

Shepperd now in stable condition

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shepperd now in stable condition

Kaieteur News – National Volleyball player Kristoff Shepperd remains in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Hospital Corporation (GPHC), but doctors have listed his condition as...

Beharry receives financial gift from LBI teammates

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Beharry receives financial gift from LBI teammates

Sri Lanka tour with the Ontario Cricket Academy.. Kaieteur News – Former Berbice youth player, Aaron Beharry recently received Cash support from his LBI teammates in recognition of his...

Windwards Volcanoes holds advantage over Harpy Eagles

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windwards Volcanoes holds advantage over Harpy Eagles

West Indies 4-day C/Ships… Kaieteur News – On a day of fluctuating weather conditions at an empty Queen’s Park Oval due to Covid restrictions, Windwards Volcanoes were in the ascendency...

160 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Thursday

Feb 11, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 160 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Thursday

Kaieteur News – One hundred and sixty new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 62,061, the Ministry of Health has said....

Sankars Auto Works supports Ogle CC

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sankars Auto Works supports Ogle CC

Kaieteur News – Sankars Auto Works has lent support to the Ogle Community Center. The entity, on Wednesday presented two boxes of balls to the club which will aid in their preparation for...

Lusignan Golf Club – Odyssey Sightseeing Tours Golf Tournament set for tomorrow

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lusignan Golf Club – Odyssey Sightseeing Tours Golf Tournament set for tomorrow

Kaieteur News – The Lusignan Golf Club and Odyssey Sightseeing Tours will be partnering tomorrow to host its highly anticipated golf tournament with tee off being set for 12:30 hrs. The format...

No Spectators at GMR&SC Endurance Meet

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on No Spectators at GMR&SC Endurance Meet

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) has secured approval for the hosting of their endurance event on February 20th. Via a release on Sunday, the club confirmed that the National...

Duo gets life sentence for Black Bush Polder triple murder

Feb 11, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Duo gets life sentence for Black Bush Polder triple murder

By Malisa Playter-Harry Two men were on Thursday handed down separate sentences: one the death penalty and the other, life imprisonment by Justice Sandil Kissoon for killing three people in Black...

Alleged carjackers charged

Feb 11, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged carjackers charged

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – The prominent businessman, Andrew Archibald Samaroo, suspected to be the leader of a carjacking gang operating in Region Four was yesterday remanded to...

GCA’s cricket rescheduled for this weekend

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s cricket rescheduled for this weekend

Kaieteur News – After the planned resumption of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) cricket tournaments were ruined by adverse weather over the last weekend, matches have been rescheduled...

Lata Mangeshkar, the Singing Nightingale of India gone at 92

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lata Mangeshkar, the Singing Nightingale of India gone at 92

Dear Editor, The Singing Nightingale of India has sung her last song, crooned her last symphonic melody to man and hymn to the gods of music, taken her last bow on the earthly stage that she has...

I stand by my record

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on I stand by my record

Dear Editor, Mr. Kissoon questions my history of public comment. May I respectfully direct him to the Kaieteur News “letters columns” where he will find, among others, the following letters about...

“Transformation” not possible without more green spaces

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Transformation” not possible without more green spaces

Dear Editor, Guyana is blessed with a wide range of fruits and vegetables, (we don’t consume imported grapes to any large degree); however, our diet has always been, and will always be...

A thorough investigation is needed

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on A thorough investigation is needed

Dear Editor, On Tuesday (8th February) a minibus returning to Fairview Indigenous village in Region 8 was stopped by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit stationed at Lethem and a search was carried out...

Decorum must return to the House

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Decorum must return to the House

Dear Editor, They did it at the reading of the NRF Bill when there was that boisterous uproar in parliament, the incessant blowing of whistles then the mad rush for the mace, this was the worst...

NCN has every right to determine its viability

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on NCN has every right to determine its viability

Dear Editor, The level of discounts enjoyed and benefitted from NCN in the ongoing disagreement over rates, resulting in his decision to pull the popular radio show (SN Feb 10), sounds like a classic...

The Vice President should have shown the journalist the door

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Vice President should have shown the journalist the door

Dear Editor, Our country, almost overnight, as a result of the Exxon oil and gas find, is transitioning from a poor developing nation to one of the world’s richest per capita and a major oil...

Are we drifting towards an oligarchy?

Feb 11, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are we drifting towards an oligarchy?

Dear Editor, ‘I’ve never had much difficulty with the writings and sometimes wrath with Freddie Kissoon’s articles and have from time to time complimented him even when he took a few jabs at...

‘Not so fast Jagdeo’

Feb 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Not so fast Jagdeo’

– Glenn Lall calls on Govt. to correct flaws in oil contract before approving Exxon 4th project – stresses need for full coverage insurance; fair payment of taxes “My fellow Guyanese...

Rice export earnings was over $43 billion last year

Feb 10, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Rice export earnings was over $43 billion last year

– industry projected to see 25% growth Kaieteur News – Despite the devastating economic effects of the unprecedented flooding last year and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on...

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Runsfest ends in draw, as arch rivals play hearts out

The mirage of citizen investment

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The latest song and dance from the corridors of political power in Guyana comes wrapped... more