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Proper service is important to jurisdiction and a fair trial

Oct 14, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Proper service is important to jurisdiction and a fair trial

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean’s defamation laws need reform. More than a decade ago, there was much debate over the criminal defamation laws in Caribbean countries, and four jurisdictions had...

Standing with Israel

Oct 14, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Standing with Israel

Dear Editor, A week ago, the world watched in horror as numerous innocent Jewish lives were massacred in the most horrific and evil way. It is a sad refrain for a people that have been subjected...

Confronting the Israeli Ambassador’s fictions

Oct 14, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Confronting the Israeli Ambassador’s fictions

Dear Editor, The letter authored by Mr. Itai Bar-Dov, Israel’s ambassador to Guyana (KN, 11/10.2023) is a deliberate exercise in disinformation, akin to Goebbelsian propaganda. Nothing in the...

The NIS is now a national monstrosity

Oct 14, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on The NIS is now a national monstrosity

(NIS: An Open Letter to His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali Part 2) Dear Editor, It is a personal joy to my heart to note the fact that my various letters in the media over the decades and my most recent...

AG asking court to impose higher cost to prevent citizens from filing frivolous oil-related cases

Oct 13, 2023 KNews Court Stories, ExxonMobil, Features / Columnists, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on AG asking court to impose higher cost to prevent citizens from filing frivolous oil-related cases

Kaieteur News – Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall SC is asking the High Court to impose higher cost to prevent citizens from filing frivolous cases related to...

Manganese company refutes gold-sifting claims

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Manganese company refutes gold-sifting claims

…paid $21M in royalties last year Kaieteur News – Chinese-run Manganese Company, Guyana Manganese Inc. (GMI) has refuted claims that the company was involved in gold-sifting at its...

Jagdeo says he didn’t know court marshals were looking him

Oct 13, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo says he didn’t know court marshals were looking him

After eight failed attempts to serve lawsuits… Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo told a press conference on Thursday that he did not know that court marshals were looking for...

Red Road crumbles under weight of ministry’s stone

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Red Road crumbles under weight of ministry’s stone

Kaieteur News – In an unusual event on Thursday afternoon, the Providence Access Road popularly known as ‘Red Road’ crumbled and “bulged” due to the weight of piles of aggregate that...

$Boy, 4, suffers fractured skull, after beaten by stepfather$

Boy, 4, suffers fractured skull, after beaten by stepfather

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 4, suffers fractured skull, after beaten by stepfather

Kaieteur News – Police in Region Three are in search of a 29-year-old man who went into hiding after allegedly beating his stepson, which left him hospitalised. Injured is four-year-old Travis...

Missing toddler found dead in Kamarang River

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Missing toddler found dead in Kamarang River

Kaieteur News – The lifeless body of a one-year-old boy who went missing on Wednesday afternoon at Top Side Paruima Falls, Region Seven during a family outing was found some five hours after...

GTU calls for arbitration to get higher salaries for teachers

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GTU calls for arbitration to get higher salaries for teachers

Kaieteur News – Dissatisfied that it has not been able to engage the government on the collective bargaining process for salary increases for teachers, the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) on...

18 companies receive National Quality Awards

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 18 companies receive National Quality Awards

Kaieteur News – The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) Wednesday evening awarded 18 companies at the fourth edition of the National Quality Awards, at the Marriott Hotel, Kingston,...

Woman who allegedly stabbed husband hospitalized with self-inflicted wounds

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Woman who allegedly stabbed husband hospitalized with self-inflicted wounds

Kaieteur News – A Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara woman, who allegedly, stabbed her common-law husband last week, was rushed to the hospital with self-inflicted wounds, days after attacking the...

CDB provides US$50,000 to help fund CCJ law conference

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CDB provides US$50,000 to help fund CCJ law conference

Kaieteur News – Fifty law students from the Caribbean will participate in the upcoming 7th Biennial Law Conference of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Academy for Law as a result of a USD...

Fisherman found guilty for theft, gets two years in jail

Oct 13, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Fisherman found guilty for theft, gets two years in jail

Kaieteur News – A 28-year-old man was charged and sentenced to two years imprisonment on Tuesday after he was found guilty by the court for the offence, larceny, committed on Alyah Persaud....

Labourer gets two years for vandalising property

Oct 13, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Labourer gets two years for vandalising property

Kaieteur News – A 49-year-old labourer on Wednesday pled guilty to the charge of malicious damage to property committed on Egerton Baptise when he appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court...

Nurse on malicious damage to property charge

Oct 13, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Nurse on malicious damage to property charge

Kaieteur News – A 21-year-old student nurse was charged on Wednesday for malicious damage to property committed on Michelle Laurie on October 6, 2023. According to Police, Alliah Gilliard, of...

Community policing ranks get training to help fight human trafficking

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Community policing ranks get training to help fight human trafficking

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Counter-Trafficking in Persons Unit took a significant stride forward in the battle against human trafficking by...

GAWU awards Ashton Chase posthumously

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU awards Ashton Chase posthumously

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) on Thursday honoured the late Ashton Chase posthumously during a ceremony at the union’s headquarters in Kingston,...

International Day of the Girl Child

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on International Day of the Girl Child

Kaieteur News – In celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child, the High Commission of Canada has maintained its tradition by naming Ms. Tatiana Norton as the High Commissioner for...

Sinohydro workers strike over late payment of wages and salaries

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Sinohydro workers strike over late payment of wages and salaries

…matter resolved after intervention by Labour Ministry Kaieteur News – Employees of Sinohydro Corporation Limited, a subcontractor of Zijin Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) on Wednesday downed...

Speaker loses bid to appeal $7.5M libel judgment

Oct 13, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Speaker loses bid to appeal $7.5M libel judgment

Kaieteur News – Appeal Court Justice Rishi Persaud has refused the application for a stay of execution of the $7.5 million judgment granted to former diplomat Kirk Hollingsworth in a libel suit...

New fire stations to curb increase in fires – Benn

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on New fire stations to curb increase in fires – Benn

GFS 66th anniversary… Kaieteur News – Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn on Thursday listed the construction of additional fire stations among initiatives which can curb a recent increase...

Gov’t to seek BOOT investors for Amaila project again

Oct 13, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t to seek BOOT investors for Amaila project again

Kaieteur News – Following another failed attempt last year to move to the construction phase of the 165 megawatts (MW) Amaila Falls Hydro project, government is set to re-invite proposals later...

GFF-KFC Elite League Cup starts October 15 with ten clubs battling for glory

Oct 13, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF-KFC Elite League Cup starts October 15 with ten clubs battling for glory

– Over three million dollars in cash on offer Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Football Federation KFC Elite League Cup will kick off on October 15 with ten top senior men’s clubs vying...

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Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors extended their flawless win streak this season while keeping their 2-0 record at home safe, after crushing the St. Kitts & Nevis...

The Kara Kara conundrum

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Linden Town Council does not possess an untouchable constitutional right to administer its affairs. The Constitution does not confer upon the Linden Town Council an unfettered right to govern Linden in whatever manner it chooses. It establishes local government within the...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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