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College American Football Picks: Your Ultimate Guide to This Season

Jul 23, 2024 knews SEO Comments Off on College American Football Picks: Your Ultimate Guide to This Season

With the oncoming rush of the college football season, many fans seek greater strategies or advice to make their experience with games much better. Whether a lifelong fan or a casual one, the...

ExxonM yet to decide how to handle produced water in 7th project

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonM yet to decide how to handle produced water in 7th project

…says will not discharge water unless it meets requirement of environmental permit Kaieteur News – Global Projects Cost Engineering Manager for Exxon Guyana Rebecca Cvikota during the...

AFC urges street protests against rising crime

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on AFC urges street protests against rising crime

– calls on Govt. to spend more to tackle gun violence Kaieteur News – Amid an escalation in criminal activities here with almost daily murders and robberies, the Alliance For Change (AFC)...

70 killed, over 200 wounded as Israel launches fresh attacks on Khan Younis

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on 70 killed, over 200 wounded as Israel launches fresh attacks on Khan Younis

Kaieteur News – A new Israeli military assault on eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza has killed at least 70 Palestinians and injured more than 200, according to health officials in Gaza. The...

GCCI calls for independent probe into corruption in Police Force

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI calls for independent probe into corruption in Police Force

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Monday called for an independent investigation into the allegations of corruption and financial impropriety in the...

Woman dies after speeding car crashes into crane

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Woman dies after speeding car crashes into crane

Kaieteur News – An eighteen-year-old woman was killed in an accident on the Kiltearn Public Road in Corentyne early Monday morning when the driver of the car she was in lost control of the...

Man on $150k bail for publishing nude pictures of ex-girlfriend

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man on $150k bail for publishing nude pictures of ex-girlfriend

Kaieteur News – A 33-year-old IT Technician was on Monday placed on $150,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer two cybercrime charges relative to acquiring...

Lula “scared” by Maduro rhetoric, urges respect for Venezuela election

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Lula “scared” by Maduro rhetoric, urges respect for Venezuela election

BRASILIA, July 22 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday urged Venezuela’s government to respect the result of next Sunday’s presidential election,...

Seven years later Reg. 7 RDC yet to recover $2.3M in overpayment to contractors – PAC hears

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Seven years later Reg. 7 RDC yet to recover $2.3M in overpayment to contractors – PAC hears

Kaieteur News – Seven years later, the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Seven is still to recover approximately $2.329 million in overpayments made to contractors for several...

$94M contract awarded to construct all-weather road at Buxton/ Friendship

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $94M contract awarded to construct all-weather road at Buxton/ Friendship

Kaieteur News – The needed upgrade to the farm-to-market access road that residents of Buxton / Friendship on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) had raised with the Minister of Agriculture...

Second defendant charged with murder of sex worker

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Second defendant charged with murder of sex worker

Kaieteur News – The second suspect accused of the murder of Shawn Simon, also known as ‘the Hopper’ or ‘Coil Bottle’, has been charged and remanded after he appeared in...

Taxi driver on $55,000 bail for assaulting cop, disorderly behaviour

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver on $55,000 bail for assaulting cop, disorderly behaviour

Kaieteur News – A 35-year-old taxi driver was granted $55,000 bail on Friday, when he appeared at the Suddie Magistrates’ Court to answer to several charges including assaulting a peace...

$14.9M intended for X-ray room at Pakera Hospital built malaria office and storage – PAC hears

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $14.9M intended for X-ray room at Pakera Hospital built malaria office and storage – PAC hears

Kaieteur News – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday learned that a $14.9M contract awarded to build an X-ray room and laboratory at the Pakera District Hospital in Region One, instead...

Elderly woman gets home from MoM

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly woman gets home from MoM

Kaieteur News – A 70-year-old woman, Sandra Hendricks received a brand-new house on Sunday through the government’s Men on a Mission (MoM) initiative. The woman had acquired a plot of land at...

$35M sanitation and water supply networks project in Kwakwani progressing well

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $35M sanitation and water supply networks project in Kwakwani progressing well

Kaieteur News – The $35M sanitation and water supply networks project in Kwakwani, Region 10 are progressing well, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said on Monday. “With regards to...

New UNAIDS report: says AIDS epidemic in Caribbean can end in six years

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on New UNAIDS report: says AIDS epidemic in Caribbean can end in six years

– but leaders must boost resources to prevent new infections Kaieteur News – A new report released by UNAIDS shows the world is at a critical moment that will determine whether world...

Govt. procuring 100,000 street lights for nationwide installation – Min Edghill

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. procuring 100,000 street lights for nationwide installation – Min Edghill

Kaieteur News – The government will soon be procuring some 100,000 street lights which will be installed across the country to enhance communities and improve the livelihoods of residents. This...

No bail for ganja-trafficking soldiers

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on No bail for ganja-trafficking soldiers

Kaieteur News – Two sergeants of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were on Monday remanded to prison after they were jointly charged with possession of 154 lbs. of marijuana in a service vehicle....

Chinese Travel Agent allegedly involved in a gold smuggling ring on $400,000 bail

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Chinese Travel Agent allegedly involved in a gold smuggling ring on $400,000 bail

Kaieteur News – The 30-year-old Chinese Travel agent who was allegedly involved in a gold smuggling ring was on Monday placed on $400,000 bail for possession of an illegal firearm and...

Man on $700,000 bail for allegedly robbing Manager of $18M

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man on $700,000 bail for allegedly robbing Manager of $18M

Kaieteur News – A 27-year-old man was on Monday charged with Robbery Under Arms (RUA) and placed on $700,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Clive...

“Trade Plates Tekkin Ova”

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on “Trade Plates Tekkin Ova”

Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh we got one big, big problem pon we road. Is like everybody and dem grandmother now driving a motor car wid dem trade plate. Yuh tink is a style, like deh tryna mek...

Guyana Panther lift GFF Youth Academy Cup title

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Panther lift GFF Youth Academy Cup title

– Topples Guyana Jaguar 4-3 on penalties Kaieteur Sports – The Star Rental sponsored Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Under-16 Youth Academy Cup, which kicked off on July 16 at the...

GDF FC ready to battle Grenades at CFU Club Shield

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDF FC ready to battle Grenades at CFU Club Shield

Elite League champions must win to advance to round-of-16 By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Football Club is gearing up for action this Friday as they participate...

Barbados crowned champions of CWI Rising Stars Men’s U-19 2-Day Championship

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barbados crowned champions of CWI Rising Stars Men’s U-19 2-Day Championship

SportsMax – Barbados have been crowned champions of the 2024 CWI Rising Stars Men’s 2-Day Championship after a draw with defending champions Jamaica in the final at Arnos Vale Playing Field...

World Chess Day sees over 50 Players participating at the GCF one-day event

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Chess Day sees over 50 Players participating at the GCF one-day event

FM Anthony Drayton, Micaiah Enoe claim respective Open Blitz and Rapid titles Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF), in collaboration with the Gambit Group, hosted a one-of-a-kind...