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KAMARANG…In the country of the cannibals

Jul 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on KAMARANG…In the country of the cannibals

By Michael Jordan He was in dai dai country. He couldn’t remember how he had gotten there, how he had strayed to this dead-silent place of forest and mountains. Lost. No sound. Bilious...

SARA 0fficial listed as Director of Supplies and Logistics Services company for oil and gas sector

Jul 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on SARA 0fficial listed as Director of Supplies and Logistics Services company for oil and gas sector

– Other government officials included The Special Assistant of the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA), Eric Phillips, is not only listed as a party on a pending application for an oil block,...

Teen kills friend over $500 gambling debt

Jul 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Teen kills friend over $500 gambling debt

A 21-year-old man was stabbed to death yesterday during an altercation with a 17-year-old friend over a $500 gambling debt he owed his alleged killer. Dead is Mervin Squires of Lot 52 First...

Berbice youth killed, friend injured while driving home from party

Jul 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice youth killed, friend injured while driving home from party

A West Coast Berbice youth was killed and his friend seriously injured, after the car they were travelling in slammed into a utility pole on the Golden Grove, West Berbice pubic road at around...

Anna Catherina man dead, brother-In-law critical after taxi slams into tree

Jul 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Catherina man dead, brother-In-law critical after taxi slams into tree

Premnarine Rampersaud never made it home. The 31-year-old from Anna Catherina, on West Coast Demerara, died at around 07.00 hrs yesterday when the taxi in which he was travelling crashed into...

Guyana should scrap NGSA; it’s unfair to students – Director of Economics, CDB

Jul 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana should scrap NGSA; it’s unfair to students – Director of Economics, CDB

Guyana should scrap its 11-plus secondary school entrance exam, the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). Every student deserves to have a good quality of education, not just the ones who are...

Exxon applies for Canje Licence renewal, to relinquish 20 percent of block

Jul 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon applies for Canje Licence renewal, to relinquish 20 percent of block

ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has already applied for its Petroleum Prospecting Licence to be renewed for the Canje Block. The...

Mental Health Unit, Education Ministry launch programme to tackle mental health in adolescents

Jul 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mental Health Unit, Education Ministry launch programme to tackle mental health in adolescents

Forty percent of Guyana’s population comprises of people under the age of 20, and one in four are affected by mental health issues in any given year. According to reports, there has been an...

Eric Phillips and the philetairus’ nest in the tree of APNU+AFC

Jul 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Eric Phillips and the philetairus’ nest in the tree of APNU+AFC

The philetairus is a bird common to Africa. It is one of the world’s most sociable birds. After reading about the Eric Philips interest in the purchase of oil blocks under the name of African...

Will murder of cold case accused become another cold case?

Jul 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Will murder of cold case accused become another cold case?

Police appear to have made no headway in identifying the individuals who beat murder accused Shaheed Alli to death in the Lusignan Prison last April. But a prison official assured the...

CV Nunes reclaims spot as Region 2’s top performer

Jul 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CV Nunes reclaims spot as Region 2’s top performer

CV Nunes Primary School in Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast, has reclaimed its spot as the top performer of Region 2. Formerly the Anna Regina Primary School, CV Nunes was renamed in honour of...

KAMARANG…Dancing with the dead

Jul 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on KAMARANG…Dancing with the dead

By Michael Jordan Lionel Jones was dancing with a bloody, stiff, and long-dead Loretta Hamilton, when his wife shook him. He woke to see her staring at him, her hand still on his shoulder....

Police host concert in observance of 180th Anniversary

Jul 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police host concert in observance of 180th Anniversary

After a spectacular route march in the pouring rain yesterday and a superb display at the Durban Park the Guyana Police Force put on quite a show last evening at the same location. The Force...

State Auditors continue probe of exercise book procurement by GNPL

Jul 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on State Auditors continue probe of exercise book procurement by GNPL

– separate verification process ongoing countrywide for textbooks State auditors are continuing their probe of the ordering of exercise books for public schools. The probe is now,...

Ramotar granted injunction against Kaieteur News

Jul 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar granted injunction against Kaieteur News

Ex-President and former People’s Progressive Party General Secretary, Donald Ramotar, got an injunction against Kaieteur News yesterday. He had gone to court to challenge publications that...

Family of taxi driver who dies in Suddie lockups pickets police station

Jul 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Family of taxi driver who dies in Suddie lockups pickets police station

A post mortem examination carried out on a taxi driver found dead in a police station lock ups, has concluded that the man died as a result of a fractured larynx, which is located in the neck....

Manufacturers given tips on how to reduce energy costs

Jul 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Manufacturers given tips on how to reduce energy costs

Local businesses and entrepreneurs are expected to be more equipped with tools to optimise their use of energy services. This is as a result of an energy auditing and management training...

Suriname’s police chief pledges closer collaboration with Guyana

Jul 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname’s police chief pledges closer collaboration with Guyana

The Guyana Police Force is celebrating its 180th Anniversary which commenced on July 1, with a church service held at the Officers Mess. Among the guests was Commissioner of Korps Politie...

Expats, Sub-contractors exemptions from tax abnormal

Jul 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Expats, Sub-contractors exemptions from tax abnormal

… these are among 13 major loopholes Guyana’s model PSA must address – Petroleum Consultant By Kiana Wilburg The paltry two percent royalty in Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement...

Hess to pump over US$570M into Stabroek Block for 2019

Jul 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hess to pump over US$570M into Stabroek Block for 2019

Hess Corporation’s 2019 Exploration and Production budget will see it expending over US$500M in the Stabroek Block in which it holds a 30 percent interest. According to Greg Hill, Chief...

Guyana Goldfields admits to difficulty in unionizing workers

Jul 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields admits to difficulty in unionizing workers

There have been efforts by rank and file employees of Guyana Goldfields to be recognised by the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board (TUR&CB) but those efforts have been met...

Sexual crimes committed in the workplace…Women and Gender Equality Commission stands ready to assist victims – Chairman

Jul 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sexual crimes committed in the workplace…Women and Gender Equality Commission stands ready to assist victims – Chairman

Chairman of the Women and Gender Equality Commission, (WGEC), Indra Chandarpal says that the Commission stands ready to provide support and guidance to persons, who suffer sexual harassment on the...

Hughes, Fields and Stoby Law Firm admitted as exclusive member of Lex Mundi

Jul 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hughes, Fields and Stoby Law Firm admitted as exclusive member of Lex Mundi

Hughes, Fields and Stoby Law firm is now an exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the largest law firm network which was established in 1989 and located in Houston, Texas, United States. Lex...

Man, 61, dies from injuries after struck down by cop

Jul 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 61, dies from injuries after struck down by cop

Colin Crawford, of 111 Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and a 61-year-old livestock farmer on June 24, last, was struck down by a police officer on the East Bank Public Road. The...

Over 200 graduate from St. John Ambulance Brigade

Jul 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over 200 graduate from St. John Ambulance Brigade

A total of 234 students are now certified in General First Aid, Home Nursing and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), after successfully completing the St. John Ambulance Brigade training. The...

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Ken Harvey opens South American Youth Games account in Panama with...

Apr 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyanese amateur boxing continues to find its spark, and this time it’s Ken Harvey lighting the fuse. At the 4th Youth South American Games in Panama City, the young pugilist...

Pause the decision!

Apr 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What should have been a straightforward decision concerning the renewal of CARICOM’s Secretary General’s term has now developed into a major controversy within the Community. And it is not advisable that the issue be swept under the carpet. We were told that the Prime...

The Cost of Netanyahu’s Wars

Apr 12, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced on 7th April, 2026, the immediate reaction across much of the world was relief. By 8th April, that relief was reflected in a sharp fall in oil prices after weeks in which conflict...

From Nixon to Trump

Apr 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – It was President Richard Nixon who liked to play at the crazy man routine. For reasons still unfathomable to me, he developed a fondness for the madman syndrome, liked to be seen as such. One of those foaming-around-the gills, out-of-control, fiends...

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