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Why is this nation accepting these abuses of power?

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Why is this nation accepting these abuses of power?

Kaieteur News – Think of the following; just think of how you would feel. It requires five CXC subjects with Maths and English to secure a place at UG. What happens if the Vice Chancellor...

Why Guyana should not have accepted Republican electoral reform help

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Why Guyana should not have accepted Republican electoral reform help

Kaieteur News – “Senate Republicans block Democrats’ election bill” was the headline of the June 22 story in the BBC’s online edition. As we reflect on this development in the highest...

Snow cone vendor killed in Tuschen road accident

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Snow cone vendor killed in Tuschen road accident

Kaieteur News – A pedal cyclist, who earns a living by riding around selling snow cones, was killed on Monday after he was struck by a car along the Tuschen Public Road located on the East Bank...

Urgent action needed to contain effects of pandemic – says Senior Finance Minister

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Urgent action needed to contain effects of pandemic – says Senior Finance Minister

– during attendance at 2021 high-level Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the IMF, WB Kaieteur News – Senior Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni K. Singh, yesterday indicated that Latin...

CXC® team arrives in Guyana for announcement of 2021 CSEC® and CAPE results

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on CXC® team arrives in Guyana for announcement of 2021 CSEC® and CAPE results

Kaietuer News – A team from the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC®) has arrived in Guyana to announce the results of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC®) examinations and...

Essequibo man found guilty of raping woman

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo man found guilty of raping woman

Kaieteur News – An Essequibo man was found guilty of rape by a 12-member jury at the Suddie High Court. Francis Gonsalves was found guilty of raping a 35-year-old woman in 2018. The jury...

$567M spent during first six months of 2021 on police infrastructure

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $567M spent during first six months of 2021 on police infrastructure

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Finance, Mid-Year report reveals that during the first half of 2021, the sum of $567M was spent on the construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of police...

Nail technician busted with cocaine found in frozen curry, pepper-pot at CJIA

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Nail technician busted with cocaine found in frozen curry, pepper-pot at CJIA

Kaieteur News – A nail technician was busted by agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), on Tuesday morning when they intercepted an outgoing passenger on Copa Airlines with cocaine...

Ministry records six more COVID-19 fatalities

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry records six more COVID-19 fatalities

Kaieteur News – One partially vaccinated and five unvaccinated persons are among the country’s most recent COVID-19 fatalities. Yesterday the Ministry announced that the six persons who had...

High Court rules Govt. amendments for fiscal oversight of constitutional agencies not unlawful

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on High Court rules Govt. amendments for fiscal oversight of constitutional agencies not unlawful

Kaieteur News – Justice Nareshwar Harnanan has determined that the amendments made by the Government to the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act (FMAA) in 2021 to give the Minister of...

Bids open to build new GMC packaging plant in Sophia

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bids open to build new GMC packaging plant in Sophia

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) opened bids yesterday for a new packaging plant to be built in Sophia. According to the Tender, the engineer’s estimate for the...

Bus driver charged for collecting rental monies on apartments he does not own

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver charged for collecting rental monies on apartments he does not own

Kaieteur News – A 54-year-old man was on Monday placed before the court where he was slapped with seven charges for allegedly pretending that he was in a position to rent apartments that he...

Opposition MP lambastes Govt. over “sham” consultation on NDC

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition MP lambastes Govt. over “sham” consultation on NDC

Kaieteur News – Challenging an extensive consultation before the finalisation of the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change...

Women robbed during home invasion

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Women robbed during home invasion

Kaieteur News – Two women, a 71-year-old pastor and a 36-year-old supervisor were robbed yesterday around 03:40hrs during a home invasion at Lama Drive, Meadow Brook Gardens. This publication...

We Stand United CC donate cycle equipment to LonLam Classic

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on We Stand United CC donate cycle equipment to LonLam Classic

Kaieteur News – We Stand United Cycle Club (WSUCC) which has a local as well as a USA chapter on Sunday last donated some cycling equipment to the Linden based LonLam Classic Organisation which...

More overseas support for cricket gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on More overseas support for cricket gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana

Kaieteur News – Allan Mangru, formerly of East Canje, Berbice who now resides in the USA, recently donated $20,000 cash to project: “Cricket Gear for Young and Promising Cricketers in...

‘Ratty’ wanted for murder of Kaneville man

Oct 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Ratty’ wanted for murder of Kaneville man

Kaieteur News – Twenty-five-year-old Seon Caesar, called ‘Ratty’ is wanted by the police in relation to the murder of Nelson Thomas, a miner of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, who was killed...

GBA President Gokarn Ramdhani gone at 55

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA President Gokarn Ramdhani gone at 55

I have known Gokarn since we were teens By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – President of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) and National Coach Gokarn Ramdhani died from a heart attack just after...

Berbice are Dassie Inter-County Round-Arm champions in Canada

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice are Dassie Inter-County Round-Arm champions in Canada

Demerara lift Open title… Kaieteur News – Berbice beat Essequibo by seven wickets on Sunday last to win the 2021 Dassie eight-team Inter-County Softball Cricket tournament at Keele Top,...

Amaila Falls: money games, contractor games, govt. games, and for Section 7 only

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Amaila Falls: money games, contractor games, govt. games, and for Section 7 only

Dear Editor, Unknown to most people, Fip Motilall worked for many years researching Amaila Falls. Make no bones about this, Fip is very knowledgeable about Amaila Falls. In 2010, I was a member of a...

14 months later – no opposition, pre- or post- congress

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on 14 months later – no opposition, pre- or post- congress

Dear Editor, It is slightly over 14 months since that fateful day of the swearing-in of a new national leader to spearhead a new national government. It has been fateful in many areas, and though...

GWI’s management team, parallel directorates elsewhere

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on GWI’s management team, parallel directorates elsewhere

Dear Editor, One notes the reported negative reaction to a public sector organisation appearing to be led by a ‘Corporate Management Team’ comprised of 10 ‘Executive Directors’, and the Chief...

A fire needs oxygen, fuel and heat to start

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on A fire needs oxygen, fuel and heat to start

Dear Editor, Guyana Times edition of Monday, October 11, 2021 screamed, “Brickdam fire must be treated as possible domestic terrorism – VP Jagdeo says int’l assistance will be...

Fire has been part of our political culture

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fire has been part of our political culture

Dear Editor, Fires and other associated conflagration have long been a matter of concern for all of us here in Guyana, judging from our social and political history. Fires can be used as a tool to...

Concern for a pensioner

Oct 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Concern for a pensioner

Dear Editor, I am here to express my concern for Archibald Sandiford, an elderly man, who has not yet received his old age pension grant since April of 2021. Earlier in April his pension book got...

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Cornwall blitz, Shadab (4-13)/Muqeem (4-16) leave Warriors in panic...

Sep 18, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. ABF – Falcons book spot in finals, Warriors/Kingsmen battle tonight for last spot By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors choked their...

Whatever happened to this matter?

Sep 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something deeply troubling about the driver’s-licence saga in Guyana. And it is not simply the question of whether a few police officers may have done something wrong. It is the possibility that people are driving on our roads who were never properly tested, never...

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...

Boycott- duh fuh duh nah obyah

Sep 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Hon Speaker of the House started the ball rolling. The wrong way. Neither time nor space for opposition in parliament. For months after the September elections, the machinery of parliamentary democracy couldn’t get cranking. The white people had to intervene so...

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