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Investigators analyzing additional information in missing cop case

Aug 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Investigators analyzing additional information in missing cop case

Almost two months after his disappearance, investigators in the matter of missing police officer Quincy Lewis, on Thursday handed over additional findings to the Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent,...

Let Payara be test case and precedent

Aug 15, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Let Payara be test case and precedent

The new government wants to do the right thing but goes about it in a strange way. The features of what is clearly pedestrian thinking are present at both the tactical and strategic levels. This...

Deon Carter dominoes commences today

Aug 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deon Carter dominoes commences today

Some of the top city domino teams will be in action from today as the Deon Carter birth anniversary competition commences at 13:30hrs at Turning Point. Entrance fee is $12,000, while $40,000 will be...

India is a constructive, dependable actor globally

Aug 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on India is a constructive, dependable actor globally

– Through the pandemic, it has not only met its domestic requirements but taken a range of steps for global good By Harsh Vardhan Shringla COVID-19 continues to exact a heavy toll worldwide. In...

32 more youths benefits from RHTYSC, MS/BCB Basil Butcher Trust Fund

Aug 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 32 more youths benefits from RHTYSC, MS/BCB Basil Butcher Trust Fund

20 clubs receives scorebooks, donates cleaning detergents to public institutions Another thirty two under 13 and under 15 cricketers last week benefited from donations of cricket gears as the ten...

Terminate Sinecure Political Appointees

Aug 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Terminate Sinecure Political Appointees

DEAR EDITOR, As your paper reported, Ministers are encountering bloated, unjustified payrolls under the previous regime for no show jobs costing tax payers billions of dollars annually while sugar...

The contradictions of inter-racial relations in Guyana

Aug 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The contradictions of inter-racial relations in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, It is an indisputable fact that at the individual level, people of Indian and African descent genuinely love and appreciate each other. This is not only a modern-day occurrence but a...

Guyana Legal Aid Clinic clarifies

Aug 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Legal Aid Clinic clarifies

DEAR EDITOR, In response to two articles that have appeared recently in the daily newspapers, the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic writes to clarify the scope and locations of legal aid services provided by...

Spotlight on upstream carbon dioxide emissions tax

Aug 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Spotlight on upstream carbon dioxide emissions tax

DEAR EDITOR, Now that a decision has been made to “put on hold the approval of the Payara off-shore oil project until a full review of it is undertaken by technical experts (“Peeping...

Both sides of the divide are guilty of savaging excesses that maim the mind

Aug 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Both sides of the divide are guilty of savaging excesses that maim the mind

DEAR EDITOR, I have no interest in any ongoing wrangling over elections controversies, regarding who did what and all the rest of that sordid 19-month interval in Guyana’s history. I distance from...

Guyana stands to benefit more than Scotland from the twinning of Georgetown and Aberdeen UK

Aug 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana stands to benefit more than Scotland from the twinning of Georgetown and Aberdeen UK

DEAR EDITOR, I congratulate the new government as it appears to be taking a keen interest in the established twinning of Aberdeen, UK and Georgetown and the benefits accruing. It is always gratifying...

Applaud President Ali for Govt.’s decision to review Payara, putting Guyana’s interests first

Aug 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Applaud President Ali for Govt.’s decision to review Payara, putting Guyana’s interests first

DEAR EDITOR, President Ali’s decision to seek technical assistance to review the Payara project is most commendable, and is a good sign that our new government would listen to the voice of Guyanese...

Payara approval will not be rushed; we want maximum value for Guyana

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Payara approval will not be rushed; we want maximum value for Guyana

Minister of Natural Resources says… By Kiana Wilburg Even though the PPP/C government may be desirous of granting the approval for ExxonMobil’s third development project within a reasonable...

Suriname boasts three discoveries for the year in oil block at Guyana border

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname boasts three discoveries for the year in oil block at Guyana border

The Republic of Suriname is facilitating exploration in a concession at its maritime border with Guyana, called Block 58. The companies granted the concession, Apache and Total, have managed to make...

We must invite our own to invest instead of turning to foreigners

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on We must invite our own to invest instead of turning to foreigners

– Surinamese President Instead of turning to foreign multinationals and inviting them to invest, President of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, believes that small nations must first seek out...

Anti-money laundering Act to be reviewed – AG

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering Act to be reviewed – AG

The current legislative framework crafted to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing is set to be reviewed. The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, made this...

UN raises concerns about environmental impact of Guyana’s oil production

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UN raises concerns about environmental impact of Guyana’s oil production

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has written to Guyana seeking answers about the environmental hazard posed by offshore oil production, a hazard it considers a challenge to the human...

Exxon blames COVID-19 restrictions for failing to meet flaring deadline

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon blames COVID-19 restrictions for failing to meet flaring deadline

– blames COVID-19 restrictions Even though it told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it would bring an end to flaring today, it appears that American oil giant, ExxonMobil, will be...

Tourism Minister Walrond-Allicock, Gerry Gouveia test positive for COVID-19

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tourism Minister Walrond-Allicock, Gerry Gouveia test positive for COVID-19

Several officials and Cabinet members, who came into contact with Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd, who recently tested positive for the novel Coronavirus, have produced negative results. However,...

COVID-19 testing machine left on wharf for months

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 testing machine left on wharf for months

– Minister Dr. Frank Anthony A Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine which was given to Government to increase the country’s COVID-19 testing capacity was neglected for months. This was...

Army still silent on $1B spent to purchase, fix 4 aircraft

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Army still silent on $1B spent to purchase, fix 4 aircraft

One plane “cannibalised” to fix another… It appears that the army has little answers to the questionable purchase of four aircraft by the Coalition government in the last two years. The...

NICIL’s lawyer moves to strike out challenge to transactions

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL’s lawyer moves to strike out challenge to transactions

Glenn Lall vs. Winston Jordan in ECD land deals case… Devindra Kissoon, Attorney for the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), has filed an application to strike out Glenn...

Exxon buy out all de bora, bajee and ochro

Aug 14, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Exxon buy out all de bora, bajee and ochro

Dem Boys Seh… Exxon Mobil produce wan half yearly report about dem local content spending over de last six months. Dem only do dat because dem wan de government feel nice about how much money...

The PPP/C is behaving like a wild cat

Aug 14, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPP/C is behaving like a wild cat

The COVID-19 epidemic is becoming increasingly unmanageable. The virus is no longer isolated to any one Region; it is spreading nationally at a rapid rate. Active cases are now dispersed across eight...

The Opposition PNC

Aug 14, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Opposition PNC

In the pre-independence era, there was no sharper person in the legislature than then leader of the opposition in what was then the Legislative Council, founder of the People’s National Congress...

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Need for Speed Karting Championships: Persaud, Mendonca, Tenpow, and...

Jun 22, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The weather was not the only scorching thing this weekend as Jumbo Jet Events staged the first round of its Need for Speed Karting Championship at the 555 Speedway in...

Watch the PPPC like a hawk!

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

More money for Guyanese workers

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...

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