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The President has to act now

Jul 18, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The President has to act now

The President of Guyana has to act in relation to conflicts of interest- real of potential- which exist or may exist within his government. It is time not just for a code of conduct to guide public...

Scrap metal exports earned $766 million last year – Ministry of Business

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Scrap metal exports earned $766 million last year – Ministry of Business

Scrap metal exports from Guyana contributed approximately $766 million to the economy last year. According to Cordell McClure, Ministry of Business’ Communication Officer the sum represents monies...

I was never on ID parade – man tell court

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on I was never on ID parade – man tell court

A 31-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared in a city court where two robbery charges was read to him. Lynden Flavius, a construction worker of Agricola appeared in the...

Youth charged for robbing race car driver, others

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Youth charged for robbing race car driver, others

A youth who was charged for robbing race car driver Kristian Jeffery and others, appeared before a city magistrate, yesterday, to answer to the armed robbery charges. Shamar Charles, 22, a miner,...

10 years later… Ex-soldier seeks to overturn manslaughter conviction at CCJ

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 10 years later… Ex-soldier seeks to overturn manslaughter conviction at CCJ

By Feona Morrison Looking to set aside his manslaughter conviction, Mark Fraser has now taken his fight to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), where he is seeking special leave to challenge the...

Passengers remanded for attempting to kill taxi driver

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Passengers remanded for attempting to kill taxi driver

A construction worker and poultry rearer, yesterday appeared before a city magistrate to answer to an attempted murder charge. The court heard that the men hired a car to take them around Georgetown...

“Wild Buck” Remanded for Possession of Unlicensed Gun

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “Wild Buck” Remanded for Possession of Unlicensed Gun

A man who was charged for discharging a loaded firearm while partying at a creek on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway a few days ago, was remanded to prison yesterday after making his first court...

Stakeholder engagement is important to tourism development

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Stakeholder engagement is important to tourism development

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has been working closely with a number of sister agencies and private stakeholders to elevate the tourism sector in Guyana. To formalize the approach, the GTA, this...

Vendors and M&CC clean up Stabroek Bazaar and waterfront

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Vendors and M&CC clean up Stabroek Bazaar and waterfront

Mayor and City Council (M&CC) in a joint venture with some of the vendors of the Stabroek Market cleaned the market’s bazaar and waterfront area. Engineers from the council supervised and...

Calls made for restoration of Health Centre amid medical outreach

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Calls made for restoration of Health Centre amid medical outreach

A number of residents within proximity of the Better Hope Community Centre ground were the beneficiaries of a medical outreach held there this past weekend. The medical outreach was spearheaded by...

Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship – Group A St. Lucia is first to qualify for Rd. of 16 with third win; Bermuda beat Suriname

Jul 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship – Group A St. Lucia is first to qualify for Rd. of 16 with third win; Bermuda beat Suriname

By Franklin Wilson St. Lucia, led astutely by their Captain Krysan St. Louis, who blasted all three goals against Antigua and Barbuda last night, became the first team from Group A to advance to the...

Local oil and gas sector piques Japan’s interest

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local oil and gas sector piques Japan’s interest

His Excellency, Tatsuo Hirayama, Non-Resident Japanese Ambassador (Designate), yesterday paid a courtesy call on Moses Nagamootoo, Prime Minister of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. “Both the...

Minister Norton in successful visit to Orealla and Siparuta up the Corentyne River Accompanied by Olympian Michael Parris

Jul 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minister Norton in successful visit to Orealla and Siparuta up the Corentyne River Accompanied by Olympian Michael Parris

Minister of Social Cohesion, with responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. George Norton over the last week made a visit to the Corentyne River Villages of Orealla and Siparuta. Dr Norton...

Woman’s home collapses one month after she lost husband

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s home collapses one month after she lost husband

There is a popular saying, “when it rains it pours”. For Minerva ‘Mini’ Sancho of Rose Hall Town, that phrase is something she knows and is experiencing all too well. Sancho,...

Junior CASA 2019 Team Championship Guyana boys & Girls teams sweep St Vincent 5-0

Jul 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior CASA 2019 Team Championship Guyana boys & Girls teams sweep St Vincent 5-0

A day after sweeping the individuals Boys and Girls U-17 with Abosaide Cadogan taking Gold and number one-ranked Shomari Wiltshire capturing Gold in the Boys division as the Guyanese won four Gold...

Berbice hotel remains in limbo over wind turbine

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice hotel remains in limbo over wind turbine

A Berbice hotel says it is continuing to be held in limbo over approvals for a wind turbine that would be used for electricity. Officials of the Classic International Hotel and Suites disclosed,...

Berlin tarmac to host Guinness football matches on Saturday

Jul 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berlin tarmac to host Guinness football matches on Saturday

The Berlin tarmac located in the environs of High and Drydale Streets, Georgetown, will officially make its long awaited return to action in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown...

EMS system reportedly stymied by non-maintenance of ambulances

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on EMS system reportedly stymied by non-maintenance of ambulances

“We don’t have any ambulance for the day,” said the operator who answered the 912 emergency number, yesterday. The 912 number doubles as the national medical and fire emergencies response...

Winfer Gardens through to final

Jul 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Winfer Gardens through to final

Winfer Gardens will play their first Windball cricket final after they defeated Enterprise when play in the AL Sport and Tour Promotions 22nd Annual End of School Year Edward Cobenna Memorial Primary...

Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools’ cricket tournament Both Guyanese Schools suffer heavy defeats

Jul 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools’ cricket tournament Both Guyanese Schools suffer heavy defeats

The 33rd annual Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools’ cricket tournament in Barbados continued on Tuesday with both Guyana Schools suffering heavy defeats. At Rubis: Alleyne School beat...

Woman of unsound mind smashes betting machines

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman of unsound mind smashes betting machines

A woman who is believed to be of unsound mind vandalized five betting machines at the Xenon International Hotel and Bar, which is located at Charity, Pomeroon. The manager of the establishment told...

R&D Engineering Inc. supports Jefford Classic X

Jul 18, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on R&D Engineering Inc. supports Jefford Classic X

R&D Engineering Inc. yesterday handed over its support for the upcoming Jefford Track and Field Classic X scheduled for Sunday August 11 at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Ground, Linden. Founder...

Bounty Paper Towel & Solo Drinks hockey leagues Restart delayed again

Jul 18, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bounty Paper Towel & Solo Drinks hockey leagues Restart delayed again

The Bounty Paper Towel -Quicker Picker Upper- men’s and women’s outdoor, second division, development hockey league and the Solo Drinks under-20 men’s and women’s outdoor leagues will...

A small population that produces curiosities by the billions

Jul 18, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A small population that produces curiosities by the billions

When you subtract the large number of people under16 years of age, then Guyana’s population is indeed very small. But it is a small society that produces an enormous amount of curiosities. How can...

Final design of Abram Zuil secondary School presented.

Jul 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Final design of Abram Zuil secondary School presented.

The Abrams Zuil Secondary School, which is located on the Essequibo Coast, will finally undergo a tremendous leap of transformation, now that the final design of the building has been completed. The...

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No good deed goes unpunished

Nov 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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