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Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia loses confidence in Town Clerk weeks after appointment
The Mayor and Town Councillors of Mahdia, Region Eight, has refuted allegations that race or youth influenced the decision to terminate the services of 21-year-old Town Clerk, Hakeem Wong. Wong, who...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two public school pupils top NGSA 2019
Two public school pupils have emerged as the top performers of this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, NGSA examinations. Dave Chowtie, of Graham’s Hall Primary, East Coast Demerara; and...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Dem Chinese Restaurants ordered closed
By Alex Wayne Several Chinese Restaurants in the West Demerara District have been given closure notices when public health inspectors from the Westside swooped down on facilities that were rumored to...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Roger Khan scheduled to be released in days
Convicted drug smuggler, Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan, who was sentenced to 15 years in a US prison back in 2009, is set to be released in a matter of days. According to the US Bureau of Prisons, Khan,...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Granger to meet with Jagdeo today
President David Granger is to meet Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, today on the selection process for a new chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). Yesterday, Director General of the...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “I can’t do no hard work, so I thief”- man tells court, before slapped with two years
A man yesterday found himself before the courts after he could not run away or fight back after stealing a man’s phone. He was sent to prison after he told the court of his temptation to steal, an...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Strike action forces Labour Minister, team to visit Aurora Gold Mines on Monday
Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, with responsibility for Labour, Keith Scott, will lead a delegation to the Aurora Gold Mines of Guyana Goldfields on Monday. The visit is to...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on City Engineer, Treasurer exhibits blatant disregard for Georgetown Mayor
The Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine made reference to an issue that was floating around in the media with regards to the City Engineer’s responses to his letters. The Mayor noted that the engineer...Jul 04, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Aurora Gold Mines pelt a bluff
Ants don’t run and lef sugar. In de same way, bees don’t lef honey. When Exxon come to Guyana and find oil, people start to talk about pulling back de contract. But as soon as people talk like...Jul 04, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana’s backward educational system
The results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) for 2019 were released yesterday. For a small group of pupils who gained admission into the top five secondary schools in Georgetown and the...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Moruca sisters brutally chopped
Two women from Moruca, Region One, were rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital yesterday, after being brutally chopped in their home community. Based on reports, the women, Beverly Cozier and Cynthia...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minister of Finance Appeal of contempt order -AG withdraws summons at Appeal Court; files in full Court
The appeal filed on behalf of Finance Minister Winston Jordan has been withdrawn and a fresh summons filed at the Full Court. Jordan is represented by Attorney General in the matter while Dipcon...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Trade Show for Antigua postponed
A two-day trade show from July 19 and 20 which will see local agro-processors and manufacturers on display at the Multipurpose Cultural and Exhibition Centre in Antigua has been postponed until...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fishing industry mourns as Single Seafoods owner dies
The fishing industry is mourning the passing of Suresh Singh, 56, who was credited as contributing significantly to the business sector. Singh, the proprietor of the Ruimveldt-based Single Seafoods,...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital fails to secure injunction against ‘Melly Mel’
An attempt by Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital to stop social media personality, Melissa ‘Melly Mel’ Atwell, from posting negative reviews by alleged patients of the medical facility has been halted...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Dem driver and passenger rob victims at bars -police nab driver after setting up road block
Residents of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, are particularly fearful of a taxi driver, who drives around in the company of an armed accomplice, robbing unsuspecting victims at bars on the...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Portion of oil money to help reform sugar industry –Finance Minister
In order to avoid the Dutch disease—a phenomenon that sees the rapid development of one sector and the speedy decline of others—Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, said he could definitely foresee...Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire, B 13 Dominoes Team Tourney for Sunday
Following the completion of the Caricom Day dominoes tournament, Senior Organising Secretary of the Georgetown Dominoes Association, Mark Wiltshire and B 13 Dominoes Team will be hosting a one-day...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Provocation of spirit sends man to jail
A welder was yesterday sentenced to jail, after he was brought before the courts for assaulting his friend whom he complained would provoke his spirit on a regular basis. Twenty-eight-year-old...Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Art Form of Acrobatics Still Alive
By Zaheer Mohamed Acrobatics is the performance of extraordinary human feats of stability, agility and motor coordination. It can be found in many of the performing arts, sporting events and martial...Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Era/ExxonMobil Schools’ Futsal tourney set for tomorrow
The inaugural New Era Schools’ Futsal championship, which is being supported by ExxonMobil, will kick off tomorrow from 15:00hrs at the Mackenzie Sports Club Basketball Court and will conclude with...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice man on trial for rape
A West Berbice man who along with another took advantage of a woman whilst they were out together and raped her at knife point is on trial. Khemraj Persaud, called “Hot Dog Boy”29, of Lot 3...Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA and MSC mounts metal backboard to have basketball played in Linden Clubs meet association to decide on way forward tonight
After a long wait and no sign of assistance forthcoming, the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) has located the old metal backboard which replaced for the fibre glass set which were donated...Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG-NSBF National Playoffs Kwakwani on top after third days play
The third day of play in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YGB) National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) on Tuesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue witnessed group...Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Irfaan Ali fraud charges stalled, Magistrate awaits High Court ruling
The 19 charges against Presidential Candidate for the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), Irfaan Ali, has been stalled as the Magistrate presiding in his case awaits the decision of the High Court as it...Nov 08, 2026
Cricinfo – Towhid Hridoy staged a turnaround for the ages as his record-breaking unbeaten 242 handed Bangladesh a 30-run first-innings lead on day three of the second Test against West Indies....Nov 07, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...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...Nov 07, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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