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Attorney calls for Minister Ramjattan to testify in extradition hearing

Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney calls for Minister Ramjattan to testify in extradition hearing

Attorney-at-law Darren Wade is calling for the Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, to testify as to why he is signing extradition requests by foreign states. This is after the attorney...

Lodges Kyk-over-al and Frenaeus back Wiltshire dominoes tourney

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lodges Kyk-over-al and Frenaeus back Wiltshire dominoes tourney

Lodges Kyk-over-al and Frenaeus have thrown their support behind Mark Wiltshire for the staging of a dominoes comp etition and family fun day on Sunday at Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda. The entity...

Gold is Money claim Ivanoff Vodka Dominoes title

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gold is Money claim Ivanoff Vodka Dominoes title

Gold is Money of Georgetown emerged champions of the Ivanoff Vodka nation-wide dominoes competition which concluded on Monday night last at Transport Sports Club, Thomas Lands.Gold is Money continued...

Prosecutor threatens to seek arrest warrant for Nandlall

Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecutor threatens to seek arrest warrant for Nandlall

Yet another occasion has passed and former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has failed to appear in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore. Nandlall is on trial for...

Essequibo youths score big as several grounds rehabilitated − Queenstown and six other community grounds and building under construction

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Essequibo youths score big as several grounds rehabilitated − Queenstown and six other community grounds and building under construction

DPI, Guyana, – Youths on the Essequibo Coast, Region 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam) are set to benefit from several projects aime d at improving playgrounds and other sports facilities in the region....

GMR&SC Drag Championship round 2 Trans Pacific continues support of Motor racing locally Balram Auto Mechanic also on board

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC Drag Championship round 2 Trans Pacific continues support of Motor racing locally Balram Auto Mechanic also on board

One of Guyana’s leading Auto Sales and Spare parts retailer, Trans Pacific, has readily thrown its support behind the motor ra cing community once again as they recently confirmed their sponsorship...

Depressing conversation with Dr. Brian O’Toole

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Depressing conversation with Dr. Brian O’Toole

A frustrated victim of attempted murder, Dr. Brian O’Toole feels that the police need to up their game in the investigation and that the US Embassy can do more to assist. Dr. O’ Toole feels the...

Sinclair’s century hands Achievers SC comprehensive win

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sinclair’s century hands Achievers SC comprehensive win

Kevin Sinclair struck a fine century to hand Achievers Sports Club an innings and 189-run victory over D’ Edward SC when play in the West Berbice Cricket Association/Anil Lalsa Construction Company...

A supernatural society

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A supernatural society

It as if the Guyana Police Force does not have enough trouble from human sources, including its own ones. Trainees are under siege and fearful before invasions of the mind-bending. But it goes beyond...

Sugar dispute another manifestation of the Administration’s mis-adventure

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar dispute another manifestation of the Administration’s mis-adventure

DEAR EDITOR, The GAWU saw in several sections of the media reports regarding the status of the $30B bond that was secured by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) to...

Last chapter of signing bonus downplayed; government missed great PR moment

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Last chapter of signing bonus downplayed; government missed great PR moment

DEAR EDITOR, An article: “US$18 M signing bonus transferred to the consolidated fund,” appearing in KN on May 31, seems to have gone entirely unnoticed by the general populace. Apparently, none...

Cigarette smokers should be mindful of their environment and others around them

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cigarette smokers should be mindful of their environment and others around them

DEAR EDITOR, It was said by King James I, that “Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lung.” I write in great disgust of the smoking population, as I feel...

Football time, uniform of players and use of weed, need to be addressed

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Football time, uniform of players and use of weed, need to be addressed

DEAR EDITOR, The football fraternity has issues that seem to be going unaddressed and unnoticed by promoters’ sponsors and organizations responsible for this sport in Guyana. Many of the...

SARA: an agency embroiled in its own imbroglio

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on SARA: an agency embroiled in its own imbroglio

DEAR EDITOR, From the outset, I want to make it abundantly clear that I support investigations into decisions made and transactions done by public officers, including the Executive President,...

A permanent joint services operation centre should be set-up in Agricola

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A permanent joint services operation centre should be set-up in Agricola

DEAR EDITOR, The driver of the truck that killed 7-year-old Ciarra Benjamin on the Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara, last Saturday (1st June, 2019) was very unfortunate. ”A child...

The Granger Administration is on course to becoming a dictatorship

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Granger Administration is on course to becoming a dictatorship

DEAR EDITOR, The David Granger administration has erred gravely in not understanding how democracy operates. It is impossible for a democratically elected government to trash its people and survive...

We all must do our part in order to avoid more loss of lives

Jun 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We all must do our part in order to avoid more loss of lives

DEAR EDITOR, As of late, there has been an unfortunate high number of road fatalities, it is clear that awareness needs to be raised in order to avert these tragedies. As the number of vehicles in...

Govt. must demand more for concessions granted to oil companies-University of Houston Instructor

Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. must demand more for concessions granted to oil companies-University of Houston Instructor

By Kiana Wilburg When Governments enter negotiations with oil companies, they must ensure that the State gets a fair tradeoff, especially for the concessions granted. This is according to Co-Director...

Country braces for more blackouts -as GPL scrambles to repair Chinese submarine cable

Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Country braces for more blackouts -as GPL scrambles to repair Chinese submarine cable

In December 2014, a US$42M transmission line project that included seven sub-stations and submarine cables across the Berbice and Demerara River to create an interconnected system was launched. It...

Auditor General bemoans Govt’s failure to supply details on D’Urban Park Stadium spending

Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General bemoans Govt’s failure to supply details on D’Urban Park Stadium spending

From 2017 to now, Auditor General, Deodat Sharma is yet to receive critical documentation that would support the transparent spen ding of millions of dollars for the D’Urban Park Stadium Project....

Army readies for internal threats

Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Army readies for internal threats

The army cadets are currently undergoing training on the Standard Officer Course, Number 51. They successfully completed Exercise Rattrap in Watooka, Linden, over the weekend. According to the army,...

Govt. aims to eliminate landlordism of small and medium-scale gold mining operations – GSDS Vision 2040

Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. aims to eliminate landlordism of small and medium-scale gold mining operations – GSDS Vision 2040

Landlordism of small and medium-scale gold mining operations must be eliminated by 2040. The Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040 states that Government’s remit is to institute changes to...

One year later… land policy consultation incomplete

Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on One year later… land policy consultation incomplete

The Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040 has much to say about the importance of a draft land policy. Yet, even though consultations were meant to start in early 2018, it is mid-2019 and the...

Suriname lapsed in obligations to maintain Canawaima ferry- Foreign Ministry

Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname lapsed in obligations to maintain Canawaima ferry- Foreign Ministry

The Government of Guyana is not immediately looking to replace the Canawaima ferry with one of its own. Rather, the country wants to first have talks with Suriname to hold up its end of the bargain....

Eccles rice milling operations puts spotlight on zoning

Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Eccles rice milling operations puts spotlight on zoning

An Eccles homeowner, who in 2013 believed that he had found a good deal with a new home in Eccles, East Bank Demerara, is now ruing his decision. From since 2015, he has been battling the Central...

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Guyana starts preparation to host 2027 CARIFTA Games

Aug 26, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana has officially begun the process of preparing to host the 2027 CARIFTA Games, marking a historic milestone for the country as it prepares to stage the premier youth and...

Lack of time and misinterpretation?

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The belated explanation offered by Ralph Ramkarran, former Chairman of the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) that the present constitutional gridlock over the appointment of Guyana’s Chancellor and Chief Justice resulted from a misinterpretation by the Oversight Committee...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

MV Barima – a month later

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The night of Saturday, July 18, 2026 and the early hours of the agonising Sunday that followed are now dates etched into the memory and history of Guyanese. The first hours brought the first pieces of news of a tragedy about which none had a clue that it was really one. And...

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