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Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rum has become the region’s largest export- DDL chairperson
By Mikaila Prince Chairperson of Demerara Distillers Limited, Komal Samaroo, said at the luncheon presentation of 21st Caribbean American Legislative Week that rum has become the region’s largest...Jun 06, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Run when you see a man riding
Anybody who riding a bicycle or a motorcycle is a scamp. Nuff of dem riding about de place just looking to see wha dem can snatch. Dem boys see a lady walking down Ogle road; she was going home....Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Toilet repairs force school closure at St. Ignatius
Despite early budgets, the St. Ignatius Secondary School in Region Nine is closed for three days to facilitate upgrading and repairs to its sanitary blocks. Numerous concerned parents voiced their...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on June session of Demerara criminal assizes sees… 174 sexual offences, 65 murders, 12 manslaughter cases
A startling 301 cases are listed to be heard at the June session of the Demerara criminal assizes, according to information released by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The assizes opened...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Health Expo 2019 officially launched
Health expo 2019 was officially launched yesterday at the Sophia Exhibition Centre. The GPHC Choir and Roy Stewart gave beautiful renditions of National songs to an audience that absorbed the...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Chairman credited with giving meaningful attention to Moblissa
Meaningful projects and programmes are being implemented in Moblissa and Regional Chairman, Mr. Renis Morian, has been given the credit. Lauding the efforts of the Regional Chairman, during an...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Project underway to help tackle teen pregnancy, related issues
A comprehensive Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Empowerment Programme aimed at helping to prevent sexual abuse and empowering at risk teenagers is in full swing in D’Urban Backlands. The programme is...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Block making company sues GRA over demand for more taxes, duties
KSM Investments, a local block making company, has filed legal action against the Guyana Revenue Authority, (GRA), over the imposition of additional taxes and duties on imported goods. According to...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man to go on trial for murder of Ann’s Grove youth
Simeon Pompey pleaded not guilty to a murder indictment when he appeared on Tuesday before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Co urt in Demerara following the empanelling of a 12-member jury....Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Neonatal Nursing to Be Approved as Degree Programme by June—Dr. Emanuel Cummings
The University of Guyana (UG) currently has a Neonatal Nursing Programme which is currently being offered as a Diploma pr ogramme. However application has been made for the programme to be upgraded...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has laudable capacity to eradicate filaria – PAHO Regional Adviser –says PAHO, WHO fully committed to supporting local efforts
There is no denying that Guyana has the capacity to eradicate, in the near future, a disease that has caused many to be stigmatised and discriminated against. No, it isn’t the Human...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Residents of Uncle Eddie’s Home receive fire safety training
Residents at Uncle Eddie’s home are now equipped with fire safety skills to safeguard themselves in the event of an unexpecte d fire at the nursing home. This is as a result of the extensive Fire...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Desilting of Friendship Canal may cost $1 billion— Minister Ferguson.
For years, the clogged up Friendship canal has been a major challenge to the residents living within the Friendship area, in the Lower Pomeroon. Being a riverine community, creeks, canals and...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cutter Suction Dredge to boost drainage efficiency in Region Two.
It is anticipated that the desilting of crucial outfalls along the Essequibo Coast will be much more effective, now that a state of the art Cutter Suction Dredge has been deployed to Region Two...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Body fished out of Pomeroon yet to be claimed
The body of a man who was fished out of the Pomeroon River last Saturday morning, is lying in the Charity morgue and is yet to be claimed by family members. Based on reports reaching Kaieteur News,...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $414 M sluice at D’Edward 60% complete
Works are moving apace on the $414M four-door sluice at D’Edward Village West Bank of Berbice, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice). Works on the critical drainage infrastructure are almost 60 per cent...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New ‘inclusive’ Grade Two curriculum to be piloted in new school year
The new Grade Two curriculum for the nation’s primary school learners is currently undergoing a review process. Ministry of Education officers have described it as being ‘inclusive’, a vast...Jun 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windjammer joins sponsorship team for Drag Racing round two
Local Hotel and Restaurant Windjammer International Cuisine and comfort Inn has joined the sponsorship team for the upco ming Round of the National Drag Racing Championship. The second round of the...Jun 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on TTBA sanctions top boxer Michael Alexander
The Trinidad and Tobago Boxing Association (TTBA) has followed in the footsteps of its Guyana counterpart by sanctioning its most prized amateur fighter. In a letter seen by this newspaper, the TTBA...Jun 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Miner freed in Sand Hill stabbing death
A 25-year-old miner walked free of a murder charge yesterday, since there was insufficient evidence to build a case against him. The 25-year-old accused, who was identified as Jumar Ralph, was...Jun 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on No tears for Geeta Chandan
I have known man and wife attorneys, Geeta Chandan and Joel Edmond, a long time now. They were both my students at UG. After that they became friends with me. They still are my friends. As late as...Jun 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA organised YBG Linden Regional U-19 Schools Basketball Action starts tomorrow with double header at MHS court
The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) has organised the Linden Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Under 19 Linden Regional Zone Conference for schools in Linden which bounces off tomorrow with...Jun 06, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana face Bermuda today in first of two friendly internationals ahead of Gold Cup
Guyana and host nation Bermuda will clash today in an international friendly at the National Sports Centre as both countries seek to peak at this summer’s Concacaf Gold Cup where they will also be...

Aug 21, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – Guyana junior athletes proudly represented the Golden Arrowhead at the CAREBACO Junior Badminton Championships, held in Jamaica from August 14–18, 2026. Guyana captured the...Aug 21, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – A report in yesterday’s Kaieteur News that some 35,000 students across the Caribbean absconded from the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations ought to make every education policymaker sit up and take note. The figure is startling, but before we begin...Aug 16, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Haiti’s plight must not be forgotten because it is no longer a regular feature of international headlines. The suffering has not diminished. Between January and early June 2026, at least 2,310 people were killed, 1,106 were injured and 99 were kidnapped,...Aug 21, 2026
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