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May 18, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to take stock to determine where we are
DEAR EDITOR, As we approach the 53rd anniversary of our country’s independence, it is necessary that we take stock to determine where we are, how we got here, and where we are headed as a nation....May 18, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government must Boost the Economy
DEAR EDITOR, A slowdown has been gripping the Guyanese economy affecting lives everywhere. In traveling around Guyana, observing empirically and talking with shoppers and business people, the...May 18, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU+AFC Govt.’s performance was overshadowed by the No Confidence Vote
DEAR EDITOR, What this APNU+AFC Coalition has done during its first four years in Government has been significantly overshadowed by the No Confidence Motion controversy. It was good to hear our Head...May 18, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Legal Opinion of GECOM’s Legal Officer
DEAR EDITOR, The existence, and the tabling of a legal opinion, done by GECOM’s legal officer, has raised the ire, of some members of the Commission, as expressed both at 14th May Statutory Meeting...May 18, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU+AFC missing in action, as violence against women escalates into a national crisis
DEAR EDITOR, Even as we agonise over the gruesome murder of Zaila Sugrim by her intimate partner this past weekend, news is coming out of Essequibo of another woman cruelly stabbed to death by her...May 18, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are the Ex-Ministers indispensable or is this an attempt to circumvent the dual citizenship clause?
DEAR EDITOR, I was stunned to see an article in KN on May 15 – “Dual citizen ex-Ministers rehired in same ministries.” It is difficult to comprehend the logic use by the president to...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sole Sourced or Open Tender? Questions surface over contract awarded to ExxonMobil’s employee
In February, Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon, had announced that Oil Consultant, Dr. Micha el Warner, was hired for $22M to complete Guyana’s draft Local Content...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Corpse in shallow grave…Cops granted extension to further detain confessed killer
The High Court has granted police a further 72 hours to detain Ryan Sugrim, who allegedly buried his wife in a shallow grave after shooting her in the head. Crime Chief Lyndon Alves confirmed this...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo promises to release information on govt. corruption… creates Facebook page to get info on corruption from public servants
Bharrat Jagdeo, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, has claimed that he is sitting on information about instanc es of corruption by the current coalition government, and that the...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Death bed statement collapses in court… miner walks free of murder charge
A miner walked free of a murder charge yesterday after the death bed statement produced on behalf of the victim failed to stand up in Court. The case was dismissed by Justice Navindra Singh. Rajesh...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo flip flops on Greenidge’s appointment.. says Roopnaraine and Gaskin don’t have technical expertise for their appointments
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo does not seem to have made up his mind about whether former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Green idge, has a role in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During a...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. appoints new Boards of Directors
Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon, revealed yesterday that Cabinet approved the appointments of several new Boards of Directors. At the National Procurement and Tender...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hairdresser stealing electricity right under the nose of GPL
A recent hairdressers’ brawl was what revealed just recently that several salons were illegally obtaining electricity, and just a few meters of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) office at...May 17, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A dead man talk in vain
If is one time de whole world does believe a man is when he dying. Anything he do all he life is only when he close to dying that people does really listen. Of course, when a man got money anything...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall sets vendor rates for Independence Day- Carnival
By Mikaila Prince The Mayor and City Council, in collaboration with the Guyana Carnival coordinators and Hits and Jams Entertainment, yesterday hosted a press conference to facilitate the vending of...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Amendment makes Local Call Centre Industry competitive
The Interception of Communications Act, section three, states that a person who intentionally intercepts a communication in the course of its transmission by means of a telecommunications system...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Dipcon returns to court to secure US $2.2 M judgment against the State
DIPCON Engineering has returned to the Court. This time, the company has approached the High Court in a bid to secure the judgment which it won against the State over three years ago. Dipcon had...May 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO FIGHT CRIME
A man was brutally attacked in his home at La Parfaite Harmonie. He was left in a bloody state and was only saved when one of his attackers pleaded with his accomplices not to kill him. It is alleged...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Legal officer was instructed to release advice on expired voters’ list
Legal officer of the Guyana Elections Commission, (GECOM) Excellence Dazzell, was acting on advice of Chairman of the Commission, Justic e (ret’d) James Patterson, when she circulated information...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Undercover cops to monitor nightclubs
Police in ‘D’ Division have extended the fight against the criminals, according to Divisional Commander, Edmond Cooper. Just recently, the Commander vowed to up the ante against criminal elements...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cops smash US counterfeit ring-foreigner among four held
Police have smashed a counterfeiting ring that has been circulating counterfeit US currency. Crime Chief Lynden Alves confirmed, yesterday, that police have seized a quantity of the counterfeit notes...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rape and robbery suspect nabbedhours after escape from police station
Robbery and rape suspect, Kevin Wilkinson, was back in custody last night, hours after a brazen escape from the Cove and John Police Station. The 23-year-old from Lot 271 Hope East,/ Enmore, East...May 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC continues celebrations for Nurses’ Week-Outstanding nurses rewarded
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday continued its celebrations for International Nurses’ Week, with an Award Ceremony and Lunch at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street. Seated...

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CPL – St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots produced a batting performance for the ages, chasing down 218 to defeat the Barbados Tridents by six wickets in a pulsating Republic Bank Caribbean Premier...Sep 03, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...Aug 30, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...Sep 03, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim aftermath, there’s the reverse of what should be happening. With intensity and honesty. With frequency...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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