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May 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is interesting to see how events will unfold in the upcoming period
DEAR EDITOR, The APNU-AFC government has recently completed four years in office. Despite attempts by the government to chalk up its achievements, the fact of the matter is that the...May 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The unemployed youths of Guyana
DEAR EDITOR, Guyana is on the cusp of a sizable increase in its wealth from the extraction of oil. Although the estimates keep changing, what is evident is that the country will become materially...May 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Guyana ready to embrace its future?
DEAR EDITOR, As Guyana awaits the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice on the No-Confidence motion, it is prudent to consider the potential outcomes. Based on common sense alone, and in the...May 15, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maybe SARA should first “clean up” its own act
DEAR EDITOR, Several media houses reported that “SARA was awaiting additional information from Teixeira on signing bonus complaint” or similar such words. All reported that this emanated from the...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on More irregularities unearthed in procurement of exercise, textbooks- State auditors begin investigations
State auditors have started their investigations into the controversial ordering of text and exercise books for public schools. The contracts involved over a $1B in the last four years, but there...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Even with 5.5B barrels… Oil refinery not feasible for Guyana-Consultant stands by earlier study report
By Kiana Wilburg About three years ago, the APNU+AFC administration hired Mr. Pedro Hass, Director of Advisory Services at UK-based firm, Hartree Partners, to conduct a study on the feasibility of an...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sgt. charged with sexual assault on woman in police vehicle
Forty-eight year-old Police Sergeant Norris Henry, of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, appeared yesterday before a city magistrate and was required to answer to a sexual assault charge,...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on SWAT deployed to Berbice to tackle rising crime
A team of ranks attached to the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Guyana Police Force were deployed to Berbice yesterday to assist with crime fighting in the region. This was confirmed...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Self-bail for cop who allegedly struck wife with wood
A ‘Mash’ day outing has led to a police constable being charged for allegedly assaulting his wife, and using obscene language towards her in public. Eon Jacobs appeared in the Georgetown...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica youth shot dead outside bar- Suspect’s mom turns him in
The police in Bartica are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of 21-year-old Antonio Dos Santos, popularly known as “Lil Boy” of 22 Second Avenue. The incident...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Between Oct. 2017 and Sept. 2018…More than 3,200 Guyanese overstayed in US
A new report by the United States Government has indicated that 3,220 Guyanese with visitors’ visas overstayed between October 2017 and September 2018. This translates to 4.85 percent of Guyanese...May 14, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A nation of hustlers
All across Guyana, the poor are setting up little trays, ice coolers and tents at road corners and on parapets. They are selling anything, which they feel will provide them with an income to help...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Robert Allicock, MS, laid to rest
The late Robert Allicock, MS, was yesterday laid to rest today in his home village of Suruma, North Rupununi, Region 9. He died on Sunday. According to the Ministry of the Presidency, on Sunday,...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Parfaite Harmonie con artist defrauds couple of $500,000 down payment on property
A La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara couple is frantically searching for an alleged con artist who has reportedly defrauded them of a $500,000 house payment. Jerry Singh and Patricia Stephens...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on AML/CFT workshops scheduled for Saturday and Sunday
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, SC, as head of Guyana’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime and Chairperson of the...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Second batch of Pharmacists licensed
A second batch of pharmacy interns were on May 11th awarded their licences to practice. At an event known as the White Coat Ceremony, at Herdmanston Lodge, neatly attired in their white coats, they...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t, UNICEF partner on ‘Safe School Project’ for children of Venezuelan migrants
The Government of Guyana and the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Guyana have partnered on a ‘Safe School Proje ct’ for the children of Venezuelan migrants, who are...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cricket bat murder accused on trial
The trial of 22-year-old Jonathan Budhan, who is accused of beating a man to death with a cricket bat, got underway yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown. Budhan,...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Visually impaired brothers aiming to make it big in the local music industry
Despite being visually impaired, brothers 17-year-old Relon and 15-year-old Roell Sumner, have commenced their singing careers after recor ding their first song. Currently hitting the airwaves, they...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice man found dead in trench
A West Coast Berbice family is mourning the death of a 70-year-old male relative who was found in a trench on Monday. Dead is Michael Christopher London of 546 School Street, Number 29, West Coast...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Miner to go on trial for employee’s murder
A 50-year-old former mining operator is scheduled to go on trial Thursday (May 16), for the murder of one of his employees, who he alleged ly set on fire in 2014. Rajesh Roopnarine, also known as...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Quartet before court on attempted murder charge
Four men yesterday appeared before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where they were made to answer an attempted murder charge. The defendants are Randy Shaw,...May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Community enhancement transforming South Mackenzie
Communities located in South Mackenzie, Linden are seeing extensive transformation as a result of a community enhancement proje ct which is the brainchild of the Community Development Council (CDC)...

Aug 31, 2026
CPL – The Jamaica Kingsmen recorded their fourth win of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a 7-run win via DLS over the Trinbago Knight Riders, as the rain halted play just...Aug 31, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...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...Aug 31, 2026
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