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Some comments which are not consistent with the AFC

Apr 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some comments which are not consistent with the AFC

DEAR EDITOR, A founder of the People’s National Congress (PNC), who served as Prime Minister is now making some controversial statements which are not consistent with the government’s...

Real academics have no problem admitting they gained from int’l exposure

Apr 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Real academics have no problem admitting they gained from int’l exposure

DEAR EDITOR, I must first thank His Excellency President David Granger for allowing a search committee process that brought this Guyanese high achiever to head the University of Guyana. After a...

An official police investigation should be launched into this affair

Apr 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on An official police investigation should be launched into this affair

DEAR EDITOR, The alacrity with which the Department of Citizenship has responded to revelations of incorrect and therefore fraudulent notices of application for naturalization as Guyanese citizens is...

The People’s National Congress must be held accountable

Apr 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The People’s National Congress must be held accountable

DEAR EDITOR, The People’s National Congress has committed several atrocities during its term as the Government of Guyana. In concert with the requirements of the Rule of Law, all incl. the...

Why Guyana has remained poor?

Apr 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why Guyana has remained poor?

DEAR EDITOR, I am calling on the general public to consider an appeal to make the death penalty mandatory for corruption, as many prominent figures in our ‘Blood Soaked’ history deserve worse. I...

Former cop gets 26 years for rape of girl, 7

Apr 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former cop gets 26 years for rape of girl, 7

Emphasizing that the court needs to send a strong message to sexual predators, High Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow yesterday imposed a jail term of 26 years on former police rank Clinton Doris who a jury...

Man jailed for 12 years for carnal knowledge of girl, 4

Apr 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for 12 years for carnal knowledge of girl, 4

More than a decade after he had carnal knowledge of a four-year-old girl, 28-year-old Dwayne Hamilton was yesterday sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for the crime by Justice Jo-Ann...

Department of Citizenship not responsible for public notices for Naturalisation- Chronicle admits layout error

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Department of Citizenship not responsible for public notices for Naturalisation- Chronicle admits layout error

The Ministry of the Presidency, Department of Citizenship, is refuting claims made by Opposition Leader, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, at his press conference on Wednesday April 3, that it is involved...

Kaieteur Radio is officially on air- Launching marks new era for media house

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur Radio is officially on air- Launching marks new era for media house

On the occasion of its 25th year as a media house, Kaieteur News, Guyana‘s largest selling daily newspaper, has another reason to celebrate – the launch of its very own radio station....

Resistance by Oil companies is no excuse to continue contract secrecy. Consultant accuses Govt. of being “disingenuous”

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Resistance by Oil companies is no excuse to continue contract secrecy. Consultant accuses Govt. of being “disingenuous”

By Kiana Wilburg Even though the government has expressed the intention to release all contracts in the extractive industries, Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman recently revealed that this...

US deports Jamaican nationals wanted to face charges in home country

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US deports Jamaican nationals wanted to face charges in home country

NEW YORK, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says agents from its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) unit have deported two Jamaican nationals, who are...

Trinidad and Tobago government says no to gun amnesty

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad and Tobago government says no to gun amnesty

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Thursday said it would not follow its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbour, Barbados, in implementing a gun amnesty aimed...

Wins for Enmore, Buxton, Betterhope A, Golden Achievers and Lusignan

Apr 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wins for Enmore, Buxton, Betterhope A, Golden Achievers and Lusignan

The SPR Enterprise/East Coast Cricket Committee 40 overs and the inaugural Neville Ramotar T20 cricket competitions continued last Sunday with several matches. In the SPR Enterprise...

Woman allegedly stabs brother’s girlfriend during argument

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman allegedly stabs brother’s girlfriend during argument

A 24-year-old unemployed woman will be spending the next two weeks in prison as she was remanded after making an appearance before a city magistrate yesterday for allegedly stabbing her...

Laws must be revised to improve investment conditions – GSDS

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Laws must be revised to improve investment conditions – GSDS

To improve the conditions for investment and growth, consideration must be given to revising the legal and regulatory framework. This is according to the Government’s Green State Development...

Kallicharran, Samlall guide Wellman Masters to five-wicket triumph

Apr 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kallicharran, Samlall guide Wellman Masters to five-wicket triumph

Unbeaten half centuries from Latchman Kallicharran and Nandram Samlall handed Wellman Masters a five-wicket victory over Regal Masters when the teams collided in a 25-over softball contest sponsored...

Cold cases

Apr 05, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Cold cases

There are many of them. Murderers, defrauders, and phantoms, to name the more serious and anxiety-provoking. Those who functioned as aiders and abettors, also fall in this felonious circle that roam...

Exxon’s Ogle Complex contract awarded to Guyanese joint venture, NABI/KCL

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s Ogle Complex contract awarded to Guyanese joint venture, NABI/KCL

Exxon’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has awarded the contract for the construction of its new office facilities to NABI/KCL Oilfield Construction Services...

WDCA/Beacon Cafe 50 Overs TourneyKhan’s century spurs Sawpit to 77-run win over Belle Vue

Apr 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on WDCA/Beacon Cafe 50 Overs TourneyKhan’s century spurs Sawpit to 77-run win over Belle Vue

A fine century from Zafar Khan guided Sawpit to a 77-run victory over Belle Vue when the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA)/Beacon Café 50-over tournament continued on Sunday last. Host...

Our major stories over the last 25 years

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Our major stories over the last 25 years

Having built our reputation on the publication of some hard-hitting, investigative stories as well as heart-warming ones, we at Kaieteur News, on the occasion of our 25th anniversary, bring to you...

Two Bosai manganese workers discharged

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two Bosai manganese workers discharged

Two of the 13 Bosai manganese workers who were flown to the city suffering from a mystery ailment have been discharged. The two men were discharged Wednesday afternoon. Last week seven ailing workers...

Phoenix Karate Association capture team kata title KIMAG Inter School C/Ships

Apr 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Phoenix Karate Association capture team kata title KIMAG Inter School C/Ships

Korean International Martial Arts Guyana (KIMAG) hosted the inaugural Inter School Martial Arts championship at the National Gymnasium on Sunday last where teams from across Guyana namely...

The ship of fools sailing since August 2010, has a new captain

Apr 05, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The ship of fools sailing since August 2010, has a new captain

The title for my column of Saturday, August 14, 2010 was “Ship of Fools.” In it, I wrote the following; “In Guyana, no other group symbolizes the meaning of ship of fools than the 15 member...

First Phase of Mazaruni Prison works to conclude in October

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on First Phase of Mazaruni Prison works to conclude in October

The second phase of expansion works on the Mazaruni prison in Region Seven started just last month, but its first phase is set to be completed by October, this year. Minister of Public Security and...

Manari Bypass to open tomorrow

Apr 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Manari Bypass to open tomorrow

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has indicated that the Manari Bypass in Rupununi, region nine, will open tomorrow. The road project was prompted because of a slew of accidents and fatalities...

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Jun 23, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Timehri United’s impressive run in the 2026 Elite League Qualifiers came to a somber end on Sunday after they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Camptown Football Club in the...

The politics of appointment

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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