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Dec 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Army chief ushers in Christmas season at Camp Kanuku, Eteringbang
As the festive season begins to take shape, army Chief-of-Staff, Brigadier Patrick West, traveled to a number of hinterland locations to meet with soldiers. On Saturday, December 8, he celebrated...Dec 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Linden man found floating in Hopetown trench
A man who once resided at Linden Upper Demerara and was reportedly now living at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice, was on Sunday morning found floating in a trench at Hopetown West Coast Berbice....Dec 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GWI moving to safeguard reliable groundwater sources
Plans are in motion for the development of a model that will guide the Guyana Water Incorporated [GWI] in its quest to better understand the physical characteristics of groundwater resource on...Dec 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Stephen Vieira tells court, “I have no knowledge of any drug or narcotics being placed in any wood”
Telling his side of the story in a $550M drug bust yesterday, super biker Stephen Vieira, denied being part of any plot or arrangement to pack cocaine in lumber to be exported. In fact, during...Dec 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Defence in murder conviction points to discrepancies in testimonies
Arguments of discrepancies and inconsistencies were raised when the Court of Appeal commenced hearing the case of the State vs Lloyd Rampersaud who was convicted and sentenced to 70 years...Dec 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Centenarian receives special birthday visit from Public Health Minister
On December 8, Ada Robertson celebrated her 101st birth anniversary. Visiting her on her special day was, Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence, who presented the celebrant and her family...Dec 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on MOPT rewards excellence at Aurora secondary
Svetlana Dowding, a Fifth former at the Aurora Secondary School, copped the top prize in Information Technology at the 2018 Caribbean Secondary Examination Council (CSEC) for her school. The...Dec 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice cops “hit a wall” in Number 19 robbery investigation *three detainees released
Investigators in Berbice are treading on thin ice. They were forced to release the three persons that were detained for the Number 19, Corentyne robbery. There was reportedly no evidence to...Dec 12, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Parliament’s sadistic traffic regulation: How dictatorship grows
A few months back in a conversation with Lincoln Lewis, we agreed that the APNU+AFC government was practising a type of politics, a type of governance that was hardly different from its predecessor,...Dec 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding drunk driver knocks down elderly pastor, drives away …later found imbibing at popular bar
A speeding driver who knocked down a well-known Berbice pastor and escaped was subsequently found imbibing at a popular bar in New Amsterdam. Pastor Cecil B Agard, 76, who is the founder of the Faith...Dec 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bevon Currie’s contribution was invaluable
DEAR EDITOR, It is with profound sadness that I take time out to reflect on a comrade and a former youth leader of the GYSM and PNCR, who has passed a few days ago. Bevon Currie’s passing...Dec 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall has to be degutted and the intractable elements replaced
DEAR EDITOR, I must congratulate most sincerely the Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, the Honourable Cecil Kennard for his perspicacity, thoroughness, intellectual dexterity and expediency...Dec 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A grave injustice which must be corrected
DEAR EDITOR, Government’s decision to provide funding for a martyrs’ monument in Linden, commemorating the victims of the persons gunned down during the Linden protests in 2012, is appropriate,...Dec 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on PM can indeed attend Parliament while acting as President
DEAR EDITOR, The constitution clearly states that Prime Minister of Guyana is a registered Member of Parliament and allowed to vote in Parliament under law. He can only lose that right to...Dec 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can the Guyanese people believe with each passing year their standard of living will improve? I think not!
DEAR EDITOR, It is quite evident that as the Finance Minister’s budget speech gets longer, the budgets get bigger but the ‘good life’ promise becomes equally illusive! But I will just...Dec 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Ramjattan should apologise to sugar workers
DEAR EDITOR, The GAWU was extremely dismayed to hear and to read about the utterances of Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan during his contribution to the 2019...Dec 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana regain CBC Title on home soil Allicock adjudged ‘Best Boxer’ as Guyana win 15 Medals
By Sean Devers While it was far less than the 1,500 capacity that the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall can accommodate, the crowd on Sunday night was the largest of four nights of the fifth annual...Dec 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PPP Govt. sidelined NIS board while Cabinet made decisions on major investments – Scheme had no say about investment in Berbice Bridge
By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell For years, the Board of Directors of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) was almost titular. Most, if not all, major decisions concerning the scheme’s finances...Dec 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t fails to implement 174 of Auditor General’s recommendations
Each year, the Auditor General’s Office issues recommendations to Ministries, Departments and Regions that are designed at improving systems and practices at these entities as well as...Dec 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 2019 budget pushes Treasury overdraft to $210B
Local financial analysts are deeply concerned about the increase in the overdraft of the national purse. As at December 31, 2015, the Treasury was in an overdraft of $42.7B. But that is expected to...Dec 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. fires Ramson senior; allocates no money for Office
The 2019 Budget does not cater for an Office of the Commissioner. Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo confirmed this yesterday in the National Assembly. Nagamootoo said that this is so because the...Dec 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker to rule whether PM can attend sittings while performing duties of President …Opposition Chief Whip warns of legal challenges
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who is currently performing the duties of President, attended yesterday’s sitting as a Member of Parliament, despite a letter of protest from Opposition...Dec 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian court to rule on extradition of wanted ex-GRDB Accountant
The immigration hearing in relation to former accountant at the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Peter Ramcharran, who is fighting extradition in Canada, has concluded. A Canadian Court...

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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