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Soulja Bai get ketch wid US$18M in ee pants

Dec 14, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai get ketch wid US$18M in ee pants

Everybody know bout de signing bonus. De govt sign a deal wid Exxon and Exxon give dem some money. Dis money pass since last year but nobody didn’t seh a word. When de reporters ask dem, dem deny....

Receptionist’s body in cemetery… Cops seek possible link to attack on pregnant woman in same area

Dec 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Receptionist’s body in cemetery… Cops seek possible link to attack on pregnant woman in same area

Police are trying to ascertain whether another young woman may have had an encounter with the killer of Qualfon receptionist, Ranella Benfield, near the cemetery where Benfield’s body was found....

Guyana must avoid pitfalls of oil money – Director of Environment

Dec 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana must avoid pitfalls of oil money – Director of Environment

Director of Environment, Nidibi Schwiers, believes that Guyana has found itself in a unique position where it can learn from the mistakes of others in the oil industry. She warns, however,...

Don’t wait for Local Content Legislation

Dec 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t wait for Local Content Legislation

…Finance Minister urges businesses to “get out there and scout for partnerships” By: Kiana Wilburg Instead of sitting around crying and quarreling over the absence of Local Content...

DNA lab to be operational in seven months – Ramjattan

Dec 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DNA lab to be operational in seven months – Ramjattan

According to the Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, within another six to seven months, the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) will be operational. The lab is intended to provide...

Eureka Labs founder nominated for 2018 Sagba entrepreneur award

Dec 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Eureka Labs founder nominated for 2018 Sagba entrepreneur award

Founder of Eureka Labs, William Boyle, is the latest Guyanese to be nominated for the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence. Boyle, a microbiologist who built Eureka into a respected,...

Charity businesses want halt to holding of court on Mondays

Dec 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Charity businesses want halt to holding of court on Mondays

Business owners in Charity, Region Two, are now appealing for a change in the Charity Court day. This appeal was made primarily by local proprietors in the entertainment industry. It is alleged that...

Electrician fined for smashing car window

Dec 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Electrician fined for smashing car window

…driver attempted to run him over A man who told the court that he smashed a car window after the driver attempted to run him over was yesterday ordered to post a fine of $75,000 or in default...

Pegasus taxi driver murder trial… Detective testifies to witnessing caution statement from accused

Dec 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pegasus taxi driver murder trial… Detective testifies to witnessing caution statement from accused

When the trial of Lorenzo Forde, who is accused of the 2013 murder of Pegasus taxi driver, Rudrinauth Jeeboo, continued yesterday, (Detective) Superintendent of Police, Joel David, testified to...

Finance Minister defends use of Special Account for ExxonMobil bonus

Dec 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister defends use of Special Account for ExxonMobil bonus

Several anticorruption advocates are convinced that ExxonMobil’s US$18M bonus should have been placed into the Consolidated Fund as opposed to a special account at Central Bank. But Finance...

US Appeals Court finds 60-month sentence for illegal Guyanese excessive

Dec 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US Appeals Court finds 60-month sentence for illegal Guyanese excessive

US (www.law.com)- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday vacated the sentence of a man who illegally re-entered the United States, finding that the 60 months ordered by U.S....

Woodley Park Nursery in the Festive Mood

Dec 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Woodley Park Nursery in the Festive Mood

We are now in December. The Guyanese tradition has been a season of festivities which include staff parties and gift exchanges in the business community, as well as within the public service. The...

In Guyana, signs of psychic breakdown are ubiquitous

Dec 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on In Guyana, signs of psychic breakdown are ubiquitous

These columns are filled with my belief that there is a psychic breakdown here that has penetrated the entire country. Illogical, irrational, inhuman, depraved, nihilistic, immoral, senseless,...

Parliament disorder causes Speaker to pass estimates without scrutiny

Dec 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament disorder causes Speaker to pass estimates without scrutiny

As a result of the chaos that ensued on Monday during the Committee of Supply, the estimates of six agencies were not scrutinized. Some expected that the work which was not completed in this regard...

Govt. to withhold almost US$7M from contractor in delayed CJIA project

Dec 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to withhold almost US$7M from contractor in delayed CJIA project

Government says it will withhold over G$1B from China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), the contractor in the massive ongoing expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). The...

Customs Officers try to steal seized items

Dec 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Customs Officers try to steal seized items

– truck, car impounded The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has reportedly launched an investigation into the seizure of millions of dollars in smuggled goods from Suriname. The truck...

Policeman, uncle held for armed robbery

Dec 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman, uncle held for armed robbery

– rank allegedly used his own car as getaway vehicle Despite attempts to root out corruption in the Guyana Police Force, some ranks seem intent on bringing disgrace to the law...

No monies set aside in Budget for new Demerara River Bridge

Dec 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on No monies set aside in Budget for new Demerara River Bridge

Government had signaled intentions to start construction of a new bridge across the Demerara River next year, but there are no monies allocated to move the process along. Yesterday, during...

Nine-finger suspect, alleged accomplice remanded for Eccles burglaries

Dec 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nine-finger suspect, alleged accomplice remanded for Eccles burglaries

Tattooed nine-finger suspect, Steve Singh and his alleged accomplice, Patrick Smith are likely to spend Christmas in jail for allegedly burglarising two prominent business entities located at...

Edghill suspended from Budget 2018 debates

Dec 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Edghill suspended from Budget 2018 debates

The National Assembly yesterday, passed a motion which led to the suspension of Opposition Member, Bishop Juan Edghill from the next four days of budget debates. The motion was moved by...

President’s revocation of farmers’ leases illegal

Dec 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on President’s revocation of farmers’ leases illegal

– Chief Justice rules, awards costs to farmers Chief Justice (ag) Roxanne George SC on Monday ruled that the revocation of leases for lands used by farmers for rice cultivation in...

Guyana full of drama queen

Dec 13, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Guyana full of drama queen

A man don’t want people trouble ee wife yet he gun go out and pick fight wid somebody. He jook up de man and land in Lot 12 Camp Street. He in jail and all de man dem troubling ee wife. Is...

GuySuCo must change the way it does business – spokesperson

Dec 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo must change the way it does business – spokesperson

While acknowledging the possible hardships which will result from the laying off thousands of workers, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)’s decisions are guided by market realities and...

Mabaruma solar farm to be completed in 2018

Dec 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mabaruma solar farm to be completed in 2018

– Patterson tells House Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson has told the National Assembly that by next year, Guyana’s first solar farm will come into operation. And,...

City constables under investigation over missing firearms

Dec 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City constables under investigation over missing firearms

Ranks of the City Constabulary Department are currently under investigation by the Guyana Police Force over an alleged serious breach of protocol committed at the Bourda Outpost. Kaieteur News...

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The three leashes of empire

Sep 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Empire, in its modern form, seldom arrives wearing a military uniform. It comes dressed instead as an investment banker, carrying a development plan, or as the representative of a multinational corporation bearing gifts in the language of progress. The empire does not always...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Deportees-inevitable was written all over them

Sep 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It was just a matter of when. From where they hail. Then, how many of them. Last, what kind of undesirables. They go by the name of ‘deportees’, third country nationals. From the moment the first word of a destination for deportees from the U.S. came up, I...

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