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Govt. appears to have deliberately deceived the nation – TIGI

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. appears to have deliberately deceived the nation – TIGI

Transparency International of Guyana Incorporated yesterday released a statement that called on Guyanese to demand transparency and accountability, as the body reacted to the revelation that a...

‘Santa’ visits Parliament to give Jagdeo Oxford Dictionary

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Santa’ visits Parliament to give Jagdeo Oxford Dictionary

…incident seen as serious breach of security A woman attired in full Santa outfit entered the Parliament Chamber on the top floor of Parliament Building in a failed bid to present Opposition...

Man gets 30 years for sexual activity with child

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets 30 years for sexual activity with child

Esan Germaine was on Thursday sentenced to thirty years in jail for engaging in sexual activity with a minor. He faced a trial before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall and a mixed twelve-member jury at...

Jordan, Trotman must resign for misleading nation on secret Exxon fund – Jagdeo

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jordan, Trotman must resign for misleading nation on secret Exxon fund – Jagdeo

“I think that if he knew and misled this nation he should resign, but Mr. Speaker it’s not only the Minister of Finance (Winston Jordan) who knew of this. This letter was copied to the Honourable...

De Coalition full of sh*t

Dec 09, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De Coalition full of sh*t

Wha people do in de dark does come to light. From de fuss time Exxon come dem boys know de local politicians would become international crooks, because dem was crooks already. Last week one of dem...

Scores to gain employment through school feeding programme – Minister Henry

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Scores to gain employment through school feeding programme – Minister Henry

According to the United Nations, there is evidence to show that school feeding programmes enhance enrollment in school and better educational outcomes. It was with this in mind that moves were made...

Region 6 Chairman challenges Granger to stand by “profits” statement

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region 6 Chairman challenges Granger to stand by “profits” statement

…as Skeldon workers attempt to come to grips The Regional Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan during Thursday’s statutory meeting appealed to President David Granger to stand by his words...

GTI student fined $80,000 for posting sex-tape of classmate on social media

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTI student fined $80,000 for posting sex-tape of classmate on social media

A woman who told the court that she was not aware of being prosecuted for posting obscene images on social media was yesterday fined $80,000 or in default six months imprisonment, for posting a...

AMCAR’s Berbice staffers now unionised

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AMCAR’s Berbice staffers now unionised

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the Amazon Caribbean (Guyana) Limited (AMCAR) yesterday signed an agreement recognising the union to be the representative of the workers...

Guyanese youth cops 2017 Nelson Mandela-Graca Machel Award

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese youth cops 2017 Nelson Mandela-Graca Machel Award

Fiji (Caribbean 360) – Young Guyanese activist and animator, Jubilanté Cutting, was one of four awardees of the coveted Nelson Mandela-Graça Machel Innovation Awards for 2017. She won the...

Man shot after allegedly stealing female guard’s phone

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot after allegedly stealing female guard’s phone

A 27-year-old man was shot in the right leg at around 05:00 hrs yesterday, after allegedly attacking an armed guard who was trying to apprehend him for stealing a woman’s cellphone. Police said...

Indigenous villages’ elections to be held before mid-year

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous villages’ elections to be held before mid-year

All necessary arrangements are in place to ensure that the Indigenous Village Elections are conducted in 2018, as provided for by law. This assurance was given by Minister of Indigenous Peoples’...

Miner refused bail for ganja in fowl pen

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Miner refused bail for ganja in fowl pen

A miner who was under surveillance by police ranks was yesterday remanded to prison after he was allegedly caught hiding 124 pounds of marijuana in a fowl pen. Teshawn Haywood, 27, of Third Street...

Duo to stand trial for 2015 murder of Hamson’s owner

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Duo to stand trial for 2015 murder of Hamson’s owner

Two men were yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court in Georgetown for the murder of businessman Farouk Ghanie, whose lifeless body was found lying in a pool of blood at the back of his...

Voir dire ongoing in Pegasus taxi driver murder trial

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Voir dire ongoing in Pegasus taxi driver murder trial

Justice Brassington Reynolds will on Monday rule in the voir dire (trial within a trial) in the trial of Lorenzo Forde who is accused of the December 28, 2013 murder of Pegasus Hotel taxi driver,...

Moves apace to significantly reduce maternal, neonatal death rates by 2021

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Moves apace to significantly reduce maternal, neonatal death rates by 2021

“It is every one’s desire, I’m sure, that every pregnancy ends with a healthy baby and a healthy mother.” This was the assertion of Director of Maternal and Child Health [MCH] within the...

Thomas Lands, Vlissengen Road new Mash route to Durban Park

Dec 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Thomas Lands, Vlissengen Road new Mash route to Durban Park

– Friday night ‘limes’ to spice up season Minister of Social Cohesion with Responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. George Norton, on Thursday announced the new route for the much...

Questions journalists must ask the AFC leadership

Dec 09, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Questions journalists must ask the AFC leadership

We are in bad shape in this country in every sphere of life – politics, business, public service, academia, journalism, security sector, agriculture, human rights record etc. We just do not...

Parallel treasuries

Dec 09, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Parallel treasuries

The buck stops with Granger! He shall have to decide now what action will be taken against those persons who deceived this nation in relation to the signing bonus which the government received. The...

Breaking News…. Leaked Finance Ministry document confirms that Govt. opened account to collect Exxon signing bonus

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News…. Leaked Finance Ministry document confirms that Govt. opened account to collect Exxon signing bonus

A leaked document of the Ministry of Finance has confirmed that the administration made moves to open a bank account for a signing bonus with ExxonMobil last year. Government had denied it is aware...

K/News apologises to GBTI

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on K/News apologises to GBTI

An article appeared on the front page of the November 15, 2017 issue of this newspaper under the caption “Financial Institutions’ unwillingness to cooperate with SOCU tells worrying story” ....

Niece of murdered Pegasus taxi driver gives emotional testimony

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Niece of murdered Pegasus taxi driver gives emotional testimony

Anastacia Persaud, the niece of murdered Pegasus taxi driver, Rudrinauth Jeeboo, wept intermittently as she recalled her uncle going missing and then identifying his bloodied body at the Lyken...

“Some” GECOM Commissioners have seen Auditor General’s $100M fraud report

Dec 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Some” GECOM Commissioners have seen Auditor General’s $100M fraud report

…still no official discussion on findings The report from the Auditor General (AG) findings into the alleged $100 million procurement fraud at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been...

Taxi driver charged with teacher’s murder

Dec 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver charged with teacher’s murder

With hands and legs shackled, and accompanied by three policemen, 47-year-old taxi driver Mathew Munroe appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court shortly after 14:00 hrs yesterday, accused...

US$500M rice deal with Venezuela… GBTI sues Kaieteur News for $600M

Dec 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$500M rice deal with Venezuela… GBTI sues Kaieteur News for $600M

The Guyana Bank For Trade and Industry (GBTI) is suing National Media and Publishing Company, the publishers of the Kaieteur News, for a report last month which spoke of a US$500M probe...

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The Kara Kara conundrum

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Linden Town Council does not possess an untouchable constitutional right to administer its affairs. The Constitution does not confer upon the Linden Town Council an unfettered right to govern Linden in whatever manner it chooses. It establishes local government within the...

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...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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