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Pradoville 2 Housing Scheme… Irfaan Ali arrested, charged with fraudulent disposal of State lands

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville 2 Housing Scheme… Irfaan Ali arrested, charged with fraudulent disposal of State lands

By Tiana Cole Following his early morning arrest by ranks attached to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), 38-year-old former Minister of Housing, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, of Lot 38 Saray, Leonora,...

Firemen charged for theft, receiving stolen property from crash–landed Fly Jamaica aircraft

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Firemen charged for theft, receiving stolen property from crash–landed Fly Jamaica aircraft

Four interdicted ranks of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) who have been implicated in the theft of valuables from the crash –landed Fly Jamaica aircraft, were yesterday released on $100,000...

Antigua will not give approval for Scotiabank sale – PM Browne

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Antigua will not give approval for Scotiabank sale – PM Browne

The shock announcement that Canadian-owned Scotiabank has signed agreements with Republic Bank, for the latter to buy nine of its operations in the Caribbean, is not going down well. One day...

Failure to disclose Resource Fund info attracts jail time, $$$M fine

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Failure to disclose Resource Fund info attracts jail time, $$$M fine

By Kiana Wilburg The draft Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill sees the Coalition administration submitting to a level of transparency and accountability that has been long recommended by several...

Gov’t hikes tax on Tobacco … DEMTOCO still evaluating impact

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t hikes tax on Tobacco … DEMTOCO still evaluating impact

The Government continues to target the tobacco industry with stricter measures aimed at curtailing the use of the product. Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has announced a new regime for taxing...

18 years for man who raped girl, 15

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 18 years for man who raped girl, 15

After claiming that he was unaware that the teenager he developed a relationship with was under the age of consent, 38-year-old Dhanraj Persaud was yesterday sentenced to 18 years in jail for...

100 wireless cameras to be deployed in Georgetown – Min. Hughes says 2019 budget connects Guyanese with the future

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 100 wireless cameras to be deployed in Georgetown – Min. Hughes says 2019 budget connects Guyanese with the future

Government is moving to roll out 100 wireless-enabled cameras in and around Georgetown, as part of the Safe City Solution, which has been in the works for over two years. According to Minister of...

Guyana to host UN Meeting on Land Degradation

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to host UN Meeting on Land Degradation

World Governments will be meeting in Guyana in January 2019 to discuss the impact of land degradation on people and ecosystems. The meeting will take place from January 28-30 at the Arthur Chung...

Lead pencil land Irfaat in trouble wid SOCU

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Lead pencil land Irfaat in trouble wid SOCU

Every dog got ee day is one saying. Anodda one is moon does run till day ketch am. Yesterday, de man who use to run de Ministry of Housing accounts department and keep record wid lead pencil, end up...

National Schools’ track and field C/ships District five Porter sets new record in boys U20 high jump; Haynes, Rollins strike gold

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Schools’ track and field C/ships District five Porter sets new record in boys U20 high jump; Haynes, Rollins strike gold

Story and photos by Zaheer Mohamed Okemi Porter of District Five West Coast Berbice produced an awesome display to set a new record and take gold in boys U20 high jump when the National...

Canal One burglars nabbed at Demerara Bridge checkpoint

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Canal One burglars nabbed at Demerara Bridge checkpoint

Three men have been held after an early morning break-in at Canal One that left two teachers with thousands of dollars in losses. According to the police yesterday, the regular presence of the...

New PC Dental Centre to augment delivery of related health care

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New PC Dental Centre to augment delivery of related health care

As part of the ongoing observance of Oral Health Month, the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with the Dental School, President’s College and Region Four will be launching the PC...

The PNCR is a lost cause

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PNCR is a lost cause

When Desmond Hoyte lost the 1992 general elections, he summoned his distraught supporters to a rally in the south of Georgetown. There he told them not to despair; that the PPPC would soon discover...

Cyclist dies after being run over by container truck at Houston

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cyclist dies after being run over by container truck at Houston

Sixty-four year-old Seeram Seecharran of 16 Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD), is now dead after being hit by a container truck yesterday morning at Rahaman Park, Houston, EBD, just in the...

Govt. agencies still unprepared for early budgets – Former Auditor General

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. agencies still unprepared for early budgets – Former Auditor General

Chartered Accountant and former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran has pointed out that while the government must be lauded for bringing early budgets, many of its agencies continue to be unprepared...

Budhan Memorial Turf Club race Meet set for December 9

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Budhan Memorial Turf Club race Meet set for December 9

The Budhan Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility of Branch Road, Mahaica, will hold a grand one day horserace Meet on Sunday December 9th at their race track starting from 1:00pm. Six races...

DMW Hockey festival launched GCC and Old Fort off to winning start

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on DMW Hockey festival launched GCC and Old Fort off to winning start

The 14th annual Diamond Mineral Water (DMW) Indoor Hockey Festival was officially launched yesterday afternoon while action in the tournament hit off last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

GAPLF Senior Nationals Space Gym’s Junica Pluck going for Overall glory

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF Senior Nationals Space Gym’s Junica Pluck going for Overall glory

By Franklin Wilson The most anticipated event on the powerlifting calendar, the Senior championships is to be contested on Sunday at the Saints Stanislaus College Auditorium, Brickdam from 10:00hrs;...

Resuscitated Edinburgh Warriors CC receives gear from West Indian Sports Complex

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Resuscitated Edinburgh Warriors CC receives gear from West Indian Sports Complex

The recently resuscitated Edinburgh Warriors Cricket Club of Edinburgh East Bank Berbice was recently the beneficiary of a set of cricket gear. The club was recently resuscitated by overseas based...

Opening day of 2nd three-day practice affected by Rain Jaguars face Volcanoes in St Lucia from Dec 6-9

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Opening day of 2nd three-day practice affected by Rain Jaguars face Volcanoes in St Lucia from Dec 6-9

By Sean Devers Overnight and morning showers at Providence affected the opening day of the second and last three-day practice match for four times defending Guyana Jaguars who will play the Windwards...

Not This Time looking to cash in at Race of Champions Horserace Meet Sunday

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Not This Time looking to cash in at Race of Champions Horserace Meet Sunday

Leading Sophia racehorse, Not This Time, will be seeking to make it mark on the inaugural Race of Champions Horserace Meet organised by the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee and fixed for this...

58th Nationals Schools Swimming Championship Amy Grant captures 4 Gold medals in Girls U-18 Class

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 58th Nationals Schools Swimming Championship Amy Grant captures 4 Gold medals in Girls U-18 Class

Amy Grant, now a student studying A Levels at School of the Nations, has surfaced after her last race in December, 2017 at ASATT in Trinidad & Tobago where she won Gold in the 1500m Freestyle and...

Isn’t She Charming takes feature event at Crawford Memorial Turf Club Meet

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Isn’t She Charming takes feature event at Crawford Memorial Turf Club Meet

Isn’t She Charming of the Cheefoon Stable ridden by the wily Veteran Jockey, Yap “Old Boy” Drepaul, on Sunday won the feature event at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club one day...

GPL versus the police force: What a sick country

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on GPL versus the police force: What a sick country

Below is the description of an incident, which I witnessed involving a high-level employee of the GPL and ranks of the police force. It is one of the reasons why young people are leaving...

$3.6B injected into Judicial Reform for 2019

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $3.6B injected into Judicial Reform for 2019

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has said that Government will be injecting $3.6 billion into the justice sector, in 2019. In his recent budget presentation, the Finance Minister noted that the...

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GHE vs. WWIV Day 4: Harpy Eagles withstand heat to crush Volcanoes by...

Apr 30, 2026

2026/27 West Indies 4-Day Championships Round 3 By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Guyana Harpy Eagles completed their 3rd consecutive win against the Windward Volcanoes after a comprehensive...

While we scramble over the cash grant!

Apr 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a lot of noise right now about whether the government’s invitation for investments in the fertilizer and gas bottling projects is legal. But while we are all busy looking in that direction, something far more important is happening in plain sight. The real issue is...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Wales – Heads must roll

Apr 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Former Wales Gas-to-Energy (GTE) Taskforce Head, Mr. Winston Brassington should resign. Project Consultant, his new crown, does nothing to defend or distance him from the US$2 billion Bharrat Jagdeo contraption that now crumbles before the eyes. ...

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