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Gold miner and bandits shootout… Slain miner buried; suspect with bullet wound captured at E.C.D. roadblock

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miner and bandits shootout… Slain miner buried; suspect with bullet wound captured at E.C.D. roadblock

Police captured Delon ‘Demon’ Morgan at an East Coast Demerara roadblock yesterday. Morgan was fingered as one of the bandits on the scene, attacking gold miner, Deon ‘Mow’ Stoll and his...

House-to-House data to be published from tomorrow – Commissioner

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on House-to-House data to be published from tomorrow – Commissioner

The encoding of the House-to-House data has been completed, and the process of its publication by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for public scrutiny will begin tomorrow. This was revealed to...

Missing son turns up in court on murder charge

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Missing son turns up in court on murder charge

In September a woman told Kaieteur News that her 20-year-old son, Ijhfar John, of Lot 109 ‘A’ Field Sophia, Georgetown, was missing since August 6, 2019, after he left home and never returned....

Accused in KN grenade attack… Slapped with gun, ammo and drug charges

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Accused in KN grenade attack… Slapped with gun, ammo and drug charges

Alfie Garraway, an accused in the Kaieteur News 2016 attempted grenade attack is now facing three new charges after his Lodge home was searched and an illegal firearm, ammunition and a quantity of...

Deadline for completion of ECD roads project extended to Old Year’s Day

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Deadline for completion of ECD roads project extended to Old Year’s Day

Citizens on the East Coast of Demerara will be driving in style on New Year’s Day 2020 with the completion of the East Coast Demerara Road Widening Project, according to officials of the Ministry...

Woman set alight dies… Attempted murder charge upgraded to murder

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman set alight dies… Attempted murder charge upgraded to murder

Twenty-five-year-old Wazim Perreira of North Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was left baffled yesterday, after his attempted murder charge was upgraded to a murder charge. The victim has succumbed to her...

Is time to think different from Massa

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is time to think different from Massa

People starting to see how de colonial bosses use to shape dem mind. All de schoolbooks dem use to teach dem to be obedient and to think about de foreign country as home. All de books teach people to...

SleepIn Hotel asks court to order Gaming Authority to process its Casino Licences

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on SleepIn Hotel asks court to order Gaming Authority to process its Casino Licences

SleepIn International Hotel and Casino is asking the High Court to order the Guyana Gaming Authority (GGA) to process, consider and determine its application made on April 5, 2017 for a Casino...

QC alumna to host two-part ‘Conversation with Guyana’

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on QC alumna to host two-part ‘Conversation with Guyana’

The Women of Queen’s College of Guyana and Friends, will host A Conversation with Guyana, a two-part panel discussion on Monday, October 28 and Tuesday, October 29, 2019. The event will be held at...

ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT

This is a country of political continuous drama. And citizens can expect a lot more in the weeks and months ahead. Most persons are of the mistaken view that the date of elections has been settled....

‘I received no favours from the AFC’–Badal

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘I received no favours from the AFC’–Badal

Robert Badal, co-founder of the emerging political party, Change Guyana, stated yesterday, that he has never received or requested any favours from the Alliance For Change (AFC). Badal also disclosed...

La Penitence Market shootout… Suspect charged with attempted murder, remanded

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on La Penitence Market shootout… Suspect charged with attempted murder, remanded

A 23-year-old construction worker from South Amelia’s Ward Linden, was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly attempting to murder a man as a result of an ongoing gang feud. Renard Caesar was...

Engineer Estimates GRA Warehouse at $379.1 -UG Sewerage System Rehab to Cost $244.1M

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Engineer Estimates GRA Warehouse at $379.1 -UG Sewerage System Rehab to Cost $244.1M

The Guyana Revenue is scheduled to get a warehouse that will be constructed in three phases in the near future. The engineers estimate the project to cost $379,372,040. The project appears to indeed...

$1.7B solar farm projects for Regions 7, 8, 9

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $1.7B solar farm projects for Regions 7, 8, 9

Residents of Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni), Mahdia in Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) and Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takatu/Upper Essequibo) will soon benefit from an all inclusive...

Security guard jailed for illegal gun

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard jailed for illegal gun

Linden Bourne, a security guard attached to Eureka Labs was yesterday placed behind bars after he was found with an illegal firearm and ammunition. He claimed that the weapon was not for any criminal...

Fisherman’s suspected killer caught

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman’s suspected killer caught

The suspected killer of Noel Singh, who was fatally stabbed on Sunday, was apprehended earlier yesterday by police ranks. According to the ‘D’ Division Commander, Linden Lord, 20-year-old Ramesh...

Hit-and-run driver gets bail

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hit-and-run driver gets bail

A hire car driver was yesterday slapped with three charges and bailed by Magistrate Alex Moore at the Springlands Magistrate Court for the death of pedestrian, Parmanand Harripaul. The victim died...

Sports Hall confirmed for Junior Indoor Hockey Tourney

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports Hall confirmed for Junior Indoor Hockey Tourney

Young hockey players will now be able to erase any doubt in their minds as to where the 2019 edition of the Junior Indoor Hockey Championship will be contested after the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB),...

Ambassador Lynch Visits Mabaruma for Meetings with Region 1 Officials

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ambassador Lynch Visits Mabaruma for Meetings with Region 1 Officials

As part of the U.S. commitment to partner with all of Guyana, Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch traveled to Region One and met with officials there. She was met by Mayor Chris Phang from Mabaruma....

2013 Lethem Post Office robbery/murder trial… Accused booked hotel rooms for himself, 4 others

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 2013 Lethem Post Office robbery/murder trial… Accused booked hotel rooms for himself, 4 others

Calvin King, one of the two men on trial for the murder of security guard, John Friday, who was killed during a robbery at the Lethem Post Office in 2013, had visited a hotel in the area where he...

South Ruimveldt, North Georgetown, St. Pius and Ketley Primary victorious

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Ruimveldt, North Georgetown, St. Pius and Ketley Primary victorious

South Ruimveldt, North Georgetown, St. Pius and Ketley Primary Schools registered victories when play in the Georgetown Zone of the Guyana Cricket Board/Cricket West Indies Kiddy competition...

MoIPA plugs $1.2M for Rupununi Expo 2019

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on MoIPA plugs $1.2M for Rupununi Expo 2019

The 2019 Rupununi Expo on Monday received a major boost when Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, plugged $1.2M towards the successful hosting of this two-day event. The event...

Singh’s 59* boosts EBD; Ricardo Adams 8-for hands E’bo massive win Chanderpaul century lifts West Demerara

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Singh’s 59* boosts EBD; Ricardo Adams 8-for hands E’bo massive win Chanderpaul century lifts West Demerara

By Zaheer Mohamed East Bank Demerara, Essequibo and West Demerara recorded victories when the Cricket Guyana Inc./SBF Petroleum 50-over Jaguar Franchise League continued yesterday. East Bank Demerara...

National Schools’ C/Ship set for November 17-21

Oct 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Schools’ C/Ship set for November 17-21

The Ministry of Education (MoE) in collaboration with the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) will host the 59th National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track & Field Championships from November 17-21...

West Berbice Rice farmer murder… Suspected killer in custody

Oct 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice Rice farmer murder… Suspected killer in custody

After more than a week of intense probing, the Police in Region Five West Berbice has reportedly made a breakthrough into the gruesome murder of the West Berbice rice farmer, Gregory Reynolds, called...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more