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The prodigal son has returned

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on The prodigal son has returned

Kaieteur News – Former Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud, is back. The PPP’s prodigal son has returned and has been gifted the specially created position of Foreign Secretary. The...

Canje owners will pay no taxes – Contract signed by Ramotar

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canje owners will pay no taxes – Contract signed by Ramotar

Kaieteur News – When former President and Minister of Petroleum, Donald Ramotar, awarded the Canje licence on March 4, 2015 to Mid-Atlantic Oil and Gas Incorporated, he granted the company an...

Chinese contractor yet to submit revised work plan for CJIA renovation

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese contractor yet to submit revised work plan for CJIA renovation

– was given five-day deadline since August By Shikema Dey Kaieteur News – Chinese contractor, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), continues to display blatant disrespect to the...

Man with ‘toy gun’ storms Chief Justice’s premises

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man with ‘toy gun’ storms Chief Justice’s premises

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s law enforcement agencies were placed on high alert yesterday after a man, brandishing what appeared to be a ‘toy gun’, stormed the residence of Chief Justice (ag)...

Ex cop, who used uniform to rob teen, remanded

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ex cop, who used uniform to rob teen, remanded

Kaieteur News – The ex-cop, who with uniform had robbed pedal cyclist, Demendra Yussuff, 19, on October 13 at De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara (WCD) has been remanded, along with his two...

Additional fraud charge for Volda Lawrence

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Additional fraud charge for Volda Lawrence

– Carol Smith-Joseph makes first court appearance By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – As the intense probe continues into the allegations of electoral fraud committed during the March 2,...

Three murder suspects escape from Lusignan Prison

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three murder suspects escape from Lusignan Prison

Kaieteur News – Three murder suspects have escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara. The prisoners, according to a police report, escaped between 17:30hrs on Tuesday October 20,...

Labour Ministry issues warning to unscrupulous security firms over treatment of workers

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Ministry issues warning to unscrupulous security firms over treatment of workers

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Labour has issued a warning to unscrupulous security firms across the country over the treatment of their employees. The warning follows numerous complaints...

Thief trapped inside house, surrenders to police with hands in the air

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Thief trapped inside house, surrenders to police with hands in the air

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – A thief was yesterday forced to surrender to police with his hands in the air after he was trapped by residents inside the bottom flat of a two-storey house...

Haslington murder accused changes plea to guilty for killing brother-in-law

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Haslington murder accused changes plea to guilty for killing brother-in-law

Kaieteur News – Les Charles Critchlow, the Haslington man who is facing a High Court trial for the murder of his brother- in-law, has opted to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter....

Like dem prison wardens bin asleep pun de wuk

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Like dem prison wardens bin asleep pun de wuk

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – The Lusignan Prison becoming like a big strainer. Is time dem put de army fuh manage dah prison. Dem prison officers either ain’t able or dem into too much...

THE ROT IS SPREADING

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE ROT IS SPREADING

Kaieteur News – There used to be a time in Guyana when persons took pride in taking care of the elderly and destitute. It seems, however, that times are changing, and that the bonds between the...

Three more fatalities moves COVID-19 death toll to 117

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three more fatalities moves COVID-19 death toll to 117

Kaieteur News – The deaths of three elderly males from Region One have pushed Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll to 117, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported yesterday. The latest fatalities...

Stand-off continues between Success squatters and police

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Stand-off continues between Success squatters and police

– Squatters say they will not go to Graham’s Hall Shelter Kaieteur News – After having yet another stand-off with police ranks, squatters of the Success area on the East Coast of...

Ed. Ministry considering reopening schools for Grades 10 and 11 students

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ed. Ministry considering reopening schools for Grades 10 and 11 students

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education is considering having Grades 10 and 11 students return to school since they are in dire need of time in the classroom to complete their School Based...

Residents submit petition to have Campbelltown’s Toshao, council members removed

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Residents submit petition to have Campbelltown’s Toshao, council members removed

Kaieteur News – On Tuesday, a petition with over 100 signatures was handed over to the Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai, by residents of Campbelltown/Princeville. The petition is...

Vendor hospitalised after being chopped by neighbour

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor hospitalised after being chopped by neighbour

By Malisa Playter-Harry Kaieteur News – A heated argument on Tuesday turned bloody after a meter technician attached to the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) dealt several chops to a...

Driver’s license, passport can now be used as proof of address to open bank accounts – BoG

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Driver’s license, passport can now be used as proof of address to open bank accounts – BoG

Kaieteur News – The Bank of Guyana on Tuesday revealed that it is currently in the process of modifying the requirements for the opening and maintenance of customer accounts at Licensed...

Shepherd replaces injured Bravo in T20 squad

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shepherd replaces injured Bravo in T20 squad

St John’s, Antigua, CMC – Fast-bowling all-rounder Romario Shepherd has been called up for the Twenty20 International tour of New Zealand after injury ruled veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo out...

Camille’s Academy: The journey that started in a garage

Oct 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Camille’s Academy: The journey that started in a garage

Kaieteur News – Ever so often something happens, a scientific breakthrough, an invention, a disaster – that can either create opportunities, test our ability to adapt or destroy us. The...

RHT Metro honours top Grade Six Students Retired Diplomat Cheryl Miles appointed roving Ambassador

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHT Metro honours top Grade Six Students Retired Diplomat Cheryl Miles appointed roving Ambassador

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Metro Female team on Tuesday last honoured the top three Grade Six National Examinations students for Region Six. The team which is the only Female Cricket...

Bank of Guyana waited too long to end an ugly masturbation

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bank of Guyana waited too long to end an ugly masturbation

Kaieteur News – The Bank of Guyana (BoG) has finally gathered some commonsense, decency and humaneness and intervened to stop the banks harassing poor souls that save their pittance from their...

Hetmyer can be best in the world, says Harper

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hetmyer can be best in the world, says Harper

Bridgetown, Barbados, CMC – Convenor of selectors, Roger Harper, believes Shimron Hetmyer has the potential to be world class and has urged him to make up for the missed tour of England by scoring...

Carlos Petterson-Griffith wants to be World’s Best!

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carlos Petterson-Griffith wants to be World’s Best!

By Calvin Chapman Strongman Carlos Petterson-Griffith is focus personified and his outstanding record in the past three years both locally and internationally speaks volumes about the athlete’s...

War declared on Guyanese and they don’t care

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on War declared on Guyanese and they don’t care

Kaieteur News – Exxon, its contingent of foreign partners, and collaborating Guyanese political leaders, have declared the equivalent of war on Guyanese. Most astonishingly, they still do not...