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SOCU prepares 19 charges for ex Minister Irfaan Ali

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force has prepared 19 charges against former Minister of Housing, Irfaan Ali. Kaieteur News understands that many of the charges...

Guyana needs to stop collecting ‘chicken feed’ from oil sector

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

– demand what you deserve,transparency group advises By Kiana Wilburg As Guyana makes moves to review the model for its Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), international transparency...

Transport produced by Town Clerk does not match disputed Sussex Street property

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

The transport produced by Town Clerk Royston King, last month, in relation to the leased Lombard and Sussex Street Wharf facility, does not correspond with the location of the disputed...

Cop dies in crash after borrowing friend’s car

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Guyana Police Force corporal Cordis Joseph died around noon yesterday after crashing the car he had borrowed on Company Road, Aroaima trail (Upper Demerara-Berbice). Joseph, 33, was driving...

Mom turns in 16-yr-old killer to cops

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Released from a juvenile detention centre just months ago, a 16-year-old boy is now likely to face a murder charge after stabbing a labourer to death. The youth, from Auchlyne, Corentyne,...

Lusignan prison escapee Sudesh Dyal recaptured

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Lusignan Prison escapee Sudesh Dyal was recaptured at about 03:00 hrs yesterday at Tuschen Squatting Area, East Bank Essequibo. Acting on information, a tactical team led by ‘B’ Divisional...

Trump says ‘full report’ on Khashoggi murder in two days – ALJAZEERA

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

US President Donald Trump has said that his administration will release a full report in two days about the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump told reporters on Saturday that...

Drug addict stabbed to death by dealers after refusing to buy drugs

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

A drug addict only known as “Buckman” is now dead after being attacked and stabbed by four men who police said carried out the ruthless attack after the victim and others stopped buying...

Jagdeo wants to see a Budget 2019 that “restores”

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Come November 26, Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo wants to be blown away by a National Budget that “restores” the many goodies he says the coalition government has taken away from the people of...

Judiciary, Multi-Stakeholder Groups have crucial role to play in monitoring Natural Resource Funds – Chatham House

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

By Kiana Wilburg Whether or not rules are in place, independent oversight bodies have important roles to play in holding governments to account for the management of Natural Resource Funds...

“I escaped from Jim Jones’ gunmen”- Remembering a Guyanese journalist who witnessed the first killings

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

By Michael Jordan He had never heard live firing before, so when the fusillade of gunshots began, Neville Annibourne thought that someone was throwing stones at the six-seat Cessna plane in which he...

Fires claim four lives for year so far

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Fires have claimed the lives of four people for the year so far, while several persons have been injured, buildings have been destroyed, and families have been displaced. Sometimes disaster can be...

Driver flees accident scene, leaves 47 lbs ganja behind

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Members of the Guyana Police Force are searching for a taxi driver who fled the scene of an accident, leaving his vehicle with 47 pounds of marijuana stashed inside. The driver abandoned the...

Young Geologist seeks to reawaken Guyana’s glass-manufacturing industry

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Glassmaking in Guyana has long since been considered as a business of the past; but young geologist Sean J.J. Griffith, 22, is pioneering to reawaken the glass manufacturing industry within...

Helping who lose their parents… Young Leader Awardee launches child bereavement organisation

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

The Guyana Golden Lives Organisation, a unique Non-Governmental Organisation which caters for children coping with bereavement, was formally launched today. Founder and Queen’s Young Leader...

Palms resident should not have had firearm – Crime Chief

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Police are seeking to ascertain how the 79-year-old man who threatened a nurse with a licensed firearm was able to keep the weapon while he was a resident of the Palms Geriatric Home. Crime...

Buggery and thuggery: philistinism in Guyana continues

Nov 19, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

You may feel inclined to accuse me of fictionalization in the next few lines. But the description is factual. I would never spew a fiction and name my wife as an eyewitness. She doesn’t deserve...

Young NDC councillor promises continuous development for Kildonan

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Twenty-two-year-old Colin Moore of Kildonan Village, contested for the second time as a candidate in the Local Government Elections (LGE) for Constituency Four (Kildonan, in the Neighbourhood...

Pedestrian killed in Good Hope accident

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

Police are investigating the death of pedestrian, Imran Khan, 65, who was struck and killed last Saturday on the Good Hope Public Road, East Coast Demerara. Police in a statement said that...

One month after…Family seeking information on technician’s electrocution

Nov 19, 2018 KNews News 0

The relatives of Jason Thomas are seeking answers to how he ended up being electrocuted a month ago, allegedly while repairing a freezer. Thomas, 31, of Crane, West Coast Demerara, was a self...

The Story Within The Story…Losing hope in elections

Nov 18, 2018 KNews News 0

By Leonard Gildarie It has been a tough year for me. The body is not taking the beating as easily as it once did. You take a little longer to get out of bed, battling the need to do the...

Guyana/EU to sign historic agreement to see US$30M forest project

Nov 16, 2018 KNews News 0

After about six years of extensive engagements with local and international stakeholders on the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), Guyana and...

Private hospital takes Health Minister to court over drug imports

Nov 16, 2018 KNews News 0

The High Court is examining evidence to determine whether Minister of Health Volda Lawrence had overstepped her legal boundaries in refusing entry of certain medication into the country. The matter...

Only 28% voters turnout in G/town …PPP wins Buxton

Nov 14, 2018 KNews News 0

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that the voter turnout in Georgetown was very poor for this year’s Local Government Election. In fact, according to GECOM, only 28 percent of...

Integrity Commission to take MPs, state officials to court over undeclared assets

Nov 14, 2018 KNews News 0

The Integrity Commission will be taking legal action against Members of Parliament, (MP) and other state officials that have failed to declare their assets in keeping with the law. The names...