Guyana

Kaieteur News – Guyanese must continue to brace themselves for increased food prices, at least for the first quarter of the year. The rise in global food prices have been compounded by a steep increase in shipping costs, the latter which is said to have it origins in the pandemic. Consumers are already hurting. They […]

Kaieteur News – I was 16 years old when I began knocking around the PPP. Shortly after, I got to know Clement Rohee. This means I have known Rohee a very long time but my knowledge of him was cut short after he became a minister in 1992. There was a drastic and abrupt disconnection […]

Kaieteur News – Today, we are asking our fellow Guyanese to do a two-sided comparison, and when finished, ask them to make a conclusion. What we are asking of our fellow citizens is neither analysis nor study (too sophisticated), but something real and basic, to obtain an understanding of the way the world works, and […]

Kaieteur News – The circumstances surrounding the death of a two to three week old baby whose decapitated body was found last week Friday floating about 15 feet from the Demerara River remains inconclusive. This since, the State Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh in his Post-Mortem Examination medical report, revealed yesterday, that it is inconclusive due […]

– had complained to relatives about also being abused Kaieteur  News – Police in Linden are investigating the circumstances surrounding the ‘vigilante attack’ on a Lindener who allegedly beat his reputed wife to her head with a wood, fracturing her skull and breaking her arm. The man, 28-year-old Anthony Luke, is in a critical condition […]

Kaieteur News – The completion date for the $146.7M Sheriff Street, Mandela Avenue roundabout, has been extended to until the end of this month, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal has said. The project which is being constructed by Junior Sammy Guyana Inc., commenced on August 30, 2021, and was expected to be completed […]

Kaieteur News – Behind bars in a Guyanese prison on remand, is a Venezuelan man who allegedly killed his friend with a piece of wood on New Year’s Day, during a row about ‘owed gold.’ The suspect, since identified as Elith Osorio Dominguez, 21, of Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, was yesterday charged with the murder […]

Kaieteur News – A Post Mortem Examination which was conducted on Thursday last by Pathologist, by Dr. Nehaul Singh, gave the cause of death for 13-year-old Rondel Henry as dehydration. This, weeks after the teen and his family reportedly consumed an unknown, locally made substance and shortly after started experiencing complications including diarrhea and vomiting. […]

– classes to resume virtually from Monday Kaieteur News – School will resume virtually for students attending The Bishop’s High School, after a decision was made yesterday to close it owing to numerous cases of Covid-19 infections among the student and staff population. An earlier notice by the school had called for an early closure […]

Kaieteur News – Two inspectors of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) were yesterday assaulted by the Proprietor of Carrefour Hardware Store on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD), when they attempted to remove a quantity of ‘substandard’ electrical fittings and equipment from the business premises. According to a statement by the GNBS, its […]

Kaieteur News – A labourer residing in the Region 10 community of Three Friends Mines, was on Tuesday last, charged for manslaughter that was allegedly committed in May 2021. The victim, Ronald Wong’s lifeless body, was found in a boat close to his home with chop wounds. Wong’s 58-year-old uncle, Leonard Reece’s lifeless body was […]

Kaieteur News – The National Sports Commission (NSC) is throwing its support behind former Guyanese and West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, who was appointed as a Selector to the West Indies Men’s Senior and Youth Selection Panels. The panel will be led by the Most Hon. Dr. Desmond Haynes and Robert Haynes respectively. Director of […]

Hetmyer (149), Imlach (101) score tons for Paul’s X1 Adams grabs 5-60 Kaieteur News – On another sunny day on a slow Albion track, Leon Johnson’s X1 were 8-0 in their second innings trailing by 95 runs going in today’s final of the first trial game of a possible three games, yesterday in Berbice. Contrasting […]

Kaieteur News – Nearly six years after the brutal shooting to death of Pawan Chandradeo, his son, Jaikarran Chandradeo, and his brother-in-law Naresh Rooplall, four men made their appearances at the Berbice High Court, before Justice Sandil Kissoon, on Wednesday last, to answer to the charges. Jairam Chetram, Tameshwar Jagmohan, called “Guana,” Carlton Chetram called […]

Sparta Boss favoured for $1Milion winner’s prize But Bent St will be coming with all guns blazing By Sean Devers, Kaieteur News – After seven nights of entertaining Football played by 16 teams, it has come down to two teams vying for one spot to take $1 Million first prize and the title of first […]

Kaieteur News – Married Men XI defeated Bachelor’s XI by 33 runs when the teams collided recently at Lusignan Sports Club. Batting first, Married Men XI posted 254-6 off their allocation of 22 overs. Navin Persaud struck one four and eight fours in a top score of 60, while Baldeo Persaud made 52 with one […]

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – We have a problem situation on our hands with these COVID-19 surges. Relative to our prior circumstances, I would have to say, we are in some part of local super surge equivalents. I regret to share that it could be early days yet, given our traditional behaviours, because I sense […]

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former West Indies stroke-maker, Ramnaresh Sarwan, was today named as the last West Indies men’s selector, joining new chairman Desmond Haynes and head coach Phil Simmons in a new-look panel which will serve for the next two-and-a-half years.

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