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Our journalists are not vultures and carrion crows

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our journalists are not vultures and carrion crows

Dear Editor, I am shocked and saddened to learn that the President of Guyana at the PPP rally in Kitty described media operatives as “vultures and carrion crows who should all be...

An Appreciation of the President is full of forgeries

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on An Appreciation of the President is full of forgeries

Dear Editor, I had the great privilege of reading the ‘Appreciation’ magazine, ‘Forged By Fire: The Jagdeo Presidency’. Of all the forgeries presented therein, I’d like to...

The plight of the average man

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The plight of the average man

Dear Editor, I am a daily reader of the Kaieteur News Publication. I was reading the Kaieteur News dated Friday 7th October 2011. In the letter column, there is a missive written by Mr....

Competition is needed here

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Competition is needed here

Dear Editor, Please permit space to pen an open letter to Mr Yog Mahadeo. My phone which provides DSL service has been down since 13th October. Today is 8th October and DSL service has...

Sam Hinds has become irrelevant

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sam Hinds has become irrelevant

Dear Editor, PPP presidential candidate, Mr. Donald Ramotar’s selection of Mr. Sam Hinds as his prime ministerial running mate really does not inspire the same sense of change and...

October 2011 Berbice Assizes opens

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on October 2011 Berbice Assizes opens

The October session of the Berbice Criminal Assizes open yesterday with a multi-coloured police parade in front of the High Court building on Esplanade Road New Amsterdam. The event started...

PMTCT programme is a continued success – NAPS

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PMTCT programme is a continued success – NAPS

The Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission (PMTCT) programme out of the National Aids Programme Secretariat (NAPS) has declared continued success in the prevention of the transfer of HIV...

$$M being expended on drainage works – City Hall

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $$M being expended on drainage works – City Hall

With the recent amnesty offered by the Georgetown Municipality raking in millions, finances seem to be readily available to cater to elaborate and much needed drainage works in the...

E’bo man found dead in Stanleytown canal

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo man found dead in Stanleytown canal

– Left for interior location two months ago Relatives of a man from Dartmouth on the Essequibo Coast are calling for a thorough investigation into his death after he was...

Domestic violence victims speaking out

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Domestic violence victims speaking out

– Help and Shelter With increasing public awareness of domestic violence and avenues for assistance, more women and men are speaking out against this plight, which has been in many...

Another PPP/C billboard vandalised

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another PPP/C billboard vandalised

….as party bemoans civil society’s silence Despite previous reports to the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) there continues to be acts of vandalism being...

$63M estimated for Harbour Bridge anchor chains

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $63M estimated for Harbour Bridge anchor chains

In a race to keep the Demerara Harbour Bridge up to its great demand, management is moving to replace almost all the chains which help anchor the facility to its floating pontoons. Although...

Guyana govt. attack on media freedom

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana govt. attack on media freedom

(October 18th Editorial reprinted from the Trinidad Express) The government of outgoing Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo has earned hardly any credit for its decision to postpone the...

Health Ministry receives prestigious accolade

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry receives prestigious accolade

The Ministry of Health was yesterday bestowed with the auspicious Sergio Arouca Award, an accolade which comes in recognition of the entity’s excellent delivery of universal health care. The...

Residents, Red Thread picket GWI over Mahdia water woes

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Residents, Red Thread picket GWI over Mahdia water woes

Some residents of Mahdia in Region Eight are convinced that they are being neglected when it comes to the availability of potable water, having been without regular flow for more than five...

Troubled 10-yr-old disappears

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Troubled 10-yr-old disappears

Ten-year-old Richardo Persaud left his Middle Street, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara home last Sunday morning for Sunday School, not far away but instead of going back home, he chose to wander...

‘Picture Boy’ murder trial….Bullet removed from victim matches weapon found with defendant

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Picture Boy’ murder trial….Bullet removed from victim matches weapon found with defendant

– Ballistics expert By Latoya Giles Ballistics Expert Sergeant Eon Jackson said yesterday that the bullet which was removed from the body of Chandrapaul Persaud called ‘Kero...

Laptop thief jailed for three years

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Laptop thief jailed for three years

Kwame Bruce had previously appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of larceny from a dwelling place and was thereafter remanded to jail. Yesterday Bruce...

Night shelter inmate remanded for attempted murder

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Night shelter inmate remanded for attempted murder

Luke Latiff, a man claiming to be a mechanic was remanded to jail yesterday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. ...

Fourth man implicated in Bourda Market robberies refused bail

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fourth man implicated in Bourda Market robberies refused bail

A fourth man who was implicated in an armed robbery that took place at Bourda Market on September 23 was yesterday brought to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more