April 11, 2013

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GPHC working to improve its services- Renville

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC working to improve its services- Renville

In an effort to continuously develop the services offered by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), officials there, with the assistance of two international health organizations,...

Chief of Staff has discretion in bonus payments – Defence Board says

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chief of Staff has discretion in bonus payments – Defence Board says

The Guyana Defence Board has backed Commodore Gary Best in his decision to withhold annual bonuses from ranks under his command, citing that withholding soldiers’ bonuses is at the discretion of...

Tumatumari hydro plant holds solution to Mahdia power troubles

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tumatumari hydro plant holds solution to Mahdia power troubles

Provision of electricity via the Tumatumari hydro plant is being touted as the more feasible solution to Mahdia and neighbouring communities’ power woes, says Mark Crawford, Region Eight...

Four dead after ‘bush truck’ overturns…Man claims torture at hands of dead woman’s husband

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Four dead after ‘bush truck’ overturns…Man claims torture at hands of dead woman’s husband

A ‘B’ Field Sophia man is now fearful for his life and is yet to seek medical attention after the accident in Buckhall last weekend. That accident claimed the life of four persons and he...

New East Bank Berbice Road for 2014 – Ramotar ….Motorists, residents protest and shut down road

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New East Bank Berbice Road for 2014 – Ramotar ….Motorists, residents protest and shut down road

“The government can build Marriots and four- lane roads and they cannot build a proper road for us in East Bank Berbice!”- angry resident By Leon Suseran Residents of East Bank Berbice...

Early results anticipated for NGSA

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Early results anticipated for NGSA

– As paper marking process commences By Rehanna Ramsay Plans are in pipeline for advancement of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, said as...

New Promise for an HIV Vaccine

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New Promise for an HIV Vaccine

…as researchers overcome crucial obstacle In a crucial step towards developing a successful HIV vaccine, researchers have been able, for the first time, to stimulate immune cells that can produce...

Guyana-born New York cop dies in accident

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-born New York cop dies in accident

Patrick Prince, a Guyana- born New York Police Department (NYPD) officer died after he lost control of his vehicle that slammed into a tree last Thursday. Relatives said that Prince was on his way...

E-governance transmission tower…Consultations begin today at BV, residents reject location

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on E-governance transmission tower…Consultations begin today at BV, residents reject location

Now that the erection of Government’s transmission towers in some communities along the East Coast Demerara is being rejected, consultations will be held from today, something the Administration...

Miner loses finger in freak accident

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miner loses finger in freak accident

Alex Junior Holmes, 23, a miner of Supenaam, Essequibo Coast, lost his left index finger after he jumped off of a truck that was transporting a group of men into the gold field. The incident...

Woman steals $4 million, given bail with conditions

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman steals $4 million, given bail with conditions

A 23-year-old ex -cashier of Guyana Lands and Surveys was made to surrender her travel documents, report to Corporal Mark Garnett at C.I.D. Headquarters every Friday and post $650,000...

Bank seizes non-functioning Mahaicony Rice Mills

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bank seizes non-functioning Mahaicony Rice Mills

Receivers on behalf of the Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) yesterday moved in on the Mahaicony Rice Mills seizing its assets for non -payment of monies owing. Kaieteur News was told that the private...

Fisherman gets seven years for attempting to murder wife

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman gets seven years for attempting to murder wife

Mohamed Wadikar Ally, called “Dick”, 39, the fisherman of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice who was indicted on the charges of attempted murder and wounding with intent, was on Tuesday...

New Member of Parliament sworn in

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New Member of Parliament sworn in

APNU Region One representative, Renita Lolita Williams, was yesterday sworn in by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, as the newest Member of Parliament. Williams’...

TIME FOR COMPROMISE!

Apr 11, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TIME FOR COMPROMISE!

The Guyanese people are tired. They are weary of the political rigmarole that the opposition is subjecting the nation just to prove the point that they have the power over what the government can...

Prisoner escapes by scaling fence

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner escapes by scaling fence

A prisoner scaled the Timehri, East Bank Demerara Prison walls yesterday and escaped on foot after being left unsupervised. The inmate was identified as Levi Stevens. Reports disclose that the...

Farmer taking cattle rustling suspects to court

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer taking cattle rustling suspects to court

A Corentyne cattle farmer is taking six persons to court for suspected cattle rustling. Shromanie Ramsammy, of Williamsburg, and several other cattle farmers in the area suffered a major blow...

Two bodies dragged from Berbice River

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two bodies dragged from Berbice River

…two others missing Police on Wednesday brought ashore the second body found floating in the Berbice River. The body of Shakeel Anthony Plass, 14, of Patrick Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam...

Beware the conmen

Apr 11, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Beware the conmen

Confidence tricksters abound. Recently, there were numerous reports of people purchasing goods purportedly using Manager‘s cheques. This is a simple scheme. Guyana remains a largely...

Mother of 14-year-old rape victim speaks out

Apr 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of 14-year-old rape victim speaks out

– Says suspect paid her daughter $1000 to keep quiet The mother of a 14-year-old girl who was brutally raped on March 27, last, at Kwakwani, Berbice River has broken her silence. She said...

We may never see the likes of Lady Thatcher again

Apr 11, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We may never see the likes of Lady Thatcher again

DEAR EDITOR, As with Julius Caesar, “The evil that men do lives after them, the good is often interred with their bones…”. So let it NOT be with Lady Thatcher. PM Thatcher...

Our priorities are all mixed up in this place

Apr 11, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our priorities are all mixed up in this place

Dear Editor, The rush is on these days, it seems, to rid businesses and persons found selling pornographic videos, as per the newspaper articles ‘Three held over porn’- Stabroek...

Local Government Elections

Apr 11, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local Government Elections

DEAR EDITOR, This perspective does not necessarily coincide with those of several stakeholders who are asking, and indeed shouting, for early Local Government Elections. One reason...

A tribute to fallen heroes

Apr 11, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A tribute to fallen heroes

Dear Editor, Guyana lost several towering personalities over the last few weeks. They made enormous impressions on the society deserving of accolades. Most tributes would be dedicated...

Bob Carr and the inexplicable mind of the human being

Apr 11, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bob Carr and the inexplicable mind of the human being

Sigmund Freud is credited with giving humans valuable tools that we can use to advance knowledge. Some of Freud’s theories have been subjected to relentless revisionist methodologies, particularly...

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Podium dreams alive as Guyana’s U20 athletes shine on Day One in...

Aug 06, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s largest-ever team to the World Athletics U20 Championships has made an encouraging start to its campaign in Oregon, USA, with several athletes advancing...

Caste, capitalism and the plantation

Aug 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The argument was recently made on a BBC radio podcast dealing with Indian indentured immigration that the Indian caste system was incompatible with the capitalist ethos of the post-Emancipation Caribbean plantation. There is an appealing simplicity to the argument. Caste was...

Nicaragua’s Abandoned Ballot: What the OAS Can and Cannot Do

Aug 02, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Daniel Ortega has now said openly what his regime has demonstrated for years: the people of Nicaragua are not to be permitted to remove their rulers through elections. During celebrations marking the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, Ortega...

Who’s responsible, who will take responsibility?

Jul 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – A tragedy of catastrophic proportions is now Guyana’s to manage. An old passenger ferry boat went to the bottom. According to news reports of Saturday, 73 bodies have been recovered and 76 rescued. Taking the official count of 179 passengers on...

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