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Eversham nonagenarian abandoned in old house

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Eversham nonagenarian abandoned in old house

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security and Government talks a lot about care for the elderly. But talk has done little for a retired school teacher who is currently—to put it...

Cops seek ‘Big Foot’ for murder of South Central proprietor

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek ‘Big Foot’ for murder of South Central proprietor

Police are trying to locate 19-year-old Brian Leitch, called “Big Foot,” in connection with the murder of South Central proprietor Joseph Jagdeo, whose bound, gagged and strangled body was...

Port Mourant victim was strangled, cops seek suspect

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Port Mourant victim was strangled, cops seek suspect

Police have questioned two individuals and are looking for a third man in connection with the murder of 34-year-old Nandkumar ‘Champa’ Poonwassie, whose body was found last Tuesday on Day...

Justice Desiree Bernard meets London Lawyers

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Justice Desiree Bernard meets London Lawyers

Madame Justice Desiree Bernard was the guest speaker at a forum organised by the Guyana Law Association of the United Kingdom. The focus of her lecture was ‘The Caribbean Court of...

APNU HAS CONFIDENCE IN CITY HALL

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on APNU HAS CONFIDENCE IN CITY HALL

Even as it prepares for local government elections, APNU is calling for centralization of management within the country. This would seem to be in direct contradiction with the movement towards...

Health Ministry: 15 maternal deaths for year; two in November

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry: 15 maternal deaths for year; two in November

The Ministry of Health remains consistent in its monitoring of Goal No 5 of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It is working on ensuring that all maternal deaths are reported,...

Rain forces delay of GSCL/Digimax tourney

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain forces delay of GSCL/Digimax tourney

Persistent showers which have been plaguing the Capital City over the past 72 hours, affecting several outdoor events in the process, has forced the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc...

‘Make a Wish’ Programme for Youths unveiled by RHTY&SC

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Make a Wish’ Programme for Youths unveiled by RHTY&SC

What is being described as another major programme, “Make A Wish”, was unveiled on Wednesday last by the various cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC)....

Fistic Fury as boxing returns to the Mining Town on Boxing Night

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fistic Fury as boxing returns to the Mining Town on Boxing Night

By Michael Benjamin Together, Shawndell Park and Shelly ‘The Boom’ Gibson weighs over 450lbs and on Boxing Night, December 26 next, every ounce of them will go after each other in a super...

Protector of the Realm

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Protector of the Realm

DEAR EDITOR, Many of your readers must be intrigued by the exchanges (however erudite) between Senior Counsel on the one hand, and the AG on the other, as published in the press recently. The...

Political opportunism while an industry collapses

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political opportunism while an industry collapses

DEAR EDITOR, Tony Vieira and E.B. John have done a commendable job putting statistics and cold hard facts about GuySuCo into the public sphere. They have both highlighted the outlandish wage costs of...

Blatant disregard for every type of protocol

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Blatant disregard for every type of protocol

DEAR EDITOR, How is it that the Pensions Officer is distributing Old Age Pension Books out of the PPP office at Kumaka, Mabaruma? Is this legal? Or is the PPP office an annex to the...

No urgency in helping those affected by gender-based violence

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on No urgency in helping those affected by gender-based violence

Dear Editor, The statement issued by the Minister of Human Services for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was woefully lacking in any commitment on her part to do...

Ignoring the Procurement Commission laws for selfish reasons

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ignoring the Procurement Commission laws for selfish reasons

DEAR EDITOR, As most Guyanese know, Government procurement is based on Principles, Government Rules of Sourcing (where they apply to the National Tender Board as controlled by the Ministry...

Is the Amaila Falls Project the best solution for Guyana?

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Amaila Falls Project the best solution for Guyana?

DEAR EDITOR, Every Guyanese looks forward to cheaper and more reliable electricity. Many of us want the source of this cheaper and more reliable electricity to be hydropower. With the Amaila...

Freddie, Carter’s conclusion is an opinion, not a fact

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie, Carter’s conclusion is an opinion, not a fact

Dear Editor, I write to applaud my friend Freddie Kissoon for being a believer now on the power of “sources and stats to support on argument” (KN Nov 21). Having made numerous claims...

Broadcast Authority was premature with licence for Telecor

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Broadcast Authority was premature with licence for Telecor

Days before it formally received its radio licence to operate five frequencies, Telecor and Cultural Broadcasting Inc. appointed four directors to ensure that more than 51 per cent of...

Fiery Thursday…Comfort Sleep destroyed; 11 homeless in Sophia, Plaisance

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fiery Thursday…Comfort Sleep destroyed; 11 homeless in Sophia, Plaisance

Fire destroys Comfort Sleep – Scores jobless; employees, residents suspect arson Fire believed to be the work of an arsonist completely ravaged the Comfort Sleep Mattress...

Sophia blaze leaves seven homeless

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia blaze leaves seven homeless

An ‘A’ Field Sophia family is contemplating their next move after a fire yesterday morning destroyed the two-storey home they occupied. Pensioner Clarence Scott, his wife, and five other...

Fire razes Sparendaam home

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fire razes Sparendaam home

A family of five has been rendered homeless following a fire at their lot 4 Railway Line, Sparendaam residence, yesterday evening. The fire of unknown origin started at around 19:00...

PAC makes headway in quest for Procurement Commission

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PAC makes headway in quest for Procurement Commission

A matter which has been on the agenda of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is finally seeing some sort of progress, as the body has started the deliberations on the nominees for the Public...

Fishermen fake pirate attack, steal lighting plant and engine

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fishermen fake pirate attack, steal lighting plant and engine

Like the boy who cried ‘wolf’, three fishermen are accused of crying ‘pirates’, while staging a robbery on their own vessel. According to a police release, the caper began last...

Govt.’s drug purchasing system again queried

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.’s drug purchasing system again queried

‘Recent ad highly misleading’ – Former Auditor General Government’s controversial system of purchasing drugs has come under the spotlight again. This time, the Ministry of Health has...

Dem boys seh…Obeah kicking at one man door

Nov 29, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Obeah kicking at one man door

Couple morning ago a man get shoot. He was tekking a drink. After he dead all he business place, one after de other ketch fire. De fire service save all of dem but people end up talking bout...

Hikers’ men, GCC women explode on opening night

Nov 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hikers’ men, GCC women explode on opening night

Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival… Last year’s Men’s champions Hikers sounded an ominous warning to all pretenders to their throne after inflicting a...

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Kellogg’s Senior Indoor Hockey championship concludes

Nov 10, 2026

– GCC Elite overturn Saints to claim Women’s Open crown as Bounty GCC, Antonio’s Hickers also win titles (Kaieteur News) – GCC Elite came from behind to win the Kellogg’s...

No good deed goes unpunished

Nov 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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