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Excavator digs up missing E’bo man
The decomposed body of Anrude Persaud, a/k “Jaglall”, who went missing since last Old Year’s Day was discovered by an excavator operator, Saturday morning in a trench, at Cotton Field,...
Shot bandit remains critical at GPHC
Donston La Fleur, the alleged bandit who was shot by an Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) businessman last Friday remains in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...
Gold miner crushed to death in Marudi pit
The body of yet another gold miner was pulled from the rubbles of a collapsed mining pit in which he was working last Thursday at Marudi, Region Nine. The body which was identified as that of Rohno...
GT&T inks $9M tourism deal with THAG
Executives of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company,( GT&T) and the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) on Thursday signed a $9M Sponsorship Agreement to assist in the...
DDL’s New Chairman discusses the bitter politics of the Sugar Industry and the AML debacle
By Kiana Wilburg Mr. Komal Samaroo, a happily married father of four has been having a long and satisfying affair. It is one with the beverage and rum producing giant –Demerara Distillers Limited...
12 new housing schemes established since 2011
Since 2011, some 12 new housing schemes were earmarked for development, according to information tabled recently in the National Assembly by Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA). At...
Drug shortage …Linden Hospital Complex short of over 40 essential pharmaceutical drugs
We need a health system we can depend on and not one where the government continues to misuse funds and stifle the sector – Member of Parliament With the recent reports of shortage of...
The last of the load….Georgetown Magistrates’ Court proceedings set for the renovated building
On Friday, staff bid farewell to the rented building of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court at 92, Middle Street, Georgetown as the last of the court’s possessions were being moved to its...
Upsurge in domestic violence… Is enough being done to reach out to young men?
By Dewjendra Rooplall An uneasy development has been growing and expanding exponentially in Guyana of recent. When we reflect on 2013 and see the overwhelming amount of domestic violence cases being...
As long as there are people standing on the street corner, in the rain…
DEAR EDITOR, “Why y’all out here? Was it your sons/brothers/fathers that got killed in Linden?” No, we weren’t blood relatives of those martyred in Linden. We were just “ordinary”...
Not a perfect Constitution, but it fundamentally provides for a law-based society
DEAR EDITOR, We sometimes take for granted the extent to which we enjoy religious freedom and tolerance in Guyana. According to a new study conducted by Pew Research Centre, violence and...
New wings commissioned at three Berbice schools
Three Berbice schools are now in a better position to cater for the increased capacity in their respective institutions following the commissioning of new wings to the total cost of $30.7M at the...
Put country first, before party and ethnicity
DEAR EDITOR, Two thousand and fourteen (2014) promises to be a particularly interesting year, as the size of the anticipated indiscriminate Budget-cuts are likely to provoke new elections by yearend....
Happy New Year, to the true nation-builders
DEAR EDITOR, I waited with great patience for the executives of the Guyana Teachers’ Union to bid New Year’s greetings to the teachers they serve, but I’ll wait no more. So before the year gets...
GPHC – Bettering staff performance for improved services
Towards ensuring that quality service is delivered by the entire staff body of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), its administration will be taking even greater strides to...
Human Rights body advocates for independent investigation of Police Brutality case…
Challenges government to foot medical expenses It is the opinion of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is engaged in a “cover-up” rather than an...
High-level slackness and vulgar legacies
DEAR EDITOR, The photo circulating of this country’s leader gyrating behind a woman (also known as ‘backballing’) at the army’s Old Year’s Night bash epitomises the vulgarity,...
Over 40 trained to perform child advocacy tasks
A total of 45 persons have been trained to help abused children get the justice that they deserve. These include stakeholders from the Guyana Police Force, the Child Care Protection Agency,...
E’bo Rural Constable critical after accident with minibus
Rural Constable Bercknell Spellen is now battling for his life after he was hit by a mini-bus which attempted to park in the Anna Regina car park, around 12:24 hrs on Saturday afternoon. Detectives...
GNBS adopts Caricom standards for packaged water
– anticipates improvement of water quality In a strategic move intended to help improve the safety of water, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) was last year able to...
Start the Year Strong
Often at the first part of any new year, people are coming out of the daze of the holiday season and feeling focused, determined and ready to accomplish their goals and resolutions. But if...
From the Diaspora…GAIUTRA BAHADUR “COOLIE WOMAN” A TRUE ACCOUNT OF SEX, RAPE, INFIDELITY, EXPLOITATION AND BRUTALIZATION OF THE INDENTURED “COOLIE WOMAN”
By Ralph Seeram It’s 2am and I am up reading. No book ever had me up at 2am to read, especially since only three hours earlier I laid the book down to have a good night’s rest. But I could...
US Ambassador hosts Howard University Hospital Medical Assoc. members
– as moves are made to strengthen ties It was an interactive atmosphere complemented with welcoming smiles and meaningful conversations, when individuals, mainly of a medical ilk, gathered at...
The Upper Demerara-Berbice Region can escape from the poverty trap
The Upper Demerara-Berbice Region need not be poor. The Region, with a size of 19,387 km², is bigger than the State of Kuwait, but its population of 55,000 is less than that of St Kitts-Nevis. It is...
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Kaieteur Sports– In a proactive move to foster a safer and more responsible sporting environment, the National Sports Commission (NSC), in collaboration with the Office of the Director of...
Features/Columnists
“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”
Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more
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