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New customs declaration form for Caribbean travellers to US

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New customs declaration form for Caribbean travellers to US

The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says it has issued a new customs declaration form “in print and online” that expands the definition of family members for arriving...

Rohee claims PPP has in-house measures to deal with corrupt members

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee claims PPP has in-house measures to deal with corrupt members

– Calls Harmon a “mimic man” General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee claims that contrary to popular belief that the Party condones corruption and...

West Demerara Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit commissioned

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on West Demerara Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit commissioned

The Ministry of Health in its quest to reduce and further eliminate infant mortality yesterday joined hands with Guyana Help the Kids (GHTK), along with the Kissoon family to officially inaugurate...

Ansa Mc Al should go public with their opinion over Tender Board’s decision on drug contract – HPS

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ansa Mc Al should go public with their opinion over Tender Board’s decision on drug contract – HPS

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon has challenged Ansa Mc Al to go public with their argument about the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) being biased...

Absence of a modern abattoir hindering beef export

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Absence of a modern abattoir hindering beef export

Whilst the local cattle industry is growing, the absence of a modern abattoir that meets international standards is restricting local farmers from exporting beef to the lucrative CARICOM market. But,...

PNC/R commemorates Burnham’s 29th death Anniversary

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PNC/R commemorates Burnham’s 29th death Anniversary

…Research institute launched in his honour Members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) gathered yesterday to commemorate the 29th death anniversary of the nation’s first Executive...

Mahdia residents remain resolute in their demands

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia residents remain resolute in their demands

Though they have dropped their placards and ceased marching in the streets, the residents of Mahdia, Region Eight are standing fast in their calls for Government to repair their roads and address the...

PAC lacks capacity to investigate controversial financial matters

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PAC lacks capacity to investigate controversial financial matters

– A Budget Office would be of great assistance -Greenidge By Kiana Wilburg When it comes to placing the details of controversial accounting matters of ministries and budgetary...

Twelve promoted after completing GDF Leader Sergeant Course

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Twelve promoted after completing GDF Leader Sergeant Course

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday honoured the eleven men and lone woman left standing after completing the Force’s second Leader Sergeant Course which began with 30 participants. Following...

Lindener charged for shooting cop with ‘illegal gun’

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lindener charged for shooting cop with ‘illegal gun’

A 39-year-old man accused of opening fire on a police rank with an illegal gun was remanded to prison when he appeared before a senior Magistrate yesterday. Almost nine months after the incident,...

Karen De Souza accuses Shaun Samaroo of journalistic deceit

Aug 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Karen De Souza accuses Shaun Samaroo of journalistic deceit

Let me begin this column with a word on Karen De Souza. I have known her since we were young people together in the WPA. We were student contemporaries at UG. De Souza is the kind of person who would...

The curse of corruption

Aug 07, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The curse of corruption

Corruption, most would concede, is not a new problem in our body politic. Some would say that the very act of creating offices and bestowing power on their holders unleashes corruption. The 19th...

Serial bandit remanded to jail

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Serial bandit remanded to jail

A man who has been described as a serial bandit has been nabbed and remanded to jail. Chempton Grey called ‘Chempton Solomon’, 25, of Alness Village, Corentyne, Berbice who was wanted for a...

Remigrant charged with causing death of Lichfield man

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Remigrant charged with causing death of Lichfield man

– Granted $300,000 bail The man who was behind the wheel of the motor car that killed a West Coast Berbice man on Sunday and seriously injured another has been charged. Iqual Laceman, 36, of...

PI into Kaneville murder gets underway

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PI into Kaneville murder gets underway

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of the 40-year-old Kaneville, East Bank Demerara resident Jairam Teekaram, whose body was found in a clump of bushes with the head almost severed, has...

Man remanded for bus driver’s murder

Aug 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for bus driver’s murder

The man held in connection with the stabbing to death of a minibus driver was yesterday brought before a senior city Magistrate. Six days after the incident, Orin Jerrick of Ann’s Grove, East Coast...

Lawlessness at City Hall

Aug 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lawlessness at City Hall

Dear Editor, It is unfortunate that I have to write this letter, but it is high time that I put pen to paper and highlight an issue that has been occurring for the past couple of years. First, I must...

The need to be smart

Aug 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The need to be smart

DEAR EDITOR, The population must now act smarter. I am reading of the ruse pulled off by two bandits, dressed as police officers. These two had a good haul, and I am left to wonder why the general...

Hopefully, this despicable individual will fall or perish on his/her sword of hate and racism

Aug 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hopefully, this despicable individual will fall or perish on his/her sword of hate and racism

DEAR EDITOR, The issue of Reparations has now unfortunately been addressed by the foremost racial entrepreneur in Guyana: the extraordinary cowardly Sultan Mohamed. Not being someone who is...

Open your eyes, Mr. Rohee!

Aug 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open your eyes, Mr. Rohee!

DEAR EDITOR, I have some questions for Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee. Did you read August 4th newspapers and the following day’s editions? Be true to thy self. Minister Rohee, have you...

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Guyana’s silence represents a shocking neglect of its national interest

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Guyana has long championed the sanctity of territorial integrity and the rejection of aggression... more