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Govt. needs to aggressively fight violent crimes – APNU

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. needs to aggressively fight violent crimes – APNU

By Kiana Wilburg The apparent lack of aggressive responses compounded with government’s silence on the current surge in violent crimes for the period January to September was highlighted by...

High level health team host Ebola preparedness meeting at Ogle Airport

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on High level health team host Ebola preparedness meeting at Ogle Airport

– As Foreign Affairs Minister says persons can be refused entry With keen attention being paid to averting the threat of the Ebola virus, a high level Ministry of Health team yesterday...

Luncheon made a mistake

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon made a mistake

– Tender board and Ministry of Health now notified about drug prequalification Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon said, that he made a mistake when he said that all the...

Sixth session for Rodney Commission to start on Monday

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sixth session for Rodney Commission to start on Monday

The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry is expected to reconvene on Monday and the wife of the late Guyanese Politician Patricia Rodney, is scheduled to be the first witness. According to Attorney...

Mental Health Month launched at Canje’s Psychiatric Hospital

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mental Health Month launched at Canje’s Psychiatric Hospital

Observations for Mental Health Month 2014 kicked off on Wednesday at the nation’s premier mental health facility, the National Psychiatric Hospital (NPH), Fort Canje. The celebrations this month...

Guyana mulls joining Islamic Development Bank

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana mulls joining Islamic Development Bank

Guyana is currently exploring the option of fostering closer cooperation with the Islamic Development Bank, including giving active consideration to the possibility of joining that institution. So...

GT&T’s Diwali Light-Up on Camp Street

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T’s Diwali Light-Up on Camp Street

Aussie mining firm set to pour first gold bar mid-2015

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Aussie mining firm set to pour first gold bar mid-2015

– urges suppliers to take opportunities Government and Australian-owned gold-mining outfit, Troy Resources Limited, signed a key mineral agreement yesterday, overcoming one of the last hurdles...

Handling life defining moments with caution

Oct 18, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Handling life defining moments with caution

Informing relatives of the death of a loved one is never an easy task. If anything, the officials responsible for this unwelcome duty are expected to display care and sensitivity in very...

THOSE WHO SUPPORT KAIETEUR NEWS ARE NOT FRINGE ELEMENTS

Oct 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THOSE WHO SUPPORT KAIETEUR NEWS ARE NOT FRINGE ELEMENTS

A symptom of political disintegration, irreversible political disintegration, is when a regime begins to target the media. There is no need to remind older Guyanese of this fact; they have lived...

Governance in Guyana lacks vital ingredient- AFC

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Governance in Guyana lacks vital ingredient- AFC

– renews call for Procurement Commission With no Public Procurement Commission Guyana will continue to lose valuable resources on bungled and failed deals and the procurement process will...

President boasts of continued investment in education

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President boasts of continued investment in education

– as cash grant distribution hits Mabaruma Government has over time been deliberately lending support to families in hopes that they are in a better position to ensure that their children are...

KFC, Pizza Hut no more…DIDCO rolls out Chicka D, Pizza D

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on KFC, Pizza Hut no more…DIDCO rolls out Chicka D, Pizza D

After losing the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Pizza Hut franchise, DIDCO has reopened its restaurant doors – this time under the name of “Chicka D” and “Pizza D.” The names and symbols...

Sugar industry relations at loggerheads over slapping incident

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar industry relations at loggerheads over slapping incident

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has expressed dismay over the decision by the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) to head into arbitration over an alleged slapping...

Gunman nabbed after robbing businessman

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gunman nabbed after robbing businessman

Quick action by police led to the arrest of one of two gunmen who snatched $2M from a 69-year-old businessman in Regent Street at around 13.00 hrs yesterday. Police said that 69-year-old Deryck Khan...

Teenager dies in Enmore accident

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teenager dies in Enmore accident

A student of the Buxton Community High School succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation yesterday afternoon, after he was struck by a vehicle on the Enmore Public Road,...

Rupununi man stabbed to death after drinking session at home

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi man stabbed to death after drinking session at home

A drinking session at Rupununi, Region Nine, has ended with one man dead and another in custody. According to the police yesterday, investigators are probing the circumstances which led to the death...

Young mother admitted to the Guyana Bar Association

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Young mother admitted to the Guyana Bar Association

Certified mediator and human rights advocate Ronetta Sargent joined the Guyana Bar Association after her petition was presented before Justice Roxanne George at the Georgetown Supreme Court on...

Court frees alleged ‘shoot out bandits’

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Court frees alleged ‘shoot out bandits’

Three men who were allegedly wounded during a robbery attempt on December 9, 2012 at Betsy Ground, East Canje, Berbice, were on Wednesday freed by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus, who ruled that...

Repsol donates stationery to Food for the Poor

Oct 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Repsol donates stationery to Food for the Poor

Repsol Exploration (Guyana) SA, recently donated a quantity of stationery to help boost Food for the Poor Guyana’s (FFTP’s) stationery drive, an initiative which was launched in July. At a simple...

It is an attack on our dignity to attempt to dispossess us of our birth and ancestral rights

Oct 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is an attack on our dignity to attempt to dispossess us of our birth and ancestral rights

DEAR EDITOR, We the people of Plaisance have noted that the government has been allocating the resources of our country in a very discriminatory manner. In the process, it has, through the use of the...

Biased comments from a GRA auditor

Oct 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Biased comments from a GRA auditor

DEAR EDITOR, I have been reading with much alarm the exchanges published by Kaieteur News in recent days. Guyana should be worried…very worried. GRA is no ordinary body. It is tasked with the...

This very large investment has set best global practices for an industry that needs an exemplar

Oct 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This very large investment has set best global practices for an industry that needs an exemplar

DEAR EDITOR, One of Guyana’s best investments over the last 20 years, both in size and legitimacy, has been anecdotally reviewed by the fictitious non-existing phantom writer, Sultan Mohamed, who...

A vibrant Policing Group is crucial in Enmore

Oct 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A vibrant Policing Group is crucial in Enmore

DEAR EDITOR, I join in expressing kudos to the Police Officer in charge at Bartica for stopping the sale of alcohol to students at school sports. I recall Inspector John Singh doing the same thing on...

Local govt. elections are needed to reverse the scourge of disdain visited on our communities

Oct 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local govt. elections are needed to reverse the scourge of disdain visited on our communities

DEAR EDITOR, The 83 founders of the Village of Victoria must be turning in their graves, now beholden to the state to which their iconic African Settlement Village has been reduced. The situation in...

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The clock and the cloud

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Time, as the ancients knew, is a trickster. It slips through the fingers of kings and commoners... more