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Luncheon “unsure”whether Surendra pumps are in Guyana

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon “unsure”whether Surendra pumps are in Guyana

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon has disclosed that he is unsure about whether government has received the 14 pumps from Surendra Engineering, let alone its location in...

Poor drainage preventing burials…Town Clerk must also be held accountable

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Poor drainage preventing burials…Town Clerk must also be held accountable

– Opposition MPs Given the fact that the Local Government Minister continues to have the Town Clerk, Carol Sooba and her “unpredictable management style” interfering in the affairs of the...

Way paved for body to regulate land surveyors

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Way paved for body to regulate land surveyors

As part of the bigger plan to update the country’s management of its land and water resources, Government last evening successfully piloted new legislation that will see the establishment of a...

CT machine very costly to operate – GPHC’s CEO

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CT machine very costly to operate – GPHC’s CEO

No one from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and the privately-operated Cancer Institute of Guyana (CIG) is willing to say how much money the hospital pays to the entity for CT...

GWI urges customers to practice safe water use

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GWI urges customers to practice safe water use

…encourages rainwater harvesting In light of prevailing flood situation, Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is advising customers residing in Georgetown and low-lying areas along the coastal...

Windsor forest murder…‘Weed Man’ found not guilty

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Windsor forest murder…‘Weed Man’ found not guilty

– Hung jury for three others on trial for stepfather’s killing At least four hours elapsed yesterday before the Jury returned with the verdict in the murder trial in which four persons were...

An inundated city

Jan 17, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on An inundated city

The rains came with a vengeance on Tuesday and as has become the norm, the city flooded. There was water covering almost every street to the extent that motorists had to drive carefully, if only to...

Trio refused bail on felony-related charges, illegal firearm

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Trio refused bail on felony-related charges, illegal firearm

On Wednesday, three youths were brought before Magistrate Judy Latchman who later ordered them held on account of the separate charges which were read to them. The common charge amongst them was that...

‘Frustrated’ optometrist accused of slashing wife’s tyres, destroying laptop

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Frustrated’ optometrist accused of slashing wife’s tyres, destroying laptop

A ‘frustrated’ 30-year-old optometrist who allegedly slashed the tyres of his wife’s car and threw her laptop in the gutter after she returned home and refused to converse with him, was...

Sock it to me, Baby!

Jan 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sock it to me, Baby!

There is no other cabal of leaders as comical as those in the PPP leadership. Gaddafi was eccentrically facetious, but it was him alone that was a comic not his close Ministers. The same can be said...

GTI to implement ‘Waste Separation Initiative’

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GTI to implement ‘Waste Separation Initiative’

The Government Technical Institute (GTI) is in the process of implementing its Waste Separation Initiative. This is being done in partnership with the Quality Assurance Committee and Science...

‘Cocaine-induced’ carjacker gets 56 months

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Cocaine-induced’ carjacker gets 56 months

A man who claimed that he has reached the end of his cocaine addiction after he carjacked a $3M Toyota Carina, made a stirring apology before he was sentenced by Magistrate Judy Latchman, saying that...

Three years for cocaine possession

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three years for cocaine possession

A ‘Globe Yard’ resident was jailed Wednesday for three years after he pleaded guilty to the charge of Possession of Narcotics for the Purpose of Trafficking. Shafeek Khan appeared before...

Local medical practitioners to benefit from CME lecture

Jan 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local medical practitioners to benefit from CME lecture

A number of Guyanese medical practitioners will benefit from six hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) lecture, thanks to the Howard University Hospital Medical Association. This was disclosed...

Do not jump too early to conclusions

Jan 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Do not jump too early to conclusions

The allegation that a young man was the victim of a brutal sexual assault while in police custody has gone viral. The reports have led to feelings of outrage in many quarters. But are these...

This ‘Peeping Tom’ must speak of the numerous instances of corruption in Guyana

Jan 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This ‘Peeping Tom’ must speak of the numerous instances of corruption in Guyana

Dear Editor, An interesting article appeared in your newspapers from one of the ‘Peeping Toms,’ under the headline, ‘Revisiting Burnham’s Code of Conduct,’ (KN January 16th). With the...

Have faith in the judicial system

Jan 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Have faith in the judicial system

Dear Editor, Please allow my words of caution to be carried in your publication, it concerns a very troubling development of recent vintage, that if allowed unremarked would serve to harm the very...

The police are operating against their motto

Jan 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police are operating against their motto

Dear Editor, For years serving members of the Guyana Police Force have been accused of committing acts that are totally opposed to their “to serve and protect” purpose. The recent sodomy,...

No evidence that this project is a collusion between USAID and the opposition

Jan 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on No evidence that this project is a collusion between USAID and the opposition

Dear Editor, Thanks to our Government, Democracy was returned to Guyana in 1992 and Guyana is aptly positioned to become a hub of global trade and food security. I am sure that for such a small...

The Commissioner of Police is in order to take over this investigation

Jan 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Commissioner of Police is in order to take over this investigation

Dear Editor, Reports of the savage brutalization of Colwyn Harding have shocked the nation. I must admit that I have not yet mustered the courage to sufficiently come to terms with the entire...

Poor city drainage forces dead back into funeral homes

Jan 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Poor city drainage forces dead back into funeral homes

It seems as if there is no rest for the dead in Guyana. Several burials at Le Repentir Cemetery, the biggest of its kind in the city, had to be postponed yesterday because of the flooded grounds. The...

Prominent doctor stabbed in botched robbery attempt

Jan 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prominent doctor stabbed in botched robbery attempt

A Prominent doctor is currently nursing stab wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) which he sustained during a botched robbery attempt by two bandits at his clinic...

Port Mourant canecutter gets 10 years for killing wife

Jan 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Port Mourant canecutter gets 10 years for killing wife

Murder accused Kumar Ranji Singh, 48, a cane cutter of 6th Street, Johns, Port Mourant, Corentyne was on Wednesday sentenced to 10 years in jail by Justice Diana Insanally in the Berbice High...

Alleged police brutality, sodomy…Mother of victim wants Govt. to foot overseas bill

Jan 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged police brutality, sodomy…Mother of victim wants Govt. to foot overseas bill

The mother of the 23-year-old man who allegedly sustained serious bodily injuries as a result of a brutal attack by a Constable is out to have the Government pay for the overseas medical...

Dem boys seh…Sam Hinds lead dead back to parlour

Jan 16, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Sam Hinds lead dead back to parlour

Old people got a saying that rain don’t fall at one man door. Well de rain that fall de other day and flood de city affect even dem who help block up de drains and cause de whole place to flood....

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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