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12 slaughtered in attack on Paris media house

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 12 slaughtered in attack on Paris media house

– Freedom of expression under attack – world leaders Twelve people were killed by gunmen, armed with AK-47s, who attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a publication in Paris, France that has...

Home Affairs official gets the boot

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Home Affairs official gets the boot

The Ministry of Home Affairs has given a senior official the boot. The Ministry apparently got fed up with the numerous complaints from various foreign nationals seeking work permits and stay...

Employee kills dredge owner over stolen gold

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Employee kills dredge owner over stolen gold

Police in the interior are on the hunt for a gold miner who stabbed his ‘Bossman’ to death after the miner was accused of stealing gold from the camp. Thirty-five-year-old Noel Clementson, called...

Woman among bandits nabbed after broad daylight robbery

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Woman among bandits nabbed after broad daylight robbery

Around 7:30hrs on Wednesday, greens vendor, Hemraj Singh, 54, of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara and his wife, Padmini Singh, 54, were on their way into the Polder, to purchase greens when their path...

Luncheon, Ramsammy differ on cost overruns for Hope Canal Project

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon, Ramsammy differ on cost overruns for Hope Canal Project

Whether there are or aren’t cost overruns for the $3.6B Hope/Dochfour Canal which is now heading toward its sixth deadline, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon and Minister of Agriculture, Dr....

Dem boys seh … Kaieteur experience wha happen in Paris

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … Kaieteur experience wha happen in Paris

Yesterday, gunmen shock de whole world when dem go into a media house in Paris and kill 12 people. Some still critical in hospital. Dem boys pray fuh de victims and dem family and dem prayers also...

Troubled fibre optic cable project … E-Governance project may be piggybacking on GPL fibre-laced transmission lines

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Troubled fibre optic cable project … E-Governance project may be piggybacking on GPL fibre-laced transmission lines

– Alexei Ramotar confirms that this is happening but Luncheon hesitates to verify By Kiana Wilburg Manager of the E-Governance initiative, Alexei Ramotar, told Kaieteur News that for the sake...

Mother of five brutally stabbed by spurned ‘children father’

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of five brutally stabbed by spurned ‘children father’

The scourge of domestic violence continues unabated as another woman managed to escape death after being violently stabbed by her ex-lover. The woman Natasha Brooms, 37, a mother of five and a vendor...

Ombudsman’s performance a breath of fresh air – GTUC

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ombudsman’s performance a breath of fresh air – GTUC

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has lauded Ombudsman, Justice Winston Moore, for continuing to do his job in a fair manner. GTUC’s statement yesterday followed Tuesday’s...

Govt. buys $20M worth of Duracell batteries

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. buys $20M worth of Duracell batteries

While the date for General Election is yet to be announced, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon revealed yesterday that Government is buying $20 M worth of Duracell batteries for the Guyana...

‘Dead’ woman survives Cemetery Road accident

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Dead’ woman survives Cemetery Road accident

Eighteen-year-old Anaynasa Thorne visited the Kaieteur News Saffon Street office on Tuesday to prove that she wasn’t dead. She had narrowly escaped being killed in the New Year’s Day accident at...

More Special Forces, villagers to join search for missing aircraft

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on More Special Forces, villagers to join search for missing aircraft

Another platoon of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Special Forces was flown into Mahdia from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) at Timehri to join the ground searches for the Air Services...

Conservatory order necessary to protect national coffers – say Attorneys representing Opposition

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Conservatory order necessary to protect national coffers – say Attorneys representing Opposition

Attorneys representing opposition Leader, Brigadier (Rt’d) David Granger, yesterday commenced arguments in support of an application for a conservatory order which was filed last year, to...

Angoy’s Avenue electrification drive picks up steam

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Angoy’s Avenue electrification drive picks up steam

…over 130 homes connected All infrastructural works have been completed in preparation to connect one of Guyana’s largest squatter settlements to the national power grid. Just over 130...

Most developing countries will benefit from oil price slump – World Bank Group

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Most developing countries will benefit from oil price slump – World Bank Group

Gains from low oil prices can be substantial for developing-country importers if supported by stronger global growth, says a World Bank Group analysis of the oil price decline, contained in the...

We condone corruption in Guyana

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We condone corruption in Guyana

Guyana never escapes international attention when it comes to corruption. The fact that the country is rated as one of the most corrupt in the world is not something that we should take lightly. It...

We are fed-up with the stalemate

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are fed-up with the stalemate

DEAR EDITOR, In the November 15 – 21, 2014 edition of ‘The Economist’ magazine, an article was published on Guyana on page forty-four. The article was titled ‘A 60-year schism’....

Former army chief heads body to tackle illegal wildlife exports, hunting

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former army chief heads body to tackle illegal wildlife exports, hunting

Amidst increasing reports of illegal hunting, Government yesterday announced that it has put together a special team, headed by a former army chief to oversee the management and conservation of...

Is it too much to ask for a reliable supply of potable water?

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is it too much to ask for a reliable supply of potable water?

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese have become so accustomed to poor governance, corruption and lack of accountability and integrity by the Jagdeo/Ramotar regime over the last 12 years that they have come to...

You don’t have to be there on the ground to really know what is going on

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on You don’t have to be there on the ground to really know what is going on

DEAR EDITOR, During my last visit to Guyana in August of 2014, I was confronted by several persons who told me that they were very much aware that I had a lot to say about what is happening on the...

Australia vs. India, 4th Test, Sydney, 2nd day: Australia on top after making 572

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Australia vs. India, 4th Test, Sydney, 2nd day: Australia on top after making 572

ESPNcricinfo – Everywhere you turned on the second day in Sydney there were stats, and Steven Smith was at the centre of most of them. But at the end of the day the only figure that really...

This briquettes story is not worthy of being pursued as an industry strategy

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This briquettes story is not worthy of being pursued as an industry strategy

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to a very misleading letter in the Stabroek News of 6th January written by Mr. Suresh S. Narine a director of the Institute of Applied Science and Technology, entitled “The...

Let’s avoid another GuySuCo white elephant

Jan 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s avoid another GuySuCo white elephant

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to the letter in your January 6 edition captioned “Adaptation of this technology will allow bagasse to be utilized more efficiently” that was submitted by Professor...

Ryan Couchman was murdered – family says

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ryan Couchman was murdered – family says

… refutes police robbery claims The family of slain Diamond East Bank Demerara miner, Ryan Couchman, is calling the death of the father of two, a murder. Family members are seeking...

Millions invested by Govt. last year to fight malaria

Jan 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Millions invested by Govt. last year to fight malaria

As part of its strategic effort to combat the ever prevailing threat of malaria, Government was able to invest some $400 million into the Vector Control Services Unit of the Ministry of Health to...

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The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more