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Car, motorcycle collide in Werk-en-Rust

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Car, motorcycle collide in Werk-en-Rust

More reckless road use led to an accident at the junction of Russell and Princes Streets, Werk-en-Rust yesterday afternoon, where a car (PNN 2809) collided with a motorcycle (CF 2020) which was...

Government sapping the spirit of entrepreneurship by ‘headhunting’ private sector employees

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government sapping the spirit of entrepreneurship by ‘headhunting’ private sector employees

Dear Editor, I don’t know what Mr. Nowrang Persaud’s area of professional expertise is, but his letter, “Poaching vs. Competitive Recruiting,” (KN, January 29), that defended the alleged...

The Prize has been put back before, and by a great deal longer than two months

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Prize has been put back before, and by a great deal longer than two months

Dear Editor, I refer to the article in Kaieteur News of January 26, ‘Al Creighton defends deadline for Guyana Prize entries’. The Guyana Prize has two objectives: “* provide a focus for the...

A terrible grief is being inflicted on this mother and her children

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A terrible grief is being inflicted on this mother and her children

Dear Editor, Trafficking in narcotics is against the law but why does it only have to be enforced for some and not others? Why is it that the smaller woman/man always feels the brunt of the law for...

To promote the police officer who burnt a teen’s genitals is a crime against humanity.

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on To promote the police officer who burnt a teen’s genitals is a crime against humanity.

Dear Editor, Elections are around the corner and there has been an intensification of character assassination, insulting, disparaging, abusive and vulgar comments along with an increase in racial...

Fuel reduction… GPL set to lower rates

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel reduction… GPL set to lower rates

As oil prices continue to fall on the world market, Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is set to reduce electricity rates, Government announced yesterday. Speaking yesterday at his weekly post-Cabinet...

GuySuCo Board drives company further into the ground

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo Board drives company further into the ground

– NAACIE joins calls for independent inquiry The calls are mounting for an independent inquiry into the operations of the beleaguered Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). Yesterday, the...

Bandit in police custody after Survival Supermarket robbery

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit in police custody after Survival Supermarket robbery

– two others still on the run One bandit is in police custody while his two accomplices are still on the run after committing a robbery at the Survival Supermarket, Sheriff Street,...

Police shoot mentally unstable man during hunt for robbery suspect

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police shoot mentally unstable man during hunt for robbery suspect

A 37-year-old Nabaclis man is nursing a gunshot wound to his left foot after he was shot by a police rank yesterday in circumstances that are still unclear. There are conflicting reports of how...

Executed auto parts dealer’s wife cremated in New York

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Executed auto parts dealer’s wife cremated in New York

Scores of relatives and well wishers braved inches of snow and brutally cold weather to pay their final respects to the slain Patricia Sanasie. The woman’s body was cremated last Monday in New York...

Reporter charged with sexual abuse of girl, 13

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Reporter charged with sexual abuse of girl, 13

Guyana Times/Television Guyana (TVG) reporter, Andre Hetsberger, was yesterday released on $300,000 bail following allegations of sexual offence committed against a 13-year-old female family member....

Dem boys seh… Jagdeo is a copy cat who only humming

Jan 29, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Jagdeo is a copy cat who only humming

Guyana is a strange place and it got some strange people. Normally in some country dem got people who does tek dem time before dem do anything but this country got some people who is a clear case of...

Attempted arson on National Museum

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Attempted arson on National Museum

The timely intervention of the Guyana Fire Service around 15: 00hrs yesterday aborted what was suspected to be an attempted arson attack on the Guyana National Museum. Kaieteur News was reliably...

Nadal ousted, as Sharapova powers on

Jan 29, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nadal ousted, as Sharapova powers on

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Rafael Nadal’s Australian Open dream lay in tatters with the third seed crushed by Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals, but Maria Sharapova showed who’s boss by...

Djokovic, Wawrinka set up epic showdown, ill Serena through

Jan 29, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Djokovic, Wawrinka set up epic showdown, ill Serena through

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Top seed Novak Djokovic and champion Stan Wawrinka set up ‘The Djoker v The Man 3.0’ at Melbourne Park after impressive quarter-final victories on Wednesday, while an...

Guyana’s human rights record defended at UN’s Geneva review

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s human rights record defended at UN’s Geneva review

Due to blizzard conditions in the United States, Presidential Advisor Gail Texiera and Legal Advisor Damone Younge were unable to attend the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva. According to...

APNU committed to developing an educated nation

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU committed to developing an educated nation

Addressing a ‘Let’s talk’ youth forum sponsored by Blue CAPS, Leader of the Opposition Brigadier David Granger said that the bedrock of A Partnership for National Unity-APNU’s policy is the...

Rossouw and Amla tons set up 4-1 series

Jan 29, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rossouw and Amla tons set up 4-1 series

ESPNcricinfo – A performance of all-round quality to match their huge win at the Wanderers ensured South Africa ended their season on a high with a 131-run win in Centurion in their final...

Food Policy Division kicks off diabetes training programme

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Food Policy Division kicks off diabetes training programme

In an effort to combat the mortality and morbidity rates among diabetics, officials from the Food Policy Division of the Ministry of Health (MOH) have started to training health care officials and...

West Demerara Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Competition Tournament favourite Den Amstel survive tough encounter

Jan 29, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Demerara Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Futsal Competition Tournament favourite Den Amstel survive tough encounter

-Admiral United, Showstoppers, Raiders also win Tournament favourite Den Amstel made it two victories from as many matches when they defeated Showtime by a 2-1 margin as the preliminary rounds of the...

US commit to partnering region in clean energy projects

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US commit to partnering region in clean energy projects

In a significant move, the US has committed to helping the Caribbean develop clean energy projects that would ease the region’s dependence on fossil fuel. In a joint statement issued Tuesday after...

Central Bank commemorates 50 years by unveiling new logo

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Central Bank commemorates 50 years by unveiling new logo

To commemorate 50 years of distinguished contributions to the economy, the Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, unveiled yesterday the new logo...

Medical certificate tendered in Colin Mack rape trial

Jan 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Medical certificate tendered in Colin Mack rape trial

The medical certificate procured from the alleged victim implicated in the Colin Mack rape trial was yesterday tendered as evidence before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court. Mack is on trial...

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO PLEA BARGAINING?

Jan 29, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO PLEA BARGAINING?

Each month you read in the newspapers about some drug mule being held by the authorities and subsequently jailed. During their trial these couriers may indicate that they were paid a certain sum to...

Parbattie Jaggai Memorial – Inter Secondary School Under-17 Cricket Competition bowls off tomorrow

Jan 29, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Parbattie Jaggai Memorial – Inter Secondary School Under-17 Cricket Competition bowls off tomorrow

At a simple presentation ceremony held recently Mr. Steven Seeraj, son of the late Parbattie Jaggai, handed over the sponsorship cheque for a second year to Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA)...

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The reciprocal tariffs

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has once again proven his talent for making the indefensible... more