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UNFPA addresses the achievement of Women’s Rights

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UNFPA addresses the achievement of Women’s Rights

… many still victims of domestic violence In observance of last week’s International Women’s Day and the twentieth Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United...

UG Unions calling for VC’s resignation/dismissal

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG Unions calling for VC’s resignation/dismissal

– threatens industrial action if “intractable attitudes” continue Convinced that Vice Chancellor (VC), Professor Jacob Opadeyi, is guilty of poor management of the University of Guyana...

Guyana: How murder takes place in a dictatorship

Mar 17, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana: How murder takes place in a dictatorship

I would suggest you see one of the great movies ever made with one of the greatest actors of all time. In “Night of the Generals” Peter O’Toole acted as a sadistic Nazi killer of prostitutes....

ESSEQUIBO RICE PROTEST CONTINUES

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ESSEQUIBO RICE PROTEST CONTINUES

The Essequibo rice farmers protest has been gaining momentum. The farmers are continuing to decry the price for paddy. Friday’s protest saw some 75 rice farmers taking to the streets again. The...

El Dorado Rum stays on top in USA, Canada

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on El Dorado Rum stays on top in USA, Canada

Despite decline in national rum sales in both the USA and Canada, Guyana’s premier El Dorado brand garnered big profits in both nations. The rum also saw increasing sales in the Caribbean....

Concerns persist over delayed Cath Lab for CHI

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Concerns persist over delayed Cath Lab for CHI

“Something is very rotten here,” said a senior health official yesterday of a protracted delay in the completion of a new Cardiac Cath Laboratory at the Caribbean Heart Institution (CHI) and by...

Neesa Gopaul murder… Relatives of convicted killers struggle to cope with long incarceration

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Neesa Gopaul murder… Relatives of convicted killers struggle to cope with long incarceration

Relatives of Bibi Shareema Gopaul and Jarvis Barry Small are holding firm to their conviction that the two persons found guilty for the murder of former Queen’s College student, Neesa Gopaul, are...

Former Chief Magistrate enters electoral race

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former Chief Magistrate enters electoral race

– raises concern of APNU+AFC legitimacy The National Democratic Party of Guyana (NDPG) officially launched its entry for the upcoming General and Regional Elections on May 11. The launching...

Armed masked bandits rob Corentyne couple

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Armed masked bandits rob Corentyne couple

The police are on the hunt for four armed bandits who on Sunday evening broke and entered the dwelling house of a No. 48 Village, Corentyne couple and robbed them before making good their escape....

50 West Berbicians complete Basic Needs IT Programme

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 50 West Berbicians complete Basic Needs IT Programme

Fifty West Berbicians recently completed an Information Technology training programme and featured in a graduation exercise at the Regional Boardroom, Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice. The Best...

Police silent on Crum-Ewing probe

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police silent on Crum-Ewing probe

Five days after President Donald Ramotar exhorted the Guyana Police Force to find the killers of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, investigators are still clutching at straws, even as the dead...

‘Lapsy’ wanted for execution-style murder of teen gangster

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Lapsy’ wanted for execution-style murder of teen gangster

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for Jermaine Simon, called ‘Lapsy’, in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Ryan Sooklall. Sooklall was gunned down in a Providence, East Bank Demerara...

Hot N’ Spicy celebrates a decade of existence

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hot N’ Spicy celebrates a decade of existence

To mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of Hot N’ Spicy Creole Corner, located at 112 Third and Albert Streets, Alberttown, owners Vanessa and Ken Singh, are celebrating 10 Hot N’ Spicy years...

WHERE ARE THE SAFEGUARDS?

Mar 17, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE ARE THE SAFEGUARDS?

The APNU/AFC bandwagon has set off. The new coalition had its first rally last Saturday to an expected large crown in Linden. Not much in terms of policy was discussed. Ousting the PPPC from office...

Magistrate Moore transferred to city court

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate Moore transferred to city court

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has transferred recently reinstated Magistrate, Alex Moore, to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Moore was moved from the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court and...

APNU+AFC requests stronger police security for Granger and Nagamootoo

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC requests stronger police security for Granger and Nagamootoo

The opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) has requested that the Guyana Police Force provide strong security for its Presidential Candidate David...

Duo facing judge and jury for Mash Day killing

Mar 17, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo facing judge and jury for Mash Day killing

The trial of the duo implicated in the mob killing of Enterprise East Coast Demerara, businessman, Kumar Mohabir, on Republic Day, 2013 began at the Georgetown High Court, yesterday. Mohabir, called...

GPHC’s Paediatric Ward relocated

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC’s Paediatric Ward relocated

The Paediatric Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been relocated to the ground floor of the facility’s New Wing. This was done almost a year after it was officially...

Man pleads guilty to rape of nine-year-old

Mar 17, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man pleads guilty to rape of nine-year-old

Rape accused, Leyrone Sandiford, is scheduled to face sentencing by a High Court Judge later this month, after he admitted to the crime he committed sometime in May, 2011. The accused appeared before...

Mahdia resident remanded on ganja charge

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia resident remanded on ganja charge

A Mahdia resident appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday charged with trafficking in narcotics. The court heard that on March12, Nigel Gordon had 31 grams of cannabis in his...

Six days after assassination… Cops make little headway in finding killers

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Six days after assassination… Cops make little headway in finding killers

Six days after political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing’s shocking assassination, police have made little headway in finding his killers. An official confirmed yesterday that police have released two...

Shipping out timber is a challenge in Guyana – ITTO

Mar 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shipping out timber is a challenge in Guyana – ITTO

Shipping timber is a challenge in Guyana since “the access channel to the port is always under threat from heavy silting and this is a challenge for the authorities as regular dredging is...

Let us keep our focus; we have a nation to build and a future to forge

Mar 17, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us keep our focus; we have a nation to build and a future to forge

DEAR EDITOR, I write this letter out of great respect, regards and honour for my fellow Guyanese. March 10, 2015 was a very sad day for many of us; sad because Guyana has lost a good citizen –...

Tribute to a hero, the late Courtney Crum-Ewing

Mar 17, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tribute to a hero, the late Courtney Crum-Ewing

Dear Editor, We were stunned and saddened by the news of the assassination of Courtney Crum-Ewing and although we did not know him personally, the shock and grief we felt were great – words...

Which tradition will we stand for?

Mar 17, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Which tradition will we stand for?

DEAR EDITOR, In October 2014, the media released a private conversation in which the current Attorney-General Anil Nandlall is heard making threats against the Kaieteur News for critical coverage,...