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PMTCT programme yielding noticeable successes, says NAPS Manager

Mar 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PMTCT programme yielding noticeable successes, says NAPS Manager

…but too few men involved A keen effort is currently being directed to having more men included in the national Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programme. The Programme is...

Qualfon opens Providence location

Mar 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Qualfon opens Providence location

– expected to provide 6,000 jobs in five years Almost two years after Qualfon Guyana turned the sod for its multi-million- dollar state-of-the-art Call Centre campus, the Providence...

Thefts, technical losses down

Mar 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Thefts, technical losses down

– GPL tells regulators State-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), under fire for not doing enough to bring down losses from thefts and technical issues, says that it made some progress last...

Kicking asses: The story of unlimited power

Mar 27, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Kicking asses: The story of unlimited power

If any country in the last fifty years since the fall of Fascist Europe after World War Two shows the psychological invincibility that takes over leaders who rule without opposition, it is the reign...

EU and CARIFORUM launch Euro 3.1M project

Mar 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on EU and CARIFORUM launch Euro 3.1M project

By Desilon Daniels The European Union (EU) and the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) launched a multi-million Euro project aimed towards improving capacity building in the 15 member states of CARIFORUM....

14 years for remorseful wife killer

Mar 27, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 14 years for remorseful wife killer

An apologetic Rudolph London was yesterday sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for killing his reputed wife four years ago. London told the court that he was sorry for his actions and begged for...

3 months jail for stealing car mirrors

Mar 27, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 3 months jail for stealing car mirrors

Desperate times definitely calls for desperate measures. This was the case of Osafo Gordon yesterday, when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Gordon was sentenced to three months...

Princess Hotel waitress on cocaine charge

Mar 27, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Princess Hotel waitress on cocaine charge

A Princess Hotel waitress, who attempted to traffic cocaine to Barbados, was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Marsha Maria De Caires, 22 of 56 Happy Acres,...

No bail for gold miner accused of coke trafficking

Mar 27, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on No bail for gold miner accused of coke trafficking

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a gold miner to prison after it was alleged he had cocaine in his possession. Lloyd Munroe, 36, of West Coast Berbice, denied the accusation which...

Has Bharat Jagdeo ‘Putinized’ the PPP?

Mar 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Has Bharat Jagdeo ‘Putinized’ the PPP?

Dear Editor, One would have to be blind to not notice the re-emergence of former President Bharat Jagdeo within the political milieu of Guyana. For the discerning who follow international affairs...

PM Hinds presided over the GPL, which suffered from one crisis to the other

Mar 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on PM Hinds presided over the GPL, which suffered from one crisis to the other

Dear Editor, In a letter of March 22, Prime Minister Hinds stated that failure to implement the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) on the Potaro River will stunt growth of the economy and...

How much more infamy must come to the highest office of the land?

Mar 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on How much more infamy must come to the highest office of the land?

Dear Editor, ‘Back in the days’ when we were young men, we learned that those who use indecent language (cuss words) or other inappropriate words to express themselves in public were lacking in...

As head of state, Mr. Ramotar should have been ashamed to make such hateful remarks

Mar 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on As head of state, Mr. Ramotar should have been ashamed to make such hateful remarks

Dear Editor, There should have been national outrage and perhaps a stampede among Guyanese in and out of Guyana at Mr. Ramotar’s dreadful statement in which he almost labeled Crum-Ewing a criminal,...

The coalition’s visit to the world’s leading democracy was not without disruptive heckling

Mar 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The coalition’s visit to the world’s leading democracy was not without disruptive heckling

Dear Editor, It is unfortunate that media reports are being carried about a Police arrest of me and the accuracy of such a report was not verified or validated. It should be stated clearly that I was...

Schoolgirl’s nude body found at seawall

Mar 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolgirl’s nude body found at seawall

The nude body of a 14-year-old student of Campbellville Secondary School was discovered on the seawall yesterday by passersby in the vicinity of the University of Guyana (UG) Access Road, Turkeyen,...

Skeldon set for disastrous first crop after late start

Mar 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon set for disastrous first crop after late start

The sugar industry is continuing its nightmarish run of poor performance with the multi-billion-dollar Skeldon factory heading for another disaster crop. The US$200M factory started weeks late, in...

One pilot locked out of cockpit in crashed plane

Mar 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on One pilot locked out of cockpit in crashed plane

PARIS — As officials struggled Wednesday to explain why a jet with 150 people on board crashed in relatively clear skies, an investigator said evidence from a cockpit voice recorder indicated one...

Mash night killers get 75 years each

Mar 26, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mash night killers get 75 years each

“I am innocent of this charge,” were the identical words uttered by the two persons implicated in the Mash night mob killing of businessman, Kumar Mohabir. They had just been found guilty by a...

Western diplomats “pleased” with GECOM’s preparations

Mar 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Western diplomats “pleased” with GECOM’s preparations

…political parties help in ID card distribution Western diplomats have expressed satisfaction with the preparations of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for the May 11General Elections. “We...

Jagdeo pajama front open

Mar 26, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo pajama front open

You need a sense of humour to work in a nursing home … that’s for sure! You does put up wid nuff things when de day come. And you need a straitjacket to keep you hand off Brassington and...

Champions Guyana Jaguars return home

Mar 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Champions Guyana Jaguars return home

Four team members in WI 20-man training squad By Sean Devers The victorious Guyana Jaguars cricket team, minus Narsingh Deonarine who stopped off in Trinidad where he now resides, touched down at the...

Overseas trio eager to play for Golden Jaguars

Mar 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Overseas trio eager to play for Golden Jaguars

By Zaheer Mohamed Fresh from a 2-0 victory over St. Lucia, Guyana’s Golden Jaguars are currently preparing for their next engagement against Grenada on Sunday at the National Stadium, Providence....

Nestle Milo U-20 Schools Football Competition…Spectacular semi-finals predicted today

Mar 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nestle Milo U-20 Schools Football Competition…Spectacular semi-finals predicted today

By Rawle Welch Reigning champions Lodge will have to improve immensely to stand a chance of defending their title when they face Dolphin in semi-final action of the Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools...

Guinness Greatest of de Streets’ Competition…Buxton, Melanie ‘A’ and ‘B’ and Plaisance ‘A’ lead top contenders into KO phase

Mar 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness Greatest of de Streets’ Competition…Buxton, Melanie ‘A’ and ‘B’ and Plaisance ‘A’ lead top contenders into KO phase

Buxton, Melanie ‘A’ and ‘B’ and Plaisance ‘A’ maintained their unbeaten run at the conclusion of the preliminary phase of the East Coast segment of the Guinness Greatest of de Streets’...

RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee…Hand-in-Hand Insurance, GTM, Apex Insurance, NAMILCO and DeSinco ‘chip’ in

Mar 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee…Hand-in-Hand Insurance, GTM, Apex Insurance, NAMILCO and DeSinco ‘chip’ in

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) Silver Jubilee anniversary celebration continues to attract the support of corporate Guyana. Hand-in-Hand Group of Companies has donated two...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) have forfeited... more