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President to address opening ceremony of annual police officers’ conference today

Mar 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President to address opening ceremony of annual police officers’ conference today

The annual Officers’ conference of the Guyana Police Force is set to begin tomorrow at the Force’s Head Quarters, Eve Leary. Head of State, President Donald Ramotar is slated to deliver the...

Pump station to ease E’bo flooding

Mar 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pump station to ease E’bo flooding

In an effort to address the constant flooding that has been experienced in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) every time it rains excessively, the Ministry of Agriculture through the National Drainage...

‘We are standing here because we want justice!’

Mar 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘We are standing here because we want justice!’

As people demonstrate for slain activist outside Ministry of Legal affairs Though they did not come out in their numbers beside Courtney Crum-Ewing in his lifetime, civil society made up for it by...

GT&T blames car crash for downtown disruption

Mar 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T blames car crash for downtown disruption

Approximately 1,000 GT&T landline and data customers in the downtown Georgetown area are without service following damage to the company’s cable cabinet facility. This information was confirmed...

Assassination of anti-Govt. protestor… Family appeals for calm; convinced killing linked to activism

Mar 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Assassination of anti-Govt. protestor… Family appeals for calm; convinced killing linked to activism

For 80 days, he stood outside of the offices of Attorney General, most times alone, his voice loud, railing against abuse by Government officials. For the former Queen’s College boy, he was right...

Vector Services begin work at Ogle airport

Mar 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Vector Services begin work at Ogle airport

As part of its mandate to expand its reach across Guyana, the Vector Control Services began functioning at the Ogle International Airport yesterday. This is according to VCS Director Dr. Reyaud...

CCJ to host seventh annual law moot this Friday

Mar 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ to host seventh annual law moot this Friday

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be hosting its seventh Annual International Law Moot tomorrow at its Headquarters in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Students from throughout CARICOM are set to...

Desmond Hoyte lecture today

Mar 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Desmond Hoyte lecture today

The Hugh Desmond Hoyte Sixth Commemorative Lecture will be held today in the Savannah Suite of the Pegasus Hotel from 17:00 hrs. This activity is being held in honour of Hoyte’s 86th birth...

New political party gears for Region Four elections

Mar 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New political party gears for Region Four elections

On March 1, Organization for the Victory of the People (OVP) launched its 2015 election campaign with the slogan ‘No More Decisions About Us, Without Us’. OVP’s leader, Gerald Perreira, is well...

Doerga, Rahman misleading rice farmers – GRPA’s Seeraj

Mar 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Doerga, Rahman misleading rice farmers – GRPA’s Seeraj

General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (GRPA), Mr. Dharamkumar Seeraj, has lashed out at sentiments expressed by Dr. Turhane Doerga, senior official of Alesie Rice, and prominent...

West Berbice man pleads guilty to raping 10 year old

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on West Berbice man pleads guilty to raping 10 year old

…probation report ordered A man who is well known to the authorities and was on trial for raping a 10-year-old has pleaded guilty to the charge. The man, Dennis Evans, called ‘Die Die’, 36 of...

Rape accused freed after complainant refuses to testify

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Rape accused freed after complainant refuses to testify

Leroy Deonarine walked out of the Georgetown High Court a free man yesterday, after he was acquitted of rape. Deonarine, called “Baby,” was charged for having carnal knowledge of a female under...

Diamond youth remanded for two counts of armed robbery

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Diamond youth remanded for two counts of armed robbery

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a teenager to prison after he was charged with two counts of armed robbery. Gold miner, Eon Godfrey Lynch,18, denied the allegation which stated that...

Farmer gets remanded for murder attempt

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Farmer gets remanded for murder attempt

Wakenaam farmer, Vijai Sancharra, who inflicted severe chop wounds to a man, who he had an argument with on March 7, last, was on Tuesday remanded to prison until March 25, by Magistrate Sunil...

Watchman jailed for trafficking cocaine

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Watchman jailed for trafficking cocaine

A 23-year-old watchman was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by Magistrate Judy Latchman after he pleaded guilty to a narcotic charge. T.J Prince had 0.8 grams of cocaine in his...

As a Guyanese citizen, I condemn in the strongest terms this wanton killing

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on As a Guyanese citizen, I condemn in the strongest terms this wanton killing

DEAR EDITOR, At approximately 1930 hours on Tuesday evening, from where I reside, I heard at least five separate explosions which from the sounds, suggested they came from a firearm or from several...

I really enjoyed the exciting debate

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I really enjoyed the exciting debate

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to extend congratulations to Ms. Ryhaan Shah and Mr. Ruel Johnson for the recent duel in the media and exchange of views intelligently on the nomination, selection and awarding...

I urge the media to focus more on issues of substance

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I urge the media to focus more on issues of substance

DEAR EDITOR, The attempts made by the political opposition, aided and abetted by the opposition media, to divert public attention from real and substantive issues of national development has not gone...

Don’t take my words for granted, get up and do your research!

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t take my words for granted, get up and do your research!

DEAR EDITOR, Since a country’s foreign policy is in keeping with its domestic imperatives, Guyana’s foreign policy can be described as both proactive and independent. These attributes have been...

My heart aches

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on My heart aches

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me some physical and emotional space to grieve for my true friend Courtney Crum-Ewing. RIP my brother Courtney. I remember our school days at QC. You an ardent E houser,...

Disarming the armed by means of amnesty

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disarming the armed by means of amnesty

DEAR EDITOR, Seeing that my Guyana Eldorado is on the brink of a major change, come May 11, would the country further benefit from a grand overhaul in the form of a gun amnesty? With the dawn of each...

Police must stop this practice

Mar 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police must stop this practice

DEAR EDITOR, Have you ever been stopped by a traffic cop for a traffic light violation or any other minor offence and told that you have to go to the station, with the officer shadowing you like a...

Anti-government protestor assassinated

Mar 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-government protestor assassinated

Opposition political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing, well known for his one-man protests, was shot dead last evening at Third Avenue, Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) while urging...

Shopkeeper gunned down in Agricola

Mar 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shopkeeper gunned down in Agricola

– escaped execution attempt last Sunday A gunman wearing a hooded sweat-shirt riddled 28-year-old shopkeeper Randy Persaud with bullets in Second Street, Agricola, at around 20.00 hrs last...

Bouterse’s son jailed for 16 years in U.S.

Mar 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bouterse’s son jailed for 16 years in U.S.

US – (Reuters) – The son of Suriname’s President was yesterday sentenced to 16 and a 1/4 years in prison, after pleading guilty last August to U.S. charges that he tried to offer a home...

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Prisoners snatch overall boxing Novice Championship title

Sep 29, 2026

– ends extended GDF run (Kaieteur News) – The Republican Gym’s return to competitive boxing ended in championship glory, as the prisoners captured the overall team title at the Guyana...

No security of tenure for ministers

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a new career opportunity developing in Guyana that could revolutionise the public service. You can become a former Minister. Traditionally, when somebody stopped being a Minister, the public assumed that was the end of the ministerial chapter. The person might return...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

From Salem and Wisconsin to Georgetown, Guyana

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over three hundred years after Massachusetts, the plague that roiled it struck Georgetown. Over three quarters of a century after Wisconsin, that same bomb has been detonated across Guyana. It’s a bunker buster. Everyone keeping their heads low; who doesn’t have cover...

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