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Bypass highway to Ogle for year-end implementation – Housing Minister

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bypass highway to Ogle for year-end implementation – Housing Minister

Plans for a bypass highway that will connect the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara to Ogle could kick off by year end. This would however be dependent on the outcome of the May 11, 2015 National...

Crime Chief takes statement from Nageer on Health Minister’s threats

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Crime Chief takes statement from Nageer on Health Minister’s threats

– to receive recording of confrontation Crime Chief Leslie James yesterday interviewed women’s rights activist, Sherlina Nageer, about the highly publicized ‘slap and strip’ threats that...

Belvedere man wounded by marauding gang, hospitalized

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Belvedere man wounded by marauding gang, hospitalized

A Corentyne man is now hospitalized after he was wounded by a marauding gang as he was returning from a wedding house. According to information Devendra Roberts, 21, a labourer of Lot 18 Belvedere,...

Airline customer seeks promised monetary refund

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Airline customer seeks promised monetary refund

Almost a year after he was promised reimbursement of taxi monies, due to delayed flights, a Travel Span Airline customer is now seeking to receive promised monies from the airline. The customer, who...

Golden Grove rally…You have the last word … vote the PPP out of office- Granger tells supporters

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Golden Grove rally…You have the last word … vote the PPP out of office- Granger tells supporters

Opposition Leader and Presidential hopeful, Brig., (Rtd.) David Granger has called on supporters of the APNU+AFC coalition to take steps to ensure that the coalition enjoys a sweeping victory at the...

Corentyne woman, family attacked and robbed

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne woman, family attacked and robbed

A Corentyne housewife and her family were on Sunday evening attacked and robbed by five armed, masked and barefoot bandits who relieved her of over $11M in cash and jewelry. The hapless woman,...

Guyana to lead regional programme for micro-science

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to lead regional programme for micro-science

…Capacity building across Caribbean seen as key Years after Guyana became the first country in the Caribbean region to successfully implement the Global Micro-Science Experiments Project; its...

PPP lashes out at MMU over unfavourable review

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP lashes out at MMU over unfavourable review

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee, yesterday lashed out at the Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) for the reports that criticize actions by the state as reported in...

More blackouts hit Essequibo

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on More blackouts hit Essequibo

Just as Essequibians had anticipated a lull in their electricity woes that have been affecting residents in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam), on Monday residents living on the Southern section of the...

New US$20M TAU campus “pleasing” to President Ramotar

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New US$20M TAU campus “pleasing” to President Ramotar

– investment to help boost education and health tourism While Guyana has in recent years attracted a number of local and foreign investors that have been helping to bolster the economy, Head of...

When predictions fail

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on When predictions fail

Imagine yourself as a regular commentator on public affairs — maybe a paid pundit, maybe a supposed expert in some area, maybe just an opinionated billionaire. You weigh in on a major policy...

US ‘sister’ gives orphaned boy second chance in life

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US ‘sister’ gives orphaned boy second chance in life

Patrick Daly was orphaned at age 8, and that’s when the tumor on his right cheek began to grow. It was small at first. Daly would touch its hard surface, but he didn’t know what it was. It began...

Lack of accountability creates the likes of Bheri Ramsaran – GHRA

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Lack of accountability creates the likes of Bheri Ramsaran – GHRA

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is the latest organisation to publicly condemn the actions of Health Minister, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, who was recently caught on tape verbally abusing human...

Father of 3 remanded for armed robberies

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Father of 3 remanded for armed robberies

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a father of three to prison yesterday, after he was slapped with two counts of armed robberies. Particulars of the first charge stated that on March...

Elegant Fashions Easter Hats Affair a huge success— says promoter Francine Major

Apr 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Elegant Fashions Easter Hats Affair a huge success— says promoter Francine Major

Linden women pulled out all the stops, recently, to showcase their talent in hat designing. There were hats designed from coconut trash, fibre and branch; hats of tibisiri, newspapers and magazines,...

Sophia bus driver granted bail for death of 4 year -old

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Sophia bus driver granted bail for death of 4 year -old

Paul John, who appeared in court three weeks ago for allegedly causing the death of four year-old Jayden Charles, on Water Street, Georgetown, was released on $250,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Priya...

20-year-old jailed for cocaine in photo albums

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 20-year-old jailed for cocaine in photo albums

An American citizen who was promised a large sum of money to traffic cocaine, was handed a three year sentence yesterday, after he pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking charge. Antwon Brumfield, 20,...

Plastic City resident gets 13 years for manslaughter

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Plastic City resident gets 13 years for manslaughter

Plastic City resident, Michael Powley, was yesterday sentenced to 13 years in prison for the unlawful killing of his neighbour, Visnauth Narine called ‘Buddy.’ Powley, 44, a coconut vendor of Lot...

Do the President and GO-Invest live in different worlds from the forest sector of Guyana?

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do the President and GO-Invest live in different worlds from the forest sector of Guyana?

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News reported (‘‘Ramotar repeats 2011 election promises at GMSA luncheon”, 23 April 2015) remarks on the forest sector by President Ramotar at the GMSA business lunch on...

Is GRA sleeping?

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is GRA sleeping?

DEAR EDITOR, We have two weeks left before the General and Regional Elections. The ruling party knows that it is fighting for its life with rampant accusations of corruption. It has been the single...

Let’s use our ballots to erase the ugliness and reclaim the beauty that is ours

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s use our ballots to erase the ugliness and reclaim the beauty that is ours

DEAR EDITOR, Ms. Ryhaan Shah has ignited a debate over the role of the “past” in Guyana’s public political discourse. She has accused the APNU-AFC Coalition of urging Guyanese to forget the...

The PPP’s promise of job creation is its biggest lie

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP’s promise of job creation is its biggest lie

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese should reflect on Glenn Lall and the Kaieteur News’ dedication and commitment to Guyana’s democracy with their unfailing efforts to make information accessible to the...

We are aware of the past, but we want a future

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are aware of the past, but we want a future

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to some of the statements made in Ms. Ryhaan Shah’s letter in the April 25, 2015 edition of Stabroek News, “Only in Guyana could senior politicians posit that putting aside...

Maybe we do need change

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maybe we do need change

DEAR EDITOR With general elections to elect a new government literally days away, I want to take this time to express my disgust with the stance taken by the PPP/C in relation to use or rather abuse...

Our country will rise again under the new government

Apr 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our country will rise again under the new government

DEAR EDITOR, In its manifesto, the PPP says, “With economic sovereignty restored, our country started, in 2006, the most remarkable period of economic growth in its history. Since then, we have...

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