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Doobay Medical Centre eyes kidney transplants in two years’ time

Jun 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Doobay Medical Centre eyes kidney transplants in two years’ time

Plans were long in the making for kidney transplant operations to be conducted at the Annandale, East Coast Demerara, Doobay Medical Centre. It is the hope of the management of the not-for-profit...

Business family appeals for return of passports stolen by bandits

Jun 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Business family appeals for return of passports stolen by bandits

A Georgetown business family is offering a reward for the recovery of three passports that were stolen on Sunday, after gunmen invaded their Waterloo Street, South Cummingsburg home and carted off...

Security guards slapped with three charges after mining camp attack

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Security guards slapped with three charges after mining camp attack

Four men were yesterday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, to answer several charges that stemmed from an attack they allegedly launched on a mining camp, last month. The men,...

Mahdia dredge operator stabbed, hospitalized

Jun 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia dredge operator stabbed, hospitalized

A situation caused a man to be stabbed several times about the body Saturday just before midnight, at his 7 Miles, Mahdia home. Robin Giles, 48, is now a patient at the Male Surgical Ward of the...

Wanted man nabbed in Berbice for 2009 murder

Jun 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted man nabbed in Berbice for 2009 murder

Wanted man Errol Kesney, called “Shortman”, 31, who gave his address as Pilot Street, New Amsterdam, was on Sunday morning nabbed in Berbice by alert police who were informed about his...

Curbing crime is an electoral promise

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Curbing crime is an electoral promise

May was probably the most deadly month in the annals of this country when it comes to murders. No less than twenty people were killed in Guyana, some execution style, some during robberies and others...

Govt begins financial audit of NICIL, Gold Board

Jun 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt begins financial audit of NICIL, Gold Board

The Ministry of Finance was expected to commence financial audits of at least four agencies yesterday. Three of them are the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), the Guyana Gold Board (GCB)...

US court allows cash jet pilot delay in plea hearing

Jun 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US court allows cash jet pilot delay in plea hearing

A Guyanese pilot charged with attempting to smuggle more than US$600,000 ($120M) in cash abroad his jet, en route to Guyana, has been granted a delay in his plea hearing. After changing his plea to...

18-year-old miner stabbed to death in early morning robbery

Jun 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 18-year-old miner stabbed to death in early morning robbery

The trend of a murder almost every day continued yesterday with the death of 18-year-old miner Keith Daniels. The young man was stabbed to death during a robbery that saw him relieved of his cellular...

PPP Candidate challenges appointment of Youth Director

Jun 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP Candidate challenges appointment of Youth Director

…Says selection “illegal” Even while the Ministry of Education continues to deny that AFC member Trevor Williams is the new Director of Youth, a PPP/C Candidate has moved to the High Court to...

Retired head teacher/politician basks in national award

Jun 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Retired head teacher/politician basks in national award

Mrs. Doreen Duncan is the kind of person who commands one’s respect. Her demeanor speaks volumes. The Politician, Pastor and retired Headmistress is no ordinary woman. She was recently named with...

Convict before court on armed robbery charges

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Convict before court on armed robbery charges

A convicted bandit was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, for the offence of robbery under-arms. Kurt Kendall, of 477 Section B Non Pareil, East Coast...

Vryheid’s Lust resident refused bail after firing gun at woman

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Vryheid’s Lust resident refused bail after firing gun at woman

A Vryheid’s Lust man was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly discharging a loaded firearm at a woman. Security guard, Edward Hubert Mc Callum, 35, denied the allegation which stated that on...

Daughter of murdered beautician recalls fatal incident

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Daughter of murdered beautician recalls fatal incident

The teenage daughter of murdered beautician, Latoya Conway-Woolford, told the court yesterday that on February 8, 2009 her stepfather, Charles Anthony Woolford, had plunged a knife into her...

Suspected Campbellville murder weapon tendered in court

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Suspected Campbellville murder weapon tendered in court

The weapon believed used in the murder of Colleen Forester was yesterday tendered into evidence in the trial which is ongoing before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire and a mixed jury at the...

Put Guyana first by electing Dr. Scotland as Speaker of its National Assembly

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Put Guyana first by electing Dr. Scotland as Speaker of its National Assembly

DEAR EDITOR, This is an open letter to the persons, who on becoming National Assembly members on Wednesday 10th June, 2015 would be electing, on that said day, a Speaker of the National Assembly...

The Bold and Righteous

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Bold and Righteous

DEAR EDITOR, One of the APNU-AFC coalition banners boldly proclaimed, “It is time for Righteousness”. I strongly supported that call and I believe God has changed the direction of Guyana. As...

Political wannabees need to shut up and let democracy flourish

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political wannabees need to shut up and let democracy flourish

DEAR EDITOR, I see that Mr. Peter Ramsaroop is at it again – writing about how the PPP should boycott Parliament – and trying to be pertinent to the politics of Guyana. This man is surely...

I am certain that the Disciplined Forces Commission’s recommendations will be expeditiously implemented

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am certain that the Disciplined Forces Commission’s recommendations will be expeditiously implemented

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to a letter of C C Kennard, Chairman, Police Complaints Authority, in Stabroek News, of Saturday June 6, 2015 under the caption ‘Police Complaints Authority investigators do...

My company has been greatly humiliated

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on My company has been greatly humiliated

DEAR EDITOR, I, like any other Guyanese citizen who has been providing quality service to the people of Guyana in excess of 25 years in various areas of expertise, will apply or tender for contracts...

What makes a good Father? Who decides?

Jun 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on What makes a good Father? Who decides?

DEAR EDITOR, The month of June’s celebratory Father’s Day has arrived. However, reflecting on one of life’s most important consumer-driven occasions has forced me to ask the question: What...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more