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UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon visits Guyana

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon visits Guyana

Secretary General of the United Nations, His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon made a brief stop-over in Guyana yesterday en route to New York, USA after attending the Peoples World Conference on Climate Change...

Armed bandits shoot RK guard, escape with bag of cash

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandits shoot RK guard, escape with bag of cash

Four armed bandits attacked two security guards attached to RK Security Service, shooting one of them and escaping with an undisclosed sum of cash in what is being described as a brazen daylight...

Chang’s departure will be opportunity to end sorry state of affairs – Ramkarran

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Chang’s departure will be opportunity to end sorry state of affairs – Ramkarran

With Chief Justice (Ag) Ian Chang likely to proceed on pre-retirement leave sometime before the end of the year, the post will not be vacant as many have surmised. Rather it is only the post of a...

50 percent salary increase for MPs… Decision suggests political naivety, arrogance, insensitivity –Political Activist, Dr. David Hinds

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 50 percent salary increase for MPs… Decision suggests political naivety, arrogance, insensitivity –Political Activist, Dr. David Hinds

“Gov’t may already be out of touch with the realities of life on the ground.” Political Activist and University Professor, Dr. David Hinds believes that government’s recent decision to...

New govt. to get UK help that PPP turned down

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New govt. to get UK help that PPP turned down

‘Better late than never’, is probably what the new government had in mind when it approached the United Kingdom’s High Commissioner to Guyana, James Gregory Quinn seeking to access the Security...

US$30M sale of Skeldon generators a major headache for new Govt.

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US$30M sale of Skeldon generators a major headache for new Govt.

Months after the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) sold its electricity generation facilities at the new Skeldon sugar factory, the company is yet to be paid in full. There are also indications that...

Soulja Bai got to play dance music fuh de people

Oct 12, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai got to play dance music fuh de people

Old people got a saying-Dance a battam look ah top. Is a nice saying that is also a message. De pay rise that de Ministers and all dem MPs gun get is something to dance about. But dem got to look at...

Mother, child found dead at Pomeroon landing, baby survives

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mother, child found dead at Pomeroon landing, baby survives

By: Romila Boodram and Yannason Duncan The nude bodies of a young mother and her two-year-old daughter were found floating under a dilapidated landing in the Pomeroon River, where they had reportedly...

Barbados bound Granny busted with cocaine and weed at Ogle

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados bound Granny busted with cocaine and weed at Ogle

Narcotics Police Officers at the Ogle International Airport arrested a 60-year-old Guyanese woman on Sunday afternoon after she was found with cocaine and marijuana in her suitcases. Reports from...

Prisoner chopped to head over non delivery of “weed”

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner chopped to head over non delivery of “weed”

A prisoner is nursing a chop wound to his head following an attack by at least two other inmates of the Georgetown prisons. The injured prisoner Patrick Chad Coates was rushed to the Georgetown...

Cops grill wife, friend over murder plot claim

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops grill wife, friend over murder plot claim

– woman claims spouse fabricated story Police have questioned a Berbice woman and one of her friends following claims by her estranged husband that she had twice hired individuals to have him...

PAHF Pan Am Challenge…Guyana finish fourth after 2-3 penalty shootout loss

Oct 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on PAHF Pan Am Challenge…Guyana finish fourth after 2-3 penalty shootout loss

After a brave display throughout the tournament Guyana had to settle for fourth place as the curtains came down on the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Pan Am Challenge yesterday in Chicklayo,...

Baby among four survivors in Kitty smash-up

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Baby among four survivors in Kitty smash-up

A baby is among four persons that escaped death yesterday following a two vehicle collision at the corners of David and Alexander Streets in Kitty, East Bank Demerara. The accident occurred shortly...

U.S urges swift implementation of SWF as oil exploration moves forward “rapidly”

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on U.S urges swift implementation of SWF as oil exploration moves forward “rapidly”

United States of America Embassy’s Chargé D’Affaires, Bryan Hunt sees it as important that Guyana moves as swiftly as possible to chose and implement a model for the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF)....

Date set for reports on legal challenge over sale of Pradoville Two lands

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Date set for reports on legal challenge over sale of Pradoville Two lands

A date has been set for reports into the legal challenge over the sale of Pradoville 2 lands. The case was filed on behalf of former Member of Parliament (MP) Desmond Trotman. Last Wednesday,...

Stag Elite League…Monedderlust edge GFC; Slingerz trounce Buxton

Oct 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Elite League…Monedderlust edge GFC; Slingerz trounce Buxton

Home team Monedderlust FC maintained their unbeaten record at home in this inaugural Stag Elite League (SEL) when they again absorbed the opening goal before coming back to disappoint their visitors...

“Time to step up on gender-based violence,” says local NGO

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on “Time to step up on gender-based violence,” says local NGO

– calls on Govt for swift action As Guyana joins the rest of the world in celebrating Domestic Violence Awareness Month, calls are being made for a more comprehensive approach to the...

Public servants to be trained in ICT services – Harmon

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Public servants to be trained in ICT services – Harmon

The public sector is expected to benefit significantly when the Guyana Government embarks upon Information and Communication Technology (ICT). And while the ultimate beneficiaries will be the...

Pregnant woman stable after electric shock… Off duty rank fired the shot

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant woman stable after electric shock… Off duty rank fired the shot

A police rank at the center of the incident involving the electrical wire which burnt two women outside a Pouderoyen bar is in custody. This is even as five months pregnant victim Lukeisha Clarke of...

Fourth Kadir Memorial 80-mile Cycle Road Race…Jeffrey rides away with ounce of gold prize

Oct 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fourth Kadir Memorial 80-mile Cycle Road Race…Jeffrey rides away with ounce of gold prize

It was back to back wins for Raynauth ‘Obeah Man’ Jeffrey when he stormed to victory in the fourth annual Kadir Memorial 80-mile Cycle Road Race to add to the 11th Hand in Hand feature race which...

Charlestown Secondary honours first headmaster, Edgar Wilson

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Charlestown Secondary honours first headmaster, Edgar Wilson

…as school celebrates 50th anniversary By Desilon Daniels Sitting at the corner of Howes and Charles Street, Charlestown is the Charlestown Secondary School. Opened on October 4, 1965, the...

EBDCA T20…Sand Pipers, North Soesdyke in winners’ lane

Oct 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBDCA T20…Sand Pipers, North Soesdyke in winners’ lane

By Zaheer Mohamed Sand Pipers and North Soesdyke recorded victories when the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association (EBDCA) T20 tournament continued yesterday at Everest Cricket Club. Sand Pipers...

Guyanese Akeem Dodson eyeing Regional Super50

Oct 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Akeem Dodson eyeing Regional Super50

By Sean Devers Twenty-eight year-old ICC Americas batsman Akeem Dodson has already played in a WICB’s Regional 50-over cricket tournament when he played three matches for the United States of...

Guyana ministerial team meets with Canadian investors

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana ministerial team meets with Canadian investors

A high level team of Government Ministers including Public Security Vice President Khemraj Ramjattan, Infrastructure Minister David Patterson and Business Minister Dominic Gaskin on Friday last met...

Relatives post $2M reward for arrest of citrus farmer’s killers

Oct 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives post $2M reward for arrest of citrus farmer’s killers

It’s been three years since Bhim Narine Ramanand’s bound and mutilated body was found on his Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara farm, citrus farm, but police have made no progress in tracking...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more