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US$49 million in pepper-sauce is a surreal story

Nov 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on US$49 million in pepper-sauce is a surreal story

Manager of Policies, Markets and Information Communication Technology (ICT) at the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development (CTA), Lamon Rutten, told the meeting of the...

Immigration lawyers to host seminar on U.S deportation

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration lawyers to host seminar on U.S deportation

Immigration Attorneys at Law, Joan Pinnock and William Golding, will on Saturday, host a seminar targeting those who have been deported from the United States of America. The programme will begin at...

Taxi driver gets 15 years for Water Street killing

Nov 07, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver gets 15 years for Water Street killing

A 15 year jail sentence was imposed by Justice Jo Ann Barlow on Joseph Williams at the Georgetown Supreme Court yesterday. The 30-year- old taxi driver and father of four, was the lone accused...

Bandits brutalise, rob overseas based Guyanese

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits brutalise, rob overseas based Guyanese

An overseas-based Guyanese, who recently returned to his homeland to attend a sibling’s funeral, was chopped in the back around 02:45 hrs yesterday, by bandits who invaded the Stanleytown, Berbice...

Hospital dislocates baby shoulder during delivery, mother queries the act

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hospital dislocates baby shoulder during delivery, mother queries the act

Parbattie Ramdatt, the mother of an infant whose shoulder was allegedly dislocated during birth to allow for delivery is still questioning the actions of the medical staff. The staff, mostly foreign...

Guyana gets US$350,000 under CBSI

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gets US$350,000 under CBSI

Guyana has received an additional US$350,000 under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), to support its law enforcement and narcotics control interventions. Minister of Foreign Affairs,...

Public Health Minister lauds Giftland ‘baby room’

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Public Health Minister lauds Giftland ‘baby room’

…as Ministry aims to have breastfeeding corner in every ministry Positing the belief that the importance of breastfeeding could never be understated, Minister of Public Health, Dr. George...

GECOM meets Opposition on LGE

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM meets Opposition on LGE

…as moves underway to prepare voters’ list Early this week, senior officials of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), met with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), to discuss...

Two in custody for America Street robbery

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Two in custody for America Street robbery

Police have pulled in yet another suspect for questioning, as investigations into Tuesday’s America Street robbery and terror attack intensify. Police Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said this brings...

DEA will not be involved in drug interception in Guyana-Ambassador Holloway

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on DEA will not be involved in drug interception in Guyana-Ambassador Holloway

The US Drug Enforcement Office in Guyana would have no part in the actual police force interception of drug suspects and narcotics. Instead, it will be providing intelligence and other data that...

Man allegedly falls from moving Tundra, family suspects murder

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man allegedly falls from moving Tundra, family suspects murder

Rajendra Kumar Rajnarayan, 59, of Triumph Backlands ECD is seeking answers and justice following what he terms as suspicious, the death of his son following an alleged accident. He believes that his...

East Canje man arrested for wounding father, son

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje man arrested for wounding father, son

A man who wounded another man and his son following an altercation is expected to be charged for the offences. The man, Devindra Samaroo, called Vickey, 24, a labourer of Lot 1024 New Area, East...

Bodies found on seawall…Post Mortem confirms deaths by poison

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bodies found on seawall…Post Mortem confirms deaths by poison

Post Mortem examinations done on the bodies of two lovers found on the Kingston seawall on Monday, have revealed that the couple died as a result of pesticide ingestion. The examination was done...

Tackling depression gets keen attention in Region Three schools

Nov 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tackling depression gets keen attention in Region Three schools

Depression is a condition that can cause an individual to develop feelings of hopelessness and extreme sadness even leading to suicidal thoughts. This condition is not limited to adults as more and...

Theory of road madness in Guyana

Nov 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Theory of road madness in Guyana

Dear Editor, Nice. The President is concerned about the current road carnage in Guyana. No president has ever addressed this issue before. But, this is all a new and cancerous road culture that...

Le Repentir cemetery could have been the home of Tarzan and Jane

Nov 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Le Repentir cemetery could have been the home of Tarzan and Jane

Dear Editor, Every sportsman, athlete, leader or politician must know his/her ability and when is time to leave the scene. If they do not, then their judgement is poor. However, I would like to...

Psychologist says Guyana is a neurotic, emotionally unstable society

Nov 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Psychologist says Guyana is a neurotic, emotionally unstable society

Dear Editor, Please permit me space to pen this letter with regards to the suicide situation in Guyana. Every cause of death by suicide or/suicide attempt is a profound statement to the realities of...

I disagree with Kaieteur News’ editorial on the crime situation

Nov 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I disagree with Kaieteur News’ editorial on the crime situation

Dear Editor, In response to your editorial caption of November 5; “Are terrorists living in Guyana?” This question was asked after the incident on America Street on Tuesday the 3rd October 2015....

Some thoughts on a vehicle allocation policy of the police force

Nov 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some thoughts on a vehicle allocation policy of the police force

Dear Editor, In a country with a population of around 750,000 served by a police force spread throughout the ten administrative regions in seven policing divisions, traditional and non-traditional...

An appeal to President Granger on road carnage

Nov 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An appeal to President Granger on road carnage

Dear Editor, Travelling on the West Coast (Region 3) on several occasions now, I have witnessed the very distressing scene of children desperately trying to get to and from school. The mini bus...

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