November 2015

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Robb Street Granny murder trial … Victim’s brother had identified shooter, accomplice to police

Nov 17, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Robb Street Granny murder trial … Victim’s brother had identified shooter, accomplice to police

The brother of murdered Robb Street woman, Clementine Feidtkou-Parris, had identified two of the accused persons, as the men, who were involved in the execution attack on his sister in June 2011. The...

Berbice Bridge tolls lowering targeted for December 1st

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge tolls lowering targeted for December 1st

– 62,000-plus passengers travelled on river taxis Government is targeting December 1 as the day when the vehicles crossing the Berbice River Bridge start paying lower tolls. Minister of Public...

Man stabbed in neck with screw driver

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabbed in neck with screw driver

A 22-year-old man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was stabbed in the neck with a screw driver. It happened at King Edward and James Streets, Albouystown at...

‘Two Colours’, taxi driver committed for Cosmetologist murder

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Two Colours’, taxi driver committed for Cosmetologist murder

Magistrate Zamena Ali yesterday committed two men to the High Court for the July 2014 murder of Lusignan cosmetologist, Ashmini Harriram. The committal came at the end of a 14-month preliminary...

Mining claim dispute…Local businessmen implicated in brutal beating of Brazilian

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mining claim dispute…Local businessmen implicated in brutal beating of Brazilian

A Brazilian gold miner is desperately seeking the assistance of the police following an invasion of his mining camp, by six gunmen who were acting on behalf of a group of local businessmen. Brazilian...

Shauna Ramdyhan is Miss Guyana Universe 2015

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shauna Ramdyhan is Miss Guyana Universe 2015

By Jarryl Bryan Following an evening of elegance, allure and performances from local artistes, Calvin Burnette and Negus, 25-year-old Shauna Ramdyhan was crowned Miss Guyana Universe 2015 on Sunday....

Bath Primary student, 11, dies after spinning car hits him

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bath Primary student, 11, dies after spinning car hits him

An alleged drunken driver reportedly struck down and killed an 11 year old lad on the Bath West Coast Berbice Public Road, around 21:30 hrs on Sunday. The dead child’s friend, a 13-year-old, who...

31st Caribbean EPI meeting commences at Marriott today

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 31st Caribbean EPI meeting commences at Marriott today

– universal vaccination coverage among issues to be discussed With the introduction of a second Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine to 18-month-old tots, the Ministry of Public Health is...

APNU-AFC’s dangerous embrace of political ugliness

Nov 17, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on APNU-AFC’s dangerous embrace of political ugliness

Do men and women ever learn? I guess not? Perhaps politicians, more than any other category of humans, will not learn and do not want to. It has to do with power. Power destroys rationality. Once...

Truck driver jailed for five years for 2013 Coverden crash

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver jailed for five years for 2013 Coverden crash

Two years after four persons lost their lives on the roadways because of the negligence of a young truck driver, the families of those that perished were given justice yesterday. The driver, Ritesh...

Union, GuySuCo to begin annual incentives talks tomorrow

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Union, GuySuCo to begin annual incentives talks tomorrow

-GAWU insists workers must get wage increase for 2015 The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco), and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) are set to start discussions tomorrow for...

Commonwealth Heads set to condemn Venezuela’s claims on Guyana

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth Heads set to condemn Venezuela’s claims on Guyana

The Commonwealth continues to stand behind the government as it relates to the border controversy with Venezuela. In addition to stating its wholehearted support to Guyana in several communiqués...

Health Minister Norton denies shortage of HIV testing kits

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister Norton denies shortage of HIV testing kits

Public Health Minister Dr. George Norton yesterday refuted allegations that there was a shortage of HIV testing kits at the Georgetown Public Hospital and certain health centres. In a letter to the...

Trinidadian Authorities racially profile Guyanese

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidadian Authorities racially profile Guyanese

Guyana Trades Union Congress lawyer, Selwyn Pieters, claims that he was racially profiled at the Trinidad and Tobago airport two weeks ago, while in detention by the country’s Organized Crime and...

Independent cargo terminals among pending Ogle Int’l proposals

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Independent cargo terminals among pending Ogle Int’l proposals

-but prices for hangar lots unlikely to change Chairman of the Ogle Airport Incorporated (OAI) Michael Correia Jr. has indicated that he will be taking two proposals to the OAI Board of Directors,...

‘Economic growth not likely this year’

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Economic growth not likely this year’

…crisis on its way– PPP predicts The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is predicting further economic decline or stagnation. The party thinks that this state of affairs will cause Guyana to...

Good Samaritans, seven-year-old, save house from going up in flames

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Good Samaritans, seven-year-old, save house from going up in flames

The bravery of a seven-year-old student just home from school, and two Good Samaritans who were passing in a truck, was able to save an old house situated in St Ann Street, New Amsterdam from going...

UGSS worked tirelessly to prevent loss of accreditation – UGSS President

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UGSS worked tirelessly to prevent loss of accreditation – UGSS President

– appeals for reduction of Facilities Fee “Tragic” is the single adjective being used by President of the University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS), Joshua Griffith, to describe the loss...

Land surveyors urged to remain immune to bribes

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Land surveyors urged to remain immune to bribes

– as 15% pass rate deemed “unacceptable” Five land surveyors were yesterday sworn in after passing the 2015 Sworn Land and Survey Examination. But the moment was especially noteworthy as...

PPP LOSING ITS GRIP

Nov 17, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on PPP LOSING ITS GRIP

Since 2011, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) led by President Donald Ramotar has been losing its grip on its base of supporters across the country. Many have stated that the PPP is not the...

Ann’s Grove honors top CAPE performer

Nov 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ann’s Grove honors top CAPE performer

– as trust fund announced for villages On Sunday, residents of Ann’s Grove and neighbouring communities, packed into the Ann’s Grove Secondary School to celebrate with Elisa Hamilton, her...

Rape convict gets 23 years

Nov 17, 2015 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Rape convict gets 23 years

A 23-year prison sentence was yesterday imposed on a man found guilty of rape and assault causing actual bodily harm. Calvin Ramcharran, 23, was found guilty of sexually penetrating a 20-year-old...

The PPP has to undergo fundamental changes

Nov 17, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP has to undergo fundamental changes

Dear Editor, The PPP leadership has not shown a willingness to reform and its tunnel vision position is the primary reason why it was toppled from office in 1953, 1964, and again in 2011 and...

I voted for a new way, an entirely new way

Nov 17, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I voted for a new way, an entirely new way

Dear Editor, The first six months into a new government usually furnishes a window through which to peer into its priorities, performance, crisis management, and overarching visions. What are some...

Reflections on what Guyana is and should be

Nov 17, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reflections on what Guyana is and should be

Dear Editor, As a developing nation, our people have through the years longed for things that say we are making progress in, that we are catching up with our neighbours and contemporaries in the...

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Cricinfo – With an 82 in the fourth innings, Towhid Hridoy ensured Bangladesh completed a hard-fought draw against West Indies in the Sylhet Test. The visitors clinched the series 1-0 on...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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