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GTT, Digicel at odds over use of ‘Money Mobile’ app

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GTT, Digicel at odds over use of ‘Money Mobile’ app

GTT and Digicel are at odds with each other over a mobile phone app that allows customers to pay their bills. Yesterday, GTT in a full page advertisement in Kaieteur News claimed that Digicel Guyana...

Sorry seems to be the hardest word

Dec 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sorry seems to be the hardest word

That’s the title of one of Elton John’s greatest hits. It is one of my favourite John songs. There are two lines that go like this; “What do I say when it’s all over. And sorry seems to...

Road Safety Month is deadliest for 2015

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Road Safety Month is deadliest for 2015

November turned out to be the deadliest month in terms of road fatalities this year. The Police Traffic Department recorded 17 deaths resulting from 13 road accidents for November alone. Ironically,...

‘Hit-and run’ on Sheriff Street…Family members, friends picket delay in apprehending ‘killer’

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Hit-and run’ on Sheriff Street…Family members, friends picket delay in apprehending ‘killer’

With placards bearing slogans including one that read “Help me find my killer” and “Come out killer”, close friends and relatives of the late Travis Bollers took to Square of the Revolution...

Guyana-born ex-basketball star gets two years for drugs in US

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-born ex-basketball star gets two years for drugs in US

Maryland, US (Washington Post) – Jason Miskiri, a local basketball star who briefly made it to the pros before opening a successful Silver Spring restaurant and nightclub, has been sentenced to...

Increased challenges likely as commodity prices soften – Finance Minister

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Increased challenges likely as commodity prices soften – Finance Minister

There are subtle global events that have the potential to negatively impact the economies of the Caribbean Region. And Finance Minister Winston Jordan asserts that in the challenging international...

Health Minister meets, interacts with patients and Baby Heart reps.

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister meets, interacts with patients and Baby Heart reps.

A total of 18 children were recently identified for open heart surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The operations, which commenced on November 21 and are slated to conclude...

Misinformation published on Miss World website corrected

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Misinformation published on Miss World website corrected

Following major social media uproar about Miss Guyana World Lisa Punch, the Miss World Guyana Organisation is informing that efforts to correct the misinformation published in the Miss World-Guyana,...

Education Ministry to establish Central counseling body

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry to establish Central counseling body

Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, recently stated his intent to establish a central counseling body which will see the implementation of trained counselors in schools across the country....

“Theatre Guild Still Owed From Carifesta X”: UPDATE

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on “Theatre Guild Still Owed From Carifesta X”: UPDATE

Kaieteur News has now been able to speak with Dr. Paloma Mohamed who has provided evidence of the following: 1. Her role as Artistic Director was not as Chief Executive Officer who had...

Teen charged with Hamson’s Store owner’s murder

Dec 02, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Teen charged with Hamson’s Store owner’s murder

A second suspect was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of businessman, Farouk Ghanie Persaud, a/k ‘Brother’, proprietor of Hamson’s General Store. Seventeen-year-old Kemo Tyron Evans,...

Guyanese man convicted for 112 kilos of coke in Canada

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man convicted for 112 kilos of coke in Canada

Canada – Two men have been found guilty in connection with a cocaine-smuggling operation that saw close to $4M worth of the drug make its way by sea from Guyana to St. John, New Brunswick, and...

Puruni Landing murder suspect captured

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Puruni Landing murder suspect captured

Despite the vastness of Guyana’s interior, police there were able to nab the suspect in the murder of a gold miner that occurred two weeks ago. Assistant Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine, who...

Police must respond more to women’s issues

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police must respond more to women’s issues

At a recent press conference held by the Guyana Women and Gender Equality Commission, members expressed their concern over the way in which the victims of violence are being treated by the police...

Lady Northcote commences operations today

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Lady Northcote commences operations today

After undergoing massive rehabilitation, MV Lady Northcote will commence its public operations today. This was according to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday. The vessel which...

World Aids Day concludes with 23rd annual ‘Flame & the Ribbon’

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on World Aids Day concludes with 23rd annual ‘Flame & the Ribbon’

By Mondale Smith An estimated 1.5% of the general population in Guyana is infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), according to statistics, and as the local fight against its spread...

Catherine Pollard appointed to top UN post

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Catherine Pollard appointed to top UN post

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday announced the appointment of Guyanese Catherine Pollard as Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management. She will...

Guyana’s leaders need to repeal discriminatory laws – SASOD

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s leaders need to repeal discriminatory laws – SASOD

As Guyana observed World AIDS Day yesterday, the Society against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) has expressed the view that “An AIDS-free generation is within our reach here in...

Teens freed of armed robbery charges

Dec 02, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Teens freed of armed robbery charges

Two teens who were accused of two counts of armed robberies were freed yesterday. Presiding City Magistrate Judy Latchman dismissed the matter on the grounds that the identification parade of the...

Pomeroon river bank to receive critical defence structures

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon river bank to receive critical defence structures

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration (NPTA), under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. The bids were for the provision of consultancy services for the...

11 months after accident…Victim still hospitalised, relatives lament state of affairs

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 11 months after accident…Victim still hospitalised, relatives lament state of affairs

Bryan Aubrey Devine, 65, has been bed-ridden in hospital since January 1, following an accident. He is lucky to be alive. His friend, 61-year-old George Baker, was not so lucky. He died on the spot....

$5000 bail for City constable

Dec 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $5000 bail for City constable

A police officer has found himself in trouble after allegedly asking one of his colleagues to perform oral sex on him. City Police, Michael Kansinally, 35, denied a charge which stated that on...

Former PNC executive lists five risks of the March 2016 local elections

Dec 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Former PNC executive lists five risks of the March 2016 local elections

Dear Editor, The Coalition Government has commendably spared no efforts in outlining its vision for local government in Guyana. From its public statements, one can discern that this vision straddles...

Pastor advocates brotherhood of ex-convicts

Dec 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pastor advocates brotherhood of ex-convicts

Dear Editor, While studying in the USA I wrote a Lecture Series that the Indiana Department of Corrections now use in their prisons and correctional facilities. In one of the lessons I noted that...

Fatal flaws or Machiavellian politicians?

Dec 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fatal flaws or Machiavellian politicians?

Dear Editor, With the coming of the APNU-AFC Alliance in government, Guyanese are getting a lesson in realpolitik. As is evident by recurring disclosures to date, the Government is backtracking on...

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Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more