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Under-reporting detected in malaria cases

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Under-reporting detected in malaria cases

– but declining trend remains consistent About 8,000 cases of malaria were recorded by the Ministry of Public Health’s Vector Control Services Unit for the past year. But according to Chief...

Man assaults friend with bottles over broken windows – court hears

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man assaults friend with bottles over broken windows – court hears

-freed after claiming self defence A West Ruimveldt man, who hurled several bottles at his friend, after the man attacked him with a cutlass over some broken louvre windows, was yesterday freed on a...

Canada-based Hall of Famer unveils plan for academy

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Canada-based Hall of Famer unveils plan for academy

Guyana-born, Canadian Football Hall of Famer, Alexander Bunbury, yesterday paid a courtesy call on Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, to discuss his plans to establish an academy for youth in Guyana....

WAILING AT WALES

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WAILING AT WALES

There were four possible profitable alternatives to the closure of the Wales Estate. It is disappointing that this estate is going to be closed under a GUYSUCO Chairman who has for decades now been...

Rohee valuable to PPP, no plot to get rid of him – says Jagdeo

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee valuable to PPP, no plot to get rid of him – says Jagdeo

Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, has denied reports that there is a rift between himself and the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Clement Rohee. Speaking during a press...

President’s ‘Three Bs’ initiative gets 50 more bicycles

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President’s ‘Three Bs’ initiative gets 50 more bicycles

Fifty students from East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six), received bicycles under President David Granger’s ‘Buses, Boats and Bicycles’ (‘Three Bs’) initiative, yesterday. The programme is...

Why gas prices remain high

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Why gas prices remain high

The price of oil on the world market is at its lowest in 13 years. Yesterday the world market price was under US$30 per barrel, down from the record high of US$110 per barrel a few months ago. Indeed...

MARAD reiterates zero tolerance for illegal boat operators

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on MARAD reiterates zero tolerance for illegal boat operators

The Management of the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has reiterated its stance to relentlessly pursue orderliness and exhibit zero-tolerance for all forms of illegal boat operators. The...

Wales closure…GUYSUCO meets with sugar unions but no agreement reached

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wales closure…GUYSUCO meets with sugar unions but no agreement reached

Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) management held meetings yesterday with representatives of the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) and the Guyana...

European rice investors eye Guyana rice

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on European rice investors eye Guyana rice

Government says it remains steadfast in its quest to not only develop to rice strains that are blast and disease resistant and produce higher yields, but to also attract additional markets to offset...

Wife wounds police constable

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wife wounds police constable

Days after he was stabbed repeatedly by his wife during an altercation and was admitted in a critical state to the Georgetown Public Hospital, Constable Randolph Gill is recuperating. His condition...

Baramita police positively engage youths

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Baramita police positively engage youths

The Divisional Administration of the Police ‘F’ Division, under the command of Senior Superintendent Rabindradat Budhram, is forging ahead with the Police Force’s Social Crime Prevention...

Donald Ramotar and Cleopatra’s nose

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Donald Ramotar and Cleopatra’s nose

The most popular story in the annals of accidents that changed the course of history is the aphorism of Cleopatra’s nose (see my column, “Cleopatra’s nose in Guyana, January 9, 2013). Marc...

Public Health Ministry appeals for cautious reporting on suicide

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Public Health Ministry appeals for cautious reporting on suicide

– says reckless coverage contributes to copycat cases Officials from the Mental Health Unit of the Ministry of Public Health are urging members of the media to desist from sensationalising...

Suicide Prevention Walk and Rally for tomorrow

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Suicide Prevention Walk and Rally for tomorrow

The Humanitarian Mission of Guyana and its collaborating partners will be hosting a suicide prevention walk and rally tomorrow at 9:30am. The rally starts at Dr. Tulsi Street, Williamsburg, Rose Hall...

Bicycle bandit sentenced to two years

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bicycle bandit sentenced to two years

A former Kingston Community High School student was yesterday sentenced to two and a half years in prison by City Magistrate Alex Moore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for a robbery under...

Police officer crushed to death…Magistrate to make ruling as defence contends ‘freak accident’

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Police officer crushed to death…Magistrate to make ruling as defence contends ‘freak accident’

Yesterday, Attorney Glenn Hanoman closed the case for the defence in relation to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. His client, David Persaud, a 25-year-old truck driver is currently...

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

Jan 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

Are we committed to restructuring Guysuco? By: Sase Singh Introduction After authoring a sugar series in the Guyana Chronicle in 2015, the plan was always to do such a series in the Kaieteur...

South Ruimveldt resident slaps seven-year-old, lands in court

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on South Ruimveldt resident slaps seven-year-old, lands in court

Colin Benn yesterday appeared before City Magistrate, Alex Moore, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was ordered to compensate a seven-year-old for slapping him behind his head. Benn, also...

The PPP regime contributed to the suicide syndrome

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP regime contributed to the suicide syndrome

Dear Editor, The spike in attempted and actual suicides is alarming. It has reached a crisis and immediate action is needed to address this evil afflicting our nation. The recent spike in suicide...

Water, water everywhere but not in Tapakuma

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Water, water everywhere but not in Tapakuma

Dear Editor, In a media letter of Jan 19, Mohamed Khan drew attention to the lack of irrigation water to cultivate the 35,500 acres of rice lands in the Tapakuma Project, Region 2.The Tapakuma...

Why ask who gave Mr. Pyle his instruction that night?

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why ask who gave Mr. Pyle his instruction that night?

Dear Editor, I refer to Kaieteur News’ editorial of Monday, January 18th 2016 captioned, “Perpetuating a Myth”. I wish to state at the outset that whoever authored that piece came across like...

GHRA press statements are clearly written

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GHRA press statements are clearly written

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News coverage of two recent press releases issued by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) distort the GHRA’s actual statements to make them appear more critical of the...

Very damning accusation against Jerry Gouveia’s company

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Very damning accusation against Jerry Gouveia’s company

Dear Editor, Happy New Year. I am writing this letter to be circulated in the media so that what happened to me can be helpful to the general public when dealing with Roraima International...

These things have been around for donkey years but…

Jan 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on These things have been around for donkey years but…

Dear Editor, I refer to Pastor WP Jeffrey’s letter, “Urgent need for parenting classes”, (KN, Jan 9). In his letter he floats the idea that there is a need to institute an ex-offender’s...

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