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Pomeroon fire victims seek help

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon fire victims seek help

The Tyndall family of Grant Providence in the Lower Pomeroon River is now forced to seek assistance from the public to rebuild their lives after they lost their house Wednesday evening to a fire, the...

M&CC begins refurbishing Promenade Gardens for Independence

Feb 06, 2016 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on M&CC begins refurbishing Promenade Gardens for Independence

The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown have commenced the refurbishing of the Promenade Gardens for use as one of the main attractions for Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary...

Chemical used in Mosquito Fog ‘environmentally friendly’ – says Vector Control Services

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Chemical used in Mosquito Fog ‘environmentally friendly’ – says Vector Control Services

Countless speculation, raised eyebrows and numerous articles have been published in relation to Vector Control protocols used during fogging exercises. David Williams, Chief Inspector of Vector...

New Boards appointed to process Public Assistance

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New Boards appointed to process Public Assistance

New Local Boards of Guardians have been installed across the country to process Public Assistance applications. The Boards became effective from February 1, 2016. Public Assistance is a form of...

Nude body found on Whim, Corentyne foreshore

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nude body found on Whim, Corentyne foreshore

The police are asking people to help identify the nude body of a male East Indian descent that was discovered around 09:00 hrs yesterday morning at the Whim, Corentyne, Berbice Foreshore. According...

AN AUDIT OF THE GROWTH RATES SHOULD BE DONE

Feb 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AN AUDIT OF THE GROWTH RATES SHOULD BE DONE

Guyana has enjoyed ten consecutive years of economic growth. Nine and a half of those years were under the People’s Progressive Party. APNU had called into question the growth and inflation numbers...

Guyana’s breakdown is connected to our high suicide rate

Feb 06, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana’s breakdown is connected to our high suicide rate

I did a column on September 9, 2014 captioned, “Suicide in Guyana also has a political cause to it.” Here is a lengthy extract from that article; “I would have preferred to see a study of...

Guyana Foundation distributes school supplies to Moruca students

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Foundation distributes school supplies to Moruca students

The Guyana Foundation is taking an active role in helping to make life easier for students in Region One. On Monday, the group distributed seven barrels of stationery and school supplies to students...

Housing Minister meets Berbicians on house lots allocations

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Minister meets Berbicians on house lots allocations

Single parents and young professionals were among the dozens of Berbicians, who benefited from allocation and re-allocation of land during the Central Housing and Planning Authority’s Public Day...

Plans in place to improve systems for business and investment – Finance Minister

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Plans in place to improve systems for business and investment – Finance Minister

-Says upgrading and building of industrial estates to be done at Belvedere and Lethem To make Guyana more business-friendly, Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, said that Government has a number of...

Essequibo jaguars now attack larger prey

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo jaguars now attack larger prey

The hungry jaguars that have been devouring residents’ dogs and other domesticated animals including ducks, parrots and goats at Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, have now turned their attention to...

11 to clash for Junior Kaiso Monarchy tonight

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 11 to clash for Junior Kaiso Monarchy tonight

Tonight from 19:00hrs all roads lead to the National Cultural Centre as the Culture Department of the Ministry of Education kick starts the song competition for Mashramani 2016. Eleven young singers...

Hotels, hospitals warned to store water as conservancy level drops further

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Hotels, hospitals warned to store water as conservancy level drops further

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Thursday warned city hotels and hospitals to conserve water as the country continues to buckle down for a long drought. On Thursday, senior officials of the...

HIV fight attracts more Gov’t spending

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on HIV fight attracts more Gov’t spending

– but donor support still forthcoming By Sharmain Grainger “We are not out of the woods yet,” said Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)...

Movietown construction site shooting…Guards believe that they were shot to make way for site robbery

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Movietown construction site shooting…Guards believe that they were shot to make way for site robbery

Even as police are continuing investigations into what really happened, the two security guards shot to their instep on Thursday morning at the Movietown construction site, Turkeyen believe that the...

Linden children march against suicide

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Linden children march against suicide

School children across Linden took to the streets, on Wednesday, in the first ever walk against suicide and abuse. The event was organized by the Youth for Change, Lester and Friends and the...

US$4.2m prepaid meter contract to be retendered – Min. Patterson

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US$4.2m prepaid meter contract to be retendered – Min. Patterson

Government has completed the preparation of a new tender package for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) US$4.2M prepaid meter supply contract, with the expectation that it will be tendered once more by...

Natural Resources Ministry tackles El Niño impact on hinterland, mining areas

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources Ministry tackles El Niño impact on hinterland, mining areas

The Ministry of Natural Resources is collaborating with other government agencies to bring relief where possible to areas hardest hit by drought conditions as a result of El Niño. This weather...

Social Protection Ministry supports suicide prevention initiatives

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Social Protection Ministry supports suicide prevention initiatives

The Ministry of Social Protection has intensified its efforts to help prevent suicide by taking the message to schools, communities and workplaces. This week, a suicide prevention conference for...

Berbice man found dead in house with bulb and socket in hand

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice man found dead in house with bulb and socket in hand

– Suspected electrocuted Investigations are ongoing into the death of a 22-year-old man whose body was found in the house where he lives alone along the Palmyra Public Road, East Coast Berbice....

Berbice criminal assizes open with ceremonial march past

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice criminal assizes open with ceremonial march past

…36 cases set to be heard; a whopping 31 for murder The police contingent led by Deputy Superintendent Lyndon Isles and Inspector Charles, and comprising Sergeant Stephen Gobin and 24 other ranks...

GOVT. ALONE CANNOT SOLVE THE DRUG PROBLEM!

Feb 06, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GOVT. ALONE CANNOT SOLVE THE DRUG PROBLEM!

Anyone who regularly reads the local newspapers or listen to the news would have noticed that hardly a day goes by in Guyana without someone appearing in court on a drug-related charge. The offences...

Leguan vendor goes missing

Feb 06, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Leguan vendor goes missing

Monalisa Atala, called Monalisa Moore, a vendor from Phoenix, Leguan has been declared missing by her family. Her sister, Jennifer Jonas, told Kaieteur News that the last time she spoke to her sister...

Cool Square murder accused claims he left hotel before shooting

Feb 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cool Square murder accused claims he left hotel before shooting

Murder accused, Leon Duncan, told the court yesterday that he has no knowledge of the robbery/shooting of businessman Intaz Roopnarine at Cool Square Hotel in January 2013 because he checked out of...

Murder of Plaisance minibus driver…Lawyers submit closing addresses

Feb 06, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Murder of Plaisance minibus driver…Lawyers submit closing addresses

Justice Navindra Singh is expected to sum up the trial for which Orin Jerrick is facing a murder charge for Plaisance minibus driver, Gavin Fiffee. Following the summing up, the case will be handed...

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Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The government stands like a beleaguered captain at the helm of a storm-tossed ship, finds itself... more