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The unwitting killers among the prison wardens

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The unwitting killers among the prison wardens

Guyana recorded its worst prison disaster ever when sixteen prisoners died. People dying in jail is nothing new. Given the crowded situation and the diseases that stalk the corridors of Third World...

Diamond well back in operation

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond well back in operation

Customers of the Diamond and Golden Grove housing schemes on Wednesday began receiving water through their taps after a broken well was repaired. The well has been down for almost three weeks after...

Ramjattan, Police Chief dismiss allegations of “self-confessed drug dealer”

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan, Police Chief dismiss allegations of “self-confessed drug dealer”

It appears that the top officials are not giving much credence to allegations of self-confessed drug dealer Barry Dataram. Yesterday, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, said he does not...

Massive erosion at Christianburg

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Massive erosion at Christianburg

– $21M revetment project ongoing By Enid Joaquin Massive erosion at Christianburg in Linden has necessitated a revetment project costing some $21 million. The project is presently being...

‘What goes around comes around’

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ‘What goes around comes around’

Guyanese have a saying: “What goes around comes around?” During the protests in Linden, in 2012, three persons were killed. APNU and the AFC immediately demanded, that the then Minister of Home...

GDF expands base to better defend Guyana

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GDF expands base to better defend Guyana

– Granger stresses diplomatic initiative President David Granger said, yesterday, that Guyana’s national defence strategy over the next four years must incorporate steps, in concert with...

Chain-snatcher shot dead while robbing cop

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Chain-snatcher shot dead while robbing cop

An Albouystown man was shot dead at around 07.30hrs yesterday by a policeman he had allegedly tried to rob. A police release stated that the policeman was walking along Robb Street when the suspect,...

Female local govt. candidates tout better healthcare systems, youth development policies

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Female local govt. candidates tout better healthcare systems, youth development policies

Female candidates for the upcoming Local Government Elections are clawing their way through the campaign trail with promises to improve healthcare systems and youth development policies for their...

Survival and development of Region dependent on youths

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Survival and development of Region dependent on youths

– Opening of 29th COHSOD meeting hears “One million strong, it can’t be wrong,” was the notion embraced by Tarun Butcher, to emphasise the importance of youth in aiding the sustainable...

Attorney arraigned on causing death charge

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney arraigned on causing death charge

Attorney Keisha Chase was arraigned on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving, when she appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday afternoon in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Special officers at foreign missions to woo investors for Guyana

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Special officers at foreign missions to woo investors for Guyana

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Public Telecommunications and Tourism, have joined efforts to promote Guyana’s economic tourism. On Wednesday, at the Tourism Ministry, Colgrain House,...

Region Ten fraud investigations continue

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region Ten fraud investigations continue

Region Ten (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice) Democratic Council (RDC) Chairman Renis Morian has said that more discrepancies are being uncovered at the Administration. This is happening as employees...

Suspected Zika cases at Linden Hospital Complex

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected Zika cases at Linden Hospital Complex

Linden is reporting a few suspected cases of the Zika virus. These cases were said to be detected at the Linden Hospital Complex. Chairman of the Regional Democratic Council Health Committee, Dr....

Mon Repos abattoir being deliberately delayed

Mar 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mon Repos abattoir being deliberately delayed

-NDC Chairperson Councilors of the Mon Repos/La Reconnaissance Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) are disappointed that the long-awaited abattoir will not be completed before they leave office....

Hit-and-run driver faces court for pensioner’s demise

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Hit-and-run driver faces court for pensioner’s demise

Gavin Pooran, the 23-year-old driver accused of striking down a 72-year-old man and driving away, has been charged with the victim’s death. According to information, around 18:40 hrs on the day in...

DPP withdraws charges against Bourda P.O. robbery accused

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on DPP withdraws charges against Bourda P.O. robbery accused

…to facilitate PI into abductions The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has withdrawn robbery under-arms charges against three men in relation to a multi-million-dollar heist they are alleged...

Vendor remanded for burglary

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Vendor remanded for burglary

A 20-year-old cooking oil vendor who allegedly burgled an East La Penitence home, was yesterday denied bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. It is alleged that on February...

These people were never aliens in Guyana

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on These people were never aliens in Guyana

Dear Editor, As one who took issue with President Granger’s initial comments on the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry Report, I feel obligated to commend the President for his most recent...

Nothing wrong when people write on race

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nothing wrong when people write on race

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Rajendranauth R Singh’s “He writes about the same thing in every letter everyday” (KN Feb 28). This conclusion is inaccurate as I do not get published every...

Hotel owner offers a powerful defence of his casino

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hotel owner offers a powerful defence of his casino

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Mr. Juman Yassin objecting to the construction of a casino on Church Street, Georgetown, between Albert and Ornoque Streets. I am the owner of that...

The Guyana Teachers’ Union clears the air

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Teachers’ Union clears the air

Dear Editor, Please permit me a place to respond to a letter written by someone claiming to be Anthony Nedd titled “Is the GTU ambitious or ridiculous.” This letter which was carried by three...

Team Benschops explains its source of funding

Mar 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Team Benschops explains its source of funding

Dear Editor, We welcome this opportunity to respond to the concerned citizen John Jackson whose sentiments were carried in KN dated March 3, 2016 and titled “Who is financing Mark Benschop” and...

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CWI Cricket West Indies suspends Alzarri Joseph for two matches

A broad-based movement for the people’s voice on oil

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The call for a referendum on Guyana’s oil contract is a step in the right direction,... more