April 2016

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“Suspicious” characters abandon car near Berbice Bridge following police chase

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on “Suspicious” characters abandon car near Berbice Bridge following police chase

– man who claims to be owner in custody A man is in custody while police are on the hunt for two other individuals who abandoned the vehicle they were in following a chase by the cops, after...

Fifteen stamps unveiled in observance of 50th Anniversary

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Fifteen stamps unveiled in observance of 50th Anniversary

Fifteen new locally-themed postage stamps were yesterday unveiled at Castellani House in observance of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary. This was done by the Guyana Post Office Corporation...

35 bands to traverse new Float Parade route

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 35 bands to traverse new Float Parade route

Over 35 bands are expected to be a part of the 50th Jubilee Costume and Float Parade, on May 26, when Guyanese will celebrate the country’s 50th Independence Anniversary. The bands will also travel...

Has power destroyed Joe Harmon?

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Has power destroyed Joe Harmon?

I have said to several persons in the AFC that if the party ever goes into a retreat to analyze politics since May 2015, it would be meaningless unless they invite outside minds who are not within...

Camp Street Prison unrest COI…Supt. Pilgrim is not fit to run a prison – Former inmate opines

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Camp Street Prison unrest COI…Supt. Pilgrim is not fit to run a prison – Former inmate opines

Former inmate of the Camp Street jail Patrick Narine yesterday opined that Officer-in-Charge of the Georgetown Prison, Superintendent Kevin Pilgrim, was unfit to manage the affairs of a prison....

Most recent David ‘G’ School bus plies E.B. B’ce route

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Most recent David ‘G’ School bus plies E.B. B’ce route

After being parked for over a month, the David ‘G’ school bus No. 4 commenced work on Tuesday last. The 50-seater bus is being used to transport children from as far as Lighttown, East Bank...

City Hall reviews relationship with delinquent contractors

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall reviews relationship with delinquent contractors

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has taken a decision to review the Municipality’s relationship with all delinquent contractors who conduct work on behalf of the city. The announcement was...

Failure to act is a sign of weakness

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Failure to act is a sign of weakness

It is said that the PPP inherited years of corruption from the PNC in 1992, and now the APNU+AFC coalition government, of which the PNC is the major party, has also inherited years of corruption from...

Caribbean Fisheries Forum confab underway

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Fisheries Forum confab underway

– strategies to improve sector high on two-day agenda Members of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum (CFF) yesterday met at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel, Providence, as part of a two-day...

Mom photographed breastfeeding newborn under bed at GPHC

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mom photographed breastfeeding newborn under bed at GPHC

– probe launched The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has launched an investigation following the publication of an image, showing a mother breastfeeding her newborn under a...

Former murder accused jailed three years, fined $1.9M on drug charge

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former murder accused jailed three years, fined $1.9M on drug charge

A 34-year-old man who was accused of fatally shooting a policeman in 2007 and was subsequently freed of the crime, has been jailed for three years and fined $1.9M on a charge of possession of...

Miner further remanded for pensioner’s murder

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Miner further remanded for pensioner’s murder

A gold miner who police say fatally stabbed a pensioner with the arrow he was shot with was further remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. Royburn Morris...

Local business persons exposed to US leadership programmes

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local business persons exposed to US leadership programmes

Local businesswoman Christine Gooding recently met with United States Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway. The occasion was her return from the United States after participating in the...

Students enlightened about ways to help “Beat Diabetes”

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Students enlightened about ways to help “Beat Diabetes”

Health sectors around the world have been struggling to combat the scourge of diabetes which could result in death for some inflicted persons. It was perhaps with this in mind and a keen focus on...

Eight new wells for Region Nine as drought continues

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Eight new wells for Region Nine as drought continues

-Brazilian army courted for help The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says it is collaborating with 17 local contractors on a programme to combat the drought-affected communities in Region Nine....

Robbery/home invasion of Land Court Judge…Police Sergeant to testify, tender station diary

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Robbery/home invasion of Land Court Judge…Police Sergeant to testify, tender station diary

Station Sergeant of the Sparendaam Police Station, Shaun Hosannah, will take the stand today, as the trial of five men accused of robbing Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre continues in the Sparendaam...

Give up the appointments!

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Give up the appointments!

Transparency Institute of Guyana Incorporated (TIGI) is making an important statement of principle in relation to an honorific appointment that was made by the APNU+AFC government. The appointment...

Boy, 12, shoots friend, 14, in leg

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 12, shoots friend, 14, in leg

A 12-year-old is now in serious trouble after shooting his 14-year-old friend in his leg with what is said to be a pellet gun. The incident allegedly occurred around 11:00 hrs yesterday at Golden...

Washroom facilities unacceptable at schools across Region 10

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Washroom facilities unacceptable at schools across Region 10

– Regional Chairman By Enid Joaquin Regional Chairman Renis Morian yesterday expressed his disappointment over the condition of the sanitary facilities at several schools across Region ten. The...

Ex-cop in court for allegedly accepting bribes

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ex-cop in court for allegedly accepting bribes

A 54-year-old former police officer and member of Office of Professional Responsible (OPR), was yesterday brought before the court for allegedly accepting bribes, when she appeared in the Georgetown...

The Creole language versus Standard English

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Creole language versus Standard English

Dear Editor, On Thursday March 31, 2016, Guyanese Hubert Devonish, distinguished professor of Linguistics at UWI (Mona), was our guest in the Department of Language and Cultural Studies, Turkeyen...

Public assistance delivery in Linden under serious questioning

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public assistance delivery in Linden under serious questioning

Dear Editor, Whichever ministry public assistance comes under where Linden is concern, I think there is need to revisit its operation. Judging from reports/stories being uttered around I’ll say...

Caiman House and the story of the black caiman

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Caiman House and the story of the black caiman

Dear Editor, Your newspaper carried an interesting story regarding black caiman. However, I felt the article could have done with some research as some very important information was missing starting...

PPP City Councilor under fire

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP City Councilor under fire

Dear Editor, Allow me to first congratulate Mr. Bisram Kuppen, People’s Progressive Party Councilor on his ascension to a Councilor’s chair around the Georgetown Municipality’s horseshoe table....

Forensic audit report reveals…GEA CEO unable to find proof of paying $156M to Authentix

Apr 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit report reveals…GEA CEO unable to find proof of paying $156M to Authentix

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), Dr. Mahender Sharma, is claiming that he is unable to find documents to prove he paid some $156M to an international company....

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(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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