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NICIL should probe Jagdeo’s sale of lucrative GTT shares

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News 2

…Govt never got a cent from New GPC shares – Goolsarran Which investor in the world would make an investment and not receive a return on that investment for 17 years? Where is the Guyana...

Best Village tragedy… Survivor says son was going to behead her

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Best Village tragedy… Survivor says son was going to behead her

– “He say me finding man for he wife so he ga kill me” By Romila Boodram A woman, whose right arm was almost severed last Friday when her son went berserk and killed his wife and son, is...

“Junkie” altercation leaves one dead

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on “Junkie” altercation leaves one dead

– suspect runs into Police Station A fight between two drug addicts yesterday morning left one man lying dead on Lombard Street. The two men who would usually do odd jobs for vendors,...

ISIS fighters from Trinidad remain deep-seated threat- T&T PM

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ISIS fighters from Trinidad remain deep-seated threat- T&T PM

With reports of citizens of Trinidad and Tobago leaving the twin-island to travel to Syria and join terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS), the Republic’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley, is...

Guyanese man, girlfriend found dead as Brooklyn cops eye murder-suicide

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man, girlfriend found dead as Brooklyn cops eye murder-suicide

(New York Daily News) – A father of four and his 23-year-old girlfriend were found shot to death in a Brooklyn home Sunday afternoon, in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide....

Dem boys seh …Jagdeo sell out Guyana birthright

Jul 05, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh …Jagdeo sell out Guyana birthright

When people sit down and think about de stupidness that use to go on all dem can do is shake dem head. Every year de government use to get US$4 million from de shares in GTT. Jagdeo sit down and...

Eight now in custody for murder on Mahaica trucker – vehicle impounded

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Eight now in custody for murder on Mahaica trucker – vehicle impounded

Five brothers from Chelsea Park, Mahaica, are among eight people now in custody for the murder of 31-year-old trucker Jadesh Dass, who was gunned down in 2012 on a roadway after he was lured from his...

Trafficking in Persons Report 2016… Govt. partnership in rescuing TIP victims inadequate – GWMO …insufficient State financing remains a challenge

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Trafficking in Persons Report 2016… Govt. partnership in rescuing TIP victims inadequate – GWMO …insufficient State financing remains a challenge

The Guyana Women Miners’ Organisation has said that it remains willing to assist any administration or agency to combat Trafficking in Persons. However, President of GWMO, Urica Primus, has said...

Quoting Naom Chomsky to expose City Hall’s corruptibility

Jul 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Quoting Naom Chomsky to expose City Hall’s corruptibility

Dead Editor: There should be a forensic Audit of the Parking Meter contract with the city; first, we should take the “good deal “argument off the table. The fact that something is a “good...

37th Head of Government Meeting… CARICOM must expedite its efforts to promote a good life –St. Lucia PM tells Heads

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 37th Head of Government Meeting… CARICOM must expedite its efforts to promote a good life –St. Lucia PM tells Heads

The newly elected Prime Minster of St. Lucia, Allen Chastanet, last evening at the opening of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)’s 37th Heads of Government Conference held at the National Culture...

CARICOM’s Heads of Gov’t honour the late Patrick Manning

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM’s Heads of Gov’t honour the late Patrick Manning

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) last evening paid tribute to a fallen comrade and visionary, the former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning. This was done...

Guyana has no AML/CFT Authority says Nandlall

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has no AML/CFT Authority says Nandlall

Guyana has no Anti Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Authority in place. This is according to former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall who stated that there is no...

Chile’s President arrives in Guyana for meetings with CARICOM Heads

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Chile’s President arrives in Guyana for meetings with CARICOM Heads

Chile’s President, Michelle Bachelet, arrived in Guyana, yesterday as the 37th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Governments of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) opened in Georgetown....

CPA employs efforts to return children to biological families – Shows decline in numbers due to new deinstitutionalization programme.

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CPA employs efforts to return children to biological families – Shows decline in numbers due to new deinstitutionalization programme.

Child care specialists have often opined that children are best served in healthy family settings. An ideal echoed by Director of the Childcare and Protection Agency, (CPA) Ann Greene, even as...

Jagdeo’s Words are Fraudulent and Deceitful.

Jul 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s Words are Fraudulent and Deceitful.

Dear Editor, Is Bharat Jagdeo sincere with his words about the West Berbice flood? “I am pleased with the efforts we made…but with all these efforts we made, we couldn’t stop flooding.” I am...

Dr. Westford to go on trial tomorrow

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News 1

City Magistrate Judy Latchman will commence the trial of Dr. Jennifer Westford and Ms. Margaret Cummings in relation to the misappropriation of over $600M from the State tomorrow in the Georgetown...

37th Heads of Govt meeting… Guyana co-hosting evidence of continued commitment to Caricom—Min. Greenidge

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 37th Heads of Govt meeting… Guyana co-hosting evidence of continued commitment to Caricom—Min. Greenidge

With Guyana co-hosting the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), this shows the government’s continued commitment to being involved in the integration process....

The UGGGO has been kind to UG

Jul 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The UGGGO has been kind to UG

Dear Editor; I congratulate Professor Ivelaw Griffith on his appointment as Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) and I commend him for the initiatives he has undertaken to bring about...

Way paved for Bid Protest Committee to start work

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Way paved for Bid Protest Committee to start work

Government has published the names of members of its Bids Protest Committee, paving the way for the body to be formally established now. According to the Official Gazette of June 16, the Chairperson...

Guyana: Symphony of cruelty, misery and nihilism

Jul 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

The letter pages of the Kaieteur News and Stabroek News are not for the faint-hearted. Those pages are an opera of mind-piercing tragedies that call into question the viability of this nation. The...

Govt to study aviation impact on country’s economy

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt to study aviation impact on country’s economy

Government is moving to carry out a study on the air transport sector to determine its economic impact. The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), in Sunday’s edition of Kaieteur News, invited...

GRA Chairman says negative things written about him

Jul 05, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; I write in response to the editorial entitled “THE HAMMER HAS FALLEN ON THE GRA” that appeared in your newspaper of July 2, 2016 in which certain adverse claims were made about me as...

Commander of “F” Division presents sports gear to Kurupukari Primary School

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Commander of “F” Division presents sports gear to Kurupukari Primary School

The Commander of “F”, Division Ravindradat Budhram, recently presented sports gear to the students and teachers of Kurupukari Primary school in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region. This is part of...

Guyana leads CARICOM states in agri produce supply

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana leads CARICOM states in agri produce supply

Guyana scored the highest in consistency of supply of agriculture produce, excellent market locations and market hours, in a recent study that assessed market adequacy for fresh agriculture produce...

NAC gets support to improve its operation

Jul 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NAC gets support to improve its operation

The National Accreditation Council (NAC) is actively engaged in the evaluation of 54 tertiary and post-secondary institutions of which 34 are private. These institutions, according to Mr. Archibald...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more