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Guyana secures quota at Hugh Wooding Law School

Sep 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana secures quota at Hugh Wooding Law School

Guyana once again recorded a victory on the issue of 25 Guyanese Law students being guaranteed a place at the Hugh Wooding Law School for the next three academic years. The Guyana Bar Association...

Bartica faces scheduled blackouts after engines go down

Sep 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica faces scheduled blackouts after engines go down

Residents of Bartica are facing days of blackouts after two of the community’s power engines went down. According to the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), the situation has led to the generating...

A dramatic downfall

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A dramatic downfall

It wasn’t supposed to happen in the world’s fifth largest country, but it did. Yes, Brazil, our neighbour to the South impeached Dilma Rousseff, its first female President on September 1, 2016....

Duo charged with attempted murder of E’bo barber

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo charged with attempted murder of E’bo barber

Mark Rafino, 23, a labourer, of Queenstown and also of Wakenaam, and a 16-year-old of Adventure on the Essequibo Coast were jointly charged yesterday with attempted murder. The duo are implicated in...

PSC worried about media’s access to customers’ banking information

Sep 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PSC worried about media’s access to customers’ banking information

The media’s access to citizens’ bank account information has become a cause for concern among members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC). In a recent missive to the media, the body supported...

Court commences hearing appeal to strike out Election Petition

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Court commences hearing appeal to strike out Election Petition

– Lawyer granted 21 days to lay over written submissions Attorney-at-law, Roysdale Forde has been granted 21 days to lay over written submissions in the appeal to strike out the Elections...

Probe launched into accident that killed key witness in Freddie Kissoon assault trial

Sep 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Probe launched into accident that killed key witness in Freddie Kissoon assault trial

….as hire car driver granted $1M bail on causing death charge Jamar Norville, the hire car driver, who was allegedly intoxicated when he fatally struck down the key witness in the Freddie Kissoon...

Berbice triple-murder case moves to Mibicuri

Sep 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice triple-murder case moves to Mibicuri

The case of the three men charged in connection with the Berbice triple- murder was transferred by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to the Mibicuri Magistrate’s Court, Berbice, for September 20, after...

Water treatment facilities attract $B bids

Sep 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Water treatment facilities attract $B bids

Companies from three other countries submit; BK joins with T&T establishment Four foreign companies have submitted bids for the design, supply and installation of Water Treatment facilities and...

New drug shipments arrive, distribution to start shortly

Sep 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New drug shipments arrive, distribution to start shortly

A number of health facilities across the country, especially those that had run short on insulin, will soon have an updated supply of these and other drugs after they are cleared from a local...

Man, 71, charged with raping girl, 11

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man, 71, charged with raping girl, 11

A 71-year-old Supenaam resident was yesterday charged with the rape of an 11-year-old girl and appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Sunil Scarce to answer to...

Go Pokémon Go!

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Go Pokémon Go!

Every afternoon there is a gaggle of young men and women who can be seen outside the Umana Yana. They are not liming. They are engaged in a major sport – Pokémon Go. A reporter in a recent...

Men attempt to steal ornaments, cooler from house

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Men attempt to steal ornaments, cooler from house

– Court hears Two men were yesterday released on $50,000 bail each, after they denied a charge of attempting to commit a felony, when they made an appearance before Magistrate Zamilla...

Vic Puran’s daughter says he was murdered

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vic Puran’s daughter says he was murdered

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by the 17 year old son of Vic Puran, Mikel Puran in yesterday’s KN (September 6) accusing me of vilifying the name of his dead father. As someone much older than...

The Chairman of Region 3 must apologise to the REO

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Chairman of Region 3 must apologise to the REO

Dear Editor, I have read in the Stabroek News dated Thursday, September 1, 2016 on page 17 an article bearing the caption, “REO, APNU+AFC councillors walked out from Region Three meeting” and I...

Trinidadian humiliation of Guyanese doesn’t stop

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, On a recent travel to North America something happened that caused me to reflect deeply on the Guyana we are leaving for the next generation. I was on a Caribbean Airlines flight bound...

Outburst by Pandit Tillack was ridiculous

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The outburst by Pandit Tillack at the Annual Prayer ceremony during the commencement of Amerindian Heritage Month, was ridiculous and without merit. It has brought great pain to the...

Thanks to Linden Hospital Complex and others

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thanks to Linden Hospital Complex and others

Dear Editor, It is imperative that I extend my gratitude to the nurses of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Linden Hospital Complex, Dr. Couchman, staff of the Lolita Health Centre, members of the...

Government hard-balling public servants and their union

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government hard-balling public servants and their union

Dear Editor, Whether engaged in consultations or in full-fledged collective bargaining, the good faith of the parties must be assured. This is reflected in international norms. I must confess that...

Taxes, tolls and discrimination

Sep 07, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Taxes, tolls and discrimination

Dear Editor, The Coalition Government continues to pursue the flawed fiscal policy of supplementing the shortfall of revenue by increasing taxation. This lazy and unscientific approach is preferred...

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All road leads to Rising Sun for historical Guyana Cup today

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Kaieteur Sports – The stage is set for the most lucrative day in Guyana’s horse racing, today, Sunday August 23 at Rising Sun Turf Club. The weather conditions are immaculate, and 14...

Pants suit and pastel colours

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(Kaieteur News) – In the 1970s when I was a young employee of a large, service-oriented private-sector firm in Guyana, I was not yet a confirmed employee and therefore could not wear the prescribed uniform. But I was nevertheless expected to dress in a manner appropriate to the office. One day I...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Electricity failing, a minister begging

Aug 23, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – First, they had their arms wrapped around demand. Then the PPP Govt confessed. It did not. They had plans and visions. Only for those to become blurred. It’s the haze of the “unusually hot” weather, stupid. What’s so hard about...

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Guyana secures quota at Hugh Wooding Law School

Bartica faces scheduled blackouts after engines go down

A dramatic downfall

Duo charged with attempted murder of E’bo barber

PSC worried about media’s access to customers’ banking information

Court commences hearing appeal to strike out Election Petition

Probe launched into accident that killed key witness in Freddie Kissoon assault trial

Berbice triple-murder case moves to Mibicuri

Water treatment facilities attract $B bids

New drug shipments arrive, distribution to start shortly

Man, 71, charged with raping girl, 11

Go Pokémon Go!

Men attempt to steal ornaments, cooler from house

Vic Puran’s daughter says he was murdered

The Chairman of Region 3 must apologise to the REO

Trinidadian humiliation of Guyanese doesn’t stop

Outburst by Pandit Tillack was ridiculous

Thanks to Linden Hospital Complex and others

Government hard-balling public servants and their union

Taxes, tolls and discrimination

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