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NBS second division 40-over bowls on this weekend

Sep 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS second division 40-over bowls on this weekend

The Georgetown Cricket Association New Building Society 40-over second division tournament is set to continue this weekend. Today, Police will host Demerara CC (Shannon Crawford and Yougeshwar...

Gear for increased economic growth – AFC

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gear for increased economic growth – AFC

Since the Government of Guyana announced some time ago that the National Economy is projected to grow by four percent at the end of this year, there has been much debate. While many feel that this...

Cops capture mechanic’s killer after three months

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops capture mechanic’s killer after three months

While it takes years sometimes for the relatives of murdered victims to find justice, it only took three months for family members of 28-year-old Orrett West to find closure. Friday night, police...

Nagamootoo: Late Ombudsman was an outstanding public servant

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News 1

Guyana yesterday bade farewell to Ombudsman, Justice (Ret’d) Winston Moore who was described as outstanding public servant. Speaking at the funeral service, held at the St Andrew’s Kirk...

GNBA Member forcing us to use one mode of providing cable services – Broadcaster

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA Member forcing us to use one mode of providing cable services – Broadcaster

-Meanwhile others are using two platforms “It is either you provide your cable services via wireless connections or physically run cables. You cannot have the best of both worlds.” This was the...

GGDMA wants urgent meeting with Granger to address burning issues

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GGDMA wants urgent meeting with Granger to address burning issues

At a meeting, yesterday, at the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) headquarters, North Road, Bourda, Georgetown, the association announced that it is currently requesting a meeting...

Lamaha Gardens business robbed after staffers tailed from bank

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lamaha Gardens business robbed after staffers tailed from bank

Gunmen attacked a business located in Durabana Square, Lamaha Gardens, on Thursday after two employees were tailed from a city bank. Sources in the community told Kaieteur News, that a hire car sped...

Industry robbery…Victim dissatisfied with police handing of case

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Industry robbery…Victim dissatisfied with police handing of case

A 54-year- old pensioner, of Lot 84 Fourth Street Industry, was robbed last Saturday some time around 3:00 hours. The woman is contending that she is not satisfied with the Guyana Police Force...

President Granger engages Guyanese diaspora in New York

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger engages Guyanese diaspora in New York

President David Granger met with members of the Guyanese diaspora at the Guyana Mission in New York, yesterday. There he engaged them on the government’s push for a ‘green’ economy. The...

Former Regional Minister dies on city streets

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former Regional Minister dies on city streets

The first Regional Minister of Region One died on Thursday, while walking in the vicinity of the Teleperfomance call centre at Camp and Robb streets. Fitz Alexander Carmichael, 81, of 205/206 Aubrey...

Apology/ Correction

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Apology/ Correction

Kaieteur News apologizes to Mrs. Jean Rodrigues, whose photograph was inadvertently published in our Wednesday and Thursday edition as the mother of 10 who was shot near the Stabroek market on...

Housing Minister mulls lowering age of house lot applicants

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Minister mulls lowering age of house lot applicants

Minister within the Ministry of Communities, with responsibility for housing, Valerie Adams-Patterson, has said that the Central Housing and Planning Authority will be hosting consultations with...

Jamaican on bail for overstaying in Guyana

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican on bail for overstaying in Guyana

Marlon Brown, a Jamaican National was yesterday placed on $60,000 bail, for allegedly over staying his time in Guyana, when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown...

Shutdown at Skeldon – co-gen caused early morning outage in Berbice, Demerara

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Shutdown at Skeldon – co-gen caused early morning outage in Berbice, Demerara

At approximately 04:00hrs yesterday morning, the No. 1 & 2 Turbines at the Skeldon Co-generation plant, Corentyne, East Berbice, shut down during an attempt to start the shredder at the Skeldon...

WITH 16 MONTHS GONE WHAT IS NEXT?

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News 1

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS By: Sase Singh Introduction There is sufficient national sentiment today for there to be some serious introspection over these last 16 months. So while the ruling...

Local witness protection programme soon to be legislated- Minister Ramjattan

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local witness protection programme soon to be legislated- Minister Ramjattan

The country’s witness protection programme is long overdue, and is soon to be legislated, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, told media operatives recently. That Bill is currently at...

Grandmother, 65, jailed for taking drugs to son in jail

Sep 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Grandmother, 65, jailed for taking drugs to son in jail

A 65-year-old woman will spend the next year in jail after she was caught in the act of taking drugs into the New Amsterdam Prison. The woman, Willie Drugen, called “Monica” of Liverpool Village,...

Wrong things taking place at Guyana Technical institute

Sep 24, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to register my concerns over what is transpiring at the Government Technical Institute (GTI), Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. Sir, I have a 17-year-old nephew who has been...

Acting Commissioner of Police responds to newspaper article

Sep 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Acting Commissioner of Police responds to newspaper article

Dear Editor; I respectfully respond to the letter purportedly written by a concerned citizen “Swat Team is not being treated or utilized properly’ in the Kaieteur News of September 22, 2016 on...

The Bid Protest Committee must be independent

Sep 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Bid Protest Committee must be independent

The Public Procurement Act makes provision for the establishment of an independent Bid Protest Committee. The Procurement Act is clear on how the Committee should be established. No member of Cabinet...

My unpleasant experience as an arriving tourist in Guyana

Sep 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on My unpleasant experience as an arriving tourist in Guyana

Dear Editor; I am a very typical middle aged man from North-Europe, who travels a lot, both for business and for vacation and adventure. I had in fact visited over 63 countries until last September...

Lecture on Burnham’s role in social cohesion

Sep 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lecture on Burnham’s role in social cohesion

Dear Editor; September 12, 2016 marked the second death anniversary of Elvin McDavid, the Founding Patron of the Forbes Burnham Foundation (FBF). In keeping with a decision of the Foundation to...

The WPA as a party has to officially respond

Sep 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The WPA as a party has to officially respond

This columnist has been reliably informed by two persons who sit in the WPA leadership that the WPA’s representative in the Cabinet, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine has informed the WPA executive that he...

UG needs to emphasize History and Anthropology

Sep 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG needs to emphasize History and Anthropology

Dear Editor, I am an 18 year old aspiring Anthropologist with a focus on Culture and Linguistics. However, I am currently a second year Communication major at the University of Guyana. U.G. is the...

THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE BORDER DISPUTE

Sep 24, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE BORDER DISPUTE

The United Nations (UN), which is 71 years old, is back in session. Mr.Barack Obama has addressed the world body for the last time as President of the United States. It will also be the last time...

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