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Craig body identified as handyman

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Craig body identified as handyman

The decomposed body that was found on Wednesday at Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) has been identified as a 53-year-old handyman. Infant Forrester called “Bolt”, a father of three, of Timehri,...

Jagdeo stays at Pradoville 2 and laughs at us

Oct 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Jagdeo stays at Pradoville 2 and laughs at us

From the time the APNU-AFC Coalition came into power in May 2015, it should have carried out its moral obligation to the philosophy of freedom. Mind you, not to the Guyanese people, but to philosophy...

Specialty rice seed paddy to be grown at Wales

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Specialty rice seed paddy to be grown at Wales

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has entered into partnership with the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to plant seed paddy at Wales sugar estate. The partnership resulted out of the...

DISMAL REPORT

Oct 14, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DISMAL REPORT

The government has been in office for sixteen months but is yet to develop a solid plan or strategy to boost the economy, create jobs and improve the lives of the masses. Much more is needed than...

Babysitter in custody following infant’s sudden death

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Babysitter in custody following infant’s sudden death

A Sophia, Georgetown woman was taken into police custody on Wednesday, after the infant she had been taking care of for only two days, died under mysterious circumstances at her home. Six-month-old...

5G offers to ease GPHC’s dialysis treatment burden

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 5G offers to ease GPHC’s dialysis treatment burden

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been offered a proposition that could see its limitations to offer dialysis treatment being considerably reduced. The proposition entails the 5G...

Supt. Ramlakhan to act as Traffic Chief

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Supt. Ramlakhan to act as Traffic Chief

While the Traffic Chief, Superintendent Dion Moore, is attending an International Conference in Brazil, the Guyana Police Force has appointed Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan to perform the duties of...

Efforts to acquire Clarissa Riehl, Beharry lands conformed to the rule of law -AG

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Efforts to acquire Clarissa Riehl, Beharry lands conformed to the rule of law -AG

Attorney General Basil Williams sought to set the record straight yesterday regarding the controversy surrounding the acquisition of the two plots of land on Middle and Carmichael Streets owned by...

2017 Budget aimed at fiscal and environmental sustainability – Granger

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 2017 Budget aimed at fiscal and environmental sustainability – Granger

Fiscal, environmental and institutional sustainability will be the pillars of the 2017 budget which is expected to be presented by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan in December. This was asserted by...

Consultation with displaced vendors underway

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Consultation with displaced vendors underway

Vendors were afforded an opportunity to view the proposed designs by City Hall for the renovation of the Stabroek Market, Bourda Green and the New Vendors Arcade on Water Street. These plans were...

Linden man found dead with knife in chest

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Linden man found dead with knife in chest

The murder of a Blue Berry Hill, Wismar man has left a family in mourning and a community in shock. Dead is Delon Mark Stellingburg, 49, whose body was discovered early yesterday morning, after a...

Guyana-born manager leads Brexit legal battle

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-born manager leads Brexit legal battle

London – Gina Miller is a London-based investment manager for the firm SCM Private, which she co-founded in 2014. Miller, who was born in Guyana but grew up in Britain, is the lead claimant in...

Corentyne fire leaves couple homeless

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne fire leaves couple homeless

A fire of unknown origin completely gutted a two-storey wooden home at No. 69 village, Corentyne, on Wednesday evening. Reports stated that the blaze started at about 21:00 hrs. The home owned by...

Resurgence of diphtheria in Venezuela puts Health Ministry on high alert

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Resurgence of diphtheria in Venezuela puts Health Ministry on high alert

The Ministry of Public Health is taking preventative measures to reduce the risk of Diphtheria crossing the border from Venezuela where an outbreak has been found in San Antonio, Sifontes, Bolivar...

UNDER THE CANOPY

Oct 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on UNDER THE CANOPY

Any businessman knows that your clients are your number one priority. You look after your clients and then you take care of all the other free riders. This is the law of success in business as it is...

Berbice businessman murder PI…Five more witnesses to testify

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice businessman murder PI…Five more witnesses to testify

At least five more witnesses are scheduled to testify in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Berbice businessman, Shameer Ali Mursalin. The matter which is ongoing at the Magistrates’...

CCTV footage of man attacking Montrose granny shown in court

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CCTV footage of man attacking Montrose granny shown in court

Video footage of a man sneaking into the home of Danrasie Ganesh and attacking her on the day she was found dead in her home was shown to the court, when the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the matter...

Unidentified body found at Presidential Park

Oct 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Unidentified body found at Presidential Park

Detectives were summoned around 15:30 hrs yesterday to remove the body of an unidentified man from a trench at the Presidential Park, formerly known as Merriman Mall, in the vicinity of the...

Port Kaituma murder…Barefaced murder suspect walks into police station, gets arrested

Oct 14, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Port Kaituma murder…Barefaced murder suspect walks into police station, gets arrested

A 21-year-old murder suspect, who believed that he was unrecognizable, was arrested yesterday when he walked into a police station—more than a month after he allegedly murdered a dredge owner in...

GAWU is more interested in protecting the PPP than sugar workers

Oct 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GAWU is more interested in protecting the PPP than sugar workers

Dear Editor, It is with growing concerns that I am penning this letter to your newspaper, so as to give my view on the sugar industry. With all that is being said and done, we need to understand that...

More complaints against the leadership in Lethem

Oct 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on More complaints against the leadership in Lethem

Dear Editor, We the youths of Lethem, Culvert City and Tabatinga view with grave concern the undemocratic attitude of the Mayor of Lethem Town Council, Mr. Carlton Beckles in his letter to the editor...

Pontifications on the role of the WPA

Oct 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pontifications on the role of the WPA

Dear Editor, Whether the WPA’s time has come and gone depends on them to show, no doubt they need to have new recruits, young vibrant blood who, it would be better, are attracted to the movement by...

GUYANA’S BAUXITE; 100 YEARS OF OPERATION

Oct 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GUYANA’S BAUXITE; 100 YEARS OF OPERATION

Dear Editor, Guyana, the only English Speaking Country in South America, a small developing country of a size of 83,000 square miles, and with a population of about 750,000 people. This beautiful...

Some questions for David Hinds about the Coalition Govt.

Oct 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some questions for David Hinds about the Coalition Govt.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to comment on Dr. Hinds’ article; “Most corrupt PPP has outmaneuvered most inexperienced Govt. of our time” When did Dr. Hinds become aware of the...

Explanation on why Diwali falls on October 30

Oct 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Explanation on why Diwali falls on October 30

Dear Editor, My name is Pandit Yudhishthir Dhanrajh. I am the son of Pandit Munesh Dhanrajh, and grandson of the late and renowned Pandit Dhanrajh of Essequibo. Pt. Dhanrajh was an excellent scholar...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Guyana must be wary of America. That much is clear. The United States has recently issued... more