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Trini group proposes ethanol, power project at Skeldon estate

Trini group proposes ethanol, power project at Skeldon estate

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Trini group proposes ethanol, power project at Skeldon estate

Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder, yesterday met with a team of representatives from Trinidadian-based, D. Rampersad and Company Limited, to discuss possible projects at Skeldon that could ultimately...
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K/News staffer accuses cops of extortion…File to be sent to DPP on Monday

K/News staffer accuses cops of extortion…File to be sent to DPP on Monday

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on K/News staffer accuses cops of extortion…File to be sent to DPP on Monday

A file is being prepared to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice as it relates to a matter regarding five ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) who are accused of stopping...
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Ruling on pre-trial issues stalls commencement of trial for Bartica massacre accused

Ruling on pre-trial issues stalls commencement of trial for Bartica massacre accused

Oct 15, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ruling on pre-trial issues stalls commencement of trial for Bartica massacre accused

The start of a trial for the five men accused of killing 12 people, including three policemen, eight years ago at Bartica was adjourned pending a ruling on pre-trial issues. Kaieteur News was...
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Nurses forced to bathe in yard

Nurses forced to bathe in yard

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Nurses forced to bathe in yard

Student nurses attached to the New Amsterdam hospital and the New Amsterdam School of Nursing are getting a rude baptism into the world of nursing and what it should not be like to be a health care...
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Linden mothers get hampers

Linden mothers get hampers

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Linden mothers get hampers

Sixty-two mothers and expectant mothers were the recipients of hampers filled with baby products from the” Mommy and Me” project. The project is the brainchild of American Social worker Jean...
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DaSilva’s Optical awards free glasses to orphans

DaSilva’s Optical awards free glasses to orphans

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on DaSilva’s Optical awards free glasses to orphans

-in recognition of World Sight Day 2016 DaSilva’s Optical, South Road Georgetown, yesterday recognised World Sight Day by testing the eyes of children from three orphanages. The World Sight Day is...
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Eight persons held with counterfeit notes

Eight persons held with counterfeit notes

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Eight persons held with counterfeit notes

Eight persons are now in custody after Police Ranks of ‘D’ Division intercepted the group in the village of Zeelugt, West Coast Demerara. According to Commander of ‘D’ Division Leslie James,...
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Woman remanded for damage to property

Woman remanded for damage to property

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Woman remanded for damage to property

Naomi Williams appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of damage to property, on Thursday. It is alleged that on October 9, at Seven...
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Online passport applications soon

Online passport applications soon

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Online passport applications soon

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications will be collaborating with the Ministry of Citizenship to make a more effective passport application system. Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine...
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Efforts underway to ensure a safer Guyana–Pres. Granger

Efforts underway to ensure a safer Guyana–Pres. Granger

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Efforts underway to ensure a safer Guyana–Pres. Granger

The safety of the nation’s citizens is a subject matter that President David Granger treats with importance. In this regard, he announced during his address to the Parliament on Thursday that a...
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Pouderoyen murder trial…Cop testifies to taking photos of bloodied crime scene

Pouderoyen murder trial…Cop testifies to taking photos of bloodied crime scene

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Pouderoyen murder trial…Cop testifies to taking photos of bloodied crime scene

Police Inspector Lalbachan Dyal testified to taking photographs of a bloodied bedroom in which the body of Curtis McKinnon was found, after he was allegedly stabbed by his reputed wife on July 20,...
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Jagdeo reacts sharply to Granger’s criticism

Jagdeo reacts sharply to Granger’s criticism

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Jagdeo reacts sharply to Granger’s criticism

Leader of the Opposition and former President Bharrat Jagdeo told reporters on Thursday at the Public Buildings, that President David Granger’s speech is the kind which is delivered a week after...
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Private Sector Commission cautions Govt. on using Acquisition Act

Private Sector Commission cautions Govt. on using Acquisition Act

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Private Sector Commission cautions Govt. on using Acquisition Act

The Private Sector Commission has weighed in on the recent issue arising out of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, regarding the exercise of the government’s right under the Acquisition of Lands for...
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Agriculture Ministry presents 2020 Strategic Plan to Islamic Development Bank …as consultations with Govt. agencies begins

Agriculture Ministry presents 2020 Strategic Plan to Islamic Development Bank …as consultations with Govt. agencies begins

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Agriculture Ministry presents 2020 Strategic Plan to Islamic Development Bank …as consultations with Govt. agencies begins

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, George Jervis, presented his ministry’s strategic plan to key representatives of the Islamic Development Bank, who are in Guyana to ascertain...
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$1.5B management upgrade programme… Canadian electricity experts prepare to start training GPL senior staffers

$1.5B management upgrade programme… Canadian electricity experts prepare to start training GPL senior staffers

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on $1.5B management upgrade programme… Canadian electricity experts prepare to start training GPL senior staffers

Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), under pressure to boost its performance, is embarking on a major programme to upgrade its senior management and executives. The US$7.3M project will see Canada’s...
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Sophia baby died from Bronco asphyxiation

Sophia baby died from Bronco asphyxiation

Oct 15, 2016 News Comments Off on Sophia baby died from Bronco asphyxiation

The babysitter who was arrested on Wednesday after an infant, who was left in her care died, has been released from police custody. This was after a post mortem examination revealed that the child...
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The ship of state needs steadying

The ship of state needs steadying

Oct 15, 2016 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The ship of state needs steadying

There is a problem on board the ship of State. It is not mutiny but it is sure heading into chaos. There are too many loose cannons littering the political minefield that is known as the APNU+AFC....
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What Vic Insanally said on the tape

What Vic Insanally said on the tape

Oct 15, 2016 Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What Vic Insanally said on the tape

Major-General Joe Singh is currently investigating the accusations by a broadcaster in Essequibo against two members of the National Broadcasting Authority – Messrs. Tony Vieira and Vic Insanally....
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Look out for the supplier of that 200,000 crushed stone

Look out for the supplier of that 200,000 crushed stone

Oct 15, 2016 Letters Comments Off on Look out for the supplier of that 200,000 crushed stone

Dear Editor, The Chinese General Contractor for the CJIA expansion project having a supplier out of Suriname to supply crushed stone is simply maximizing profits. I do not know the details of the...
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GUYANA BAUXITE; 100 YEARS OF OPERATION

GUYANA BAUXITE; 100 YEARS OF OPERATION

Oct 15, 2016 Letters Comments Off on GUYANA BAUXITE; 100 YEARS OF OPERATION

Dear Editor; Editor’s note; this is the conclusion of this missive that we carried in our edition yesterday On February 23, 1971 on the occasion of Guyana’s Republic Day Anniversary, Prime...
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Questions about the dispensation of justice in Guyana

Questions about the dispensation of justice in Guyana

Oct 15, 2016 Letters Comments Off on Questions about the dispensation of justice in Guyana

Dear Editor, Often times one sits and wonders aloud the state of mind of some who sit at the helm of institutions, corporations, organisations, etc, vested with full authority and the prerogative to...
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Guyana diaspora values its assistance to its homeland

Guyana diaspora values its assistance to its homeland

Oct 15, 2016 Letters Comments Off on Guyana diaspora values its assistance to its homeland

Dear Editor; There is absolutely no doubt that the diaspora is playing an important role to Guyana in terms of financial remittances on a regular basis as well as assistance to schools, churches,...
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Explanation on why Diwali falls on October 30

Explanation on why Diwali falls on October 30

Oct 15, 2016 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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Explanation why Diwali should not be on October 30

Explanation why Diwali should not be on October 30

Oct 15, 2016 Letters Comments Off on Explanation why Diwali should not be on October 30

Dear Editor, I was startled, shocked and could not believe what was written at page 35 of the Sunday edition of the Kaieteur News (Oct. 9) under the caption, “Diwali observance set for October...
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Stop these character attacks, or else..!

Stop these character attacks, or else..!

Oct 15, 2016 Letters Comments Off on Stop these character attacks, or else..!

DEAR EDITOR, The various articles in some of the daily national newspapers which seem to have an angle of negativity to hamper my professional career are unsupported by any evidence or reference to...
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Tennis Association applauds historic GYD $8 billion allocation to the sports sector in the 2025 National Budget

Tennis Association applauds historic GYD $8 billion allocation to the...

Jan 28, 2025

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) commends the Government of Guyana (GOG) for its significant increase in funding to the sports sector in the 2025 National budget. This...
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Squash Association notes significance of Government Sports Budget Allocation 2025

Squash Association notes significance of...

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Pepsi Hikers and GBTI GCC win Bounty/Antonio’s Grill Hockey Tourney

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GYMMAF president lauds Transformative G$8 billion Sports Budget

GYMMAF president lauds Transformative G$8 billion...

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GOA says 2025 Sports Budget allocation demonstrates government commitment to sports sector

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Foreign Link Darts Club hosts successful Inaugural Tournament

Foreign Link Darts Club hosts successful...

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