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Opposition agrees to meet AG on GECOM chairperson impasse

Opposition agrees to meet AG on GECOM chairperson impasse

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition agrees to meet AG on GECOM chairperson impasse

The Opposition has agreed to meet with Attorney General Basil Williams, to learn more about the administration’s interpretation of the Constitution when it comes to the selection process for a...

Way paved for Ed Ahmad sentencing

Way paved for Ed Ahmad sentencing

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Way paved for Ed Ahmad sentencing

…as former senator he secretly recorded for FBI gets 5 years A former New York senator, who has roots in Guyana, was yesterday jailed for five years, in a case that implicated politicians and...

Pradoville Two and Guyana Cricket World Cup Inc issues… AG provides no clarity on selection process for special prosecutors

Pradoville Two and Guyana Cricket World Cup Inc issues… AG provides no clarity on selection process for special prosecutors

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville Two and Guyana Cricket World Cup Inc issues… AG provides no clarity on selection process for special prosecutors

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams is yet to provide clarity on the selection process for the special prosecutors chosen to ensure the effective and efficient prosecution of criminal charges into...

Boy, 16, kills cousin …reportedly over $440 debt

Boy, 16, kills cousin …reportedly over $440 debt

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 16, kills cousin …reportedly over $440 debt

A 16-year-old boy fatally stabbed his 17-year-old cousin, after the latter lad had reportedly refused to pay $440 that he had borrowed from the suspect. The incident took place around 18:30 hrs on...

Foreign currency situation is under control and will return to normalcy – GCCI Head

Foreign currency situation is under control and will return to normalcy – GCCI Head

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign currency situation is under control and will return to normalcy – GCCI Head

It appears that the situation of the shortage of foreign currency at local banks will soon be alleviated. At least, this was the promise given to members of the Private Sector Commission and the...

National TIP action plan unveiled

National TIP action plan unveiled

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on National TIP action plan unveiled

In the next two years there will be an increase in the crackdown on Trafficking in Persons (TIP). This notion was enhanced with the launch of the National Plan of Action for the Prevention and...

Region 10 residents end eight days of protest after ministers visit area

Region 10 residents end eight days of protest after ministers visit area

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 residents end eight days of protest after ministers visit area

emergency works announced for ‘Mines’ road Residents of the “Mines” area, Region 10, are accusing the regional authorities of turning their backs on them. Yesterday, after eight days...

Is money fuh de boys

Is money fuh de boys

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Is money fuh de boys

Everybody does try a hustle, and when dem get through dem does try a hustle fuh dem friend. Jagdeo do that a lot. He hustle fuh heself till he build a mansion and buy a whole heap of property all...

Murder of Berbice carpenter… Alleged cop-bribing duo released on $3M bail

Murder of Berbice carpenter… Alleged cop-bribing duo released on $3M bail

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of Berbice carpenter… Alleged cop-bribing duo released on $3M bail

After spending some time on remand, Sharmilla Inderjali, the mother of Marcus Bisram, the alleged mastermind in the murder of Berbice Carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedatt and Maryanna Lionel, a sister of one...

Babita Sarjou’s mother testifies to last seeing her six years ago

Babita Sarjou’s mother testifies to last seeing her six years ago

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Babita Sarjou’s mother testifies to last seeing her six years ago

Champa Seonarine, the mother of Babita Sarjou, whose skeletal remains were found in a shallow grave at the back of her ex-husband’s yard, testified to last seeing her daughter six years ago, when...

‘CANU found no drugs in my vehicle’ – Bus operator

‘CANU found no drugs in my vehicle’ – Bus operator

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘CANU found no drugs in my vehicle’ – Bus operator

On December 31, 2016 this newspaper had reported on a search carried out by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Route 94 buses (Lethem to Georgetown) at the Five Corner Junction in Linden....

Yesterday’s simulation match washed out But Crandon feels preparations not affected by the rain

Yesterday’s simulation match washed out But Crandon feels preparations not affected by the rain

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yesterday’s simulation match washed out But Crandon feels preparations not affected by the rain

By Sean Devers Despite the two scheduled Trial matches and yesterday’s second simulation games being washed out at Providence, Head Coach Eusan Crandon says the Guyana Jaguars preparations for this...

Jagdeo lambastes Govt. on GuySuCo

Jagdeo lambastes Govt. on GuySuCo

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo lambastes Govt. on GuySuCo

By Brushell Blackman Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes that the government’s justification of a lack of fiscal space to justify how it is currently dealing with GuySuCo is one that was not...

GT through to quarterfinals

GT through to quarterfinals

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT through to quarterfinals

GT chalked up 77 games to win their quarterfinal match up against Beacons and Mix Up when the Mark Wiltshire 62nd birth anniversary dominoes tournament continued on Monday night at Dynasty. Beacons...

Former Health Minister amplifies need for Paediatric A&E at GPHC

Former Health Minister amplifies need for Paediatric A&E at GPHC

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former Health Minister amplifies need for Paediatric A&E at GPHC

A Paediatric Accident and Emergency (A&E) Unit should have long been in place at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). In fact, the absence of this facility was one that was gaining...

Bartica Massacre trial…Judge to rule on legal submissions made in jury’s absence

Bartica Massacre trial…Judge to rule on legal submissions made in jury’s absence

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bartica Massacre trial…Judge to rule on legal submissions made in jury’s absence

Justice Roxanne George is expected to rule on submissions made by attorneys involved in the trial of the three men implicated in the 2008 Bartica Massacre. Attorneys Peter Hugh and Saphier Husain...

2016 was the year of Trump and Jagdeo

2016 was the year of Trump and Jagdeo

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on 2016 was the year of Trump and Jagdeo

Each one of us says after each year passes, the following words; “I will never forget that year.” And when we reach the end of the new year, we repeat that mantra. The reason is because life has...

Recently released bandit robs No. 50 gas station

Recently released bandit robs No. 50 gas station

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Recently released bandit robs No. 50 gas station

A well-known bandit, who was less than a week ago released from prison, has struck again. On Tuesday he robbed the Number 50 village gas station at Leeds. According to information, the culprit who...

Parking meter company ready to meet with Disability Commission, GTU

Parking meter company ready to meet with Disability Commission, GTU

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parking meter company ready to meet with Disability Commission, GTU

Smart City Solutions (SCS), the company awarded the parking meter contract for the city of Georgetown, announced yesterday that it is ready to meet with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the...

The issue is one of interpretation, not compulsion

The issue is one of interpretation, not compulsion

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The issue is one of interpretation, not compulsion

The goalpost is being shifted so often in the matter of the appointment of the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission that the whole process seems to have drifted from centre field to off the...

IS THE CITY REALLY SINKING?

IS THE CITY REALLY SINKING?

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists 1

In Guyana the year 2005 will be remembered as the “Great Flood” due to the widespread flooding in Georgetown and the coastal plain, which resulted in hundreds of millions in damage. The flood...

Guyana completes first draft report in quest to end Mother-to-Child transmission of HIV

Guyana completes first draft report in quest to end Mother-to-Child transmission of HIV

Jan 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana completes first draft report in quest to end Mother-to-Child transmission of HIV

The Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has officially become a programme to eliminate mother to child transmission altogether. This...

Man gets eight years for infant son’s death

Man gets eight years for infant son’s death

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man gets eight years for infant son’s death

Forty-one year-old James Hunte was yesterday sentenced to serve eight years in prison for the death of his infant son. Hunte was initially charged with murder but he pleaded guilty to the lesser...

Man stabs stepbrother over payment of $5000 light bill

Man stabs stepbrother over payment of $5000 light bill

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man stabs stepbrother over payment of $5000 light bill

A shop owner, who was reportedly in a drunken state when he stabbed his step brother, who had confronted him over the payment of a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) bill, was remanded to prison on a...

NICIL RESPONDS TO SARU’S STATEMENT ON GNIC

NICIL RESPONDS TO SARU’S STATEMENT ON GNIC

Jan 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on NICIL RESPONDS TO SARU’S STATEMENT ON GNIC

Dear Editor, I hereby respond to Kaieteur News’ front page headline in its Sunday edition of 15 January, which read as follows: ‘NICIL MUST CLEAN UP ‘MESSY’ GNIC LAND DEAL OR REPOSSESS...

The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day Horse race meet

The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day...

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Xhiya Hercules – flipping the script towards Gymnastics history for Guyana

Xhiya Hercules – flipping the script towards...

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Road Warriors, Bent Street, Team Cruel & Gold Is Money into quarter-finals

Road Warriors, Bent Street, Team Cruel &...

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Deol maiden hundred outshines Matthews’ as India take series

Deol maiden hundred outshines Matthews’ as...

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Moraikobai village two days football competition and fun day set for Old and New Year’s Day

Moraikobai village two days football competition...

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BCB thanks cricket fraternity for strong support in 2024

BCB thanks cricket fraternity for strong support...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more

Breaking the Chains of Poverty: A need for political will

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- The year 2024 has underscored a grim reality: poverty continues to be an unyielding... more

Christmas – reality and possibility

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- It is the middle of the week, Wednesday, and Christmas is that grace etching... more