January 2017

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Magistrate to rule in ‘Six Head’ causing death trial

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate to rule in ‘Six Head’ causing death trial

Come February 2, Manx Powers, the porkknocker on trial for causing the death of popular boxer Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis by dangerous driving will know his fate. This announcement was made yesterday...

26 cases disposed of at October sessions of Criminal Assizes

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 26 cases disposed of at October sessions of Criminal Assizes

Twenty-eight matters were disposed of in the last session of the Demerara Criminal Assizes. The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions, (DPP) reported that the session officially ended with...

UN Women support CARICOM to address gender inequality

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UN Women support CARICOM to address gender inequality

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed yesterday between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Nations Women to strengthen initiatives aimed at reducing gender inequality. The MOU...

Power in 2016; the deceptive mind

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Power in 2016; the deceptive mind

From the opening of the doors of 2016 to its closing hours, I have been repeatedly asked a particular question – why has the APNU+AFC Government performed so raggedly, incompetently, insensitively...

Red House controversy…“I am not going to give up State property” – President Granger

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Red House controversy…“I am not going to give up State property” – President Granger

President David Granger says that efforts were made to have discussions with the Opposition over the Red House issue, however the party became disrespectful. The Head of State was at the time...

Guyana faces a constitutional crisis

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana faces a constitutional crisis

There are misguided souls who believe that it is right to correct a wrong by trampling on the law. They believe that it is just and right to remedy an unlawful act by stampeding the law. The rule of...

Deplorable state of Ituni Primary School sparks protest

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Deplorable state of Ituni Primary School sparks protest

-parents refuse to send children until it’s rectified Yesterday marked the first day for schools to be reopened across the country, for the second term of the academic year 2016/2017. And what...

A nightmare ride!

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on A nightmare ride!

It appears the recent rains have halted works on Quamina Street. This section, between Camp and Waterloo, had drivers frustrated yesterday not only from the holes, but the fact that vehicles were...

Guyana Goldfields targets up to 180,000 ounces this year

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields targets up to 180,000 ounces this year

Some 22 percent of the gold declared last year came from Canadian-owned. Guyana Goldfields Inc. According to the company yesterday, its gold sold for 2016 totaled 156,000 ounces at its Aurora Gold...

$5000 bail for fraud accused

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $5000 bail for fraud accused

Colleen Kendall of Penny Lane, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown has been released on $5,000 bail. The 57-year-old woman made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday and...

“Crabman” remanded for chopping off ex-lover’s hand

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Crabman” remanded for chopping off ex-lover’s hand

The suspect accused of brutally chopping his ex-lover and her mother at Number 70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, yesterday appeared at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate...

Deliberate efforts apace to tackle maternal and neonatal mortality

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Deliberate efforts apace to tackle maternal and neonatal mortality

In the quest to reduce deaths and illnesses of women, children and families through a comprehensive approach commencing before pregnancy, a Safe Motherhood Strategy was introduced. This Strategy,...

GWI commences biological wastewater training

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GWI commences biological wastewater training

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) in collaboration with UNESCO-IHE (Delft) yesterday commenced its training programme at the Millennium Manor Hotel in Georgetown. The forum is on Biological...

Abandoned vehicles on road shoulders becoming a hazard on Berbice roads

Jan 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Abandoned vehicles on road shoulders becoming a hazard on Berbice roads

Over the years the issue of having abandoned vehicles parked and left on the road shoulders have become a topic of discussion for motorists and other persons traversing the Corentyne Public Road....

Vic Oditt corrects Kaieteur News

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vic Oditt corrects Kaieteur News

Dear Editor, I note the inclusion of my name in a letter of Jan 9, titled “President Granger has to stop being aloof”. I shall not comment on the contents of his letter but I need to clarify the...

Only when accidents occur, then we act

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Only when accidents occur, then we act

Dear Editor, As a resident and taxpayer living in Agriculture Road, that leads to the Guyana School of Agriculture and NAREI, I am concerned about some issues. I observed on the exact day of the...

Poor traffic management could have killed me yesterday morning

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Poor traffic management could have killed me yesterday morning

Dear Editor, After losing my finance’ just over a month ago in a vehicular accident it is with anger, sorrow, confusion and tears that I pen this letter knowing that my life could have been taken...

I reject Freddie Kissoon’s theory of longevity in office

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Let me say from the start that I am not related to K. Juman Yassin. It is somewhat strange that he is the subject of this letter and my name is Yassin. I do not know Mr. Yassin. I do not...

Can Blacks afford to wait while Trump makes America great?

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Historically the Black community has been too intractably attached to the Democratic Party, and in addition to the party’s recent loss to Republican Donald Trump; over the past 30...

The Drug Shortage needs a bipartisan solution

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Drug Shortage needs a bipartisan solution

Dear Editor, During the period 2007 to the end of 2011 the management of Drugs and Supplies saw real and credible success and it was because we had the systems and leadership focus that was geared...

President Granger has to investigate City Hall’s atrocities

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger has to investigate City Hall’s atrocities

Dear Editor, Unfortunately it seems that there is never any good news, uplifting information or stimulating reports emanating from the Georgetown Municipality, instead there are only advisories about...

Region 8 REO should be commended for his efforts

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Region 8 REO should be commended for his efforts

Dear Editor, I humbly crave your permission to have some space in your newspaper as I firmly believe that the efforts of the Region 8, Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rafel Downes needs the highest...

Traffic rank at Suddie station abusing his power

Jan 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Traffic rank at Suddie station abusing his power

Dear Editor, My hire car H.A.8307 was not involved in an accident and I did not commit any offence whatsoever, when a traffic corporal attached to the Suddie station ordered me to drive to the...

Granger rejects Jagdeo’s list of GECOM Chairperson nominees

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News 1

– Nandlall says attempts being made to rig next election The list of names submitted by Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo to President David Granger from which the new Chairman of...

Five inmates wounded in N/A Prison brawl

Jan 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Five inmates wounded in N/A Prison brawl

– fracas began over a cell-phone An early morning brawl between several inmates erupted at the New Amsterdam Prison yesterday morning left one prisoner seriously wounded and four others...

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In case you didn’t know

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(Kaieteur News) – In case you didn’t know, there is a difference between staging a picketing exercise, going on a march, and turning up with a bullhorn that sounds as if it was borrowed from the announcer at the Providence National Stadium. Apparently, some people have difficulty...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms: the return of Jim Crow America

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Looking on at the U.S. midterms, and there are all these moves that have thwarting at best, or cheating at worst, in the DNA. First point: if this is the U.S. the straight arrow, and there are these shenanigans-Supreme Court accommodations, State subterfuges, Federal...

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