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The killing of Jankie Mahadeo

Feb 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The killing of Jankie Mahadeo

By Michael Jordan The seawalls that protect Guyana’s coastlands from the Atlantic hold decades upon decades of secrets…secrets of hidden love affairs…of rites to unseen forces…and of murder....

Interfaith harmony and the cohesive state

Feb 05, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Interfaith harmony and the cohesive state

(Remarks by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to the Prayer Breakfast for Interfaith Harmony Week) ‘World Interfaith Harmony Week’ is an...

Intimate Partner Violence; is enough ever enough?

Feb 05, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Intimate Partner Violence; is enough ever enough?

By Dennis Nichols Last week it was about the children – victims of adult neglect, abuse, and murder. This week the focus shifts; the children are now adults – men and women in intimate...

Opposition has just discovered the importance of GPL

Feb 05, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Opposition has just discovered the importance of GPL

No government anywhere should ask its citizens to get used to power outages, none in this 21st Century that has modernization and a green economy at the top of its agenda. Our Ministers have given...

Creditinfo Guyana: Improving relationships between borrowers and lending institutions

Feb 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Creditinfo Guyana: Improving relationships between borrowers and lending institutions

By Kiana Wilburg Prior to the introduction of Creditinfo Guyana, the relationship between lending institutions and borrowers had been decidedly half-hearted, with much reservation and sometimes,...

That thriving organ ‘black market’

Feb 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on That thriving organ ‘black market’

By Sharmain Grainger The notion of a ‘black market’ has been around from time immemorial. The use of the term ‘black market’ suggests that something is being sold under very questionable...

Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)

Feb 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)

The Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from north western Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad. This...

There is a cadre of very young gunmen

Feb 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There is a cadre of very young gunmen

This past week brought the age of the gunmen into sharp focus. News came that the police had arrested a gunman implicated in the killing of a restaurant worker on D’Urban Street. Needless to say...

Forensic audit reveals…Keith Burrowes treated Go-Invest like his private business

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit reveals…Keith Burrowes treated Go-Invest like his private business

—Showed total disregard for company’s rules and regulations It is hard for some to swallow that the dreadful state in which forensic auditors found the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest)...

M&CC removes signs, barriers in “unlawful” Giftland raid

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC removes signs, barriers in “unlawful” Giftland raid

The owners of the Giftland Mall, at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, are crying foul, accusing the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgeotown (M&CC) of abusing its authority. The mall claimed...

Deputy Solicitor General sent on 72 days leave to facilitate “investigations”

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy Solicitor General sent on 72 days leave to facilitate “investigations”

The complaint filed against Attorney General (AG) and Legal Affairs Minister, Basil Williams, by the Deputy Solicitor General (DSG), Prithima Kissoon, has been “rejected” by the Public Service...

GRDB Forensic Audit Probe….SOCU raids Kingston office, seizes documents

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB Forensic Audit Probe….SOCU raids Kingston office, seizes documents

-probing vehicle driven by Agri official Days after Government handed over the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB)’s forensic audit – amongst others – to the Guyana Police Force (GPF), agents...

Parking meter objections…Pressure mounts on City Hall as businesses, civic groups protest

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parking meter objections…Pressure mounts on City Hall as businesses, civic groups protest

Hundreds of Guyanese, yesterday, descended on Regent Street outside the Georgetown Mayor and City Council to protest against the implementation of the parking meter system in the capital city. The...

Gunmen shoot store employee outside bank in foiled robbery

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen shoot store employee outside bank in foiled robbery

Gunmen shot a 60-year-old worker attached to a store but were forced to flee empty-handed following a robbery attempt on the victim’s employer outside the Citizen’s Bank on Mandela Avenue. The...

Additional sentence for Bartica massacre felon…Death penalty plus life imprisonment for Dennis ‘Anaconda,’ Williams

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Additional sentence for Bartica massacre felon…Death penalty plus life imprisonment for Dennis ‘Anaconda,’ Williams

Roger ‘Goat man’ Simon released on bail Convicted Bartica massacre felon, Dennis Williams, called ‘Anaconda,’ was further sentenced to life imprisonment for five counts of manslaughter. He...

Private Sector against tougher foreign exchange monitoring

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector against tougher foreign exchange monitoring

One day after Government announced plans to tighten foreign currency trade to ensure a stable market, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is resisting any such moves. The commission, in a strongly...

Dr. Jennifer Westford Trial…Accountant testifies to knowing ex-Minister for decades

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dr. Jennifer Westford Trial…Accountant testifies to knowing ex-Minister for decades

Approximately 50 more witnesses are expected to be called by the state in the trial of Dr. Jennifer Westford and Margaret Cummings. One of them, Alan Williams, an accountant at the Ministry of the...

Prime suspect in Kaneville deadly fire arrested in Mahdia

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prime suspect in Kaneville deadly fire arrested in Mahdia

A young man who along with his gang allegedly burnt a house down at Third Field, Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) which resulted in the death of eight-month-old Romain Seth, was arrested at Nine...

Cops warn taxi drivers…Beware of women working with carjackers

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops warn taxi drivers…Beware of women working with carjackers

Taxi drivers beware: The next pretty female passenger you pick up just might be a carjacker’s accomplice. That’s the warning the police released yesterday in the wake of a spate of attacks on...

Opposition leader wants international firm to track money ‘stashed’ abroad

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition leader wants international firm to track money ‘stashed’ abroad

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is urging the government to hire an international firm to track down large sums of monies that are reportedly stashed away in accounts overseas. At a press conference...

Businessman arrested for allegedly cutting parking boot on vehicle

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman arrested for allegedly cutting parking boot on vehicle

Timothy Tucker was yesterday arrested by City Police for allegedly cutting free a boot placed on a vehicle driven by his daughter. Tucker told Kaieteur News that his 21-year-old daughter had stopped...

APNU, AFC partnership…Dispute mechanism never resorted to

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on APNU, AFC partnership…Dispute mechanism never resorted to

… parties resolved matters through interactions – Ramjattan Chairman and outgoing Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, said on Thursday, that the dispute-settlement...

2014 restaurant waitress murder…Crippled suspect entered prison after Debra Blackman was killed- source

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 2014 restaurant waitress murder…Crippled suspect entered prison after Debra Blackman was killed- source

A police source has indicated that 21-year-old Shelton George, who was arrested on Wednesday for the murder of 48-year-old Debra Blackman, was in prison when the waitress was killed. Kaieteur News...

STAG Nations Cup KO Football Final – Western Tigers vs Santos …Tactical battle tonight as Coaches confident of winning

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on STAG Nations Cup KO Football Final – Western Tigers vs Santos …Tactical battle tonight as Coaches confident of winning

By Franklin Wilson The 2016/17 edition of the Stag Nations Cup knock-out football championship is set to climax tonight at the Georgetown Football Club ground with the final between arch rivals...

Regional Super50…Johnson, Chanderpaul hit fifties as Jaguars beat CCC by 6 wickets

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50…Johnson, Chanderpaul hit fifties as Jaguars beat CCC by 6 wickets

By Sean Devers in Barbados In Association with Bounty Supermarket, Vnet Communications, Life Time Reality & Ming’s Products & Services A well complied 54-run third wicket stand between...

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An Open Letter to the election observer missions

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Later this year, you will arrive in Guyana as protectors of the integrity of our democracy.... more