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Parika wife-killer shot, captured near home

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parika wife-killer shot, captured near home

– “Ow mommy, ow mommy, ah gone dead,” suspect cries Three days after plunging into the Essequibo River to escape from the police, Parika wife-killer, Ganesh Dhanraj tried the same trick...

Some women being murdered despite filing restraining orders

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Some women being murdered despite filing restraining orders

– Crime Chief urges victims in abusive relationships to inform police Dhanwantie Ram, a 29-year-old mother in Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), told her neighbours that her husband had beat...

DDL records $89M in profit for 2016

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DDL records $89M in profit for 2016

Notwithstanding its complete withdrawal from the bulk rum market, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has recorded an overall revenue increase of 0.5 percent or $89M in 2016. According to Board...

Govt. wants Public-Private Partnerships but…No guidelines in place to prevent abuse

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. wants Public-Private Partnerships but…No guidelines in place to prevent abuse

– Gaskin Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, recently revealed that while Government and investors stand to benefit from public-private partnerships, there is no framework in place to ensure...

Dem boys seh…Watch how you going to wedding

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Watch how you going to wedding

Wedding does still attract a crowd. Even if people ain’t invited, dem does still go to peep. Dem women does go to see how de bride dress and wha she husband look like. Long time when dem had...

Rice Board being blamed for paddy bug problem in Region Six

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rice Board being blamed for paddy bug problem in Region Six

The Central and Upper Corentyne Chambers of Commerce are casting blame on the Guyana Rice Development Board and its sister agencies for allegedly absconding their duty and straying away from their...

Younger patients with cervical cancer worrying

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Younger patients with cervical cancer worrying

– CIG Director By Rehana Ahamad With a large percentage of the adolescent population being sexually active, medical professionals are beginning to diagnose much younger women infected with...

Lusignan cosmetologist murder… Defence suggests accused tortured

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan cosmetologist murder… Defence suggests accused tortured

The High Court trial for which Lennox Wayne, called “Two Colours” and Melroy Doris were indicted for the July 2014 murder of Lusignan cosmetologist Ashmini Harriram, commenced on Thursday...

Army’s lone female doctor among GDF officers promoted

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Army’s lone female doctor among GDF officers promoted

The Guyana Defence Force recently approved the promotion of a number of officers. The lone female, Captain Notoya Fraser, who is the Force’s only female doctor, has been promoted to the rank of...

Male and female manslaughter convicts among ten paroled

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Male and female manslaughter convicts among ten paroled

A man serving a nine-year term for killing his lover’s husband, and a woman serving a 13-year sentence for the death of her spouse are among ten prisoners who were paroled on Wednesday. They were...

LBFCC/Baker Memorial Cycle Classic…‘Obeahman’ Jeffrey blows field away in senior segment

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on LBFCC/Baker Memorial Cycle Classic…‘Obeahman’ Jeffrey blows field away in senior segment

– John and Barret are junior and female winners By Franklin Wilson Back home following another successful stint on the USA circuit, Raynauth ‘Obeahman’ Jeffrey made an immediate impact on...

Milo 18 and under Schools Football Competition…Chase Academy retain title in penalty shootout

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo 18 and under Schools Football Competition…Chase Academy retain title in penalty shootout

-Masters finish third Defending champion Chase Academy retained their title after securing a 3-2 win in a penalty shootout in the final of this year’s Milo 18 and under Schools Football Competition...

Brighto Paints Q-Mobile ODI series…Windies flatter to deceive as Ali (5-35) & Azad’s ton lift Pakistan to 74-run win

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brighto Paints Q-Mobile ODI series…Windies flatter to deceive as Ali (5-35) & Azad’s ton lift Pakistan to 74-run win

By Sean Devers At venue reportedly almost sold out since Saturday, a less than capacity crowd at Providence yesterday watched as Pakistan beat West Indies by 74 runs in the second Brighto Paints...

$1B wind-powered hotel opens doors in Corriverton

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $1B wind-powered hotel opens doors in Corriverton

By Malisa Playter Harry The Classic International Hotel and Suites, an HNS Property Development Investment, opened with much class and elegance at Number 79 Village, Corriverton, Berbice on...

2017 TOUCAN INDUSTRIES JUNIOR SKILL LEVEL TOURNAMENT…Mohyryan Baksh and Abosaide Cadogan outstanding winners

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 TOUCAN INDUSTRIES JUNIOR SKILL LEVEL TOURNAMENT…Mohyryan Baksh and Abosaide Cadogan outstanding winners

The curtains came down on Saturday evening on the 2017 Toucan Distributors Junior Skill level tournament organized by the Guyana Squash Association. This was the first Junior tournament for...

Guyana, Venezuela border controversy…UN ‘Good Officer’ to meet with Granger on Wednesday

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Venezuela border controversy…UN ‘Good Officer’ to meet with Granger on Wednesday

Ambassador Dag Nylander, the personal representative of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will visit Guyana on Wednesday, April 12 to meet with President David Granger and Minister of...

FIFA’s President Gianni Infantino to visit Guyana tomorrow

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA’s President Gianni Infantino to visit Guyana tomorrow

– To officially turn sod of FIFA Forward Programme facility Georgetown: President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, will visit Guyana tomorrow...

Four Guyana players in President’s XI team

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four Guyana players in President’s XI team

Will miss Jaguars match against Windwards from Saturday By Sean Devers Four players from double defending Champions Guyana Jaguars have been included in the West Indies President’s X1 squad to...

Imran Khan, the Director of Public Information is a hypocrite

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Imran Khan, the Director of Public Information is a hypocrite

Here is an extract from the May 4, 2016 edition of Kaieteur News on the resignation from the Board of NCN of the Director of Public Information, Imran Khan. “Khan made it clear that he had informed...

Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition…Back Circle destruction of top teams continue

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition…Back Circle destruction of top teams continue

– set up dream final with Sparta Boss Back Circle continued their destruction of the top teams in this year’s Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition with defending champion Bent...

Local group wants to manage problem-plagued Skeldon Factory

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local group wants to manage problem-plagued Skeldon Factory

A local group has approached the government to manage the troubled Skeldon Sugar Factory. The group from the East Berbice Development Association is the third group that has approached the government...

Rockstone, Kwakwani Waterfront, Blue Lakes and Christianburg Waterwheel

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rockstone, Kwakwani Waterfront, Blue Lakes and Christianburg Waterwheel

– potential Region Ten tourism hotspots By Enid Joaquin Guyana is undeniably beautiful and Region Ten with its undulating hills and valleys, refreshing springs of crystal clear water, miniature...

Paramakatoi speaks…Residents boast transformative Sundried Tomato Project ‘will surprise the world’

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Paramakatoi speaks…Residents boast transformative Sundried Tomato Project ‘will surprise the world’

Today, Kaieteur News wraps up its five-part series focusing on the Sundried Tomato Project undertaken by the Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Paramakatoi, Region Eight, with a cross...

Coalition politics and Constitutional reform

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Coalition politics and Constitutional reform

If the APNU is committed to coalition politics; if it accepts that this type of politics is best suited to Guyana’s ethnically divided politics, then it must by extension accept that the notion of...

The NIS misled your readers about my non-existent benefits

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The NIS misled your readers about my non-existent benefits

Dear Editor, Please publish this letter which is a reply to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Insurance Scheme in which she stated that NIS is investigating the matter in relation to...

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more