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Guyana EMS programme gets impressive ratings

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana EMS programme gets impressive ratings

The United States of America was propelled to a status of greatness because of the resilience of its people. Aiming for such a goal is not beyond this South American territory. This is according to...

Gold mining in Mazaruni, Puruni…Govt. sending team to investigate GHRA’s claim of river degradation

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gold mining in Mazaruni, Puruni…Govt. sending team to investigate GHRA’s claim of river degradation

The Ministry of Natural Resources says it has noted the recent media coverage emanating from a report compiled by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) regarding environmental degradation due to...

Let us really get to know each other

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Let us really get to know each other

One of the perennial bones of contention in our society has been the seeming inability of our people to find a ground of commonality that would allow us to see ourselves as one people; one nation and...

Texila University among local entities embracing ‘green’ energy

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Texila University among local entities embracing ‘green’ energy

– as GEA advances transition to renewables A number of organisations have been embracing the notion of green energy. Green energy comes from natural sources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides,...

Govt. completes framework strategy for Green State Development

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. completes framework strategy for Green State Development

The Ministry of the Presidency yesterday indicated that the framework document for Guyana’s development along a ‘green’ pathway has been finalized. The document titled ‘Framework of the...

Teen to serve life for Enmore rum shop killing

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Teen to serve life for Enmore rum shop killing

An Enmore teenager convicted for killing his fellow villager during a rum shop brawl has been sentenced to serve life imprisonment for the offence. The sentence was handed down by Justice Navindra...

Bath Settlement teen dies in early morning accident

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bath Settlement teen dies in early morning accident

A family of Bath Settlement is mourning the loss of their loved one after he succumbed to injuries sustained during a motorcycle collision at D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice. Dead is Dave...

Food & Drug Dept. faces another lawsuit for barring milk importation

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Food & Drug Dept. faces another lawsuit for barring milk importation

An Order Nisi of Certiorari has been directed to Director of the Government Analyst Food & Drug Department,(GAFDD) Marlon Cole quashing his decision prohibiting the importation of “Ancient...

What is there to review?

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What is there to review?

The AFC is becoming discredited. It can hardly now be trusted by its main coalition partner, APNU, and worst of all, it can no longer be trusted by its supporters. The AFC as part of the government...

Soesdyke/Linden Highway, Mon Repos Main Access Road to be rehabilitated

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke/Linden Highway, Mon Repos Main Access Road to be rehabilitated

During the opening of tenders yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPATB), contractors vied for the contract to rehabilitate Main Access Roads. This contract was...

“Resistance” in municipalities damaging quality of local governance – Granger

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Resistance” in municipalities damaging quality of local governance – Granger

President David Granger thinks that the “resistance” being put up by various local government officials is hampering the progress that Guyana so needs at that level. During a recent Public...

Visible people, non-existent voices

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Visible people, non-existent voices

In 2014, on Emancipation Day, the Government decided to make financial donations to African cultural organizations in celebration of the event. Suddenly, there was an outpouring of these groups from...

World renowned management company establishes presence in Guyana

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on World renowned management company establishes presence in Guyana

FranklinCovey, the global leader in management, leadership, and organizational behaviour, has finally made the decision to have a foothold in Guyana. And the authorized licensee for the local charter...

Woman arrested after allegedly attacking mother, stabbing brother to death

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Woman arrested after allegedly attacking mother, stabbing brother to death

Controversy surrounds the death of a 21-year-old man who succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday, hours after being stabbed. The victim has been identified as Vishaul...

Ministry of Presidency protecting fuel smugglers – Jagdeo

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Presidency protecting fuel smugglers – Jagdeo

The opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo said that since the APNU/AFC government took office there has been an emergence of three huge fuel smuggling gangs that he alleges is being supported by the...

PI into Ryan Sergeant murder to commence next month

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on PI into Ryan Sergeant murder to commence next month

May 5 has been set for the commencement of a preliminary inquiry into the murder of Ryan Sergeant who was gunned down in front of the Rio Night Club last year September. Lloyd Roberts, also known as...

Former Finance Minister, Frank Hope, passes on

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former Finance Minister, Frank Hope, passes on

Franklin Eleazer Hope, 92, passed away peacefully at his home in Maryland USA , last Thursday April 13. In keeping with his wishes, his body was cremated and will be remembered in a private memorial....

Correction

Apr 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Correction

In yesterday’s edition of Kaieteur News, on Page 20, pronouncements in an article titled “Land seizures, climate change, equipment prices challenging West Berbice” were inadvertently credited...

Duo remanded over robbing church-goers at gunpoint

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo remanded over robbing church-goers at gunpoint

Less than one month after a murder charge was discharged against him, Negus Lamazon is back in court again. This time, he and another man were remanded to prison over robbing a group of church...

Agricola men in court for robbing woman of cash, jewellery

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Agricola men in court for robbing woman of cash, jewellery

Two residents of Agricola, East Bank Demerara have been remanded to prison for robbing a woman at gunpoint of cash and jewellery. Antonio Maraj, 20, a fish vendor, of 27 Public Road, Agricola, East...

Linden’s administrators really don’t care about its existence

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Linden’s administrators really don’t care about its existence

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News of April 3rd under bold head line “Scrap metal dealers’ plundered’ Linden of several famous artifacts”, carried a disturbing story by Enid Joaquin which...

Is there a lack of fear of God that led to this baby’s death?

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a lack of fear of God that led to this baby’s death?

Dear Editor, I am troubled .When I recall the news of the death of a premature baby at the West Demerara Hospital, the circumstances surrounding the death, and the response, I am troubled. A...

Ministry of Health needs to investigate this conspiracy in Region 5

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministry of Health needs to investigate this conspiracy in Region 5

Dear Editor, The shortages of essential drugs and medical supplies at regional hospitals have long been denied by the government. Then on March 2, 2017, a team headed by the Junior Minister of Public...

The most serious treat about the US we should worry about

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The most serious treat about the US we should worry about

Dear Editor, A lot of Caribbean people seem to be concerned about President Donald Trump being president of the most powerful country in the world, The United States of America (US). He is perceived...

The NDC in Grove/Diamond was elected to serve but not doing so

Apr 19, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The NDC in Grove/Diamond was elected to serve but not doing so

Dear Editor, I would like to comment on “Police probe $20 M-plus rates and taxes at Grove/Diamond NDC” in the Kaieteur News, Tuesday, March 14, p. 3. I hope you highlight this letter merely as...

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