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Guyanese Prof. John Rickford awarded highest academic honour in the U.S.A.

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese Prof. John Rickford awarded highest academic honour in the U.S.A.

Guyanese-American Professor John R. Rickford of Stanford University was recently awarded one of the highest academic honours in the United States: Election to the American Academy of Arts and...

Food For The Poor donates medical equipment to Linden Hospital

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Food For The Poor donates medical equipment to Linden Hospital

The Linden hospital complex was yesterday presented with medical supplies and equipment from Food For the Poor (FFTP). The donation will help to boost the services rendered at the facility. Making...

Superbet Guyana to pay all winners despite cancelled bet

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Superbet Guyana to pay all winners despite cancelled bet

…reiterates commitment to strengthen relationship with customers By Kiana Wilburg In any business, maintaining good relationships means everything. One can say that this irrefutable fact is what...

Nine -member delegation to attend CFATF meetings

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nine -member delegation to attend CFATF meetings

For the first time, Guyana will be represented by a nine-member delegation at the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) XLV Plenary Meetings, scheduled to be held in Trinidad and Tobago,...

Govt. spends over $8M for Region Eight flood relief

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. spends over $8M for Region Eight flood relief

…56 houses washed away, 266 farms destroyed The government has already released over $8M to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to reach out to the flood affected residents of Region Eight and...

Public Health Ministry wants more emergency drugs

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public Health Ministry wants more emergency drugs

Ministry of Public Health The Ministry of Public Health has gone to tender to procure emergency pharmaceutical supplies for the regional and clinic services Guyana Elections...

Court dismisses challenge against Justice Holder

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Court dismisses challenge against Justice Holder

…Plaintiff accused judge of abuse of privilege The Court has dismissed a challenge against Justice Franklyn Holder over a perceived failure to make records in a case where a litigant was engaged in...

Municipalities call for salaries, not stipends

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Municipalities call for salaries, not stipends

Mayor of Region Ten, Linden, Carwyn Holland, made calls, last Friday, at the Municipal Conference 2017,for Guyana’s nine municipal leaders to be paid a salary and not a stipend. Municipal bodies...

International Narcotics Control Report…USA anticipates tangible progress in fight against corruption, probes

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on International Narcotics Control Report…USA anticipates tangible progress in fight against corruption, probes

The United States of America is looking forward to tangible progress in Guyana. This is especially as it relates to investigations, prosecutions, and the enforcement of laws regarding anti-money...

Can somebody please explain these issues?

May 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Can somebody please explain these issues?

Guyana can be a highly confusing society. It is the role of newspapers to try to prevent its readers from being confused by explaining the issues behind the news. Sometimes, the newspapers leave this...

Works on Kitty sinkhole to end next month

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Works on Kitty sinkhole to end next month

Works on the Kitty seawall sinkhole project are moving apace, and are expected to be completed in June. The sinkhole developed near the Kitty pump station last December. A $127.1M contract was...

Shortage of specialists hampers primary health care agenda

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Shortage of specialists hampers primary health care agenda

A shortage of specialist doctors has been severely affecting the Ministry of Public Health’s attempts to advance primary health care. This notion has been amplified by Minister within the Ministry...

CAREFUL ABOUT THE MEN YOU CHOOSE

May 24, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CAREFUL ABOUT THE MEN YOU CHOOSE

In Guyana it is very painful to hear stories of women whose lives came to a violent end at the hands of someone who supposedly loved them. This is the case of Shenika Elliott-London of Amelia’s...

D’urban Street fatal crash…Victim ID’d as cricket coach Daniel Richmond

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on D’urban Street fatal crash…Victim ID’d as cricket coach Daniel Richmond

The man who perished in last Sunday’s crash involving a minibus and a Toyota Tacoma at the junction of D’Urban and Smyth Streets was identified yesterday. He is cricket coach, umpire and Guyana...

Uitvlugt ready to take Wales cane by second crop- GuySuCo

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Uitvlugt ready to take Wales cane by second crop- GuySuCo

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) has announced major headway in its plans to move production from Wales to Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara. The century-old Wales sugar estate was closed in...

Mom offers reward for missing son

May 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mom offers reward for missing son

A mother, desperate to find her 24-year-old son, is offering a reward to anyone who may have information about his whereabouts. Jomel Thomas, a juice vendor of Lot 449 West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme...

Gold thief to stand trial for killing co-worker

May 24, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Gold thief to stand trial for killing co-worker

Neville Chandrawattie, the suspected mastermind behind a $93M staged robbery at the El Dorado Gold Trading Company in 2013, has been committed to stand trial at the High Court for the murder of his...

SOCU must be commended for its investigative work

May 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on SOCU must be commended for its investigative work

Dear Editor, Investigative work by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) following revelations of a recent forensic Audit of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB),has led to charges being laid...

AN EYE FOR AN EYE WILL MAKE ALL OF US BLIND

May 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on AN EYE FOR AN EYE WILL MAKE ALL OF US BLIND

Dear Editor, The great Mahatma Gandhi taught us about the futility of blaming each other for the ‘problems’ of our country. The similarly great Nelson Mandella, a student of the Mahatma, has...

GAWU has always stood by the side of the sugar workers

May 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GAWU has always stood by the side of the sugar workers

Dear Editor, Our Union was very disturbed to read Mr Abel Seetaram’s letter appearing in the May 20, 2017 Kaieteur News that GAWU and the PPP are using underage children in the protest line. We see...

The Cummingsburg Accord is more in the AFC’s favour than APNU’s

May 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Cummingsburg Accord is more in the AFC’s favour than APNU’s

Dear Editor, I refer to the Kaieteur News Editorial of Monday May 15th 2017 captioned, “The Cummingsburg Accord”. The Editorial took the position that the AFC was short changed, and now finds...

Brief reflections on Burnham and Jagan

May 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Brief reflections on Burnham and Jagan

Dear Editor, Trips down memory lane are always welcomed, to me at least, mainly because they bring to mind “the sweet used-to-be”, as one song describes it. Mr. Burnham was not only a gifted...

Those victimized by the Guyana Energy Authority must be given justice

May 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those victimized by the Guyana Energy Authority must be given justice

Dear Editor, What is justice? Is justice only for those in great standing or for those who have families in Government? What about those people fighting for their livelihood? Is justice there for...

Harry Gill needs to answer this question

May 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Harry Gill needs to answer this question

Dear Editor, Over the past weeks, Member of Parliament Mr. Harry Gill has written quite a number of letters to the newspapers mostly condemning others and proclaimed himself to be a moral human for...

Some do not want the Region 5 chairman to succeed

May 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some do not want the Region 5 chairman to succeed

Dear Editor, With the resignation of the former oligarch of Region 5, I had hoped that those elected to serve the people would finally put aside their confrontational behaviour to finally bring real...

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Guyana recorded over 10 000 dengue cases in 2024

Kaieteur News- Guyana recorded just over 10,000 dengue cases in 2024, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony revealed during an... more