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Medical doctors only get 20 hours training in mental health for their degree

Jun 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Medical doctors only get 20 hours training in mental health for their degree

Dear Editor, Thanks for the publication of my letter (KN, June 8) captioned, “Abuse will continue against people with mental illness unless….” I ended that letter with a quote from another...

The two GECOM lists are a ploy to trap the President

Jun 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The two GECOM lists are a ploy to trap the President

Dear Editor, The debate on President David Granger’s rejection of the two lists of nominees for GECOM Chairman is focusing almost exclusively on legal interpretations of the Constitution. In all of...

The purpose of this man’s letter is to glorify the PPP

Jun 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The purpose of this man’s letter is to glorify the PPP

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Hydar Ally’s letter which was published in the Kaieteur News on Monday, June 5th, 2017 under the caption, “This year marks sixty years of the PNC”, in which he dealt...

This woman has made a great contribution to African consciousness

Jun 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This woman has made a great contribution to African consciousness

Dear Editor, Tchaiko Kwayana had a subtle chiding of Kenya’s Tom Mboya for referring to African Americans as “cousins.” Mboya in his “Challenges of Nationhood,” a collection of essays and...

Talk of a good life must be backed by action and policies

Jun 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Talk of a good life must be backed by action and policies

Dear Editor, I note with interest and at the same time grave concern, the efforts by the APNU+AFC government to forge ahead in making one of the most recent towns, Bartica, a model economy through...

BaiShanLin imports ended up in Regent St. Stores

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on BaiShanLin imports ended up in Regent St. Stores

GRA Boss says 18 sister companies also benefitted By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News was the first to expose how some Chinese firms were manipulating the tax concessions system so as to ensure that their...

REO justifies withholding teachers’ salaries

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on REO justifies withholding teachers’ salaries

In hopes of addressing financial irregularities that have been highlighted by the Auditor General, strategic measures have been put in place by the Regional Authority of Region Five. This is...

$540,470 PS guard hut… Engineer, Chief Works Officer accepted inflated estimate

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $540,470 PS guard hut… Engineer, Chief Works Officer accepted inflated estimate

With the Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Education, Vibert Welch, distancing himself from the construction of a guard hut at his Georgetown residence, the barrel now points to the...

Petroleum Act seems to allow for non-disclosure of oil contracts

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Petroleum Act seems to allow for non-disclosure of oil contracts

TIGI wants Govt. to explain if “secrecy clause” will be removed Amidst calls for the disclosure of the Exxon Mobil Contract, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI), has taken the...

Suspected Pradoville ‘schemers’ closer to climbing court step

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected Pradoville ‘schemers’ closer to climbing court step

…as SOCU recommends charges for Brassington and Ashni Singh and others The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has completed its Pradoville 2 investigations and has sent that file to the police...

Courtney Crum-Ewing murder… Magistrate maintains ruling, discharges ‘Grey Boy’ for third time

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Courtney Crum-Ewing murder… Magistrate maintains ruling, discharges ‘Grey Boy’ for third time

By: Feona Morrison City Magistrate Judy Latchman has maintained her ruling. There is not sufficient evidence against Regan Rodrigues for him to stand trial at the High Court for the murder of...

Soulja Bai, Rum Jattan, tek off y’all spectacles

Jun 08, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai, Rum Jattan, tek off y’all spectacles

Never regret being a good person to de wrong people. Your behavior says everything about you, and their behavior says enough about them. Yesterday, de PS behavior, his attitude, his words toward de...

Masked men break 12 stalls at Mon Repos Market

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Masked men break 12 stalls at Mon Repos Market

Three men were captured on surveillance camera breaking into at least 12 stalls at the Mon Repos Market, East Coast Demerara (ECD) yesterday morning. The men wore jerseys to conceal their faces. One...

Taxi driver rob, dumped from car

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver rob, dumped from car

A 46-year-old taxi driver was robbed and thrown out of his own car by three armed bandits in broad daylight, Tuesday. The incident occurred in the vicinity of the Graham’s Hall Church, Cummings...

GPL poles threaten safety of La Penitence residents

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL poles threaten safety of La Penitence residents

A dangerous situation has been created in Middle Street, East La Penitence. Two Guyana Power and Light utility poles are leaning to the extent that they can fall at any time. According to residents...

There are cases for recovery at Pradoville 2 – Retemyer

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on There are cases for recovery at Pradoville 2 – Retemyer

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the State Asset Recovery Authority (SARA), Aubrey Heath-Retemyer said that there are cases for recovery at the controversial Pradoville 2 scheme. Retemyer said...

Family Court Division marks 1st year… Over 500 matters filed in first six months

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Family Court Division marks 1st year… Over 500 matters filed in first six months

Since it became operational approximately one year ago, the Family Court Division has transformed the judicial landscape to cater specifically to the needs of the family. Within the first six...

Miner gets bail for causing death of girlfriend

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Miner gets bail for causing death of girlfriend

A miner yesterday made an appearance before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and was granted bail in the sum of $250,000 for causing the death of his...

Conductor jailed for splitting girlfriend’s lip

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Conductor jailed for splitting girlfriend’s lip

A conductor was yesterday sentenced to one month imprisonment by City Magistrate Fabayo Azore after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and pleaded guilty to unlawfully and...

Angry boyfriend fined for kicking girlfriend

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Angry boyfriend fined for kicking girlfriend

A welder was yesterday fined $25,000 after admitting to kicking his girlfriend during a heated argument. Sheik Hassan of Lot 24 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, pleaded guilty to assaulting his...

Second suspect held for Mocha mechanic’s execution

Jun 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Second suspect held for Mocha mechanic’s execution

After one year, police have held a second suspect for the execution-style killing of Mocha-Arcadia mechanic Terrence Lanferman, who was gunned down in his home in June 2016. “The second suspect was...

U-15 footballers receive plaudits from GFF and corporate partners

Jun 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on U-15 footballers receive plaudits from GFF and corporate partners

The National Under-15 footballers received plaudits yesterday morning when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) hosted an Appreciation Event to honour the team following their success in the SOULIGA...

RHTY&SC/DMLAS Cricket Development Programme bowls off to rousing start

Jun 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC/DMLAS Cricket Development Programme bowls off to rousing start

The Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society sponsored Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, M.S Cricket Development Programme bowled off on Thursday 1st of June at the Area ‘H’ Ground to a rousing...

Linden Mayor Carwyn Holland receives brush cutter from GCB- Council prepares to manage Development works at Christianburg CC

Jun 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Mayor Carwyn Holland receives brush cutter from GCB- Council prepares to manage Development works at Christianburg CC

The Guyana Cricket Board through its Treasurer, Mr. Anand Kalladeen, yesterday presented a Honda Brush Cutter to the Mayor of Linden, Mayor Carwyn Holland. The Brush Cutter is intended to support the...

Champions Trophy, Group B, Edgbaston …Pakistan back in the race as rain helps their cause

Jun 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Champions Trophy, Group B, Edgbaston …Pakistan back in the race as rain helps their cause

(Reuters) Pakistan edged South Africa by 19 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method at Edgbaston yesterday to restore their Champions Trophy hopes as rain continued to play havoc with the tournament....

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This must not be our hour of humiliation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There are moments in the history of nations when fate lays before them a choice not of... more