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No lead in attempted carjacking

Jun 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on No lead in attempted carjacking

Up to press time, the cops had no lead in the shooting of Jewel Gibson who was wounded during an attempted carjacking around 22:00 hrs on Sunday. Kaieteur News understands that the police were...

Juveniles start fire at Holding Centre

Jun 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Juveniles start fire at Holding Centre

– inmates found unconscious in cells, treated for smoke inhalation Police and Guyana Fire Service ranks had to be summoned to the Juvenile Holding Centre, Dennis Street, Sophia, around 18.00...

Patient jumps to death from hospital window

Jun 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Patient jumps to death from hospital window

Mortimer Sagon was the second person to jump to his death from the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH). Sagon was admitted to the hospital for about a week before jumping from the window in the...

UG Student loans can now be repaid with GTT Mobile Money

Jun 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG Student loans can now be repaid with GTT Mobile Money

…as 20,301 loans remain delinquent By Murtland Haley Past and present loan students of the University of Guyana will now have the option of repaying their loans using the Mobile Money service...

IAC wants Granger to reconsider rejection of second GECOM list

Jun 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on IAC wants Granger to reconsider rejection of second GECOM list

The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is calling on President David Granger to reconsider his rejection of the second list of nominees for the Chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission. The list...

The dangerous journey of David Granger

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The dangerous journey of David Granger

I can understand the mistakes of David Granger. Clarissa Rhiel once said to me on the street entrance to the High Court, “Freddie, I don’t know Mr. Granger; I never saw him around the PNC; I...

Girl, 14, goes missing

Jun 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 14, goes missing

A 14-year-old girl has gone missing and her relatives are terrified. The missing girl has been identified as Analee Gonsalves of Lot 4602 Westminster, La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD)....

Mother fears the worse for missing mentally-impaired daughter

Jun 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mother fears the worse for missing mentally-impaired daughter

One week ago, Joan DaSilva, sent her daughter, Lisa Powers, to buy a $220 Digicel phone card at a shop a short distance away from their Industry, East Coast Demerara home. This would however be the...

Public Health Action Plan underway to reduce impact of climate change

Jun 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public Health Action Plan underway to reduce impact of climate change

Guyana will, this week, draft a National Action Plan (NAP) to help reduce the negative impact of climate change on health, according to Mr. Steve Chichester, Principal Environmental Health Officer of...

What may have been…

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What may have been…

An old trick of the PNC which it never seemed to realize had become stale was to brand Cheddi Jagan as communist. The PNC did this quite successfully in the 1950’s and 1960’s to the extent that...

GRDB facilitates fertilizer credit to farmers

Jun 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB facilitates fertilizer credit to farmers

The Board of Directors of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) recently took a decision to afford farmers throughout the rice growing region, access to fertilizer through a credit system. Farmers...

Why is it so easy to con and scam Guyanese?

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is it so easy to con and scam Guyanese?

Dear Editor, Over a period of time I have heard and read of so many people in Guyana being robbed of money through online scams originating in the USA. Why is it so easy for this to happen, one...

The question of Guyana having its own oil refinery

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The question of Guyana having its own oil refinery

Dear Editor, A recent assessment by the consultant Pedro Hass, from the British-based international think-tank Chatham House, concludes that building a 100,000 barrel per day oil refinery in Guyana...

Overstaying cost Cubans $60,000 each

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Overstaying cost Cubans $60,000 each

City Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday ordered two Cuban nationals to pay a fine of $60,000 each or in default six months’ imprisonment, and after paying the fine or serving the jail time, they...

President Granger’s interpretation of the constitution is a warped one

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger’s interpretation of the constitution is a warped one

Dear Editor, Like every other reasonable-minded Guyanese but moreso because I played a role in assembling both lists of persons which the Opposition Leader submitted to the President for the...

Ignorance and incompetence exist in the management of GuySuCo

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ignorance and incompetence exist in the management of GuySuCo

Dear Editor, I refer to GuySuCo’s letter in KN edition of June, 3rd 2017 – “GuySuCo’s detractor is being outright irresponsible and reckless” which is a response to my letter published...

Despite the naysayers, Region 5 is developing

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Despite the naysayers, Region 5 is developing

Dear Editor, I have noticed that over the past few weeks that several articles – published in various letter columns of the print media – are very disturbing and are far from the truth. I...

Tchaiko Kwayana was an educator to the African world

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tchaiko Kwayana was an educator to the African world

Dear Editor, Kwayana was born Annie Florence Elizabeth Cook in 1937. She was raised in the small town of Buena Vista, Georgia. As a year old baby in her father’s arms, she was introduced to Jim...

The media and Govt. need to investigate NIS at Melanie

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The media and Govt. need to investigate NIS at Melanie

Dear Editor, We really need the assistance of the media for our voices to be heard. We are fed up of the system at the NIS. We cannot depend on management since they condone what is happening. On a...

Voir Dire ongoing…Man accused of smuggling cocaine in Banko Wine, baking powder

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Voir Dire ongoing…Man accused of smuggling cocaine in Banko Wine, baking powder

A Voir Dire is being conducted in the trial of Dennis Albert Jones, who is accused of trying to smuggle 22 pounds of cocaine out of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC). It is alleged that on...

I assert; this will be another white elephant

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I assert; this will be another white elephant

Dear Editor, In response to my letter which appeared in news media on May 28, wherein I expressed concern about the financial viability of the newly constructed Plantain Chip Factory on the Island of...

Mother of four remanded for trafficking ganja

Jun 06, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mother of four remanded for trafficking ganja

A mother of four yesterday made an appearance before City Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of...

Bandits shoot woman in stomach in attempt to steal car

Jun 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits shoot woman in stomach in attempt to steal car

– attack occurred near police station Police were last night trying to track down two bandits who shot a 44-year-old woman in the stomach outside her residence at Lot 2, Victoria Road,...

Findings of IMF, CDB Reports…Guyana sees major reduction in debt-to-GDP ratio from 2006 to 2016

Jun 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Findings of IMF, CDB Reports…Guyana sees major reduction in debt-to-GDP ratio from 2006 to 2016

By: Kiana Wilburg Over the years, the poor performance of Guyanas traditional sectors such as sugar, rice, bauxite and forestry, have birthed concerns about the nations ability to repay its debt. It...

Businessman found dead with gunshot wound

Jun 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman found dead with gunshot wound

– suicide suspected A 59-year-old saw-miller was found dead in his Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara yard at around 06.00hrs yesterday with a gunshot around to his head. ‘A’ Division Commander...

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The PPP has started the intimidation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In politics, as in life, what goes around comes around. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic... more