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Second crop of paddy prices up to $3,300 per bag – GRDB

Oct 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Second crop of paddy prices up to $3,300 per bag – GRDB

Rice farmers are receiving good prices this crop. According to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), for the second crop, the average price range for paddy is $32,130 to $46,140 per metric tonne....

Alleged Republic Bank robbers granted $500,000 bail each

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Alleged Republic Bank robbers granted $500,000 bail each

-Magistrate cites lengthy trial Senior Magistrate, Leron Daly, yesterday placed four accused who attempted to rob Republic Bank, Water Street Branch on $500,000 bail each. In arriving at her decision...

GBTI and the courts: Small is beautiful, small is dangerous

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on GBTI and the courts: Small is beautiful, small is dangerous

When I entered the University of Guyana as a freshman, there was a book that was generating interest and admiration around the world. No university missed out on its influence. It was modest-sized...

Government, GPSU commence talks for 2017 salary increases

Oct 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Government, GPSU commence talks for 2017 salary increases

The government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) met, yesterday, to advance discussions on the proposed salary increases for public servants for 2017. The Government side, which was led by...

City Hall to compensate manhole victims

Oct 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall to compensate manhole victims

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC) is expected to compensate at least two persons, who were injured in manhole accidents. This disclosure was made by Mayor Patricia Chase-Green during...

Filaria prevention campaign

Oct 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Filaria prevention campaign

Ministry of Public Health officials yesterday visited several homes, businesses and schools as part of their Filaria prevention campaign. At Kaieteur News, Publisher Glenn Lall set the trend...

GPHC sees increasing numbers of late stage cancer of the tongue – Consultant

Oct 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC sees increasing numbers of late stage cancer of the tongue – Consultant

An increasing number of patients have been turning up at the Oncology Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC], with cancer of the tongue. This is according to Consultant and Head of...

UG Health Sciences Faculty pursues complete accreditation

Oct 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG Health Sciences Faculty pursues complete accreditation

–preparation apace to accredit School of Dentistry It was just a few months ago that the University of Guyana [UG] regained international accreditation for its School of Medicine. However,...

The forgotten 50th anniversary

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The forgotten 50th anniversary

The latter half of the 1960s and 1970s were the heavy days for aspiring left wing revolutionaries who wanted to save Guyana in the name of socialism. And in those days, these so called...

Prosecution closes case in Babita Sarjou murder PI

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Prosecution closes case in Babita Sarjou murder PI

More than 20 witnesses—among them a doctor and several policemen—were called to testify by Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of Babita Sarjou....

Over half of Berbice daycare centres now licensed

Oct 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Over half of Berbice daycare centres now licensed

The first group of Early Childhood/Day Care centres was officially licensed by the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) in East Berbice-Corentyne district on Monday. The 20 licensed facilities,...

Lecture Theatre at UK University to be named after Guyanese Dr. Yesu Persaud

Oct 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lecture Theatre at UK University to be named after Guyanese Dr. Yesu Persaud

Doctor Yesu Persaud was yesterday honoured when a new lecture Theatre will bear his name at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. A small gathering assembled at the Demerara Bank, Camp Street...

Security guard struck by speeding car

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Security guard struck by speeding car

Leyland Benjamin, 50, of 44 East La Penitence was hit by a white Premio car in the vicinity of North East La Penitence. He suffered a broken ankle. Benjamin stated that he was walking to work when he...

Security guard struck by speeding car

Oct 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard struck by speeding car

Guyana can be the breadbasket of the Caribbean again

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana can be the breadbasket of the Caribbean again

Dear Editor Let us make Guyana the bread basket of the Caribbean again. Can we do it? Yes, we can! After Emancipation freed slaves had to provide food, clothes, and shelter for themselves. They...

Florida Guyana Hope Inc hands over US $21,500 to local chapter

Oct 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Florida Guyana Hope Inc hands over US $21,500 to local chapter

… millions more in equipment, stocks in the wings The Florida/Guyana Hope Incorporated, a nonprofit foundation, made up of Guyanese living in Florida, USA, is back once again. This time the...

For school dropouts, sports offer a future

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on For school dropouts, sports offer a future

Dear Editor, In Guyana, the incentives athletes and sporting disciplines generally receive are praises. Sports hardly ever link to economic prosperity in Guyana. Internationally all activities in...

A REPLY TO THE BLATANT INACCURACIES OF SAM HINDS

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A REPLY TO THE BLATANT INACCURACIES OF SAM HINDS

Dear Editor, The letter by former PPP Prime Minister, Sam Hinds intended to refute ACDA’s claim that a conspiracy exists to hinder the empowerment of Afro-Guyanese, compels an answer on the grounds...

Mabaruma residents want their deplorable roads to be fixed

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mabaruma residents want their deplorable roads to be fixed

Dear Editor, The Mabaruma residents of Region 1 (Barima- Waini) are crying out bitterly over the extremely bad conditions of their roads that need fixing urgently or rehabilitation by the Ministry of...

The PPP is killing Berbice to spite the Coalition Government

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is killing Berbice to spite the Coalition Government

Dear Editor, The political interference by the Opposition into the operations of the 52-74 NDC is getting worse by the day as Mr Zamal Hussain, the PPP Supervisor for Region 6, is trying his utmost...

REVISITING THE DEATH PENALTY

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on REVISITING THE DEATH PENALTY

The debate over hanging in Guyana has sparked discussions by many. It has taken on greater fervor with the recent spate of heinous murders. The capture of the convicted Bartica massacre murderer,...

Teen charged for escaping lawful custody

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Teen charged for escaping lawful custody

A teenager was yesterday ordered to post $100,000 bail by Senior Magistrate, Leron Daly after he denied a charge of escaping lawful custody. Brandon Persaud, 17, of Lot 11 Delph Street,...

Ex-cop remanded for gun and ammo

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ex-cop remanded for gun and ammo

Kwasie Maloney, a former member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) was yesterday remanded to prison on three counts of illegal gun and ammunition charges, and for escaping lawful custody. The defendant...

Port Kaituma murder trial commences

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Port Kaituma murder trial commences

The trial of Michael Britton who is accused of killing his workmate at Port Kaituma, North West District, commenced yesterday before Justice James Bovell Drakes at the High Court in Georgetown. A...

Sugar union says it remains open for talk with GuySuCo

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar union says it remains open for talk with GuySuCo

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) sees it necessary to respond to a letter by the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) which appeared in the October 14, 2017...

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