October 2017

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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...

Something is seriously wrong with the Guyana Labour Union

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is seriously wrong with the Guyana Labour Union

Dear Editor, Something has to be seriously wrong with the labour union that represents the ‘fixed’ or permanent employees of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown, and that union to...

Police lawlessness daily on the harbour bridge

Oct 17, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police lawlessness daily on the harbour bridge

Dear Editor, It is a daily frustration for drivers commuting from the West Bank Demerara to Georgetown via the Harbour Bridge. The traffic starts building up from as early as 6:10 am. Now imagine one...

Pothole leads to 5 deaths on Berbice road

Oct 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pothole leads to 5 deaths on Berbice road

A New-York based man and his four passengers were killed on the spot at around 14:30 hrs yesterday, after their vehicle landed in a pothole, and careened into the path of an approaching, paddy-laden...

Collusion charges recommended for Rasul, Gold Board top staffers

Oct 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Collusion charges recommended for Rasul, Gold Board top staffers

Charges of collusion have been recommended for three senior staffers of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) as well as embattled dealer, Saddiqui ‘Bobby’ Rasul. The recommendations were made...

Driver chopped to death, father’s fingers hacked off

Oct 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Driver chopped to death, father’s fingers hacked off

in brawl over banana plants A driver was brutally murdered while his father is in a critical condition after a man went berserk, chopping them during an argument over some banana plants at Cane...

No Bra Day ketch nuff men napping

Oct 16, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on No Bra Day ketch nuff men napping

Friday was a nice day fuh nuff men. Was a serious day but was still a nice day. A local telephone company decide that de day was No Bra Day. That mean that was a day when some women decide that women...

Guyana gets zero Corporation tax from oil operators

Oct 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gets zero Corporation tax from oil operators

– Ram makes urgent call for review of petroleum contracts/agreements Chartered Accountant and Attorney-at-Law, Chris Ram is calling for the Government to review the use of Production Sharing...

A revealing interview with Hamilton Green

Oct 16, 2017 KNews News 1

This week, Freddie Kissoon sat down with Hamilton Green to discuss Green’s role in Guyana’s political history. A section of the interview follows. Freddie Kissoon: Why so close to President...

Former murder accused gets justice against State for three year delay in trial

Oct 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former murder accused gets justice against State for three year delay in trial

Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall recently ruled that the State was in breach of the Constitutional rights of former murder accused, Basil Morgan. Morgan, who was represented by Attorney-at-Law Lyndon...

PAHO takes filaria fight to Region Ten

Oct 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO takes filaria fight to Region Ten

A two week Filaria Eradication Campaign is underway in Region Ten. Over the past few weeks, officials from the Ministry of Health have been visiting homes and workplaces to dispense tablets to...

Constitution needs to make greater provisions for good governance – Alexander

Oct 16, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Constitution needs to make greater provisions for good governance – Alexander

Long time politician, Vincent Alexander is of the opinion that in order for constitutional reform to be successful in the strengthening of the “contact of the people,” there must be a keen focus...

Woman succumbs to burns allegedly inflicted by husband

Oct 16, 2017 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Woman succumbs to burns allegedly inflicted by husband

Savitri Deolall, 41-year-old woman who allegedly suffered third degree burns that were inflicted by her reputed husband, succumbed last Saturday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

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No good deed goes unpunished

Nov 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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