October 2017

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I believe the Georgetown Hospital was responsible for this baby’s death

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I believe the Georgetown Hospital was responsible for this baby’s death

Dear Editor, Just like to share my worried and sadden opinion since my niece who was only 6 months old recently passed away at GPHC. I am also a qualified and trained first aider and nurse aid. My...

Nikita Da Silva is Guyana‘s newest Attorney

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nikita Da Silva is Guyana‘s newest Attorney

Guyana‘s newest Attorney-at-Law Nikita Da Silva is passionate about a career in criminal law. Her petition was accepted yesterday by Justice Navindra Singh at the Georgetown High Court. Ms. Da...

Senior cop denies threatening, abusing subordinate

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Senior cop denies threatening, abusing subordinate

-Magistrate to make ruling on October 30 Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Frank Thompson who is accused of abusing and threatening Constable Leandre Gillis, yesterday denied the allegations,...

55 Guyanese evacuated from hurricane-stricken territories to date

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 55 Guyanese evacuated from hurricane-stricken territories to date

Islands in the Caribbean that were hit by the most powerful hurricane ever recorded over the Atlantic Ocean are still struggling to rebuild their nations, as 55 Guyanese have returned home. The...

Physicians have a responsibility to educate their patients

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Physicians have a responsibility to educate their patients

– DCMO tells medical graduates One of the many jobs of a primary health care physician is to educate patients. This means that physicians must take the time to ensure that their patients have an...

I will no longer write on these topics

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I will no longer write on these topics

I made this decision on Thursday night after I swung from Lombard Street into Hadfield Street. I saw the same atrocity that I have complained about in these columns at least four times. As I waited...

Health system has need for more respectful doctors – RHS Director

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News 1

The health sector is in dire need for human resources. As such there will be no problem for the Ministry of Public Health to find vacancies for qualified doctors. This assertion was recently made by...

Influence of foreign investors on small states captured in new novel

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Influence of foreign investors on small states captured in new novel

The Education Lecture Theatre of the University of Guyana [UG’s] Turkeyen campus was the venue for the launch last Monday of a novel titled: ‘The Guyana Contract’. The publication by...

GuySuCo calls on GAWU to refocus on the business of sugar

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo calls on GAWU to refocus on the business of sugar

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) wishes to respond to Mr. Seepaul Narine’s letter that was published in the Stabroek News on 7 October, 2017 and titled ‘GuySuCo should...

An abuse of state resources

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

The PNCR will attract a new wave of criticism. It will now be accused of practicing the same perverted political culture which led this nation into the dark tunnels of despair. The PNCR is now...

Family of Berbice rape/murder victim to receive counselling

Oct 14, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Family of Berbice rape/murder victim to receive counselling

– Public Health Ministry The Ministry of Public Health will commence counselling for family members of teenaged rape/murder victim Leonard Archibald. This was disclosed by Balagun Osunbiyi,...

The Government, police and citizens are as guilty as the perpetrator

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Government, police and citizens are as guilty as the perpetrator

Dear Editor, Firstly permit me to offer sincere condolences to the grieving parents and siblings of Leonard Archibald, the 13 year old who was subjected to sodomy until unconscious, only to be...

RESIDENT OF MONTROSE VILLAGE APPEAL FOR ROADS TO BE FIXED

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on RESIDENT OF MONTROSE VILLAGE APPEAL FOR ROADS TO BE FIXED

Dear Editor, As a resident of the Montrose Village, East Coast Demerara, I am extremely perturbed with the roads in the area. Many years ago for those who can remember, there were the days when you...

Pensioner charged for motor vehicle theft

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pensioner charged for motor vehicle theft

A pensioner who allegedly drove away with a vehicle that he sold to a friend was yesterday order to post $380,000 bail by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly after he pleaded not guilty to two simple...

Murder accused walks free in Berbice

Oct 14, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Murder accused walks free in Berbice

Thirty-year-old murder accused, Satrohan Madray, called ‘Bluey’, on Wednesday walked out of the Berbice High Court a free man. This was following a not guilty verdict presented by a mixed jury...

PPP says it welcomes inquiry in the crime period after 2002

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP says it welcomes inquiry in the crime period after 2002

Dear Editor, The letter published by the KN, penned by one, Earl Hamilton, demands a response, if only to underscore the unschooled repetition of untruths, in the face of available facts. When...

Under the reign of the PPP, a ghost stalked Guyana

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Under the reign of the PPP, a ghost stalked Guyana

Dear Editor, During the reign of the PPP it seemed like an evil spirit was hovering over the nation of Guyana. Death from murders, accidents, suicides and the like were prevalent. Many people...

More than 200 new cancer cases recorded at GPHC for 2017

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More than 200 new cancer cases recorded at GPHC for 2017

Cancer has from time immemorial been a major challenge to health sectors across the world. Guyana, like other countries, has been battling to control its scourge by expanding its cancer screening and...

Murder of Berbice carpenter…NY Judge orders Marcus Bisram extradited

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of Berbice carpenter…NY Judge orders Marcus Bisram extradited

Less than a year after a shocking case that alleged a police cover-up and attempted bribery of investigators into the killing of a Berbice carpenter, a New York court yesterday ordered that...

Absence of GRA’s annual reports for last six years flagged at Business Summit

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 1

The absence of the annual reports for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for the last six years was flagged at the Private Sector Commission’s prestigious Business Summit which concluded yesterday...

CH&PA demolishes 21 illegal Sophia structures

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA demolishes 21 illegal Sophia structures

… cops forced halt to exercise A demolition campaign was yesterday conducted in the community of ‘A’ Field Sophia, where squatters were seen aggressively displaying grave dissatisfaction. The...

MOU between PPP/C Govt. and Sleep-In secured concessions galore

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News 1

Sleep-In International Hotel had secured a sweetheart deal through the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that it had signed with the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C). That MOU secured a...

Businessman shot dead while leaving City hotel

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman shot dead while leaving City hotel

– Gunmen escape with victim’s gold jewelry A 48-year-old businessman was shot and killed around 18:00 hrs yesterday as he was leaving a City hotel with a female companion. The victim has been...

De local business people chuck de Business Summit

Oct 13, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De local business people chuck de Business Summit

Yesterday dem boys notice that almost everything at de Business Summit was foreign. And dem notice that dem foreign businesses who come to tek part bring dem own sugar, dem milk, dem tea and some...

Govt. steams ahead with Sheriff St./Mandela Ave project despite mixed signals

Oct 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. steams ahead with Sheriff St./Mandela Ave project despite mixed signals

It appears that despite what is being reported, Government is moving ahead with the Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue Roadway Enhancement Project. In a full-page advertisement in Kaieteur News on...

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Bonofiglio, Bonds demand winning finish

Nov 11, 2026

…Golden Jaguars target Gold Cup qualification By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Golden Jaguars Head Coach Marco Bonofiglio and captain Elliot Bonds have made their intentions abundantly clear...

The landlord is eating the entrepreneur’s lunch

Nov 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Recently, a group of young entrepreneurs decided to pool their resources and embark on a business venture. They were determined to take a chance, invest their savings and build something for themselves. Rather than wait for somebody to offer them employment, they wanted to...

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...

What the video says?

Nov 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Once what is termed the “new video” is confirmed as authentic, a new story emerges. In this, the age of AI, one must be cautious. Until confirmation, it’s just a new video, no more. If confirmed, the saga of the 12th October nighttime gunfight between Senior Supt...

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