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Cybercrime Bill ready for Parliamentary passage – Attorney General

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cybercrime Bill ready for Parliamentary passage – Attorney General

In the age of technology, cybercrimes such as computer fraud, hacking, copyright infringement, unwarranted mass-surveillance, sextortion, and cyber bullying are becoming increasingly prevalent. While...

Plumber jailed for escaping custody

Apr 17, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Plumber jailed for escaping custody

Adrian Walters was yesterday sentenced to prison by Magistrate Judy Latchman for escaping from the Prashad Nagar police outpost. The 27-year-old resided at 350 West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme and was...

State Assets Recovery Agency takes corruption fight to streets

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on State Assets Recovery Agency takes corruption fight to streets

A key agency that has been established to recover stolen state assets is taking the fight of corruption to the streets. The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), an autonomous agency, was created...

“Awareness is a stepping stone to saving lives” – Advocate

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Awareness is a stepping stone to saving lives” – Advocate

Even as plans are being streamlined for a strategic workshop to prepare suicide prevention advocates to better help those struggling with core suicidal issues such as low self esteem, depression and...

Friction between Bartica RDC, Town Council ironed out

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Friction between Bartica RDC, Town Council ironed out

The constant friction between Regional Democratic Councils (RDC’S) and new Mayor and Town Councils (M&TC’s) is just another teething problem that will come into play as the government moves...

Agri research station, reservoir to be constructed at Pirara

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Agri research station, reservoir to be constructed at Pirara

A stakeholder’s consultation was held over the weekend, in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) on the way forward for the Hinterland Sustainable Agriculture Development programme...

Green initiative for schools gathering steam

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Green initiative for schools gathering steam

Several schools in Region Four have been identified for adoption under the recently launched Green School Project (GSP). This is a programme that aims to re-socialise children who would have been...

President congratulates Troy Doris on ‘golden achievement’

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on President congratulates Troy Doris on ‘golden achievement’

President David Granger over the weekend extended congratulations to Troy Doris on what he described as a golden achievement on receiving the news of the national athlete’s outstanding performance...

Region Five women exposed to leadership training — Workshops part of strive for gender equality

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region Five women exposed to leadership training — Workshops part of strive for gender equality

This series of workshops being conducted by the Ministry of Social Protection through the Guyana Women’s Leadership Institute is a developed initiative to evoke the latent leadership abilities or...

National Strategy for statistics development launched

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on National Strategy for statistics development launched

A one-year programme for the development of statistics in Guyana was yesterday launched at the Tower Hotel, in Georgetown. The project is a collaborative effort and will see the Bureau of Statistics,...

Guyana has toll free helpline to suicide prevention

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has toll free helpline to suicide prevention

A toll free suicide helpline is currently available to persons who are in need of immediate counselling. The hotline number [592] 600-7896 is one made available by one of the two local telephone...

Britain apologises for ‘appalling’ treatment of ‘Windrush generation’ migrants

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Britain apologises for ‘appalling’ treatment of ‘Windrush generation’ migrants

LONDON (Reuters) – Interior Minister Amber Rudd apologised on Monday to thousands of British residents who arrived from the Caribbean decades ago and are now being denied basic rights after...

‘Big Foot’ denies killing hotelier

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Big Foot’ denies killing hotelier

A former Diamond, East Bank Demerara resident accused of killing Joseph Jagdeo, the proprietor of South Central Hotel, Georgetown, has denied the killing, asserting at his trial yesterday, “I...

Hunt on for Onica’s killer

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Hunt on for Onica’s killer

Barbados (NationNews)– TWENTY-FOUR HOURS after Onica King was stabbed to death in front of her two children, and as rumours surrounding the capture of her husband swirled, her family is...

Banks DIH Chairman honoured for private sector contribution

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH Chairman honoured for private sector contribution

Chairman and Managing Director of Banks DIH Limited, Clifford Reis, CCH, has been honoured for his unwavering support to the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Corporate Group over the past 20 years....

Convicted murderer gets another 22 years for killing -currently serving 65 years for killing his brother-in-law

Apr 17, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Convicted murderer gets another 22 years for killing -currently serving 65 years for killing his brother-in-law

In less than a year, 38-year-old Lakeraj Fredericks has been jailed for 22 and 65 years for manslaughter and murder respectively. Fredericks, who was convicted and sentenced to 65 years in jail last...

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA GOVERNMENT EXPOSES TWO CRIMINAL MONEY LAUNDERERS

Apr 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA GOVERNMENT EXPOSES TWO CRIMINAL MONEY LAUNDERERS

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has exposed two convicted criminals who are now selling themselves as Financial Crime Consultants through internet blog sites...

Ramotar stands alone

Apr 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Ramotar stands alone

What is happening in Peru and in Brazil today should be of concern to all progressive forces within Latin America and the Caribbean. Yet, voices which in the past would have been very vocal against...

I find the GHK Lalls of this world reprehensible

Apr 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I find the GHK Lalls of this world reprehensible

I am not a choir boy for the Kaieteur News and will never be choir boy for any organization. If anyone out there knows any of the seniors in the Editorial Management of Kaieteur News at the personal...

Man’s Humanity to Human Resources (or Resourcefulness?)

Apr 17, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Man’s Humanity to Human Resources (or Resourcefulness?)

DEAR EDITOR, Although I have lived with the terminology of ‘Human Resources’ almost all of my working life, I have always quietly grappled with a feeling of contradiction of a human being...

I reiterate a call for the establishment of a Behavioural Science Unit in the Police Force

Apr 17, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I reiterate a call for the establishment of a Behavioural Science Unit in the Police Force

DEAR EDITOR, Recent articles in the press by Patrick Mentore, Peeping Tom, Barrington Braithwaite, Charandass Persaud and others in relation to the behaviour of law enforcement officers have...

Blinded by culture

Apr 17, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Blinded by culture

DEAR EDITOR, It brings tears to my eyes to see what we deem laudable as a nation. Bear with me, for I have no contempt for the forthcoming offices I’m about to mention, but we as a people do...

Jagdeo’s disgraceful claims

Apr 17, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s disgraceful claims

DEAR EDITOR, The Opposition Leader is bold, and rather extra with his claim that the APNU+AFC Government is the most corrupt in Guyanese history and the English-speaking Caribbean. Yet the People’s...

GuySuCo should be divested or diversified to hemp

Apr 17, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo should be divested or diversified to hemp

DEAR EDITOR, In the week before Easter, GuySuCo was in focus in the news again. It was reported that Colvin Heath-London – the new NICIL, Special Purpose Unit CEO – was able to reopen...

Breakdown of Law and Order

Apr 17, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Breakdown of Law and Order

We have seen how the East Asian countries, including Singapore, Taiwan and Indonesia have developed their into First World countries based on their economies. The common denominator that underpins...

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Berbice ease past Demerara in low-scoring match

The geography of pettiness

Kaieteur News – You have to admire the commitment. Not to international diplomacy, mind you, but to the art of the... more