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Soesdyke man charged with ‘peacemaker murder’

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke man charged with ‘peacemaker murder’

Three days after a teenager was fatally stabbed after he went to the aid of a woman whose spouse had attempted to hit her, a Soesdyke man was on Wednesday charged with the teen’s murder....

DDL, Agri Ministry to partner in developing milk, juice industry

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on DDL, Agri Ministry to partner in developing milk, juice industry

The Government of Guyana and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) have agreed to examine the implementation of a private/public partnership to develop the local dairy industry to provide for milk and...

The constitutional power of the president and the Opposition Leader

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The constitutional power of the president and the Opposition Leader

I guess we will have to wait months, maybe even a year, before we have the final legal position given by the CCJ on the constitutional right of the President to select a GECOM chairman of his choice...

An estimated 60,000 Guyanese suffer from undernourishment,’ says FAO’s rep

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on An estimated 60,000 Guyanese suffer from undernourishment,’ says FAO’s rep

“In 2017 it was realized that hunger was rising in the world again to the extent where one in every nine persons, is suffering from some sort of undernourishment… “ In Guyana, however, we have...

Ownership of Sussex St. wharf facility was transferred to NICIL – Attorney tells City Hall COI

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ownership of Sussex St. wharf facility was transferred to NICIL – Attorney tells City Hall COI

In-house Attorney and Company Secretary of National Industrial Commercial Investments Limited, (NICIL), Arianne Mc Lean, has produced documents to show that the State-owned privatization unit has...

More pain and economic hardship ahead for Berbicians, unless the government acts

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on More pain and economic hardship ahead for Berbicians, unless the government acts

DEAR EDITOR, Berbicians are already suffering from the closure of two sugar factories that resulted in thousands of layoffs, draconian increases in government fees, licenses and permits in 2016,...

GPHC waiting time reduces

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC waiting time reduces

Patients of the Georgetown Public Hospital Cooperation (GPHC) have noted a reduction in the wait at the Accident and Emergency Department. Over the years, GPHC’s waiting period has posed an issue...

Hike in Berbice Bridge toll hurts even more

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hike in Berbice Bridge toll hurts even more

DEAR EDITOR, I do not want to start an inter-county war, but the inordinately high disparity between the cost for crossing a car over the Berbice Bridge (now proposed at over $8,000) versus the $200...

The Plight of Senior Officers at the Ministry of Agriculture

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Plight of Senior Officers at the Ministry of Agriculture

DEAR EDITOR, We would like to use this forum to highlight the plight of senior officers at the Ministry of Agriculture, which has been ongoing in excess of 7 years and worsening within the last year....

Reflect on the state of poverty

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reflect on the state of poverty

DEAR EDITOR, The United Nations has designated October 17 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This is a good time for policy makers to reflect on the state of poverty in their...

A clear declaration that selfless service is still recognized in our fairly jaded society

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A clear declaration that selfless service is still recognized in our fairly jaded society

DEAR EDITOR, I must express my gratitude to Kaieteur News for printing a letter questioning the Honorary Doctorate proposed for Ms Laura George. It is most definitely a needed question at this time...

What’s with this full page ad?

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s with this full page ad?

DEAR EDITOR, A full page ad titled “FACTS ON BERBICE BRIDGE TOLL” (KN October 17 2018) listed the following points among others: •Berbice River Bridge ACT was passed in 2006 on the National...

National Development Strategy (2001-2010) – Chapter 21 – title: URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on National Development Strategy (2001-2010) – Chapter 21 – title: URBAN DEVELOPMENT

DEAR EDITOR, Against the background of the current Commission of Inquiry into the Mayor & City Councillors of Georgetown, it is perhaps not inappropriate to revisit the accompanying copy of...

Mistakes do have consequences

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mistakes do have consequences

DEAR EDITOR, It is no doubt that the APNU-AFC coalition has made some mistakes during its short but commendable term of being in office as the Government of Guyana. However, such blunders have a way...

There should be a rotating Mayor

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There should be a rotating Mayor

DEAR EDITOR, With time ticking on the life of the reviled Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown, maybe the candidates who are now seeking to be elected to this municipality can use the...

MURDER OF A REPORTER

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on MURDER OF A REPORTER

Perhaps the world will never know the whole truth behind the disappearance and probably murder of Washington Post reporter and Saudi Arabia native, Jamal Khashoggi. But one thing is certain, the...

Merrill Lynch makes play ahead of Sovereign Wealth Fund establishment

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Merrill Lynch makes play ahead of Sovereign Wealth Fund establishment

United States wealth management entity, Merrill Lynch, has started engaging Guyana ahead of the implementation of the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). Officials of the company met separately in recent...

Berbice Bridge Company officially informs Govt. of toll increase

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge Company officially informs Govt. of toll increase

…insists it has powers to do so after “consulting” with Minister One day after dropping a bombshell and sparking a tsunami of protests across the country over new tolls for vehicular traffic,...

Murder of Berbice carpenter… Five accused to face High Court trial

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of Berbice carpenter… Five accused to face High Court trial

The five men who were charged with the murder of carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, whose body battered body was found along the Number 72 Village public road, were yesterday committed to stand trial at...

Six held, firearms and loot recovered from Parika robbery

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Six held, firearms and loot recovered from Parika robbery

Prompt action by ‘D’ Division police ranks guided by the Divisional Commander, has led to the arrest of six men and the recovery of firearms and articles that were stolen during a robbery at...

Ruling on validity of GECOM Chair’s selection expected today

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ruling on validity of GECOM Chair’s selection expected today

The Court of Appeal is expected to hand down its ruling in the case of Mustapha vs. the Attorney General today. The case surrounds an appeal to a ruling made in June by Chief Justice (ag) Roxanne...

Jagdeo blames Ramjattan’s incompetence for recent prison fiasco

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo blames Ramjattan’s incompetence for recent prison fiasco

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo is blaming the incompetence of Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, for the recent unrest at the Lusignan Prison, which saw the escape of three prisoners,...

Con man gets 30 years for rape

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Con man gets 30 years for rape

High Court Judge Jo Ann Barlow imposed a 30-year jail sentenced on 38-year-old Troy Webster, who was yesterday convicted of rape by a 12-member mixed jury. The jury found that on November 21, 2015,...

Ramjattan getting bad name fuh Lusignan

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Ramjattan getting bad name fuh Lusignan

When de PPP can support prison riots things really. De party run out of things to criticize de coalition. Three prisoners get away from Lusignan de same time de guards was sleeping. When people start...

Guyanese student is top regional 2018 CAPE performer

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese student is top regional 2018 CAPE performer

QC to receive School of the Year award Guyana has yet another year claimed the top spot at the regionally offered Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination [CAPE]. The top performer is Aadilah Ali,...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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