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Oct 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drug Analyst stipulate new rules for drug importers
The Government Analyst- Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) has announced that all drugs imported into Guyana must be registered with the Department in compliance with a New Drug Registration...Oct 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bread and pastry attract multi-million $$$ bids
– Three hospitals to be upgraded The National Tenders and Procurement Administration yesterday opened six bids, all above $6M for a yearly supply of bread and pastry to hinterland residents and...Oct 10, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Campbellville double murder…Relative of dead pandit, son testifies of identifying bodies
Petamber Liliah has testified to identifying the bodies of the murdered pandit and his son at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary on July 11, last. The witness told the court that the bodies were...Oct 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana and Colombia in knowledge transfer Mission
– in quest to advance safety and Disaster Risk Management in schools Creating safe environments for teachers and students in the face of a disaster is among the top priorities of the Ministry...Oct 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. moves to decriminalize, obeah, vagrancy, suicide attempts
Laws which criminalized obeah, vagrancy, suicide and other offences might be no longer, as Attorney General Basil Williams S.C, and a team met on Monday to review existing legislation and propose...Oct 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When is dead meat fit and proper to eat?
The AFC emerged as a third pathway after President Jagdeo took the PPP into autocratic directions. Jagdeo soiled and destroyed the long standing image of the PPP that Cheddi Jagan shaped over fifty...Oct 10, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Retrial of former death row inmate begins
Several months after the Court of Appeal overturned a conviction and death sentence imposed on Terry Kissoon after he was convicted for murder; he is back in court facing a retrial before Justice...Oct 10, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Albouystown man allegedly busted with Ganja
– denies bribing cop Christopher Gonsalves, 27, of 291 Independence Boulevard appeared in court yesterday to face two charges before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman in relation to the...Oct 10, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer /Ballerz Entertainment Soft Shoe Football Agard continues blistering form -action resumes Saturday
Team Family’s Kevin Agard lit up the second night of action in the Ballerz Entertainment GT Beer-sponsored 5-a-side Soft Shoe Football Competition, which continued on Sunday, at the Mocha Community...Oct 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Batavia Village mining issue engages Ministry’s attention
Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, on Monday met with the Batavia Village Council, Miner Rickey Ramnarine and representatives from the Guyana Geology and...Oct 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP needs to stop this musical symphony based on race
Dear Editor, I noticed that my friends, and I mean my friends, in the PPP, are once again playing the race card. This is not new; it has been the bane of our people if not the curse of Guyana. At...Oct 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there internal auditing at the Georgetown Municipality?
Dear Editor, Having read Mr. Jermaine Johnson’s letter, captioned “What has the City’s Internal Audit Section been doing?” there are other questions which need to be asked and be answered,...Oct 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger’s Overture to Jagdeo should be Commended
Dear Editor, John Updike’s fictional character, Colonel Hakim Felix Ellellou, notes that his country has been “engulfed by Gulf” and “Xed out by Exxon”. He speaks about the exploitation of...Oct 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Trotman should not shirk from doing the correct thing
Dear Editor: Response is being made to Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman’s letter, “Trade Unionist misinformed on Govt., Rusal relations” (KN 9th October 2018). The issue of...Oct 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AFC in just three years has lost its identity
Dear Editor, The Alliance for Change is once again resorting to the tactics it used in 2005 and in subsequent years-attack the PNC and the PPP in an attempt to garner support and voters’ sympathy....Oct 10, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on STEPPING ON GUYANA’S SOVEREIGNTY
Guyana is a sovereign nation. That state entails the declaration by a political system to operate independently of foreign rule or control. It is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political...Oct 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Salary increase for public school teachers…Govt. finally revises offer – proposes 10 percent salary hike for 2016; further 8 percent for 2018 – $350 million debunching payout
With government moving to revise its salary offer to teachers, the Guyana Teachers’ Union [GTU] is reportedly now entirely dependent on its membership to decide the way forward. According to a well...Oct 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Retired Judge heads investigation into hiring practices at GECOM
Retired Caribbean Judge, Stanley Moore, is heading a team appointed by the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to investigate hiring practices at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). The team...Oct 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana rejects Local Content Law while Brazil demands that no less than 50% oil investments go to its people
By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Local entrepreneurs continue to call for legislative protection to ensure that they are not shut out from business opportunities in the oil industry. However, the...Oct 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sale of $30M property to Town Clerk… Lawyer confirms transport being processed
While there have been inquiries about the purchase of a property located at Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara, (ECD) by Town Clerk, Royston King, officials attached to the Registry of Deeds and...Oct 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Jockey brutally kills friend over taunts about his wife.
leads cops to where he disposed of the murder weapon What was expected to be a regular Sunday night outing for a 21-year-old Block-maker/mason of Number 69 Village, Upper Corentyne, Berbice, turned...Oct 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Phone companies grapple for mobile internet control
It is a business that involves tens of millions of United States dollars. The sale of data to customers especially on mobile phones is big business. For them, the lower the costs for phone operators,...Oct 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Deceptive offshore medical schools urged to legitimatise status
A number of offshore medical schools here in Guyana are coming under the microscope after reports have surfaced that they have been deceptive about their accreditation status. According to reports...Oct 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Drunken’ senior cop in fatal crash yet to be charged- DPP highlights gaps in police work, calls for further investigation
Officials attached to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; (DPP) have highlighted the need for further investigations of a senior member of the Guyana Police Force, (GPF) being involved...Nov 09, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, Guyana – November 8, 2026 – The second round of the 2026 Need for Speed Karting Championship, organised by the Jumbo Jet Events team, is attracting...Nov 09, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...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...Nov 09, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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