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Rape at Turkeyen Police Station…DPP returns file for further investigation

Jan 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Rape at Turkeyen Police Station…DPP returns file for further investigation

A file on the rape of a woman by two policemen at the Turkeyen Police Station on New Year’s morning has been returned to the police by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for further...

Food businesses, market vendors have until March to register with M&CC

Jan 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Food businesses, market vendors have until March to register with M&CC

The Mayor of Georgetown, Patricia Chase-Green on Monday said that all food businesses, whether small or large scale, as well as market stall vendors and hotels have until the first quarter of 2018 to...

Ganja seized, driver arrested after car barrels through roadblock

Jan 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ganja seized, driver arrested after car barrels through roadblock

A driver is now in custody following a marijuana bust on West Coast Berbice. Police in B’ Division are on the hunt for two other suspected drug traffickers who were seen exiting two vehicles in...

Interior workers injured in Bartica accident

Jan 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Interior workers injured in Bartica accident

Three interior workers on Friday last met with an accident in their home village, as they were on their way to the interior. Conroy Cos, 22, of 99 Third Avenue, Bartica, said he was on his way to an...

Guyana improves in Rule of Law rankings

Jan 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana improves in Rule of Law rankings

The World Justice Project (WJP) yesterday released the 2017-2018 WJP Rule of Law Index® which measures rule of law adherence in 113 countries worldwide based on more than 110,000 household and 3,000...

Guyana, India sign agreements on renewable energy, cultural exchange

Jan 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, India sign agreements on renewable energy, cultural exchange

In a bid to enhance New Delhi’s ties with the Caribbean region, India and Guyana on Tuesday signed three agreements, including one on renewable energy and cultural exchange, following bilateral...

Cop allegedly tries to flee accident scene

Jan 31, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cop allegedly tries to flee accident scene

A labourer and a father of five is currently hospitalised with a broken arm, internal bleeding and some other injuries at the Skeldon Public Hospital after he was struck down by a police...

Drury Lane is evidence of the PPP’s mind-set

Jan 31, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 3

Drury Lane is a small street that runs west to east or east to west, depending on how one’s sees it, in Campbellville. It begins from Middleton Street and cross over Sherriff Street where it runs...

Contract reveals… Guyana to foot bill for litigation brought against ExxonMobil

Jan 30, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News 7

Should ExxonMobil be taken before the courts in Guyana or even before a regional or international court for any reason that has direct relations to the company’s operations in Guyana, the cost...

Ogle Airport granted 25-yr lease, but subleases to companies for 50 years

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ogle Airport granted 25-yr lease, but subleases to companies for 50 years

“Ogle International Airport (OAI) has been having its own way,” said a local operator in the aviation industry. The operator made this comment as he noted the fact that the company...

GAWU defies Jagdeo… Union vows to continue sugar talks with Govt.

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News 2

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) yesterday stated that it will continue to engage the coalition government on issues of employment facing workers in the sugar industry...

Offer made to build, operate headquarters for GRA

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Offer made to build, operate headquarters for GRA

-online applications for licences coming On Main Street, Customs House was located with the congestion almost unbearable there. A few years ago, the decision was taken, as part of the cost-cutting...

Freed after 4 years, accused in Agricola housewife murder rejoices

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Freed after 4 years, accused in Agricola housewife murder rejoices

Abiola Jacobs looked dazed. She hurried out of the prisoner’s dock when the jury returned a unanimous not guilty verdict. Jacobs called Abby, 27, of Evan Phillips Park, Agricola, East Bank...

Sugar workers begin receiving severance pay

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News 2

Dozens of retrenched sugar workers from the Skeldon Estate yesterday morning and throughout the day filed into the Estate’s pay office. Some who turned up from as early as 5:00 am showed up to...

80 years for Bagotville wife killer

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 80 years for Bagotville wife killer

An unremorseful Miguel Barker was yesterday jailed for 80 years after being convicted of killing his wife Donessa Barker on April 30, 2015 at Inner Bagotville, West Bank Demerara. The custodial...

Sex worker among two held for ECD man’s murder

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sex worker among two held for ECD man’s murder

A sex worker was among two persons arrested early yesterday for the murder of a 20-year-old Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident, whose bloodied body was found on the roadway at...

Exxon got a killa bill fuh Guyana

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh Comments Off on Exxon got a killa bill fuh Guyana

Dem boys seh Dem boys eyes just drop pun some small house in a photo in de Waterfalls paper on page 20. De headline read ‘60 Food for de Poor homes in West Berbice.’ De story seh de houses gun...

Substantial amount of workers’ taxes owed by GuySuCo

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Substantial amount of workers’ taxes owed by GuySuCo

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is not being drawn into the debate on the impact of a scaled-down sugar industry. Last week, Commissioner-General Godfrey Statia made it clear that the question of...

The Blame Game in the 21st Century

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters 1

Dar Editor, Day after day we witnessed the incompetence, the inconceivable and the irrational. We are yet to unveil our passion and purpose to those in charge. They have all shown their true colours...

Sugar is resilient, don’t dump it

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters 1

Editor, Guyana is losing its comparative advantage in the Caribbean as a producer of agricultural produce, in particular sugar and rice. The downsizing, euphemistically dubbed...

That questionable oil contract

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Already the corruption and bullying by the powerful have begun regarding oil find in Guyana! We just learnt that ExxonMobil is requesting from Guyana the repayment of US $460,237,918M....

Private hospitals are no different

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Private hospitals are no different

Dear Editor, I would like to add to a letter by Mr Nowrang Persaud, captioned “The private hospitals should take over the public hospitals” (SN, Jan 28) by sharing my concerns about the dreadful...

ON THE MURDER OF MARLON FREDERICKS

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on ON THE MURDER OF MARLON FREDERICKS

Dear Editor, I founded ACDA RESCU in 2014 with my colleagues, it was launched in 2015, and its principal purpose is to inform citizens of the dangers of mind-altering substances. I brought over 100...

Guyanese warmth and hospitality at best

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese warmth and hospitality at best

DEAR EDITOR, I thoroughly enjoyed my recent visit to Guyana from the United States. I write to note the many unplanned instances of warm hospitality that I encountered in my first visit, particularly...

Misleading suggestion in Monday’s editorial

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Misleading suggestion in Monday’s editorial

Dear Editor, With respect to your editorial of Monday, January 29, 2018, I wish to acquaint you with the rudiments of Islamic Prayer (Salat). In Islam, prayers are for Allah (SWT) alone. No one can...

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Tucker sets three South American records

Oct 16, 2026

…74-year-old captured three silver, one bronze at World Masters Powerlifting C/ships (Kaieteur News) – Guyana made an impressive start to the 2026 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF)...

Constructive Engagement with the rough edges edited out

Oct 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is said that one should not speak ill of the dead. But there is something about the tributes paid to deceased persons that encourages the living to improve the reputation of the dead. At the recent evening of reflection for Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo appeared to have...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

1 board, 1 minister, 6 years, 27,000 pensioners

Oct 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is the Guyana Way. The law provides. The numbers spiral. The wait intensifies. The suspense pierces. Sounds like a PPP Govt production. It is. On standby with hand outstretched are 27,000 Guyanese. They have given their labours to Guyana. They are NIS...

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