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Civil society has key role in advancing HIV fight – Programme Coordinator

Nov 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Civil society has key role in advancing HIV fight – Programme Coordinator

Civil society groups have been increasingly advocating for mechanisms to address issues that affect key populations and increased accountability. Amplifying this development recently was Sannia...

Suicide is the leading cause of death for people 15 to 24 – PAHO

Nov 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Suicide is the leading cause of death for people 15 to 24 – PAHO

Suicide – a societal ill that is to be held culpable for the loss of a vast number of the younger demographic- is presently showing an alarming trend within Guyana. According to PAHO’s 2017...

Woman perishes as blaze destroys home

Nov 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Woman perishes as blaze destroys home

A one-storey wooden house on the squatting area in Freeman Street, East La Penitence was yesterday destroyed by fire, which also claimed the life of one person suspected to be the owner of the house,...

Battle for the Bridge- The majority wants the Govt to win this one.

Nov 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Battle for the Bridge- The majority wants the Govt to win this one.

Dear Editor, I take umbrage to a letter written by Anil Nandlall in SN. Nov 6th, “Taking over Berbice Bridge is an act of compulsory acquisition”. The BBCI investors were contemplating a 365%...

NDC ignores garbage in Enmore

Nov 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on NDC ignores garbage in Enmore

Dear Editor, I wish to highlight a very obnoxious and disgusting issue in the village of Enmore, which is located on the East Coast of Demerara. Mr. Editor, the NDC is responsible for the collection...

Legalising marijuana could be disastrous

Nov 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Legalising marijuana could be disastrous

Dear Editor, There are a few things in life over time that become like staple to you, and your daily routine is surrounded by them. From the time David De Caires brought a second newspaper to Guyana...

Audit Office wants follow-up probe on possible fuel racket at Education Ministry

Nov 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Audit Office wants follow-up probe on possible fuel racket at Education Ministry

The Office of the Auditor General has found that six vehicles not registered as property of the Ministry of Education were used to uplift 4,351 litres of diesel valued $788,773 from Guyoil’s Regent...

A way to reduce the shopping woes

Nov 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A way to reduce the shopping woes

Dear Editor I am pleading with the Minister of Communities, the NDCs, the mayors and members of the Local Democratic Councils to open up Guyana. An example of what I mean is the 24-hour medical...

Nandlall raises contention over State’s role in sale of Pradoville lands

Nov 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall raises contention over State’s role in sale of Pradoville lands

Attorney-at-law Anil Nandlall has raised contentions over the role of the State in the sale of Pradoville lands. The lawyer also argued over the basis on which criminal charges were brought against...

The government and cricket

Nov 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The government and cricket

Dear Editor, I would like to share a story from my days in Cricket. A regional national team was encamped and a former West Indian player was employed to give technical assistance. The man was...

What is this talk of “Burnhamism” about?

Nov 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is this talk of “Burnhamism” about?

Dear Editor, The former Attorney General wrote a very interesting letter that appeared in the KN on November 6th as a comment on the news, that government has taken possession of the Berbice River...

Nandlall’s verbal assault is brass-faced

Nov 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nandlall’s verbal assault is brass-faced

Dear Editor, I read with consternation a letter titled‘ Taking Over of Berbice Bridge is act of compulsory acquisition,’ Stabroek News, Nov 5, 2018, written by an Honourable Gentleman, Mr. Anil...

MASS KILLINGS IN AMERICA

Nov 09, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on MASS KILLINGS IN AMERICA

It seems that mass shootings in the United States have become routine—a new norm to the extent that nowhere in America is safe anymore, not even schools or places of worship. The use of assault...

Contractor receives $45M to build doctor’s quarters in Port Kaituma – completes less than quarter of work

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor receives $45M to build doctor’s quarters in Port Kaituma – completes less than quarter of work

The Auditor General has recommended that steps be taken to recover sums of money paid to a contractor who started work on a doctor’s quarters at Port Kaituma, Region One but failed to complete it....

Jagdeo to go to police on D’Urban Park spending

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo to go to police on D’Urban Park spending

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo intends to take the findings of the Auditor General on the Government’s spending as it relates to the controversial D’Urban Park Stadium to the police. The...

President Granger out of hospital – still in Cuba

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger out of hospital – still in Cuba

President David Granger is resting comfortably at an official residence following an intensive series of tests by specialist doctors immediately after he arrived in Cuba on Tuesday, October 30, 2018....

Maryann Daby attempted murder charge… Cop suspended, charged with ‘wilfully’ attempting to pervert the course of justice

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Maryann Daby attempted murder charge… Cop suspended, charged with ‘wilfully’ attempting to pervert the course of justice

Months after a Police Constable told the court that he lied in a statement to support a colleague; he was yesterday charged and released on $300,000 bail for wilfully attempting to pervert the course...

IAST Inventions proving Guyana’s ideas relevant for world of tomorrow

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on IAST Inventions proving Guyana’s ideas relevant for world of tomorrow

By Kiana Wilburg With a lucrative oil and gas industry on the way, the coalition Government has been steadfast in its efforts to advance the concept of a green economy. In keeping with this approach,...

Education Ministry loses $$ millions in overpayment to staff— AG report

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry loses $$ millions in overpayment to staff— AG report

Each year, millions of dollars are expended on the payment of staff attached to each Ministry and Government agency. And in some cases, Government employees are overpaid by millions of dollars. This...

One crook trying to lock up some odda crook

Nov 08, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on One crook trying to lock up some odda crook

This is de first time de people gun hear that de Berbice Bridge does mek money. From de time de bridge open when Jagdeo was president, all de people who had money in de bridge use to tell people how...

Govt. still adrift on oil and gas – Jagdeo

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. still adrift on oil and gas – Jagdeo

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has said that there continues to be an absence of effective policy direction from Government in the oil and gas sector. “We are drifting now in this country. We...

Despite crop losses, GRDB boasts of impressive harvest

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Despite crop losses, GRDB boasts of impressive harvest

…but farmers bitter about low prices The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) said it has recorded an impressive second crop harvest. The declaration came although there are concerns from over 200...

Radiology, radiography professionals encouraged to promote profession

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Radiology, radiography professionals encouraged to promote profession

Radiologists and Radiographers are being encouraged to celebrate and promote their profession so as to attract others to join the corps. The call was made by Minister of Public Health, Volda...

Prisoners start fire after ganja intercepted

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners start fire after ganja intercepted

Ranks from the Guyana Defence Force were summoned to the Timehri Prisons on Tuesday after inmates started a minor disturbance, allegedly over the interception of a quantity of marijuana. Chief Prison...

New Igloo outlet in Berbice on Sterling Products 2019 Schedule

Nov 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New Igloo outlet in Berbice on Sterling Products 2019 Schedule

Sterling Products Limited only two months ago took an ice cream parlour where families can go and enjoy an evening out to the village of Enmore, East Coast Demerara. It is now assuring the public...

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Guyana begins installation of first FIFA Arena mini-pitches

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has moved closer to delivering its first two FIFA Arena mini-pitches, with installation works now underway at Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara, marking a...

Jagdeo’s olive branch may have a snake in the grass

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – At the ‘wake’ of former Leader of the PNCR, Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo began talking about political cooperation, and the need to move beyond political divisions. But faced with this olive branch, the sensible citizen should reach for a comfortable chair, a strong cup of...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Robert Corbin effect

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This man’s Robert Herman Orlando Corbin’s handiworks needs a longer, slower look. In dying, it seems that Mr. Corbin is more alive. Certainly, his spirit has taken on a motivating quality, a pervading strength. Who would have believed? I wouldn’t have gone so...

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