January 2019

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I felt I did not have clear majority -Frank Anthony on surprise withdrawal from PPP race

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on I felt I did not have clear majority -Frank Anthony on surprise withdrawal from PPP race

Saturday’s pullout from a presidential candidate race of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) by Dr. Frank Anthony caught many by surprise. It was widely believed that he was the...

The deaths of two children should be a wake-up call

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The deaths of two children should be a wake-up call

What will it take for the authorities to recognize that there is a serious problem at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), which needs to be addressed? It ought not to have taken the...

GPHC provides clarification on treatment of dead cancer patients

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC provides clarification on treatment of dead cancer patients

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has provided clarification on the death of two young cancer patients. In a statement to the press, the hospital noted that “speculative information...

Foetus left on parapet at Liliendaal

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Foetus left on parapet at Liliendaal

Persons traversing the Liliendaal Embankment yesterday morning around 06:00 hours got the shock of their life, after discovering a foetus on the parapet. Police received a report of a foetus...

El Niño-like conditions ravaging Region Six agri sector

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on El Niño-like conditions ravaging Region Six agri sector

In August 2018, the Hydromet Department issued a statement about transitioning to a drier period from a normal period in Guyana using the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) model. Against this...

Real estate agent slapped with fraud charge

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Real estate agent slapped with fraud charge

A man who told the court that he is a real estate agent was yesterday charged and remanded to prison after being slapped with three fraud-related charges. Twenty-four-year-old Miguel Dino, of...

Controversial fuel licences will be revoked as soon as PPP takes over – Jagdeo

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Controversial fuel licences will be revoked as soon as PPP takes over – Jagdeo

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell A People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government will not allow the present “lawlessness” that is reigning on the local fuel market, to continue. “We will put...

Suspected Sindicato Gang members remanded for grenades

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected Sindicato Gang members remanded for grenades

Two Venezuelans who are believed to be linked to the notorious Sindicato Gang were yesterday charged and remanded to prison after they were allegedly caught with two grenades. Luis Alfredo Gonzalez,...

Voir Dire ongoing in ‘Mango Man’ murder trial

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Voir Dire ongoing in ‘Mango Man’ murder trial

A Voir Dire is ongoing in the trial of death row inmate Royden Williams and his co-accused, who are on trial before Justice James Bovell Drakes and a 12-member mixed jury, for the murder of...

Jury empanelled as 16-yr-old goes on trial for murder

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jury empanelled as 16-yr-old goes on trial for murder

A jury has been empanelled in the Berbice High Court as a 16-year-old goes on trial for a murder committed in 2017. The teen is on trial before Justice Brassington Reynolds and a mixed jury for the...

Female court-regular jailed again after stabbing man in neck

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Female court-regular jailed again after stabbing man in neck

A woman, who is said to be in the habit of beating men, including her lovers, and was recently released from jail, has been jailed again for unlawful wounding. Gem Rosmund Cadogan, 50, of Adelphi...

Bodies decompose at N/A Hospital mortuary after freezer goes down – CEO, Health Director dodge media

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bodies decompose at N/A Hospital mortuary after freezer goes down – CEO, Health Director dodge media

Several bodies including an infant’s corpse decayed at the New Amsterdam Hospital Mortuary after the facility’s freezer went down. This revelation was made by a relative of one of the...

Health Ministry on mission to raise ‘SMART Hospital’ awareness

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry on mission to raise ‘SMART Hospital’ awareness

Aimed at raising awareness about the importance of the SMART Hospital initiative, the Ministry of Public Health yesterday collaborated with the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health...

Region 2 storing fresh water in light of potential El Niño

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Region 2 storing fresh water in light of potential El Niño

Due to the current weather situation in the Pomeroon/Supenaam, Region Two, the Regional Administration, in collaboration with the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), has begun putting...

Mothers’ Union mourns death of West Indies VP, Joan James

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mothers’ Union mourns death of West Indies VP, Joan James

The Provincial Vice President of the Mothers’ Union (MU) in the West Indies and Diocesan President of Guyana, Joan James, has died from injuries sustained in a traffic accident. Described as...

PPP leaders experienced enough to handle my court matters – Ali

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP leaders experienced enough to handle my court matters – Ali

It appears as if neither the general leadership of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) nor Irfaan Ali, himself, is worried about the criminal charges that he has hanging over his head. On Saturday...

Power Producers and Distributors Inc. achieves ISO 9001 certification

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Power Producers and Distributors Inc. achieves ISO 9001 certification

Power Producers and Distributors Incorporated (PPDI) Chief Executive Officer, Aaron Fraser stated that the company’s achievement of the ISO 9001 certification “marks a significant milestone.”...

Central Housing and the woman who peed in the Botanical Gardens

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Central Housing and the woman who peed in the Botanical Gardens

No country in the 21st century has descended so quickly into the pit of uselessness as Guyana. I admit there are a few Central American and African countries whose social fabric is brittle. I have to...

US Congressman urges political stability in Guyana

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US Congressman urges political stability in Guyana

WASHINGTON (CMC) – A senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States Congress, Gregory W. Meeks says political stability is key to the advancement of Guyana, where the...

Guyana mourns passing of Former Honorary Consul, Berend Ter Welle

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana mourns passing of Former Honorary Consul, Berend Ter Welle

Long-serving former Honorary Consul for Germany and Austria to Guyana, Berend Ter Welle, CCH, has died. President David Granger, in expressing sadness, disclosed that the official died on...

PPP may lose the elections

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP may lose the elections

DEAR EDITOR, Although the news of Irfaan Ali as the PPP Presidential candidate did not come as a great surprise, it is nevertheless the talking point in the diaspora, and I am sure throughout...

Admirable clean-up efforts, but safety and health are conspicuously absent

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Admirable clean-up efforts, but safety and health are conspicuously absent

DEAR EDITOR, News that the newly-elected Georgetown Mayor, Pandit Ubraj Narine, over the weekend, led city councillors in a clean-up operation in the city is welcomed. Let me take the...

We must never forget the Alicia Fosters and Levoy Taljits

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must never forget the Alicia Fosters and Levoy Taljits

DEAR EDITOR, In this growingly ugly Guyanese political season of super blood wolf moon, there comes a sobering reminder of what was frighteningly pervasive in this country. In many quarters...

Whither Guyana – Towards a Higher Calling or More of the Same?

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Whither Guyana – Towards a Higher Calling or More of the Same?

DEAR EDITOR, Lest my written contributions to Guyana’s current political situation be misinterpreted, let me stipulate the following points, which reflect my opinion on the micro-level...

Unite and arise, Guyanese brothers and sisters!

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unite and arise, Guyanese brothers and sisters!

DEAR EDITOR This literary appeal is written in disapproval of the tensions and hate developing amongst my fellow Guyanese brothers and sisters, including the perverse exclusion of and unwise...

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A capital city beyond redemption?

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(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

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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...

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(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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