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Cops secure confession for gruesome murders of Henry boys

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Cops secure confession for gruesome murders of Henry boys

By Shikema Dey Kaieteur News – Investigators secured a major breakthrough in their pursuit to find the perpetrators behind the gruesome murders of West Berbice teens Isaiah and Joel Henry as...

Woman, trapped in her bedroom, burnt to death

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, trapped in her bedroom, burnt to death

Kaieteur News – A woman who was reportedly trapped in her bedroom, yesterday perished in an early morning fire. The deceased has been identified as 26-year-old Krystle Fung. When Kaieteur News...

Stabroek Block deal reviewed but lopsided provisions untouched – Jagdeo confirms

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Stabroek Block deal reviewed but lopsided provisions untouched – Jagdeo confirms

– Says other mechanisms will be used to get more benefits for Guyanese By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Even though the Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) contains several...

DPP defends right to reinstitute murder charge on Marcus Bisram

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on DPP defends right to reinstitute murder charge on Marcus Bisram

Kaieteur News – Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC, has defended her right to order a Magistrate to reinstitute charges on former murder accused, Marcus Bisram, during...

Venezuelan gangs still remain a threat at Guyana’s borders – Army Chief of Staff, Bess

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan gangs still remain a threat at Guyana’s borders – Army Chief of Staff, Bess

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Chief of Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess, said during a press conference on Tuesday, that the Venezuelan gang known as “Sindicatos” is still...

Lusignan prisoners beat, strip inmate who was remanded on rape charge

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan prisoners beat, strip inmate who was remanded on rape charge

Kaieteur News – Five prisoners from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, were Wednesday night transferred to another prison in Georgetown after they strip and beat an inmate who was...

Prosecution fails to file statement in Lawrence, Mingo election cases

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecution fails to file statement in Lawrence, Mingo election cases

Kaieteur News – The prosecution yesterday failed to file the statements of the witnesses that are expected to testify against Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo and the Chairperson...

Harbour Bridge Board recommends actions against persons culpable in Asphalt Plant racket

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Harbour Bridge Board recommends actions against persons culpable in Asphalt Plant racket

Kaieteur News – Following the exposure and audit of a racket at the Garden of Eden Asphalt Plant, the Board of Directors of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) have recommended that...

Contractors want hundreds of millions to repair NDIA pumps, excavators

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Contractors want hundreds of millions to repair NDIA pumps, excavators

Kaieteur News – The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), on Tuesday, opened 245 ¬¬¬¬¬bids for two government ministries at their Ministry of Finance (MoF) office...

We all living like jailbird

Jan 15, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We all living like jailbird

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – We all does live in prisons. We does lock we gate when we guh leff home. We gat barbed-wire and razor-wire pun we fence. CCTV cameras deh mounted all around...

A winter full of discontents

Jan 15, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A winter full of discontents

Kaieteur News – Danger is lurking around the corner. The spike in coronavirus cases since the start of this month indicates that more deaths are ahead… far more deaths. Even with a vaccine...

Giftland’s “Boardroom,” human nature and me in 2020

Jan 15, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Giftland’s “Boardroom,” human nature and me in 2020

Kaieteur News – Every human has things they hate. There is no exception. I am a husband and a father and I know my wife and daughter have things they hate. I have friends that I know have...

Biden-Harris and the Rule of Law

Jan 15, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Biden-Harris and the Rule of Law

Kaieteur News – On Wednesday, January 21, in less than a week, Joseph Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America, bringing an end to the tumultuous, violent...

Police ranks brave Atlantic Ocean to save man from drowning

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Police ranks brave Atlantic Ocean to save man from drowning

Kaieteur News – Two policemen in uniform yesterday, took off their shoes and ventured out into the Atlantic Ocean to save a man from drowning. According to an eyewitness, the man was spotted in...

CARICOM calls for global summit on equitable vaccine access and distribution

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM calls for global summit on equitable vaccine access and distribution

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is calling for a global summit on equitable access and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines necessary to help countries recover from the current...

$16.246M in materials already purchased unaccounted for – AG report

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $16.246M in materials already purchased unaccounted for – AG report

$116M contract signed by Coalition to renovate Linden call centre… Kaieteur News – Findings emerging from the 2019 Auditor General’s (AG) report show that materials valuing $16.246 million...

Forty–nine new COVID-19 cases recorded

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Forty–nine new COVID-19 cases recorded

Kaieteur News – Guyana has 49 new cases of COVID-19. According to information contained in a Ministry of Health dashboard on COVID-19, Region Four recorded the highest incidences with 19 new...

Wife of deceased testifies to witnessing stabbing incident

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Wife of deceased testifies to witnessing stabbing incident

Annandale man on trial for murder of wife’s brother-in- law… Kaieteur News – Latchmini Singh testified yesterday that she witnessed the stabbing incident which led to her husband Ramkarran...

Cutlass bandit robs labourer of cellphone

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Cutlass bandit robs labourer of cellphone

Kaieteur News – A bandit, on Tuesday, placed a cutlass to the neck of a labourer and relieved him of his LG cellphone valued some $40,000. The labourer, Daniel Rooplall, 21, of Back Street,...

Bourda market vendor robbed by bicycle bandits

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bourda market vendor robbed by bicycle bandits

Kaieteur News – Four bicycle bandits armed with a gun and knives, yesterday rode up to Bourda market vendor at his stall and robbed him of his cellphone and cash. The vendor Hazrat, 45, of Ruby...

Pouderoyen youth hospitalized after West Bank accident

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Pouderoyen youth hospitalized after West Bank accident

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old of Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, is now hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after he was involved in a motor pickup, car and motorcycle...

Bath Settlement man charged for causing death by dangerous driving

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bath Settlement man charged for causing death by dangerous driving

Kaieteur News – A 51-year-old man of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice was on Monday charged with causing death by dangerous driving and driving a motor pickup while his breath alcohol...

Victim’s screams scares away armed bandits

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Victim’s screams scares away armed bandits

Kaieteur News – A man who shouted and screamed while being assaulted by armed bandits apparently scared them away. According to police, Hemant Dhanpaul, 43, popularly known as ‘Chicken’, of...

Boy, 13 shot in Aruka River ‘crossfire’

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 13 shot in Aruka River ‘crossfire’

Kaieteur News – A 13-year-old boy was shot to his right shoulder, on Wednesday, during what police sources say was a crossfire between joint services ranks and suspected Venezuelan gang members...

SIC Endurance Meet pushed back one week

Jan 15, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on SIC Endurance Meet pushed back one week

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Motor Racing and Sport Club (GMR&SC) has announced that after consultations with competitors, the first round of the Secure Innovations and Concepts Inc. (SIC)...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more