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Patterson confident no major flooding from May/June rains

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Patterson confident no major flooding from May/June rains

– due to countrywide drainage works Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson has expressed confidence that the ongoing drainage works in the city and around the country will be enough...

Bandits shoot Mexican tourist at hotel

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits shoot Mexican tourist at hotel

A 31-year-old Mexican man, had his Guyanese vacation spoiled when robbers shot him at around 23:45 hrs on Saturday at a hotel in Campbellville. The attackers escaped with US$3,000, GY$40,000 and two...

National Economic Council was figment of Ramotar’s imagination – Finance Minister

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on National Economic Council was figment of Ramotar’s imagination – Finance Minister

…Says that it will not be acknowledged by the Granger administration Finance Minister, Winston Jordan made it clear that the coalition administration would not be acknowledging the former...

BULLETS AND BLACK UMBRELLAS

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on BULLETS AND BLACK UMBRELLAS

– how the crime wave changed us By Michael Jordan We journalists like to preserve the romantic image of ourselves as being fearless pursuers of the truth, going where lesser mortals dare to...

Valerie Amos: the coolest of cool to handle Soas’s hot potato

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Valerie Amos: the coolest of cool to handle Soas’s hot potato

The new Soas director and first female black head of a UK university has a lifetime of achievement and diplomacy to draw on. In these troubled times, she may need it The curious thing about Valerie...

Pine Street Nursery holds seventh Annual “Red Carpet Luncheon”

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pine Street Nursery holds seventh Annual “Red Carpet Luncheon”

Staying true to the notion that children are never too young to learn, the teachers of the Pine Street Nursery held their seventh annual “Red carpet Luncheon” two Fridays ago to allow pupils to...

Cop still on hunt for gang that robbed founder of home for battered women

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cop still on hunt for gang that robbed founder of home for battered women

Police are still on the hunt for three men who escaped with cash and other valuables after breaking into the home of the founder of the Camal’s International Home for battered women and children....

Corentyne labourer freed of stepdad’s brutal murder

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne labourer freed of stepdad’s brutal murder

– judge throws out caution statement Accused of clubbing, stabbing and hacking his step-father to death, 22-year-old labourer Inderjeet Sewdan on Wednesday walked out of the Berbice High Court...

West Berbice Chamber of Commerce to host Expo and Trade Fair 20

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice Chamber of Commerce to host Expo and Trade Fair 20

The West Berbice Chamber of Industry and Commerce in collaboration with Region 5 National 50th Independence Anniversary Committee will be hosting a two days Exposition and Trade to showcase the...

Teen’s murder baffles cops

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Teen’s murder baffles cops

Was Sherwin Lynch slain while attacking a passerby, or was he killed by an associate? These are the questions that detectives have been asking about the baffling death of the 19-year-old from...

An oxymoronic election result

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An oxymoronic election result

Surely, it will take several columns to analyze Friday’s LGE results. My readers know how I voted. I stated how my constituency ballot would go. I live at Turkeyen. I knew Team Benschop’s...

Work for the good of your communities, not as rivals to central Gov’t.

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Work for the good of your communities, not as rivals to central Gov’t.

– Bulkan urges newly elected Councillors In the aftermath of the historic Local Government Elections (LGE) held on Friday, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has urged that the newly elected...

Charles Allicock is 100 not out!

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Charles Allicock is 100 not out!

Charles Allicock gave a mischievous smile when reminded that the 21st of March has come around once again…after all it’s his birthday. But there’s a difference about the occasion this year....

Mother to be charged for attempting to kill toddler

Mar 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mother to be charged for attempting to kill toddler

A Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) mother is expected to be charged soon for attempting to kill her one-year-old daughter last Thursday. The woman, of Lot 38 Friendship is currently a patient at...

ALL GREEK TO ME

Mar 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on ALL GREEK TO ME

There are some questions, especially in science and logic, which lead to intense speculation. For example, in the 1970s the biologist Stewart Brand posed the riddle, “What color would a chameleon...

$Billions turn-key homes is a wild-west ‘scheme’

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $Billions turn-key homes is a wild-west ‘scheme’

Almost three years ago, at the height of the housing sector boom in the country, an ambitious project to provide low income families with 1,000 ‘turn-key’ homes was launched by the People’s...

Magistrate’s sentence encourages dishonesty

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate’s sentence encourages dishonesty

…man fined less than quarter of what he stole The current sentencing policy employed by some Magistrates has led a local businessman to conclude that stealing in Guyana is a profitable venture....

Outstanding educator Mayleen Davis is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Outstanding educator Mayleen Davis is a ‘Special Person’

“I admired them (teachers) a lot, because they were women who were disciplinarians, they were respected, stern, but at the same time, oh so elegant. I knew that was the person I wanted to become,...

Smyth Street man executed

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Smyth Street man executed

– suspect believed to be gunman held Former robbery accused, O’Riley Small, was riddled with bullets by a gunman dressed in a ‘hoodie’ in his Smyth Street, Georgetown yard around 03.30...

Rondy Jagdeo murder file disappears

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rondy Jagdeo murder file disappears

– victim’s relatives slams police It’s been almost two years since the Director of Public Prosecutions initiated steps to re-open the case against businessman, Rondy Jagdeo, for the...

Telecoms Bill to go before the House within a month

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Telecoms Bill to go before the House within a month

– Minister Hughes Within a month’s time, the National Assembly will be examining legislation that should see the liberalization of the telecommunications sector. This is according to Minister...

Release of SOCU protocols further extended

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Release of SOCU protocols further extended

The release of Standard Operating Procedures for the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has been extended yet another week. According to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, a Draft of the...

Lamaha Gardens residents agree to playground construction after standoff

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lamaha Gardens residents agree to playground construction after standoff

Town Clerk of Georgetown, Royston King, on Friday admitted that it was an oversight that residents of Lamaha Gardens were not consulted on a project to build a playground on a reserve that runs...

The truth about olive oil and coconut oil the substitute

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The truth about olive oil and coconut oil the substitute

(An interview with Dr. Rudi Moerck, republished from Mercola. com) Olive oil has been around for thousands of years, in fact, olives are one of the oldest known foods. While there is a lot of...

Trappers to remain silent about jaguar capture

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Trappers to remain silent about jaguar capture

The Mainstay/Whyaka cousins who are responsible for the capture of two jaguars are contending that they would not broadcast the capture of any other jaguar. The two are insisting that once reports of...

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Attention shifts to $10M Nitro Kart Clash

Apr 03, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – All focus has now been shifted to the Jumbo Jet events sponsored Nitro Kart Clash, set for April 19 at the National Stadium, Providence Tarmac. With over $10M on offer for...

Has the world lost its conscience?

Apr 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) –The world today stands on the edge of an energy crisis. But this crisis did not appear out of nowhere. It has been building, quietly and steadily, alongside a deep and growing indifference to human suffering. As the conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States intensifies,...

The Cost of Silence: How the OAS is Undermining its Own Relevance

Mar 29, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Organization of American States is approaching a defining test, not of its existence, but of its significance. It continues to meet, to commemorate events, but fails to tackle pressing political issues. At a time of global turmoil, economic strain, and...

It is Good Friday. What a day! Darkness prevailed.

Apr 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) –There were those who turned to Judas, then turned him. Then they turned into smooth representations of him. They weren’t pandits and ayatollahs. They were the powers of religious tradition in Jesus’ time. Men immersed in Mosaic laws, the teachings of their...

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