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Pilot delivers 14-yr-old’s baby in mid-air

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pilot delivers 14-yr-old’s baby in mid-air

By Dale Andrews and Romila Boodram A pilot had to employ all his first-aid knowledge to assist a teenager in delivering her baby in mid-air while flying from Aishalton to Lethem, Region Nine. This...

ASL plane runs off Kurupung airstrip

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ASL plane runs off Kurupung airstrip

– pilot says brakes failed Three persons, including the pilot onboard a Britten Norman BN-2 Islander, walked away unhurt yesterday morning after their aircraft ran off the airstrip at an...

Gold miner fatally shot in camp

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miner fatally shot in camp

A team of police ranks has been dispatched to conduct investigations into the reported murder of miner Devon Moore, 37, of Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, which occurred at about 17:00 hours on...

Boodoo tipped to replace Mangal as GECOM Commissioner

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Boodoo tipped to replace Mangal as GECOM Commissioner

The resignation of Dr. Keshav ‘Bud’ Mangal as a Commissioner from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Monday has Government contemplating a number of replacements. One of them reportedly...

Donald, Granger, Ramjattan promising everything

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Donald, Granger, Ramjattan promising everything

This is de time when people does watch people and tell dem all kind of thing. Dem does mek promise like if dem head ain’t good. Some of dem does promise wha dem ain’t even got. Granger go pun de...

Work to correct Brazil fibre optic cable yet to commence

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Work to correct Brazil fibre optic cable yet to commence

– deal with consortium being considered Government is still to finalise details on how it will proceed on the problematic Brazil fibre optic cable, with negotiations ongoing with a consortium...

We need assurance that the regime won’t further deplete int’l reserves – AFC

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on We need assurance that the regime won’t further deplete int’l reserves – AFC

… Or pile up more debts before it leaves office The Alliance For Change (AFC) is pressing for answers from Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh to questions relating to what the party says is the...

“Respect our Education” – UG students insist

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on “Respect our Education” – UG students insist

…as protest action reaches Railway Embankment Just over 100 students, most dressed in black, slowly trekked out of the University of Guyana (UG)’s Turkeyen campus late yesterday afternoon...

Police issue bulletin for Popeye’s robbery suspect

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police issue bulletin for Popeye’s robbery suspect

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for 23-year-old Nicholas James, who escaped from police custody at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last Tuesday. James, who was nursing a...

Operations of private schools getting keen attention

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Operations of private schools getting keen attention

…as Ministry awaits passage of new Education Bill In order to raise awareness about the new Education Bill, the Ministry of Education has commenced training for Private Education Institutions...

Supermarket burglary suspect remanded

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Supermarket burglary suspect remanded

The lone suspect arrested on Wednesday after he and two others reportedly burgled a city supermarket and carted off millions of dollars, was taken before the courts yesterday. Milton Freeman, a...

The police will have to compensate me

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The police will have to compensate me

Some readers may find this column funny. For me it is not. I am serious. I am writing the Police Commissioner for compensation. It is nonsense what happened to me in the sprawling Brickdam edifice of...

Parliament’s dissolution shortly -Luncheon

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament’s dissolution shortly -Luncheon

As questions continue about whether President Donald Ramotar erred in not dissolving Parliament when he set May 11 for national elections, Government on Wednesday assured that an announcement could...

PPP takes note of APNU/AFC ongoing “political meandering”

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP takes note of APNU/AFC ongoing “political meandering”

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is paying keen attention to matters related to the possible Pro-democracy alliance between A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change...

Alleged conman in custody after purporting to be Minister

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged conman in custody after purporting to be Minister

A man is in police custody after reportedly claiming to be a Government Minister in order to obtain a cellphone from a Georgetown business, yesterday afternoon. Arrested is 39 year-old Damion Bailey...

The antidote against Indian ethnic insecurity

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The antidote against Indian ethnic insecurity

In every election there has to be a winner and a loser. I have seen elections in other countries where the supporters of the losing party are devastated. They stand shell-shocked as the results are...

Pit bull attack on schoolgirl…Caretaker to be charged, cops contact GSPCA

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pit bull attack on schoolgirl…Caretaker to be charged, cops contact GSPCA

Police are to charge a Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara caretaker for alleged negligence that led to two pit bulls escaping from a property and viciously attacking a ten-year-old...

An ingredient for unending stagnation

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on An ingredient for unending stagnation

Development of countries is essentially measured by the number of schools, the quality of skilled people, medical facilities, infrastructure and the level of technology. The presence of a sustained...

Quartet nabbed in car charged with Chinese restaurant robbery

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Quartet nabbed in car charged with Chinese restaurant robbery

The four men who were held in a taxi service’s car on Tuesday, with a quantity of household items, have been charged with the robbery committed on a Chinese Restaurant the day before. The men Carl...

Car, motorcycle collide in Werk-en-Rust

Jan 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Car, motorcycle collide in Werk-en-Rust

More reckless road use led to an accident at the junction of Russell and Princes Streets, Werk-en-Rust yesterday afternoon, where a car (PNN 2809) collided with a motorcycle (CF 2020) which was...

Government sapping the spirit of entrepreneurship by ‘headhunting’ private sector employees

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government sapping the spirit of entrepreneurship by ‘headhunting’ private sector employees

Dear Editor, I don’t know what Mr. Nowrang Persaud’s area of professional expertise is, but his letter, “Poaching vs. Competitive Recruiting,” (KN, January 29), that defended the alleged...

The Prize has been put back before, and by a great deal longer than two months

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Prize has been put back before, and by a great deal longer than two months

Dear Editor, I refer to the article in Kaieteur News of January 26, ‘Al Creighton defends deadline for Guyana Prize entries’. The Guyana Prize has two objectives: “* provide a focus for the...

A terrible grief is being inflicted on this mother and her children

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A terrible grief is being inflicted on this mother and her children

Dear Editor, Trafficking in narcotics is against the law but why does it only have to be enforced for some and not others? Why is it that the smaller woman/man always feels the brunt of the law for...

To promote the police officer who burnt a teen’s genitals is a crime against humanity.

Jan 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on To promote the police officer who burnt a teen’s genitals is a crime against humanity.

Dear Editor, Elections are around the corner and there has been an intensification of character assassination, insulting, disparaging, abusive and vulgar comments along with an increase in racial...

Another woman jumps to death from Harbour Bridge

Jan 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Another woman jumps to death from Harbour Bridge

Just a month after 34-year-old Felicia Hussein plunged to her death from the Demerara Harbour Bridge, another woman has committed suicide in the same way. Eyewitnesses said that the second woman, who...

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GHE vs. WWIV Day 4: Harpy Eagles withstand heat to crush Volcanoes by...

Apr 30, 2026

2026/27 West Indies 4-Day Championships Round 3 By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Guyana Harpy Eagles completed their 3rd consecutive win against the Windward Volcanoes after a comprehensive...

While we scramble over the cash grant!

Apr 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a lot of noise right now about whether the government’s invitation for investments in the fertilizer and gas bottling projects is legal. But while we are all busy looking in that direction, something far more important is happening in plain sight. The real issue is...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Wales – Heads must roll

Apr 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Former Wales Gas-to-Energy (GTE) Taskforce Head, Mr. Winston Brassington should resign. Project Consultant, his new crown, does nothing to defend or distance him from the US$2 billion Bharrat Jagdeo contraption that now crumbles before the eyes. ...

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