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Prisons, Fire Service promotions

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Prisons, Fire Service promotions

Donald Collins headed the list of Prison promotions when the new appointments were released yesterday. He was promoted to Senior Superintendent. Four ranks were also promoted within the Guyana Fire...

Georgetown Hospital to open dialysis center

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown Hospital to open dialysis center

By Latoya Giles With the aim of bringing better health care to Guyanese, Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has said that his Ministry, working with a Canadian Charity Group, is to set up a...

AFC visits State Department again

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC visits State Department again

AFC Presidential Candidate, Khemraj Ramjattan, has once again paid a visit to the US Department of State (DOS); this time on issues surrounding the impending 2011 National Elections. In a statement...

Six residents claim property fraud after eviction

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Six residents claim property fraud after eviction

Six persons are now homeless after being forcefully evicted yesterday from a property they had occupied for the past 45 years at lot 36, Public Road Kitty. Two of the occupants who were left in...

Gov’t commits ‘long haul’ relief for flooded Rupununi

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t commits ‘long haul’ relief for flooded Rupununi

The government yesterday committed to long-term relief for Region Nine residents, especially those in Amerindian villages who have seen some of their homes washed away and their means of making a...

Granger says Govt response to Lethem crisis slipshod

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Granger says Govt response to Lethem crisis slipshod

…volunteers his service to ease flood woes Presidential Candidate for the People’s National Congress Reform, David Granger, accompanied by a team that included Dr George Norton, yesterday visited...

Suicides worry Charity

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Suicides worry Charity

There is a reportedly alarming number of suicides in Essequibo. Police reported that the most recent incident involved a 27-year-old mother of two, Sherena Smith. Mrs. Smith, who took her life around...

‘Despite challenges, union remains sound, intact’

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Despite challenges, union remains sound, intact’

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has warned that despite its challenges and the double standards in the country’s labour system, its foundation remains sound and intact. The union made the...

Blackouts bombard Berbicians

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Blackouts bombard Berbicians

Berbicians are once again reeling from the humbug of constant power blackouts. It all began last Wednesday when the region was plagued by power outages. There was an average of about nine blackouts,...

Food supplies still to reach Rupununi flood victims – AFC

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Food supplies still to reach Rupununi flood victims – AFC

The Alliance for Change has stated that despite media reports to the contrary, food supplies have yet to reach residents of the Rupununi who have been seriously affected by the flooding in the...

Guyanese-born NY lawyer gets 5 years for $23M scheme

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese-born NY lawyer gets 5 years for $23M scheme

New York- A New York real estate attorney who pleaded guilty to his role in a US$23 million mortgage fraud scheme was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to five years in prison and ordered to repay...

Electors displaced at Linden

Jun 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Electors displaced at Linden

PNCR asks GECOM to investigate claim Elections Campaign Manager for the People’s National Congress, Attorney at law, Joseph Harmon, during a press briefing yesterday, said that the party has...

The issue of Preliminary Inquiry (PI) procedure

Jun 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The issue of Preliminary Inquiry (PI) procedure

DEAR EDITOR, The points made by Judge Rabindra Rooplall in the article (Magistrates should conduct voir dire – Bar Association Review 2011, 5th June), raise the wider issue of the Preliminary...

Visa man, DNA man, goat-bitten man, semi-literate man

Jun 09, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Visa man, DNA man, goat-bitten man, semi-literate man

Mr. Clement Rohee looks set to displace his boss Bharrat Jagdeo as the politician most people in Guyana laugh at. Mr. Rohee has only himself to blame. West Indian love to mock their politicians. Add...

My parents can’t go back in that swamp to live

Jun 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on My parents can’t go back in that swamp to live

Dear Editor, Now the Government of Guyana will learn of how the Ministry of Housing came here to Lethem, knew nothing about anything concerning our area, and denied land to a lot of us that are from...

A baby in a world of giants

Jun 09, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A baby in a world of giants

The local private sector is not up to the task of developing Guyana. It is too miniature, mired in small-mindedness, short of entrepreneurial and risk-taking drive, and ineffectual in mobilizing...

Two Coast Guardsmen in trio nabbed with AK-47 ammo

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two Coast Guardsmen in trio nabbed with AK-47 ammo

– during police sting operation Two ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard were in custody last night after they, and a civilian, were caught with a quantity of AK-47 ammunition in...

Six-week-old among abandoned children rescued at Timehri

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Six-week-old among abandoned children rescued at Timehri

– police seek mother Police, in collaboration with officials from the Ministry of Human Services Child Protection Agency, are on the hunt for a woman who left her three infant children...

Over 1,600 farms affected, bridges washed away

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Over 1,600 farms affected, bridges washed away

Situation dire in Region 9… -$50M released for relief works By Leonard Gildarie Residents and authorities alike are praying for a cessation of rains in Lethem as flood waters dropped slightly over...

Greene bans Commanders from speaking to media

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Greene bans Commanders from speaking to media

– orders them to shut their mouths with immediate effect Police Commissioner Henry Greene has reversed a decision by his predecessor Winston Felix, banning all his Divisional Commanders from...

Woman throws jewellery to youth who threatens to “shoot up house”

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman throws jewellery to youth who threatens to “shoot up house”

A terrified Soesdyke woman wrapped up all her jewellery and threw it to a man who was threatening to shoot up her house if she did not hand over money that he had earlier demanded. The incident...

GPL investigates suspected electrocution

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPL investigates suspected electrocution

The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) is investigating if a contracted employee was carrying out authorised work when he fell to his death from an electricity pole on Monday afternoon. Edward...

Additional US$40B needed annually to reduce deforestation

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Additional US$40B needed annually to reduce deforestation

– UNEP Report Investing an additional US$40 billion a year in the forestry sector could halve deforestation rates by 2030, increase rates of tree planting by around 140 per cent by 2050, and...

An unwanted publication

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on An unwanted publication

Yesterday, we inadvertently published a letter under the hand of Mayor Hamilton Green that was published three years ago. The publication dealt with an issue that led to the failed prosecution of...

Chief witness completes testimony

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chief witness completes testimony

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason case involving Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol-Ann, and reserve officer Leonard Wharton, continued yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya...

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Jun 22, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The weather was not the only scorching thing this weekend as Jumbo Jet Events staged the first round of its Need for Speed Karting Championship at the 555 Speedway in...

Watch the PPPC like a hawk!

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

More money for Guyanese workers

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...

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