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Vet accused of stealing NARI’s special breeding sheep

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Vet accused of stealing NARI’s special breeding sheep

A Veterinarian of the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) is under investigation for allegedly stealing and selling five special breeding sheep to two farmers. Agricultural officials...

Bounty launches Breeze Multi Active “Fun in the Sun” Promotion

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bounty launches Breeze Multi Active “Fun in the Sun” Promotion

Breeze Multi Active, Active Clean Sun Power Soap Powder launched its “Fun in the Sun” promotion at the Bounty Supermarket, Stabroek Branch yesterday afternoon. The aim is to give back to Breeze...

Mother of Island Princess crew member awaits sale of vessel

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of Island Princess crew member awaits sale of vessel

Months after the slaughter of the Island Princess crew, the relatives are seeking answers. They are also awaiting the sale of the vessel. The owner of the vessel, Errol Prince, a miner, recently...

‘Shine Rice’ had stomach sliced open

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Shine Rice’ had stomach sliced open

Interior police are still on the hunt for the killer of 40-year- old Troy Hanover, called ‘Shine Rice’, who was hacked to death on Sunday following a row. Hanover had his abdomen sliced...

Mangrove targeted as climate change strategy

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mangrove targeted as climate change strategy

Farmers, fishermen, students, leather men, sea defence employees and members of the community, were for the first time the recipients of an educational and sensitisation workshop which aimed...

Beef industry gearing for major overhaul

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Beef industry gearing for major overhaul

State-of-the-art abattoir coming soon A special body is working to review the state of the beef industry with widespread changes imminent as the country moves to vastly improve exports. Yesterday,...

Octogenarian hospitalised after falling in manhole

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Octogenarian hospitalised after falling in manhole

Joseph Persaud, an octogenarian of 337 Savage Street, North East La Penitence, was seriously injured when he fell into a manhole on Wellington Street early yesterday morning. A devout Catholic who...

Fire service yet to determine cause of fire

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fire service yet to determine cause of fire

… Nismes fire The proprietor of SR Service Station which is located at Nismes, West Bank Demerara, said that the fire service is yet to ascertain the cause of the fire which struck at the back...

CARICOM official defends integration movement

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM official defends integration movement

Dr Edward Greene, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, staunchly defended the Caribbean regional integration movement at a recent UNESCO Conference on Higher Education,...

Restoration Fund for City Hall to aid urgent rehabilitation

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Restoration Fund for City Hall to aid urgent rehabilitation

A quick glance at City Hall reveals that the “timber exuberance” is in urgent need of rehabilitation, an undertaking that may require significant amounts of assistance if the historic showpiece...

$600M Environmental Tax not just for City Hall

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $600M Environmental Tax not just for City Hall

Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, has appealed to citizens that they have to play their part in managing their environment. This is important because irrespective of how much work government does...

Sydney Allicock collects Ansa Caribbean Award for Excellence

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sydney Allicock collects Ansa Caribbean Award for Excellence

Guyanese environmental and community activist, Sydney Allicock, has received the Ansa Caribbean Award for Excellence at a ceremony held in Trinidad last Saturday. In the presence of the Chief Justice...

Consumer division enlightens St. Ignatius students

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Consumer division enlightens St. Ignatius students

“Our Money Our Rights” was the theme that the Consumers Affairs Division used to celebrate World Consumer Rights Day 2010 at Region Nine (Lethem) where the division interacted with students of...

Local businesses call for urgent review of phytosanitary standards

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Local businesses call for urgent review of phytosanitary standards

– goods removal from overseas shelves worrying The unfair removal of Guyana goods from shelves of overseas supermarkets and the absence of uniform standards to ensure that low quality imports...

Veteran GAWU employee dies, Union mourns

Apr 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Veteran GAWU employee dies, Union mourns

A “key” employee of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has died and he is being hailed by the Union for his contributions. GAWU yesterday said that it has been thrown in a...

The presidency, the party and corruption

Apr 20, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The presidency, the party and corruption

The presidency is a very powerful institution. Constitutionally, the party that forms the government has no leverage on the presidency. The party could split with the presidency and remove him...

IS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF?

Apr 20, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF?

If you are building a house, the first thing that you would do is to clear the land. But you would not begin to clear the land, unless you were certain that you would be able to find the money to...

Govt. backing influenced Insurance Bonds

Apr 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. backing influenced Insurance Bonds

Amaila Falls US$15M Road Project… – Hand-in-Hand Director The decision by the Hand in Hand Insurance Company to back Synergy Holdings Inc. boss, Makeshwar Fip Motilall, rests with the...

Sharma willing to take DNA tests

Apr 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sharma willing to take DNA tests

…says “aunt” is no relative of sisters, only after money Embattled Television Station Owner and Presidential aspirant, Chandra Narine Sharma, has vehemently denied all allegations leveled...

$47B of mismanaged in Old Consolidated Fund

Apr 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $47B of mismanaged in Old Consolidated Fund

“The Consolidated Fund is the single most important account of the country” –Anand Goolsarran, Auditor General 1992. When Goolsarran prepared his audit report of the Public Accounts in 1992, he...

Joey Jagan’s daughter beaten and robbed

Apr 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Joey Jagan’s daughter beaten and robbed

“You lucky we ain’t kill she and tek de car” bandit tells father Police are currently hunting for two men who carried out a daring robbery on the granddaughter of former Presidents Cheddi and...

Recent rains do not signal end of El Nino

Apr 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Recent rains do not signal end of El Nino

– Hydromet Office The Guyana Hydrometeorological Office (Hydromet) on Friday said that the current weather condition is not a confirmed indication of the end of the prolonged El Nino period....

Man stabbed to death after snatching cell phone

Apr 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabbed to death after snatching cell phone

The police are investigating the suspected murder of a man whose name was given as Victor Sukhan of Albouystown, whose body was found at about 22:00hours on Saturday night on the Stabroek Market...

Eyewitness provides licence number of hit and run vehicle

Apr 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Eyewitness provides licence number of hit and run vehicle

Mandela Avenue hit and run… A man claiming to be an eyewitness has come forward with what he said is the licence number of the hit-and-run vehicle that killed 29-year-old motor cyclist, Gregory...

Tree crushes Brazilian miner

Apr 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Tree crushes Brazilian miner

A 47-year-old Brazilian miner was crushed to death at around 11:30 hrs on Saturday at Winiperu Backdam, Konawaruk, after being crushed by a tree. Reports out of the area stated that Anton Dos Angos...

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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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