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Construction worker hospitalised after metal rod hits power lines

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Construction worker hospitalised after metal rod hits power lines

A 30-year-old father of three is currently hospitalised in an unconscious state at the Emergency Unit of the New Amsterdam Hospital after he came into contact with power lines on his job at Arch...

Guyana, China collaborate on traditional medicine

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, China collaborate on traditional medicine

Guyana is exploring multiple areas of collaboration with China, particularly in traditional medicine. A Chinese delegation from the Jiangsu Province paid a courtesy call on Minister of Public Health,...

Proposed legislation aims at young offenders, healing wounds

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Proposed legislation aims at young offenders, healing wounds

The Restorative Justice Bill is expected to give offenders a chance to repair the harm caused by crime. The proposed legislation is part of Government‘s commitment to providing alternative...

12-year-old in Fyrish accident died from multiple injuries

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 12-year-old in Fyrish accident died from multiple injuries

Following the death of 12-year-old Omally Jonas of Courtland Village, Corentyne, who tragically lost his life along the Fyrish Public Road on July 5, a post mortem examination was conducted on his...

Bus conductor on rape charge for High Court trial

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bus conductor on rape charge for High Court trial

Twenty- four-year-old Dorian Fredericks was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court on a rape charge. It is alleged that Fredericks, a bus conductor, and of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown,...

Doctor testifies in attempted murder PI of supermarket owner

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor testifies in attempted murder PI of supermarket owner

As the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) continues in relation to the manager of Fresco Supermarket, Xino Xi Qu, who was charged for attempting to murder Gregory Sanmoogan, one witness testified yesterday....

Police launch Records Management Information System

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police launch Records Management Information System

The Guyana Police Force yesterday launched its Police Records Management Information System (PRMIS). The new programme will ensure efficient record-keeping, and guarantee data – including...

The flaunting of egos

Jul 19, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The flaunting of egos

The present political crisis requires compromise. However, both of the main political parties are unwilling to effect the necessary concessions which can diffuse the crisis. The crisis has led to...

MOU signed to offer improved workplace wellness — UWI to offer courses on campus and online

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on MOU signed to offer improved workplace wellness — UWI to offer courses on campus and online

Workplace wellness and the mental health of employees are the focus of studies to be offered by the University of the West Indies (UWI) to all existing students of all UWI campuses and online to...

500 households benefit from lighting demonstration programme

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 500 households benefit from lighting demonstration programme

Across the ten administrative regions of Guyana, distribution of energy efficient lights has benefitted 500 vulnerable households. This was conducted under the second phase of the Latin American and...

CORRECTION/APOLOGY

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CORRECTION/APOLOGY

Kaieteur News wishes to unreservedly apologise for the headline and content of an article published in its July 16, 2019 edition, which misrepresents the ruling of High Court Justice Franklyn Holder...

Third trial to commence in three months for former GRDB accountant

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Third trial to commence in three months for former GRDB accountant

Following a request by Special Prosecutor Patrice Henry – who is working for the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) – for the charges made out against the former accountant of the Guyana...

Berbice Passport Office begins testing — residents can now save on travel expense and time

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Passport Office begins testing — residents can now save on travel expense and time

As the government continues to decentralise public services, the new Passport and Immigration Office located at Garrison Road, Fort Canje, Berbice, has begun testing its services and equipment. This...

Amerindian Land Titling project extended to 2021

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian Land Titling project extended to 2021

The life of the Amerindian Land Titling (ALT) project has been extended to 2021. This was announced by Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Hon. Sydney Allicock during his presentation at...

Junior CASA 2019 Team Championship Guyanese Girls suffer mixed fortunes, Boys down T&T

Jul 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior CASA 2019 Team Championship Guyanese Girls suffer mixed fortunes, Boys down T&T

The Guyanese Girls began day two action in the Team Events at the Junior Caribbean Squash Championships in Port-of-Spain Trinidad yesterday with 4-1 defeat to Jamaica as they hope to keep their dream...

Situation of Referees and Refereeing in Guyana

Jul 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Situation of Referees and Refereeing in Guyana

Dear Editor, Let me firstly congratulate the Guyana Football Federation for its showing at the recently concluded Concacaf Gold Cup in the USA. While I do not support the composition of the team and...

Significant increase in consumer complaints for first half of 2019

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Significant increase in consumer complaints for first half of 2019

Consumer complaints have significantly increased for the first half of 2019 when compared to the same period in 2018, according to Consumer Affairs Unit (CAU), Feyona Austin-Paul. The significant...

Nand Persaud Sprint Classic Stag Beer, Trophy Stall, Nand Persaud Subsidiaries to bank roll event

Jul 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nand Persaud Sprint Classic Stag Beer, Trophy Stall, Nand Persaud Subsidiaries to bank roll event

The Nand Persaud Group of Companies which boasts a number of subsidiaries, has begun attracting sponsors for their Sprint Classic Horse Race Meet. The event which is slated for Sunday August 11th at...

Immigration judge expected to issue deportation order against Roger Khan

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration judge expected to issue deportation order against Roger Khan

Convicted drug trafficker, Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan, was yesterday scheduled to see an immigration judge in Florida. Khan, who was handed over on July 8th to the US Department of Homeland...

LGC to host first Major two-day event for this year, this weekend

Jul 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on LGC to host first Major two-day event for this year, this weekend

The Lusignan Golf Club will be the place to be this weekend as players and spectators prepare for the first major two-day event of the year, one in which all the top players in the country will...

Jai Signs and Auto Designs joins list of sponsors for Jefford Track and Field Classic X

Jul 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jai Signs and Auto Designs joins list of sponsors for Jefford Track and Field Classic X

Jai Signs and Auto Designs joined a list of reputable sponsors to trump up support for the upcoming Jefford Track and Field Classic X scheduled for Sunday August 11 at the Mackenzie Sports Club...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship commences tonight

Jul 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship commences tonight

All roads will lead to the National Cultural Centre tarmac tonight when the group stage round in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship commences. Rising Stars will do...

Magistrate discharges Maryann Daby of attempted murder

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate discharges Maryann Daby of attempted murder

It was all relief yesterday for Maryann Daby and her family as Senior Magistrate Leron Daly discharged the case against her for attempted murder. She had been charged with the offence after it was...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League –EBFA Leg Grove Hi Tech, Mocha Champs and Agricola Red Triangle are latest winners

Jul 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League –EBFA Leg Grove Hi Tech, Mocha Champs and Agricola Red Triangle are latest winners

In the latest round of matches of the East Bank Football Association leg of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League, Grove Hi Tech, Mocha Champs and Agricola Red Triangle were victorious....

Guyanese stabbed to death by relative in NY

Jul 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese stabbed to death by relative in NY

Kennan Orson Michael Paul, 24, was identified as the victim in a fatal stabbing Wednesday on Lake Street in Ithaca, New York, and police continue to look for the suspect, identified as Denzil Dexter...

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– GCC Elite overturn Saints to claim Women’s Open crown as Bounty GCC, Antonio’s Hickers also win titles (Kaieteur News) – GCC Elite came from behind to win the Kellogg’s...

No good deed goes unpunished

Nov 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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