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Guyana must implement int’l maritime policies, regulations – Regional Advisor

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana must implement int’l maritime policies, regulations – Regional Advisor

Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge, disclosed a few months ago that Guyana signed on to several conventions and ratified a few protocols which will help to protect the country from most of the...

PPP’s challenge to GECOM Chairmanship…CCJ in case management hearing tomorrow

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP’s challenge to GECOM Chairmanship…CCJ in case management hearing tomorrow

Tomorrow, March 29 the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will hold a case management conference in an appeal against the unilateral appointment of retired Judge James Patterson as Chairman of...

New Health Centre for Supply, EBD

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New Health Centre for Supply, EBD

Regional Democratic Council, Region 4 Construction of Supply Health Centre, EBD General Rehabilitation of Bladen Hall Multilateral School, Bladen Hall, ECD...

Man charged for shooting at cops walks free

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged for shooting at cops walks free

Almost one year after he was charged for shooting at police ranks that were trying to arrest him, 26-year-old Keron Hinds was yesterday freed of the charge after City Magistrate Dylon Bess upheld a...

Female suspected drug dealers busted at Berbice Bridge

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Female suspected drug dealers busted at Berbice Bridge

Three female drug dealers who opted to transport their merchandise in the dead of the night were nabbed by alert police manning the police check point on the eastern half of the Berbice River...

Croal Street robber slapped with sixth charge

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Croal Street robber slapped with sixth charge

Chris Pollard, who was remanded to prison for conducting several robbery sprees around Croal Street, Georgetown, yesterday had another charge added to his five counts of robbery. The 18-year-old man,...

“Until death do us part”, ex-boyfriend threatens woman

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “Until death do us part”, ex-boyfriend threatens woman

A 34-year-old man found himself before a city magistrate facing a charge of threatening language. He is accused of telling his ex-girlfriend, “Until death do us part; I will murder you.” Kenyon...

Business bodies urge expeditious handling of no-confidence appeal

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Business bodies urge expeditious handling of no-confidence appeal

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) have joined calls for a speedy resolution of the ongoing political situation. The Chamber, which had recent elections that saw National...

Model homes at Prospect

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Model homes at Prospect

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will be hosting an Open House Exhibition at Prospect New Housing Scheme East Bank of Demerara this Friday. The exhibition will showcase more...

Mute kills self after stabbing spree, rape…after birthday celebration goes wrong in Bartica

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mute kills self after stabbing spree, rape…after birthday celebration goes wrong in Bartica

A 23-year-old Byderabo gold miner, who sent a number of persons to the hospital, after a stabbing spree yesterday, is dead. Police said that Rafael Charles, a mute, committed suicide after he...

Region Three teachers to benefit from Inclusion Professional Development training

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Region Three teachers to benefit from Inclusion Professional Development training

Teachers from the West Demerara District stand to benefit from an Inclusive Professional Development (IDB) training that targets nursery, primary and secondary schools. This is being made possible...

Bloody trail leads police to thief

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bloody trail leads police to thief

A 57-year-old man found himself before a city magistrate charged for stealing a quantity of car parts, after a bloody trail led the police and the victim to his home. Michael Smith, who is a...

I took my dog to see the biggest circus ever at Cuffy Square yesterday

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I took my dog to see the biggest circus ever at Cuffy Square yesterday

I remember when I was a very small boy my mom took me to the circus. The ground was somewhere on Thomas Lands; the National Park didn’t exist then. When I became a father, I took my kid three times...

PM fails to conclude cause of maternity death

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PM fails to conclude cause of maternity death

A post mortem examination conducted on the body of 25-year-old Theresa Henry of Good Fortuin, West Bank Demerara(WBD) has proven inconclusive. Henry died at the West Demerara Regional Hospital,...

Passport office coming to Linden

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Passport office coming to Linden

In a matter of weeks, residents of Region Ten, Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice will be able to access citizenry services in a spanking new modern passport office that has been completed. The...

A demonstrably false argument

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A demonstrably false argument

DEAR EDITOR, I taught Math in a New York City High School, and I am much intrigued and befuddled about these terms, “simple majority” and “absolute majority”, as they relate...

Who’s to blame?

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Who’s to blame?

This is the deteriorating state of the David Rose Street in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The road reportedly started to collapse after it was repeatedly traversed on by heavy duty trucks leaving many...

Ministry notes notable dip in TB/HIV co-infection rate

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry notes notable dip in TB/HIV co-infection rate

Tuberculosis [TB] control in Guyana continues to be laced with challenges and one of the most critical is the HIV epidemic within the population. This challenge, Junior Minister of Public Health, Dr....

The PPP/C’s refusal to go to Parliament is justified

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C’s refusal to go to Parliament is justified

DEAR EDITOR, The PPP/C’s refusal to join the APNU + AFC government in parliament is frowned upon by sociopolitical commentators and certain political factions in Guyana. A closer scrutiny of...

‘Shame Guyana, Shame’

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Shame Guyana, Shame’

DEAR EDITOR, For all these years of my life, I have been very proud of my country, until I read Freddie Kissoon’s column of March 26, 2019. “Guyana secretly buries dead foreign...

Power paradox

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Power paradox

DEAR EDITOR, The fight for Venezuela is similar to the fight for the Suez Canal in 1956. It will determine the fate of US global hegemony, similar to how Suez determined British fate. After being...

In Search of Our Humanity

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on In Search of Our Humanity

DEAR EDITOR, Dr. Henry Jeffrey’s Future Notes of Wednesday, 27 March, once again touches a nerve, however isolated from so many others. His argumentation probes, without being intrusive, and one is...

No more winner-take-all, Guyanese must feel integrally involved in the governance process

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on No more winner-take-all, Guyanese must feel integrally involved in the governance process

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana, perhaps more than any other country in the Anglophone Caribbean, has a sordid history of undemocratic elections. Part of the problem has to do with our ethnic makeup over which...

The People will ultimately deliver a definitive ruling

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The People will ultimately deliver a definitive ruling

DEAR EDITOR, The old adage ‘actions speak louder than words’ has taken on a new level of prominence and significance in the context of the political ‘goings on’ in Guyana. The entire Guyanese...

Majority vote

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Majority vote

DEAR EDITOR, I want to address the difference between a simple majority vote and an absolute majority vote as argued in the Court of Appeal ruling last Friday, 22nd March. Some say that the...

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Leopold St beat Bent St to be crowned Georgetown champions of...

May 04, 2026

– Book spot in National C/ship (Kaieteur News) – Leopold Street stamped their authority on the Georgetown leg of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ tournament on Friday, steam...

Abolish SBAs

May 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It would not be unusual for it to be discovered that students sitting CSEC and CAPE examinations are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to complete their School Based Assessments (SBAs). Technology is now a normal part of students’ lives. Many students have access to...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

How do Guyanese manage, survive?

May 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A living standard -what is that animal? What does a livable income in Guyana look like? What does it allow? How do Guyanese manage? I begin with this basic definition: a livable income is what affords sufficient food daily, with enough left for nonfood bills. To...

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