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Two cars hijacked in one day… Child thrown out of hijacked car

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two cars hijacked in one day… Child thrown out of hijacked car

– Crime Chief advises drivers to use tracking devices Acting Crime Chief Paul Williams is advising drivers to make full use of tracking devices on their vehicles as carjacking across the...

Lethem businessman remanded over illegal aircraft landing

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem businessman remanded over illegal aircraft landing

Three months after two men were charged for the construction of an illegal airstrip in Lethem, Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday remanded the prime suspect to prison after he was charged with...

Bandits invade supermarket

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits invade supermarket

neighbour captured with booty Five armed men on Saturday night invaded Akash Supermarket at Lot 57, Number 68 Village, and fired several shots sending customers and staff running for cover. Persaud...

Beam collapses, kills foreman at New Amsterdam Park

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Beam collapses, kills foreman at New Amsterdam Park

A 61-year-old pensioner was on Sunday crushed to death during the construction of a bridge at the Esplanade Recreational Park, New Amsterdam. Reports are that a wooden post reportedly became detached...

CGX gives up 25% of concessions; to drill well in 2019

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CGX gives up 25% of concessions; to drill well in 2019

Canadian-owned CGX Energy Inc., which failed in its first offshore oil well in 2012, is looking at another shot, amid high interest in Guyana’s waters. Yesterday, the company, which faced...

Police to pay $4.2M in wrongful detention lawsuit

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News 1

Two Lethem, Region Nine residents who filed a lawsuit against the Guyana Police Force for wrongful arrest and detention last year, have been awarded judgment in the sum of $4.2M by the High Court....

If is not one Mr. Rass is Rohee, Ram Jattan and Ram Narine

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on If is not one Mr. Rass is Rohee, Ram Jattan and Ram Narine

Dem boys boys seh if is not one R is another. Everybody know crime is mankind’s biggest fear. Now-a-days people does go to sleep wid one eye open because dem frighten people come in, rob, rape and...

Doctor, nurse and prison officer robbed in home invasion

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor, nurse and prison officer robbed in home invasion

A doctor, nurse and prison officer were blindfolded and robbed at gunpoint around 03:00 hrs yesterday inside their Lot 312 Lamaha Park, Georgetown home by three masked men, who threatened to kill...

Accused in Pegasus taxi driver murder trial freed

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Accused in Pegasus taxi driver murder trial freed

Lorenzo Forde was yesterday acquitted of the murder of Pegasus taxi driver, Rudrinauth Jeeboo after a mixed twelve- member jury found him not guilty of the offence at the Georgetown High Court. The...

58 graduate from Public Service College

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 58 graduate from Public Service College

Significant, was the word, used by President David Granger, to describe the inaugural graduating class of the Bertram Collins College of the Public Service. A total of 58 cadets were among the...

Giftland Mall implements security features for Christmas season

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News 2

Once again shoppers will be required to pay a fee to enter the Giftland Mall during the Christmas Season. The CEO of Giftland Mall Mr. Roy Beepat hosted a press conference yesterday at the Mall to...

Guyana second to T&T in NCD-related deaths in Caribbean – Public Health Minister

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana second to T&T in NCD-related deaths in Caribbean – Public Health Minister

Guyana is second only to Trinidad and Tobago when it comes to the daunting impact of Non-Communicable Diseases [NCDs] within Caricom countries. This especially daunting state of affairs was recently...

CPCE Principal advocates for segregated Maths disciplines

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News 1

Moves could soon be apace for the reintroduction of subjects that fall under the ambit of Mathematics, to be offered as separate disciplines at the level of the teachers’ training college. A...

Minibus driver escapes after killing pedal cyclist

Dec 19, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver escapes after killing pedal cyclist

A 42-year-old pedal cyclist died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) around 16:45 hrs yesterday, hours after he was struck down by a minibus. The accident occurred around 08:45...

In the church of the poisoned mind

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

We cannot escape the daily sermon. This is the reality of Guyana. A political party that had been in power for twenty-three years and under whose rule the society had become a failed state, lost...

Rejecting Granger’s shortlists

Dec 19, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Rejecting Granger’s shortlists

The Leader of the Opposition should not participate in any consultations with the President of Guyana, on the appointment of a Chancellor and Chief Justice, as long as the President is going to...

Exxon Bonus scandal represents deep-seated disdain for citizen’s rights – Dr. Hinds

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News 1

The belief that Government mishandled all issues in relation to the revelation of the US$18M signing bonus it received from ExxonMobil is not only shared by anticorruption advocates but also by some...

After hours of digging, cops find no trace of murdered boy

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on After hours of digging, cops find no trace of murdered boy

The circumstances surrounding the disappearance of six-year-old Daniel Adolphus, may forever remain a mystery to police and his loved ones. Police and Detectives yesterday, attempted to locate and...

Sri Lanka struggling with debt, hands major port to China

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sri Lanka struggling with debt, hands major port to China

By KAI SCHULTZ (New York Times) Taken from the New York Times— Struggling to pay its debt to Chinese firms, the nation of Sri Lanka formally handed over the strategic port of Hambantota to China on...

Moulding young lives beyond football, Coach Sheron Abrams is a ‘Special Person’

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Moulding young lives beyond football, Coach Sheron Abrams is a ‘Special Person’

“The fact that I can have over 40 youngsters that I am able to take away from whatever misgiving they might be experiencing; take them away from crime; take them from probably an abusive home for a...

GTT wins GCCI Large Business of the Year, Corporate Citizenship Awards

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTT wins GCCI Large Business of the Year, Corporate Citizenship Awards

Proving that the company is a leader in the conduct of its business, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph, last Wednesday, walked away with two of the most prestigious awards of the Georgetown Chamber of...

Natural gas mechanisms to be decided in first quarter of 2018

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Natural gas mechanisms to be decided in first quarter of 2018

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, has said that the government is forging ahead with the exploration of possibilities to make use of natural gas. Patterson has responsibility for...

Social Protection Ministry boasts of significant achievements

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Social Protection Ministry boasts of significant achievements

The Ministry of Social Protection has formulated several programmes and policies to create an enabling welfare state; one which helps people to help themselves. This is according to Social Protection...

‘Touch of Class’ delivering a classy community service

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Touch of Class’ delivering a classy community service

By Sharmain Grainger A thriving business is not always easy to achieve. Many entrepreneurs can attest to the fact that sometimes success is only attainable after several instances of trial and error....

The Story within the Story… When sugar becomes bitter

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… When sugar becomes bitter

By Leonard Gildarie I grew up in a sugar-producing community – Enmore. I loved it. Although I moved away since the ‘80s, the connection was never severed. It is difficult to explain to...

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Tridents seal emphatic 6-wicket win to steal slight momentum from...

Sep 14, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. BT (Kaieteur News) – Barbados Tridents pulled off a momentum-stealing 6-wicket win over table-leaders Guyana Amazon Warriors, who lost their second game of the...

How do you make a marriage work?

Sep 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During my next encounter with the Guru, I asked him a question that perhaps millions of people have themselves and others. “Guru,” I said, “how do you make a marriage work?” He looked at me and smiled. “First,” he said, “stop trying to make your spouse work.” I...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability – Pt 3

Sep 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo is a lonely figure; worthy of pity. It’s extended. He is that saddest of leaders: a caricature for lost causes. Breach procurement laws and regs and there will be consequences. Not one attendee in that Arthur Chung Convention Centre suite blanched...

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