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Guyana/Venezuela boundary marker located by Joint Patrol in Region One

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana/Venezuela boundary marker located by Joint Patrol in Region One

A Joint Patrol comprising ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF), on Thursday located and confirmed the Guyana/Venezuela boundary marker while conducting patrols in...

Berbice businesses donate 10 police booths for New Amsterdam

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice businesses donate 10 police booths for New Amsterdam

The Guyana Police Force, in ‘B’ Division, recently benefitted from ten mobile police outposts made possible through the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and the business community. A simple...

Nand Persaud invests $40M in UG Tain Campus for soil testing lab

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nand Persaud invests $40M in UG Tain Campus for soil testing lab

With Guyana lacking the capability to fully support international markets with rice, the industry will soon benefit from a multi-million-dollar soil testing lab at the University of Guyana (UG) Tain...

Five-year plan to aid enabling environment for vulnerable HIV patients

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Five-year plan to aid enabling environment for vulnerable HIV patients

An enabling environment for vulnerable groups to access HIV prevention and treatment without the associated fear of stigma and discrimination, has been crafted by the Pan Caribbean Partnership...

Govt accused of missing key meeting with Indigenous leaders

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt accused of missing key meeting with Indigenous leaders

…groups push forward with revision of Amerindian Act Indigenous leaders are frustrated over the lack of a formal process and the absence of funds in the 2018 Budget to support the revision of...

Protestors heckle PPP budget meeting in Linden

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Protestors heckle PPP budget meeting in Linden

A public meeting on the National Budget of 2018 by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) in Linden, Region Ten, on Thursday afternoon was marred by protestors. Present at the meeting, at Linden...

Linden girl continues fight with Sickle Cell

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Linden girl continues fight with Sickle Cell

By Feona Morrison Eleven-year-old Shakira Peters was diagnosed with Sickle Cell anemia disease when she was just two. She does not know of life without Sickle Cell and therefore she does not know of...

Qualfon Career Fair today

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Qualfon Career Fair today

… approximately 100 to gain employment Qualfon executives recently met with Regional Chairman Rennis Morian, and Councillors Charles Sampson and Denise Begrave, to discuss the imminent...

New HIV infections stabilizing in the Caribbean

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New HIV infections stabilizing in the Caribbean

but challenges remain among key populations The Caribbean remains the sub-region with the second highest estimated adult HIV prevalence [1.3 percent adults 15-49 years, 2016]. However, available data...

‘G’ Divison records increase in serious road accidents for 2017

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘G’ Divison records increase in serious road accidents for 2017

Information recently dispensed by the traffic department of the Guyana Police Force, ‘G’ Division, indicates an increase in serious road accidents on the Essequibo Coast, for 2017. The...

A cry for Help

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on A cry for Help

This is the season of giving, thus we should try to bless those in need with a chance to enjoy their holiday also. Pleading with the public for assistance with his very fatal and deteriorating...

Incident in Linden

Dec 02, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Incident in Linden

In 2010, I was about to deliver an academic presentation at the National Library as one of the guests of the Guyana Historical and Research Institute when a group of persons barged in and disrupted...

Skylarking while people are punishing

Dec 02, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Skylarking while people are punishing

The Police Traffic Department deploys ranks during the days to various busy junctions to assist in traffic control. Peak hours are usually from 7:30 to 9:00 hrs and from 14:00 to 17:30 hrs. The...

We will decide way forward when Top Cop returns – President Granger

Nov 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on We will decide way forward when Top Cop returns – President Granger

…Ramjattan prepared to defend decision in court President David Granger said Government will decide the future of Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud, when he returns from ‘leave’ on...

Budget fails to address income inequality, management of resources and public enterprises – Private Sector

Nov 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Budget fails to address income inequality, management of resources and public enterprises – Private Sector

While Budget 2018 provides a number of positive fiscal measures, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is still disappointed with Government’s failure to address certain fundamental issues. It...

Task Force established to capture countrywide crime info into one database

Nov 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Task Force established to capture countrywide crime info into one database

Guyana has adopted a new evidence-driven strategy to crime prevention through the establishment of a national taskforce to implement the CariSECURE project. This project has already been rolled out...

Over 3,000 bottles of liquor caught in Excise Tax net on E’bo

Nov 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Over 3,000 bottles of liquor caught in Excise Tax net on E’bo

Customs attached to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) supervised the affixing of Excise Stamps on approximately 3,000 bottles of imported liquor during an exercise at Anna Regina on the Essequibo...

Derisking continues to take jabs at economy – Jordan

Nov 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Derisking continues to take jabs at economy – Jordan

The derisking phenomenon, which resulted in foreign-owned banks terminating correspondent banking relationships with locally-owned banks, continues to affect our economy. This was reported by Finance...

Man dies after ATV topples in Paramakatoi

Nov 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies after ATV topples in Paramakatoi

A man succumbed to injuries he received early yesterday morning after the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) which he was riding toppled on Tuesday at Paramakatoi, Region Eight. Dead is Robert Aaron, said to...

Kescia Branche murder… Owner of impounded car held on return from overseas

Nov 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Kescia Branche murder… Owner of impounded car held on return from overseas

Detectives are hoping that they will finally put the pieces together regarding the murder of Kescia Branche, after they detained a taxi driver who recently returned from overseas. A police official...

Ram Jattan give Top Cop de wrang letter

Nov 30, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ram Jattan give Top Cop de wrang letter

Yesterday, dem boys did tell everybody sat See-all would get ee special leave letter fuh Mash. Well Soulja Bai confirm it and Ram Jattan seh if he don’t like it he can go to court. De...

Suspect in No. 72 Village granny shooting hiding in back dam

Nov 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect in No. 72 Village granny shooting hiding in back dam

Ranks in ‘B’ Division are currently on the hunt for the suspect in the shooting of a Number 72 Village woman and her five-year-old granddaughter at their home. Divisional Commander,...

Go-Invest facilitates almost $23B in investments

Nov 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Go-Invest facilitates almost $23B in investments

anticipates $154B more for 2018 For this year alone, the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) has facilitated almost $23 billion in investments. This was revealed by Finance Minister, Winston...

Another ICT hub opened in East Berbice, 16 so far

Nov 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Another ICT hub opened in East Berbice, 16 so far

The Government through the Ministry of Public Telecommunication is continuing its relentless drive to make the country Internet-ready. It wants Internet services available to everyone. Another...

Chinese Medical Brigade donates $10 mil in equipment to LHC

Nov 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese Medical Brigade donates $10 mil in equipment to LHC

The Chinese Medical Brigade recently donated approximately $10 M worth of equipment and medical supplies to the Linden Hospital Complex this week. The equipment included an anaesthesia machine, ECG...

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Sep 05, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. JKM at Providence – Hetmyer, Hope, Dindyal lead batting charge (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors announced their arrival home with a brutal 8-wicket...

How should I schedule my day?

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Deep in the Himalayas, I once visited a Hindu guru and asked him, “Guru, how should I schedule my day?” He looked at me for a moment, smiled, and asked, “What is it that you want to schedule?” “My day,” I replied. “I want to organise my time better. There is so...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

The Donny and Delcy show

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What to make of this America-Venezuela oil deal, this best in history? First, it’s best to put the 65 billion barrels of heavy crude in its proper place. It’s the Donny and Delcy Gong Show. A quarter of Venezuela’s premier national treasure, a concealed deal, a very...

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