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Guyana Ambassador chosen to lead ACP Group of States

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Ambassador chosen to lead ACP Group of States

Guyana’s Ambassador to Belgium and the European Community, Dr. Patrick Gomes, was yesterday selected as the new Secretary-General of the African, Pacific and Caribbean Group of States (ACP) for the...

Corentyne man shot in mysterious drive by shooting

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man shot in mysterious drive by shooting

About 20:00hrs on Monday, Shazam Bacchus, 23 of No. 78 Village, Corentyne, was awaiting transportation to go home. He was standing in front of his employer’s home on the No. 72 Village Public Road,...

Corruption is an impediment to development – British High Commissioner

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Corruption is an impediment to development – British High Commissioner

By Nicholas Peters British High Commissioner to Guyana, Andrew Ayre, asserted the importance of lowering perceptions of corruption if countries with a high corruption index are to develop. ...

Escaped prisoner recaptured

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Escaped prisoner recaptured

With the assistance of residents a regular criminal who had escaped from the New Amsterdam Prison a few days after he was remanded has been recaptured. The man, Khemraj Panday, 20, of Victoria...

New batch of Cuban Medical Professionals join local health sector

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New batch of Cuban Medical Professionals join local health sector

A new batch of Cuban medical professionals has been enlisted in the local health sector, as part of efforts made by the Cuban Government to continually assist with the improvement of health care...

Nandlall’s financial impropriety… Investigation should be launched – Chris Ram, APNU

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall’s financial impropriety… Investigation should be launched – Chris Ram, APNU

Chartered Accountant Chris Ram and Opposition Member of Parliament Carl Greenidge, are jointly calling on the country’s Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, to launch an investigation into the alleged...

A life-defining moment

Dec 11, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A life-defining moment

Informing relatives of the death of a loved one is never an easy task. If anything, the officials responsible for this unwelcome duty are expected to display care and sensitivity in very...

Justice Desiree Bernard calls for independence and integrity in the dispensation of justice

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Justice Desiree Bernard calls for independence and integrity in the dispensation of justice

Independence, integrity and propriety are values officials should adopt when dealing with members of the public, according to Justice Desiree Bernard. This was reemphasized on Tuesday night at the...

NO SURPRISE!

Dec 11, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO SURPRISE!

The problems that are being encountered in the project involving the laying of a fibre optic cable from Brazil should not surprise anyone. From day one, the publisher of this newspaper, Mr. Glenn...

Riverview mother accuses police of stealing Xmas money during search

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Riverview mother accuses police of stealing Xmas money during search

A 25-year old mother of one is seeking the police intervention to recover just over $100,000 in Christmas shopping money which she said went missing following and illegal search conducted on her home...

Homicide rates highest in developing Caribbean, Latin American countries – Report

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Homicide rates highest in developing Caribbean, Latin American countries – Report

A violent situation exists in the developing countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. This state of affairs was substantiated by the Global Status Report on Violence Prevention 2014 which...

MARAD investigates fishermen’s harassment allegations

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MARAD investigates fishermen’s harassment allegations

Officials from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) travelled to Goed-Fortuin on the West Bank of Demerara last Wednesday to investigate allegations of harassment made by some fishermen who...

My libel trial, sewage flood and a failed state

Dec 11, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My libel trial, sewage flood and a failed state

I am going to thread carefully here. I will present what Kaieteur News has published and let readers read. I will not say anything further than what the Kaieteur News has published in the...

Pomeroon man found floating in river

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon man found floating in river

The body of 64-year-old James George, a/k “Honey James” was found floating in the Pomeroon River, yesterday several days after he went missing. James, a father of five and formerly of St. Monica,...

GPL, unions deadlocked on joint negotiations for pay increase

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL, unions deadlocked on joint negotiations for pay increase

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is sticking with its stance to negotiate separately with two workers’ unions. Both the National Association of Agricultural Commercial and Industrial Employees...

Int’l Human Rights Day observed with youth rally

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l Human Rights Day observed with youth rally

Human rights champions and members of civil society turned out in their numbers at a youth rally hosted by the Guyana Equality Forum in the heart of the city yesterday. The activity which attracted...

Jilted lover ‘slapped’ with threatening behaviour charge

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jilted lover ‘slapped’ with threatening behaviour charge

Gavin Primo from Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer a threatening behaviour charge Tuesday morning at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It is alleged...

Hinterland farmers remanded on gun and ammo charges

Dec 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hinterland farmers remanded on gun and ammo charges

Two Kamarang residents, Jaimi Edwin and Nash Granes appeared in handcuffs at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court Tuesday afternoon to address separate charges of possession of a firearm and...

This is not politics, this is basic business

Dec 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is not politics, this is basic business

DEAR EDITOR, It was refreshing to read about a good catch from Mr. Pravinchandra Dave, that seasoned banker, who wrote on the topic of leveraging the opportunity for Guyana on the possible buy-back...

Power-sharing not practical at this time

Dec 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Power-sharing not practical at this time

DEAR EDITOR, I agree with Peeping Tom that power-sharing will not be possible, at least not before the next election. Nevertheless, those who have suggested power-sharing should be applauded for at...

Country above Self

Dec 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Country above Self

DEAR EDITOR, In February 2013, a few days after the shooting by ‘youth men’ of Mr Oscar Clarke, General Secretary of the People’s National Congress in his home at Plum Park, Sophia, I wrote two...

A welcome relief at St. Joseph High

Dec 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A welcome relief at St. Joseph High

DEAR EDITOR, Thursday November 27th I and my wife, along with the parents of some 92 graduates, descended on St. Joseph High School to experience a pivotal milestone in the lives of our children. My...

Mr. Persaud’s letter contains certain blatant inaccuracies and misinformation

Dec 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Persaud’s letter contains certain blatant inaccuracies and misinformation

DEAR EDITOR, I read with great dismay, a letter appearing in the Kaieteur News edition of the 10th day of December, 2014, under the caption, “Anil Nandlall and his role in fraudulent powers of...

We cannot afford to choose sides, and we will not

Dec 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We cannot afford to choose sides, and we will not

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me to refer to a letter published by your paper dated December 4, 2014 and entitled “When will UG law students speak up?” I will attempt to respond to the author’s...

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Food inflation is an invisible tax

Kaieteur News – There is an unmistakable cruelty in the way the poorest among us bear the brunt of economic policies... more