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Coroner’s inquest into 2013 vigilante killing delayed …as juror fails to attend court

Nov 17, 2018 KNews News 0

A coroner’s inquest which was scheduled to commence yesterday to determine if anyone should be held criminally liable for the death of 40-year-old Nigel Lowe who was beaten by a mob back in 2013,...

Mapping exercise to determine need to expand Mass Drug Administration campaign

Nov 17, 2018 KNews News 0

Four regions have been targeted by the Ministry of Public Health as it advances its fight against lymphatic filariasis also known as filaria. The four regions that have been subjected to Mass Drug...

Over 1000 diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy for year so far … 5000 screened

Nov 17, 2018 KNews News 0

Of the 5, 138 persons screened for diabetic retinopathy in just this year, some 1,008 have been diagnosed with the disease. This is according to recent statistics presented by doctors at GPHC....

The public has a right to know what is taking place

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

The sittings of the National Assembly are public. They are streamed live, there is provision for members of the public to attending sittings, and the media is allowed to report on deliberations in...

NGO calls for nationwide recognition of Int’l Men’s Day

Nov 17, 2018 KNews News 0

The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Men’s Value and Purpose (MVP), is currently aiming at spreading awareness on the value of men, and is hoping to aid young males in realizing their worth...

Videographer testifies in C/ville double murder PI

Nov 17, 2018 KNews News 0

Crime scene videographer Constable Stacy McKenzie yesterday testified in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the gruesome killing of a Pandit and his son whose bodies were found in their Campbellville...

DISRUPTION OF DEEPAVALI PROGRAMME AT UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR I sincerely thank the Peeping Tom and Kaieteur News 8th November 2018 for informing the public of the fact that the Rangoli event at UG to observe Deepavali was disrupted by a Christian...

THE WHIM REFERENDUM – TOTAL REJECTION, REPUDIATION OF NAGAMOOTOO AND AFC

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Webster’s Dictionary has chosen TOXIC as the 2018 Word of the Year. Local Government Elections (LGE) 2018 dramatically pronounced the AFC and its leaders TOXIC, everywhere in Guyana....

Does this inspire national confidence?

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I refer to the Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo’s programme aired on HBTV Channel Nine on the eve of the Local Government Elections, in which he continued his desperate quest...

Resurrecting a spectre

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Local Government Elections are over and according to reports; all went well in all the constituencies. The state owned Guyana Chronicle dubbed this election a “victory for...

Voter apathy was prevalent at the LGE

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The low turnout at the recent Local Government Elections has brought to the fore the issue of voter apathy, which is not unique to Guyana. Except for the 1994 Local Government Elections...

Open offer to the 68% who have not voted

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, My dear Guyanese, it is with great sadness and determination that I pen this offer to you after learning that you are leaderless and despotic having lost confidence in both sides of the...

Shared governance NOW after LGE

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The parties or groups should not blow their trumpets or crow from their ‘house’ tops about their victories at the recent Local Government Elections. The low voter turn-out is a...

LGE a people’s victory

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, It was never the APNU+AFC coalition’s message during its campaign for Local Government Elections (LGE), that “winning” is what matters. Its daily pronouncements throughout the Ten...

The gangs around Stabroek Market are rampant

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, There is a very disturbing trend of robberies in central Georgetown, particularly in the evenings by what appears to be a well-organized gang of young men. On the evening of Thursday,...

Declining standards

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Letters 0

Editor, In examining the broken promises of the APNU/ AFC Government, I wish to highlight the following two commitments in their manifesto: Improve the health care system to regional and...

President Trump is right about mainstream American media

Nov 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

The biased American media has been enjoying the embrace of a substantial part of their country’s population, because a controversial president is constantly attacking them. He has thrown his net...

Body at Parika…Recently released convict confesses to killing homeless woman

Nov 16, 2018 KNews News 0

A recently-released convict has reportedly confessed to killing 22-year-old Romeza Sookdeo, whose decomposing body was found last Sunday at Hydronie Market Road, Parika, East Bank Essequibo, The...

CSME high on COTED agenda as body meets in Guyana

Nov 16, 2018 KNews News 0

Barbados continues to push for moving forward the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) as its Foreign Trade Minister Chairs the 47th Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) meeting...

Audited Financial Statements of 65 NDCs, 215 Amerindian Village Councils, evade Parliamentary oversight–Goolsarran

Nov 16, 2018 KNews News 0

Chartered Accountant and former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran, is of the view that the audited financial statements of the 65 Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs), the 215 Amerindian Village...

Two GEA agents arrested for fuel marker theft

Nov 16, 2018 KNews News 0

Last night, two Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) employees were arrested after it was found that they had stolen some two liters of fuel marker while they were on a fuel marking exercise at the Rubis Bulk...

Delegation heads to UK on Greenheart import ban

Nov 16, 2018 KNews News 0

A Ministry of Natural Resources high-level delegation led by Minister Raphael Trotman will be travelling to the United Kingdom (UK) from November 19 to facilitate discussions on the complete lifting...

Outpouring of sentiments as nation assured President is recovering well

Nov 16, 2018 KNews News 0

Even as President David Granger remains in Cuba recovering from Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer, he has been receiving many get well wishes from far and near. Among the most recent are...

Jagdeo wait till Soulja Bai sick to file no-confidence motion

Nov 16, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 0

Is one week now since de Fly Jamaica plane mek a crash landing but de people still talking. Dem talking bout dem firemen who rob dem and some of dem talking bout de crash itself. Dem boys seh Guyana...

Recently released convict confesses to killing homeless woman

Nov 16, 2018 KNews News 0

In moving ahead with its environmental awareness campaign, the Essequibo Tourism Association will be targeting the Charity community this weekend with a cleanup campaign. The initiative which is part...

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President Trump is right about mainstream American media

The biased American media has been enjoying the embrace of a substantial part of their country’s population, because a... more

Govt. postpones House sitting at last minute without informing Opposition

PPP/C’s MP’s were seated, but no government parliamentarians showed By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The usual money spent... more