June 10, 2008 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Christmas Falls shooting…Slain gunman identified as young Buxtonian

Jun 10, 2008 knews News 7

…had resisted pleas to leave gang All speculations have been put to rest, as relatives of the man who was killed at Christmas Falls on Friday last positively identified him as 21-year-old Otis...

Nine CANU officers fired

Jun 10, 2008 knews News 3

– acting boss among them Several officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) were yesterday sent home after failing their polygraph tests. According to sources, CANU’s Acting Head,...

Education Ministry moves to sack teachers in sex scandals

Jun 10, 2008 knews News 1

…head teachers also face sanctions There will be no compromising with teachers who are guilty of sexually molesting students, or even those against whom such allegations are made. This declaration...

Roger Khan saga…..Govt. did not authorize importation of sensitive equipment

Jun 10, 2008 knews News 4

“Such a request by the law enforcement agencies of Guyana would have to be approved by the relevant authorities before an application is made by the Government of Guyana to the relevant American...

Sugar price skyrockets in Berbice

Jun 10, 2008 knews News 1

…investigation ongoing into smuggling to Suriname and Trinidad The price of sugar has touched the $100 per pound mark in Berbice, and shopkeepers are claiming that Guysuco has increased the cost...

EU’s sugar subsidy remains contentious issue – GuySuCo

Jun 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on EU’s sugar subsidy remains contentious issue – GuySuCo

As the fallout from the negotiated Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) with the European Union continues, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday said that it is seeking to clarify a...

Grace period ends today for licencees

Jun 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Grace period ends today for licencees

…harsher penalties for non-compliance under review The grace period allowed by the Guyana Revenue Authority for the purchase of licences for 2008 for operating businesses, motor vehicles or motor...

Man found guilty of making false robbery report

Jun 10, 2008 knews News 1

Lloyd Smith, of Supenaam, Essequibo, was convicted yesterday by Magistrate Fazil Azeez for making a false report about a robbery. According to a Police statement, on June 2 last, Smith reported at...

Assessment tool introduced to reverse trends of illiteracy

Jun 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Assessment tool introduced to reverse trends of illiteracy

The quality of education will be aptly addressed during a week-long Early Reading Grade Assessment (EGRA) workshop for education professionals, which commenced yesterday at the National Centre for...

Guianas’ Club Championship: ASC Le Geldar de Kourou crowned champs, Alpha beat US Matoury

Jun 10, 2008 knews Sports 1

By Franklin Wilson in French Guiana compliments of Digicel French Guiana’s ASC Le Geldar de Kourou were crowned champions of the inaugural Coupe des Guyanes (Guiana’s Club Championship) after...

Queenstown Pit bull attack…Victim released from hospital

Jun 10, 2008 knews News 2

It has been almost three weeks since 20-year-old Rawle Ramsaywack was mauled by three pit bulls in Queenstown, but there has yet been no action taken against the owner of the animals. This newspaper...

Bohemia residents accuse NDC chairman of theft, inefficiency

Jun 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bohemia residents accuse NDC chairman of theft, inefficiency

…call for his removal It was a chaotic scene at the Bohemia Primary School, Lower Corentyne, Berbice, on Sunday as residents called for the removal of the Neighborhood Democratic Council (NDC)...

GABF Inter-Sub Association Tournament: G/town successfully defends home turf

Jun 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GABF Inter-Sub Association Tournament: G/town successfully defends home turf

– Siland heroics provide win By Rawle Welch It was scrappy, temperamental and overrated, but sometimes these are the elements that combine to make the Georgetown versus Linden rivalry in any...

High flying O’Neal weathers storm to bomb way to double World titles

Jun 10, 2008 knews Sports 1

Described as Guyana’s lone fighter jet, Gwendolyn ‘Stealth Bomber’ O’Neal had to weather the storm to bomb her way to double world titles on Friday night at the Phillipsburg Auditorium in St...

Pirates steal vessel, dump crew overboard

Jun 10, 2008 knews News 1

Pirates made of with a fishing vessel, at around 20:00 hrs on Sunday, after holding the crew at gunpoint and dumping them overboard in the Atlantic Ocean near Rosignol, Berbice. A release said that...

Riverview shooting…

Jun 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Riverview shooting…

Businessman maintains ‘Scar Chest’ robbed him By Rustom Seegopaul Following the shooting death of 26-year-old fisherman Felix Da Silva, known as ‘Scar Chest,’ by Police ranks on May 26 last,...

Krakowsky wins GASP Open

Jun 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Krakowsky wins GASP Open

James Krakowsky with 5 points and a positive spread of 136 carted off the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players Open Tournament played last Sunday at Malteenoes Sports Club. Krakowsky, who is a...

Timehri Warriors Boxing Gym opened

Jun 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Timehri Warriors Boxing Gym opened

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association has opened another boxing gym, this time at Timehri on the East Bank Demerara. In an effort to continue expanding amateur boxing in all of the Regions in the...

New one-way streets

Jun 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on New one-way streets

The Guyana Police Force has announced that from June 1, the following streets have been made one way streets: Alexander Street, between Regent Street and South Road, for vehicles to proceed north...

We could have done better – Ninvalle

Jun 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on We could have done better – Ninvalle

– cites indiscipline of some players as set back Head of Alpha United’s delegation to the just concluded Guiana’s Club Championship Steve Ninvalle is of the view that much more could have...

FOI is one side of a two-sided coin

Jun 10, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on FOI is one side of a two-sided coin

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to offer a few comments for publication on the current discussion on the freedom of information legislation (FOI) in Guyana based on my past involvement in the preparation for,...

Peeping Tom – COOL DOWN, BHARRAT! COOL DOWN!

Jun 10, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom 1

“When you see a man of worth, think of how you may emulate him. When you see one who is unworthy, examine yourself.” – Confucius I have never known a society to be at peace with...

Opposition groups are trying their best to bring down this democratically elected government

Jun 10, 2008 knews Letters 8

DEAR EDITOR, It’s good to see the main opposition PNCR leading the way with all the other so-called opposition parties calling for lie-detector tests to be administered on Government ministers. How...

Unlicensed rum shops blamed for ills in Cane Grove

Jun 10, 2008 knews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, Why has no one been listening to this illegal rum shop plague that is taking place all over our country? Residents have been reporting that unlicensed rum shops have been multiplying all...

Congratulations to the AFC for their “Seeds of Change” project

Jun 10, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Congratulations to the AFC for their “Seeds of Change” project

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to congratulate the Alliance For Change (AFC) for launching their “Seeds of Change” project last week. This is the type of thing that people expect their political parties to...