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House approves life imprisonment for piracy, hijacking

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Harsher penalties will not deter criminals from committing the act of piracy. Rather, it is the preventative policing measures, or enforcement, that would instill a fear of being caught. This is...

Americans hand over US$4.4M lab

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…facility eradicates need for sending samples overseas After three years of meticulous construction and a process of installation, the National Public Health Reference Centre, located at the corner...

Contractor dies after son delivers blow to head

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A 20-year-old man is likely to be charged for the murder of his father, who died on Thursday after being beaten at his Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara home. Sonalall Rooplall, a 48-year-old...

Lindo Creek massacre… AFC calls for Joint Services to undergo polygraph testing

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The Alliance For Change (AFC) has called on the Government to conduct polygraph testing on those Joint Services members who were in Lindo Creek at around the time that the eight miners were killed....

PNCR takes petition to CARICOM summit

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The joint Parliamentary Opposition parties have handed over a petition to the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Antigua as they seek to gain maximum support for what they see as burning issues...

525 graduate from CPCE in lively ceremony

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It was an exciting and enthralling atmosphere at the National Cultural Centre last evening when the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) held its 74th graduating exercise in its 80-year history....

Berbician stabbed to death

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By Melissa Johnson NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Twenty-eight-year-old Anthony Samaroo, of Angoy’s Avenue, was stabbed to death on Wednesday night, not far from his home. The suspected killers, who...

Mahaicony Rice Mills takes GRDB to court over suspended licences

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Mahaicony Rice Mills Limited has taken the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to court following the suspension of its milling and export licences last week. The group, which has four mills across...

Town Clerk, City Treasurer should be given a chance to respond – AFC

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Following recent revelations of major fraud taking place at City Hall, and the recommendation for the Town Clerk and the City Treasurer to be sent on leave, Leader of the Alliance For Change, Raphael...

GDF ranks strengthened by 195

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Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Commodore Gary Best, has charged graduates of the Guyana Defence Force Basic Recruit Course to keep Guyana safe and to protect the country’s national...

De PNC protest meet Antigua

Jul 04, 2008 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De PNC protest meet Antigua

Yesterday, dem boys sit back and dem watching de news. All of a sudden dem see Oscar Clarke at de CARICOM Summit and dem perk up. Now, is nothing unusual fuh people who ain’t involve in running a...

Bandits snatch cash, laptop computer from consultant

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Three gunmen made off with approximately $1.3 million, some US currency, a laptop, four memory sticks and a number of files after they robbed Balwant Persaud, an Immigration Consultant yesterday, at...

There is a lot of confounded noise

Jul 04, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on There is a lot of confounded noise

As far back as the Medieval Ages people were suspicious of those who protest a lot or those who simply spoke too much. They knew that when someone displayed such traits that person was either hiding...

Homeward bound

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The Parrot has an opinion on frustration. Generally, depending on how you look at it, frustration can be increased or “diluted” to some level of “consolation”. The dilution can be possible...

Sandy’s owner, former Lyken employee charged with forgery

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Owner of Sandy’s Funeral Home, Michael Sandy, and a former employee of the Lyken Newburg Funeral Home, Hugh Walcott, yesterday appeared in court charged with two counts of uttering a forged...

Refusal to identify

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Someone came up to me on Regent Street on Tuesday afternoon and referred to my Tuesday Kaieteur News page. He made an interesting observation. Before we get into that, my Tuesday piece looked at the...

AFC has no faith in GECOM to preside over any future elections

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‘…deliberately allowed scrutineers not to be paid’ – AFC Leader While the Alliance For Change has gained a favourable decision in the Court of Appeal, in the matter involving the AFC and...

Drastic shortage of men in teaching profession – CPCE Principal

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The education system in Guyana was greatly boosted yesterday when 525 trained teachers graduated from the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE). However, even as this is expected to benefit the...

STOP THE PUSSYFOOTING

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The government of Guyana has found itself embarrassed. It has asked the Americans for help in identifying a forensic pathologist to carry out examinations on the remains of the men killed at Lindo...

CARICOM and CARIGONE

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Jamaican Prime Minister, Bruce Golding speaking at this year’s regional summit of Heads of Government of CARICOM, made a case for the regionalism. Comparing the countries of the region to a flock...

Debate in National Assembly dubbed a farce

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…as Govt. refuses to send Bill to select committee for further review The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has condemned yesterday’s session in the National Assembly to debate the...

The worldwide ban on corporal punishment is inevitable

Jul 04, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The worldwide ban on corporal punishment is inevitable

DEAR EDITOR, I do jump, nay, leap for joy, every time a country abolishes all forms of corporal punishment, as Mr. Leon Jameson Suseran noted in his letter, “Let corporal punishment remain in...

Burglars leave teacher with nothing

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A 26-year-old resident of Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara was left with virtually only the clothes on her back yesterday after burglars broke into her home. Shirleen Azore, of Lot 10 Bagotstown Public...

No woman is my property

Jul 04, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on No woman is my property

DEAR EDITOR, There are many important points made in Mr. Sheik Mustapha’s letter published in the Kaieteur News of July 2nd (“An invitation to Mr. Justin DeFreitas”). First, to quickly dispel a...

Human Services Ministry to introduce child-friendly space

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The Ministry of Human Services will soon be introducing a programme which is intended to bring peace of mind to working mothers within that ministry. According to Minister Priya Manickchand, the...

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Two more young cricketers benefit from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Does the PNCR really want to go down this road?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- By the time I reached the fourth cup of chamomile tea—don’t judge me, it’s calming—I... more