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Slaughtered miners… Crime scene compromised,US declines to assist

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The United States of America has informed the Ministry of Home Affairs of Guyana that, due to logistical and resource limitations, it is not able to fulfill the Government of Guyana’s request...

Two suffer fiery death in car crash

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A taxi driver and his passenger met a fiery death on Thursday evening after the car in which they were travelling slammed into a parked vehicle before catching afire. Reports are that Gancham Singh...

Plaisance man held in ‘Skinny’ escape probe

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Police have detained the owner of a taxi service in Plaisance in connection with the escape of multiple murder suspect Jermaine Charles, called ‘Skinny.’ An official told Kaieteur News that the...

Ammo found on prisoner in Camp Street jail

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– inmate who smuggled in rounds hospitalized with burns, broken arm; relatives allege torture By Michael Jordan Joint Services officials are investigating a possible jailbreak plot following...

Drunken Delta passenger grounds aircraft

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An apparently drunk disembarking passenger on Delta Airlines flight DL 383 from New York to Georgetown blew the emergency exit door, sending him down the emergency exit slide and onto the tarmac of...

M&CC scandal: Town Clerk, City Treasurer interdicted

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– Meredith and Pluck to perform duties By Leonard Gildarie Two high profile officials of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) yesterday received letters sending them home on...

GT&T uncages the ‘Bird’

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The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company yesterday unveiled to the media its latest line of mobile phones, the ‘Bird.’ Following weeks of teaser advertisements, the telecommunications...

William Street murder… Second suspect turns self in

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Two months after 21-year-old Christopher Maloney was shot and killed while going to his mother’s rescue, a second suspect in the incident has turned himself in to the Police. Maloney was killed on...

Man ‘cusses’ magistrate then heads to jail for three years

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After an explosive outburst in the courtroom by an irate Donald Clarke, in which the 20-year-old man directed expletives at Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle, he was yesterday sentenced to...

GUYSUCO survey finds Berbice sugar price not abnormal

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– residents still complaining about high prices A Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) survey conducted last week between New Amsterdam and Corentyne has found that the price for sugar in Berbice...

Illegal matches, cigarettes seized in clampdown

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Authorities have seized quantities of illegal cigarettes and safety matches during operations in parts of the country recently. According to the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), its...

Major religions get $5M each for Carifesta

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Each of the three main religious organizations in Guyana was given $5M to work on their individual religious nights that will be hosted during Carifesta X. The Christian community will be hosting...

Communism, God and people

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In the United States, perhaps only in literary, political and intellectual circles is the New Yorker magazine known. Outside of the US, the New Yorker is not that popular and widely read. But the New...

Clandestine video footage… President has already blown cover of Buxton informants – PNCR

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The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday announced that an apparent strategy by President Bharrat Jagdeo to not blow the cover of persons in Buxton who have purportedly filmed...

A walk in the countryside!

Jul 05, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A walk in the countryside!

One of the signal failures of the PPP administration has been the neglect of rural Guyana. True. Roads, schools, bridges and other infrastructure have been much improved in these areas. However, what...

A wonderful gift from Uncle Sam

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The construction of the National Public Health Reference Centre is to be applauded. This facility, which is located within the compound of the Georgetown Public Hospital, was declared open on...

Opposition parties’ petition to CARICOM in limbo

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The fate of the Opposition parties’ petition to CARICOM leaders is now in limbo. This was related by General Secretary of the People’s National Congress, Oscar Clarke, yesterday during the weekly...

We should introduce our children to God from an early age

Jul 05, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on We should introduce our children to God from an early age

DEAR EDITOR, I am really grieved when I read in the papers about “Fine Man”, “Skinny man”, “Bad man” and others. The questions that keep coming to my mind are: What has happened to these...

Burglar targets Agriculture Ministry

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Within the space of just over one month there have been two break-ins at the Head Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, situated at Regent and Vlissengen Roads, Georgetown. Video footage of the...

Was diplomatic protocol breached in affording Freddie information?

Jul 05, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Was diplomatic protocol breached in affording Freddie information?

DEAR EDITOR: In his July 3, 2008 Kaieteur News feature article, Freddie Kissoon wrote: “Minister Rohee has left a permanent stigma on his political coat, because he refuses to explain why the US...

Riverain community gets solar power

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…as PM commissions facility Prime Minister Samuel Hinds yesterday officially commissioned the solar electricity home systems at the Muritaro Primary School, in the Upper Demerara River. The Prime...

Stabroek vehicular park issue still not amicably resolved

Jul 05, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Stabroek vehicular park issue still not amicably resolved

DEAR EDITOR, On Wednesday 2nd July, a delegation of Stabroek Market stallholders headed by me met with the Honourable Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Mr. Robeson Benn, in an effort to resolve...

Let the Police Commissioner take a lie detector test

Jul 05, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Let the Police Commissioner take a lie detector test

DEAR EDITOR, I have seen a letter to the editor in the Stabroek News, penned by owner of RK’s Security, Roshan Khan, calling for Mr. Henry Green to be confirmed as the Commissioner of Police. It...

Irregularities abound at New Amsterdam schools

Jul 05, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Irregularities abound at New Amsterdam schools

DEAR EDITOR, It has been brought to my attention that many teachers of secondary schools across New Amsterdam, and particularly one individual, are not marking students’ examination papers. Hence,...

How to save water

Jul 05, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on How to save water

DEAR EDITOR: Like electricity, water is an expensive and important resource, costly but necessary. Some of us have devised ways of conserving electricity and water. With water, this is how I do it: I...