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‘Missing’ doctor, fiancée return from Suriname

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Parental pressure led to disappearance After eloping for three days during which they reportedly went to Suriname, a young doctor and his fiancée returned home on Monday night. Speculation was rife...

Farmers and GWI square off over water

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Farmers and GWI square off over water

…in the middle of rainy season The ‘Grow More’ food campaign is having a negative impact on Guyana Water Incorporated as consumers are using the commodity to water their plants. Chief Executive...

Retrenched T&HD workers glum about future

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Retrenched T&HD workers glum about future

NEW AMSTERDAM , BERBICE – The clock is ticking for workers at the Transport and Harbours Department. Late last month some 40 T&HD workers were issued letters of termination. The...

Guyana records another woman centenarian

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana records another woman centenarian

Guyana has recorded another centenarian in Selina Hosannah, called ‘Mother Selina’, who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. A celebration was held in her honour at the Our Lady Fatima...

Another Guyanese for Obama inauguration

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Another Guyanese for Obama inauguration

TORONTO, Canada: The daughter of a Guyana-born woman from Canal Number One Polder, West Bank Demerara, and a Uganda-born man in Toronto is among the special guests invited to attend the inauguration...

Digicel/GT&T SMS interconnection deal still not finalised

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Digicel/GT&T SMS interconnection deal still not finalised

– Official The Short Messaging Services (SMS) interconnection deal between the Guyana Telephone and Telephone Company (GT&T) and Digicel Guyana now hinges on a contract that is proving ever...

More rains due and likelihood of flooding increases

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on More rains due and likelihood of flooding increases

There will be more rain today as Hydrometerological reports indicate that intermittent showers are expected over Demerara and Berbice. Cloudy to overcast conditions with showers are expected, with...

Bus driver fined for disturbing the peace

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bus driver fined for disturbing the peace

Gordon Hayde, 31, a bus driver, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, charged with disturbing the peace by playing loud music. On Sunday December 28, last, at the...

Scores rush to register businesses as deadline looms

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Scores rush to register businesses as deadline looms

Scores of persons waiting to register their businesses lined up outside of the Deeds and Registry Offices in the High Court compound, in a rush to meet the January 15 deadline. Businesses that fail...

Cheekies celebrates a decade of ‘Bundles of Joy’

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cheekies celebrates a decade of ‘Bundles of Joy’

The start of 2009 marked a decade since Cheekies has been running its ‘Bundles of Joy’ promotion where it would spread cheer to mothers who delivered babies on the first day of each year,...

Man charged for Bella Dam suitcase murder

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man charged for Bella Dam suitcase murder

The Bella Dam man who was detained moments after the body of a man was discovered in a suitcase has been charged for murder. Yesterday Lakeram Doodnauth, called ‘Chico’, appeared at the Leonora...

GRA refutes Ram & McRae findings on VAT

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GRA refutes Ram & McRae findings on VAT

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur yesterday disputed reports by Ram and McRae which quoted respondents of a recent survey conducted by that firm, as saying...

Witnesses in Gilhuys case missing

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Witnesses in Gilhuys case missing

– Lawyer says prosecution could face grave consequences The two key witnesses in Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys’s traffic case have gone missing. This was disclosed by Police Prosecutor Denise...

Johnson throwing his support behind Singh

Jan 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson throwing his support behind Singh

Pulls out of GCB’s Presidential race Now that incumbent Chetram Singh has publicly announced that he is seeking re-election as President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), the Board’s Vice...

Cuban lecturer died of heart failure

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cuban lecturer died of heart failure

– No trace of poisons in body The post mortem on Edwardo Barreios’s body listed the cause of death as heart failure due to coronary occlusion. This means that the dead man’s arteries were...

“Saddle up for another demanding year cyclists” – Hassan Mohamed

Jan 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on “Saddle up for another demanding year cyclists” – Hassan Mohamed

Renews call for Cycling TrackBy Franklin Wilson At the beginning of 2008 National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed M.S. had promised that riders would have had a hectic year in the sport and he...

Race walkers performed satisfactorily last year

Jan 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Race walkers performed satisfactorily last year

– Secretary bemoans poor corporate assistance Race walking, a relatively new discipline on the Guyanese sports calendar, has endured numerous setbacks but race coordinator of the Cavalier Race...

Facts about the AAG performance in 2008

Jan 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Facts about the AAG performance in 2008

– Forde, Morgan is ‘Athletes of the Year’ By Edison Jefford Before a critique on the Athletics Association of Guyana’s (AAG) performance is written it is important to observe the facts about...

Sports Policy near completion

Jan 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Sports Policy near completion

Resource Centre part of the set-upSports Minister Dr. Frank Anthony in a recent review of the Ministry’s performance in 2008 said that the eagerly awaited Policy on Sports is nearer to completion...

Private hospitals given deadline for blood recruitment compliance

Jan 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Private hospitals given deadline for blood recruitment compliance

Private hospitals throughout the country that screen blood have three months to build their capacity to conduct this exercise in compliance with the national policy. Barring this, they will be...

Silhouettes of ephemeral shadows in 2008

Jan 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Silhouettes of ephemeral shadows in 2008

Our political culture last year showed not even an infinitesimal sign of going beyond the limitation of racial motivation and bigoted support across the political divide. It has been a de-motivating...

Black Stallion prevails in Champion of Champions dominoes tourney

Jan 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Black Stallion prevails in Champion of Champions dominoes tourney

Black Stallion Warriors, led by a top score of 14 games by Trevor McArthur, amassed a final total of 77 games to emerge winners when the Champion of Champions Domino tournament concluded at the Shem...

Correcting Peeping Tom

Jan 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Correcting Peeping Tom

Dear Editor, In the Monday’s edition of the Kaieteur News, January 5, 2009, the Peeping Tom column stated $80 million was spent on procuring the pump at Hope. I wish to elucidate yet again to...

Some questions on the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation

Jan 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Some questions on the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation

DEAR EDITOR, From 1995 until present, I’ve been privileged to be in Guyana during the Kashif and Shanghai knockout football tournament. Firstly, let me introduce myself for very little is known of...

Let 2009 be the year for action

Jan 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Let 2009 be the year for action

Dear Editor, Forbes Burnham every year designated a theme for the country. Those who never understood, the theme served as motivation and guidance for action. Applying this wisdom: Let 2009 be the...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more