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Public Assistance registration sees confusion

Jan 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Public Assistance registration sees confusion

Over the last few days, the office of the Region Three Democratic Council (RDC) has been in a state of confusion, as people waited to be re-registered to be eligible for Public Assistance. According...

Banks hit unbeaten 65 for Leewards on opening day

Jan 31, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks hit unbeaten 65 for Leewards on opening day

But Permaul (4-42) and Bishoo (3-34) give Guyana upper hand West Indies player Omari Banks hit a defiant half-century but Guyana’s spinners give their team the upper hand on the opening day of...

Pouderoyen girl snatched from school

Jan 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Pouderoyen girl snatched from school

A West Bank Demerara couple is desperately searching for their 14-year-old daughter, whom they said was snatched from her school on Monday. Missing is Ashley Melvina Sukhram. According to her...

Essequibo Cricket Board name committees

Jan 31, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Essequibo Cricket Board name committees

The new executive of the Essequibo Cricket Board has recently named their committees at a meeting held in the county. The committees named are the disciplinary, selection and competition, while they...

Chinese national remanded for forgery

Jan 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Chinese national remanded for forgery

Lee Pei Quang, a Chinese national who currently resides at Lot 93 Princes Street, Lodge, yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with intent to commit forgery. It...

Cabinet Secretary takes swipe at GHRA

Jan 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cabinet Secretary takes swipe at GHRA

The Guyana Human Rights Association will have to identify the source of its inaccurate information which was detailed in a release it issued recently, outlining how the Agriculture Ministry and other...

Santos FC AGM set for February 15

Jan 31, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Santos FC AGM set for February 15

Members of the Santos Football Club will convene their Annual General Meeting on Sunday February 15, 2009 at the National insurance Scheme Pavilion, Carifesta Avenue. Apart from the President,...

Mobile phones enter war against traffic cops

Jan 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mobile phones enter war against traffic cops

In light of the new traffic campaign launched by the police, minibus operators on the West Coast of Demerara have resorted to using technology to avoid being caught speeding, overloading their...

Remembering Ronald Waddell

Jan 31, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Remembering Ronald Waddell

Dear Editor, January 30th, 2009 marks the third year since the brutal assassination of comrade and brother, Ronald Waddell. To date, no one has been arrested for this heinous crime. This is not...

Dissuading another Great Flood

Jan 31, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Dissuading another Great Flood

Dear Editor, It is true that Guyana has had a history of floods. Only in 2005, Guyana experienced one of the worst floods as a result of heavy rainfall. However, Government did respond immediately...

There is no place on earth where everyone is contented

Jan 31, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on There is no place on earth where everyone is contented

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon, in three of his articles, said that: (I) Guyana appears to be a primitive place; (2) where did the PPP boys get their houses from; and (3) if the PNC was not there. The...

The issue is not about competition

Jan 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The issue is not about competition

People often query where in a small society like Guyana, the material is found for sustaining daily columns by more than one columnist. They need just look at any press conference hosted by the...

Con man uses M&CC monicker

Jan 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Con man uses M&CC monicker

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown are urging business owners to be on the lookout for a “con artist”. According to Public Relations Officer of the M&CC, Royston King, the “con...

Henry goes to school (again)

Jan 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Henry goes to school (again)

I hope no one offers sympathy to Dr Henry Jeffrey. He does not deserve it. Don’t tell me that an organizational manager is a person we can trust when for sixteen years he refused to denounce all...

‘Vigilantes’ justify beating ‘junkie’

Jan 31, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Vigilantes’ justify beating ‘junkie’

After an Albouystown man spoke about a severe beating at the hands of two residents in the neighborhood, the alleged perpetrators contacted Kaieteur News to give their version of the story. The man,...

Remembering Guyanese nationals are also special moments

Jan 31, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Remembering Guyanese nationals are also special moments

Dear Editor, History was indeed created in the USA with its first cosmopolitan/black President and if my memory serves me correctly, I believe that the administration was appointed/elected by voters...

Guyana to acquire 14,000 tons of sugar from Guatemala

Jan 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana to acquire 14,000 tons of sugar from Guatemala

GuySuCo cannot abandon business agreements – Dr. Luncheon People’s National Congress Reform member, Winston Murray, in expressing his disappointment over the situation, said that GuySuCo’s...

Truck slams into car; two injured

Jan 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Truck slams into car; two injured

A re-migrant and his two sisters narrowly escaped serious injury at around 15:00 hrs yesterday after a truck hauling a container slammed into their vehicle near Diamond, on the East Bank Demerara...

Students threaten injunction

Jan 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Students threaten injunction

Bogus nursing school… …owner had perpetrated many frauds in the past The bogus nursing school saga took an interesting twist late yesterday afternoon when students decided to retain the...

Two NCN staffers detained over studio theft

Jan 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two NCN staffers detained over studio theft

Two National Communications Network (NCN) staffers were detained by police on Tuesday evening after a quantity of jewelry belonging to two senior newsroom staffers went missing. Kaieteur News...

AFC MPs begin to declare income, assets to Integrity Commission

Jan 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on AFC MPs begin to declare income, assets to Integrity Commission

Members of the Alliance for Change have begun submitting their declarations to the Integrity Commission. The party said that they have begun receiving the packages from the Integrity Commission in...

Defence, prosecution clash over witness memory loss

Jan 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Defence, prosecution clash over witness memory loss

After having his bail slashed by $200,000 almost two weeks ago, sedition accused Oliver Hinckson made yet another court appearance yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. Special...

Vagrant remanded for sexual assault

Jan 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Vagrant remanded for sexual assault

Vijay Manwar, 38, of Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, a vagrant, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Tuesday to face the charge of indecent assault of a child. It is alleged that on...

Man accused of stealing suffers broken hand, foot

Jan 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man accused of stealing suffers broken hand, foot

An Albouystown man is seeking justice after he received a beating at the hands of residents who had accused him of stealing a water pump. Keith Bowen, 36, of La Penitence Street, is now nursing a...

Businessman remanded over firearm, ammunition possession

Jan 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Businessman remanded over firearm, ammunition possession

Faiaz Ali, 30, of 17 Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to face the charges of possession of firearm as well as possession of...

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