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Let us oppose those laws which embrace the death culture

Jan 30, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Let us oppose those laws which embrace the death culture

Dear Editor, Two Thousand and Nine, like 2008, seems to have started off on a very bloody note with a number of lives that were taken over the past week, even as we mark the first anniversary of the...

The Linden scene

Jan 30, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The Linden scene

Dear Editor, “Life goes not backwards nor tarries with yesterday” – K. Gibron. Anyone would much rather moving forward in an atmosphere of optimism rather than be harping back to the...

Futsal, basketball for MSC hard–court tonight

Jan 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Futsal, basketball for MSC hard–court tonight

– as part of Rotaract Club of Linden fundraiser The Rotaract Club of Linden along with the Linden Amateur Basketball Association and Pioneer Construction Company will stage a fundraising basketball...

CHILD ABUSE

Jan 30, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on CHILD ABUSE

Instances of abused children litter the pages of our newspaper with alarming frequency. It does not matter what school of psychology or sociology we believe in. All agree that it is not clothes but...

BITTEN BY ITS OWN BUG

Jan 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BITTEN BY ITS OWN BUG

Can you imagine what it would have been like for the people of Linden had the PNCR motion been passed to allow for NCN to broadcast live and unedited the proceedings of the National Assembly? Already...

GuySuCo continues to baffle Guyanese

Jan 30, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo continues to baffle Guyanese

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News article of 29th January 2009, captioned, “GuySuCo set to import sugar”, from Guatemala within the coming days is a cause for serious concern. It’s incomprehensible...

Annual Mayor’s Cup football postponed due to inclement weather

Jan 30, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Annual Mayor’s Cup football postponed due to inclement weather

Tourney now set to start on Feb 20 The Organisers of the annual Mayor’s Cup 16-team invitational knockout tournament scheduled to commence today has been forced postpone the event due to the...

Suspected thief, rape accused granted bail

Jan 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Suspected thief, rape accused granted bail

After being incarcerated for the last four months, Tony Ellis, 24, was finally able to secure bail in the sum of $175,000 after a stirring bail application by his attorney, Sunil Scarce, on Monday....

Another life lost on the Berbice roadway

Jan 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Another life lost on the Berbice roadway

NUMBER SEVENTY-TWO VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – Thirteen-year-old Bibi Haniff of Number Seventy-two Village, Corentyne, was added to road fatality statistics after she was run over by a truck, GJJ 6819....

Guyana set to import sugar

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana set to import sugar

Guyana, a sugar producing country, will be importing sugar from Guatemala, within the coming days. Kaieteur News has learnt that the move is to facilitate the provision of sugar on the local market...

Air traffic controllers to strike from tomorrow

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Air traffic controllers to strike from tomorrow

The drama continued yesterday between the Air Traffic Controllers and the management of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority as employees served a notice of strike beginning tomorrow. Yesterday, there...

Bogus nursing school owner refunds students

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bogus nursing school owner refunds students

Some 30 students of the bogus ‘Inter-America Nursing School’ which has been operating out of lot 5 Cummings Street and North Road, Georgetown, are now breathing a sigh of relief because some of...

$200M claim on Kalamadeen’s life insurance hits dead end in court

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on $200M claim on Kalamadeen’s life insurance hits dead end in court

Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang, on Monday last, ruled that the Commissioner of Insurance and the Insurance Arbitration Board by themselves or agents be restrained from arbitrating the complaint made to...

39 Cadet Officers promoted to Ensigns

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 39 Cadet Officers promoted to Ensigns

After almost 10 months of intense training, 39 cadet officers from the Standard Officers’ Course #41 were yesterday decorated with their rank of ensign at a special ceremony which was held at...

Inmate attempts suicide in Camp Street jail

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Inmate attempts suicide in Camp Street jail

Clive Gall, 51, who was on Tuesday convicted for the killing of his son and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment, yesterday attempted to take his life in the Georgetown Prisons. Director of Prisons,...

Racing driver kills motorcyclist on West Coast Demerara

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Racing driver kills motorcyclist on West Coast Demerara

Early morning traffic on the Hague Public Road, West Coast Demerara, was brought to a halt at approximately 08:30 hours yesterday, when a motorcar (PKK 6105) slammed into a scooter, killing Daniel...

15-year-old girl at centre of murder probe

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 15-year-old girl at centre of murder probe

STANLEYTOWN, NEW AMSTERDAM – Police in Berbice are investigating a suspected murder and are questioning a 15-year-old female of 54 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam. The victim is said to be a...

Attorneys must have access to their clients in police custody – Greene

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Attorneys must have access to their clients in police custody – Greene

The need for attorneys-at-law to have access to their clients, including prisoners in the lockups, was one of the high points for discussion at the recently concluded inaugural conference for...

CHPA board to meet with residents on illegal construction

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CHPA board to meet with residents on illegal construction

Following months of struggle by residents of Subryanville to stop the construction of a three-storey commercial building in the residential area, the board of the Central Housing and Planning...

Walking Monk on Guyana journey

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Walking Monk on Guyana journey

Bhaktimarga Swami, better known as the “Walking Monk”, is in Guyana to be part of the Hare Krishna Movement’s seven-day festival called Padayatra – the walking festival which began on...

Teen charged for Buxton murder

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Teen charged for Buxton murder

A teenager from Buxton was yesterday charged for the 2005 murder of Franklyn Talbot, called “Cochore”. The teen made his court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson,...

GTUC demands drop in electricity rates

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GTUC demands drop in electricity rates

As the price of fuel remains low, the Guyana Trades Union Congress is calling for an immediate reduction in the rate of electricity. Speaking with the media yesterday, Acting General Secretary,...

Family contends Guyanese woman was murdered in Barbados

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Family contends Guyanese woman was murdered in Barbados

Following the mysterious death of 38-year-old Bibi Hasim, who was found dead at her chicken farm work place in Barbados, her relatives are of the view that she was murdered. However, they could not...

Republic Bank confirms dismissal of senior staff

Jan 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Republic Bank confirms dismissal of senior staff

Officials at the Republic Bank Guyana Limited have confirmed that three of its officers have been relieved of their duties as the police continue to investigate the alleged fraud involving more than...

Sport Organisations need to have strategic plan, vision and accountability – Singh

Jan 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Sport Organisations need to have strategic plan, vision and accountability – Singh

-GT&T donate $1million to GRFU By Rawle Welch “Sport Organisations wishing to solicit our support must have a solid strategic plan, deliverables and a proper balance sheet,” Chief Executive...

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A call for more cultural centres

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Burnham’s decision to divert the Indian Immigration Fund towards constructing the National... more