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Lindeners protest VAT charges on electricity

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Lindeners protest VAT charges on electricity

Residents of Wismar, Linden are refusing to accept Government’s proposal to make them the only community in Guyana to be subject to VAT payments on their supply of electricity. Yesterday, they...

Miner stabbed to death at Kurupung

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Miner stabbed to death at Kurupung

– female suspect flown to city Police have detained a woman whom they say could assist them with their investigations into the death of 31-year-old miner Mohamed Talbot, of Third Avenue,...

Cop, ex-US soldier among five in custody

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cop, ex-US soldier among five in custody

A policeman and an ex-US soldier who was a prime suspect in the murder of his wife are among five men now in custody in connection with last Sunday’s brutal slaying of 25-year-old Nekecia Rouse and...

Mahdia man accused of having sex with a calf

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mahdia man accused of having sex with a calf

Mahdia is a mining community known for the ladies of the night, alcohol and, of course, gold and diamonds. The ladies of the night are always available for a fee, even if the interested partner...

Guyanese father in Antigua gets 20 years for raping daughter

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese father in Antigua gets 20 years for raping daughter

– said she wanted sperm for school assignment “Take your SBA and leave,” were the last words that Ivor Bowman heard before he was led away to a waiting bus to be transported to Her...

‘Shelly G’ is Carib Soca Monarch 2K9

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By Alex Wayne After a night of steamy competition at the National Park on Sunday, it was the sexy and captivating Shellon ‘Shelly G’ Garraway who was declared the new Carib Soca Monarch, much to...

Palm tree crashes into La Penitence house

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Palm tree crashes into La Penitence house

A huge palm tree planted on the reserve aback the North East La Penitence residential area crashed onto the roof of one of the houses, leaving thousands of dollars in damage in wake of the crash. The...

Traffic Chief lauds contribution of Enterprise Road Safety group

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Traffic Chief lauds contribution of Enterprise Road Safety group

Traffic Chief Neil Semple has lauded the efforts of members of the Enterprise Road Safety Association for their assistance in helping to keep the roads, especially on the East Coast of Demerara,...

Swinging the other way: How homophobia fuels the HIV epidemic

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Swinging the other way: How homophobia fuels the HIV epidemic

By Neil Marks “Two years ago, I visited Berbice. I wish I could say I wanted to move back, but I could not take the level of homophobia — the preaching on the ferry, the insidious whispers at...

Three injured as ambulance collides with minibus

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Three injured as ambulance collides with minibus

Two students of the North Georgetown Primary School were treated for minor injures at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday after a minibus and an ambulance collided. The...

Help and Shelter dismayed at reports of abuse at Enmore school

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Help and Shelter dismayed at reports of abuse at Enmore school

Help and Shelter yesterday said that it was dismayed by the reports of physical and psychological abuse suffered by students at the Enmore Primary School. Kaieteur News first reported that students...

Taxi driver stabbed, relieved of car

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Taxi driver stabbed, relieved of car

Police are trying to locate a silver grey Toyota Carina 212 motor car HB 6003 which was hijacked by four bandits on Sunday night at Cummingslodge East Coast Demerara. The bandits had stabbed the...

Inter-faith prayer session to commemorate anniversary of Bartica massacre

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Inter-faith prayer session to commemorate anniversary of Bartica massacre

– police to honour fallen colleagues Today will mark one year since 13 persons, including three policemen, were massacred in Bartica by heartless gunmen. In observance of this, the residents of...

Guyana records first confirmed haemorrhagic dengue death

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana records first confirmed haemorrhagic dengue death

A Chinese national, Ji Caitao, 28, was the first haemorrhagic dengue fever death recorded in Guyana for this year. The Chinese girl died on February 11 in a private city hospital after suffering from...

Guyana Government’s disconnect from reality

Feb 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Government’s disconnect from reality

Dear Editor, The Government seems removed from the economy, its citizens, and the global economic crisis. Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh projects the economy will grow by 4.7 percent. Mightier...

Bisram did not tell the full story of the Guyanese-Americans who went to Vietnam

Feb 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Bisram did not tell the full story of the Guyanese-Americans who went to Vietnam

Dear Editor, I wish to applaud Mr. Vishnu Bisram on his letter concerning the Guyanese American soldiers who served well in Vietnam (Kaieteur News, Saturday, February 7, 2009). Indeed, Guyanese...

There is no shortage of creativity in Guyana

Feb 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on There is no shortage of creativity in Guyana

Dear Editor, The strangest of things I usually do whenever I get hold of any magazine is to browse through for the advertisements, before commencing with any reading. I agree that I might just have...

When will new National Identification Cards be issued?

Feb 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on When will new National Identification Cards be issued?

Dear Editor, It has been more than 10 months since the GECOM committee conducted their house-to-house registration exercise in an effort to register the citizens of Guyana who are over 14 years of...

Guyana’s revolutionaries are departing this world without a simple word of thanks from Guyana

Feb 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s revolutionaries are departing this world without a simple word of thanks from Guyana

Dear Editor, I join other Guyanese who mourn the passing of Dr. Josh Ramsammy, and extend my sympathies to his family. I consider myself one of those whose formative years were immensely enriched by...

The CPCE needs to be investigated

Feb 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The CPCE needs to be investigated

Dear Editor, I wish to express my deep concern over the functioning and managing of the Cyril Potter College of Education. My few years of attachment at that noble institution were the worst in my...

Mash Secretariat guarantees spectacular float/costume parade

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mash Secretariat guarantees spectacular float/costume parade

With Mashramani 2009 only days away and with Guyana preparing for the much anticipated annual festival of jubilation and celebration, there is a lot not right. The Children’s Competition was off to...

Were the ads in the region for the ATCs’ jobs withdrawn?

Feb 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Were the ads in the region for the ATCs’ jobs withdrawn?

Dear Editor, With the recent air traffic controllers’ (ATC) saga, it was reported in the Kaieteur News article captioned, “Minister sacks Air Traffic Controllers,” dated February 5, 2009, that...

Corentyne Water Users Association workers not paid in six months

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Corentyne Water Users Association workers not paid in six months

About 30 workers of the No. 52-74 Water Users Association are complaining of having not been paid for the past six months, and their repeated requests have been met with unfulfilled promises. The...

Victory for Chavez

Feb 17, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Victory for Chavez

The Venezuelan Referendum to amend five Articles of the country’s Constitution to grant the president, mayors, local councillors, legislators and governors unlimited bids for re-election was held...

Victim clings to life on life-support machine

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Victim clings to life on life-support machine

Up to press time yesterday, 30-year-old Terrence Plummer, who was shot in the head during a robbery on Sheriff Street, was still clinging to life. According to the man’s mother, Paro Sukhu, a CT...

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