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What is the status of NIS?

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on What is the status of NIS?

FRONT PAGE COMMENT A great deal of funds from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is involved in the CLICO (GUYANA) imbroglio, funds which if not returned threaten the ability of the Scheme to pay...

There are more questions than answers

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on There are more questions than answers

CLICO (Guyana) take over ‘Was there any abuse of insider information which allowed a selected few to withdraw their money from CLICO prior to the move by Govt.?’ – Trotman Leader of the...

This week’s Special Person is Joyce Sinclair

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on This week’s Special Person is Joyce Sinclair

“Moral standards are on the decline like never before. Even the exhibition of common courtesy is now a rarity in some organizations…I believe that trying to reverse this phenomenon while it is an...

Government silent on contaminated fuel

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Government silent on contaminated fuel

A report emanating from the investigation into the contaminated fuel that found its way into an Essequibo power plant damaging key components has been completed, but to date there has been no public...

$Mrs Jagan fractures shoulder in fall$

Mrs Jagan fractures shoulder in fall

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mrs Jagan fractures shoulder in fall

Former President Janet Jagan is nursing a fractured shoulder after falling at home. Kaieteur News was told that Mrs Jagan, a former President, whose health is failing considerably, is resting...

Police ranks undergo polygraphs

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police ranks undergo polygraphs

Commissioner of Police Henry Greene has said that the move by the Administration to introduce polygraph testing in the force is welcomed. Responding to the question recently by media operatives about...

Jaling commissions US$10M vessel to transport lumber

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Jaling commissions US$10M vessel to transport lumber

…company will move more into value added activities during 2009 By Tusika Martin Jaling Forest Industries Inc. has commissioned a US$10M ship that will transport lumber from Port Kaituma to...

‘Vanilla’ wins 2K9 Road March title

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Vanilla’ wins 2K9 Road March title

The Mash Secretariat has declared that Carib Soca Monarch runner-up, Melissa ‘Vanilla’ Roberts is the 2009 Road March Queen. Roberts had also won the title in 2007 with her song ‘Queen of the...

Carpenters, cook held for murder of UK-based man

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Carpenters, cook held for murder of UK-based man

A cook and two carpenters are in custody as detectives continue to look for the killers of UK-based George Cadogan, who was found bound and strangled in his D’Urban Backlands home on Thursday...

All set for 2009 Pakaraima mountains Safari

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on All set for 2009 Pakaraima mountains Safari

The annual safari to the Pakaraima mountains kicks off this month-end, and promises participants a chance to experience an adventure of a lifetime. The safari is organised by Rainforest Tours in...

‘Passa passa’ causes headache for mother

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Passa passa’ causes headache for mother

…as dancing son disappears Shellon Sandiford, a 28-year-old Alstrom Alley, Christianburg mother of three is at her wits’ end as she ponders her next move in locating her son, Shelton...

JP cleared of marriage licence fraud charge

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on JP cleared of marriage licence fraud charge

After three ‘embarrassing’ years… After three years, Justice of the Peace Parmanand Sukhu has had charges against him dismissed. These charges stemmed from an allegation that he had falsely...

Car stolen at Aracari chutney show

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Car stolen at Aracari chutney show

A woman was shocked to see that the car she left outside the premises of the Aracari Resort was gone when she returned at the end of the show. The car is a burgundy AT192 Toyota Carina PJJ372. On...

Soesdyke/Linden Highway deteriorates dramatically

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Soesdyke/Linden Highway deteriorates dramatically

The Soesdyke/Linden Highway has over the years been deteriorating, and not very much seems to have been done to maintain this stretch of road, which is vital in linking Linden and interior locations...

Dr Henry Jeffrey now Executive Committee member of OICD

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dr Henry Jeffrey now Executive Committee member of OICD

Former Minister of Foreign Trade, Dr Henry Jeffrey, is the latest member of the Executive Committee of the Organisation for Intra-Cultural Development (OICD). The OICD is a not-for-profit...

Rose Hall bank robbery accused among detainees in police East Coast raids

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Rose Hall bank robbery accused among detainees in police East Coast raids

It started at around 22:00 hours on Friday night and, by the time it ended early yesterday morning, a police raid on several villages on the East Coast of Demerara had almost filled the several...

Suspected cocaine swallower nabbed at CJIA

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Suspected cocaine swallower nabbed at CJIA

A Jamaican national, Richard Rudolph Gayle, 38, was yesterday apprehended at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) at approximately 5:00 hours by the Police Narcotics Unit, under the...

Police involved in accident on Smyth Street

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police involved in accident on Smyth Street

A policeman on a motorcycle (CF 1754) yesterday collided with a motorcar (PKK 4742) at approximately 14:15 hours yesterday at the junction of Smyth and Princes Streets, Werk-en-Rust. According to...

Agricola resident is latest road fatality

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Agricola resident is latest road fatality

Terrence Mackend, of Third Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara, became the latest road fatality when he was struck down by a Leyland truck GKK 3364 on the Agricola Public Road just after 19:00 hours...

CLICO (Guyana) policyholders to know fate in two weeks

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CLICO (Guyana) policyholders to know fate in two weeks

The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance yesterday issued a statement to the media which stated that that it will be communicating with policyholders of Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO)...

Fixing the foundation

Mar 01, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Fixing the foundation

For any country to develop in the modern world it must stress the education of its population. Brains, not brawn, are the key to national and individual success. This focus on education, contrary to...

Delay in activating Committee resulted in many suicides

Mar 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Delay in activating Committee resulted in many suicides

Dear Editor, In January 2008 the Chairman of the Suicide Board visited Region Five, and along with the regional executives launched a Suicide Committee to work towards the prevention of suicide in...

Unqualified teachers will be terminated if reluctant to upgrade themselves – Baksh

Mar 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Unqualified teachers will be terminated if reluctant to upgrade themselves – Baksh

The Ministry of Education is prepared to terminate the services of all unqualified and temporary qualified teachers within the public education sector if they are not enrolled in a teacher-training...

I saw it but couldn’t believe it

Mar 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on I saw it but couldn’t believe it

Dear Editor, I saw it but couldn’t believe it, the Region Six Regional Democratic Council mashing in Georgetown. What a shame and disgrace to Berbicians. They should have stayed home instead of...

A source or the Canadian Embassy?

Mar 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A source or the Canadian Embassy?

Dear Editor, I am responding to a “source” in the Canadian High Commission that says there will be no aid cuts to Guyana, carried in the February 27th edition of Kaieteur News. This is in...

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Girls’ Hockey team selected for 2025 PAHF Jr Challenge

Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more