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Growing abuse of press freedom

Apr 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Growing abuse of press freedom

Dear Editor Over the last several years, Guyana witnessed two resurrections of the media code of conduct seminars/workshops; more like media reunions; to bring some kind of sanity to election...

Presidential math does not add up

Apr 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Presidential math does not add up

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News of Thursday April 9, 2009 reported the Office of the President (OP) as stating that I and other (sic) directors of Globe Trust blocked payout of up to $100,000 each to...

Meeting of indigenous people open

Apr 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Meeting of indigenous people open

Guyana delegates express concern about mining Leaders of the indigenous peoples of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana opened a key meeting in Georgetown yesterday, with one of the mains concern of...

BEYOND ALL EXPECTATIONS

Apr 14, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BEYOND ALL EXPECTATIONS

In my life I have had only one kite. It was bought for me when I was three years old and my parents never had to buy another. That one kite was used for my entire-kite-flying days. At the end of...

Guyana Music Festival opens today

Apr 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Music Festival opens today

The Guyana Music Festival, which has been credited with discovering the talent of great musicians such as renowned pianist Ray Luck, is all set for a revival this evening. The actual competition...

The difference between CLICO (GUY) and Globe Trust

Apr 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The difference between CLICO (GUY) and Globe Trust

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo appears to have been unwittingly suckered into a politically partisan tit-for-tat when, in response to calls for a CLICO (GY) probe, he says that he will agree...

The answers of Van West Charles

Apr 14, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The answers of Van West Charles

Politics in Guyana will become even more curious, definitely tenser and naturally more enthralling when the son-in-law of the late President Forbes Burnham, Dr. Richard Van West Charles, returns home...

Pedal cyclist killed on Bath Public Road

Apr 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Pedal cyclist killed on Bath Public Road

A 33-year-old pedal cyclist from Number 12 Village Squatting Area, West Coast Berbice was yesterday added to the list of road fatalities in Guyana so far for the year. Narine Persaud was struck down...

Summit of Commitments

Apr 14, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Summit of Commitments

This weekend, thirty-four “democratically elected” leaders from this hemisphere will jet into T&T for the fifth “Summit of the Americas”. These heads of state and government are supposed...

Relatives baffled

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Relatives baffled

Toddlers’ fiery deaths… – shack had no door Relatives of the two toddlers who perished in a tiny Hadfield Street shack on Saturday are baffled as the why the victims were unable to escape,...

Main Street ‘snatcher’ succumbs

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Main Street ‘snatcher’ succumbs

– police insist that he was a thief, father believes son was murdered A young Tiger Bay resident who was shot on Saturday night on Main Street succumbed early yesterday morning at the...

Pre-condition by President is unjustifiable, unintelligible

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Pre-condition by President is unjustifiable, unintelligible

…a bad precedence is being set for financial sector — AFC Chairman of the Alliance For Change Khemraj Ramjattan says that the precondition set by President Bharrat Jagdeo as it relates to the...

Shot Sophia pensioner recovering

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Shot Sophia pensioner recovering

“If I have to do it again to protect my own, I will,” – Victim Almost two weeks after being hospitalized for three gunshot wounds which he sustained while fighting off gunmen who...

Maria van Beek to present final report tomorrow

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Maria van Beek to present final report tomorrow

CLICO debacle… Commissioner of Insurance and current Judicial Manager of the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana, Maria van Beek is expected to present her completed report on the...

Port Kaituma man critical following cutlass brawl

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma man critical following cutlass brawl

Up to press time yesterday, a Port Kaituma resident was still in the Operating Theater at the Georgetown Public Hospital being treated for several chops about his body. Reports are that 35 year-old...

Overseas based former cops impressed with work of the Police Force

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Overseas based former cops impressed with work of the Police Force

Four former members of the Guyana Police Force who are now domiciled in the United States of America are impressed with the direction the organization is heading. The four former cops Errol Lewis,...

Michael Brassington trial date in US rescheduled to July

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Michael Brassington trial date in US rescheduled to July

The trial for President, Chief Executive Officer, chief pilot and co-founder of Platinum Jet Michael Brassington has been pushed back from May 12 to July 14 in the United States District Court in the...

Alleged bandit stabbed by robbery victim

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Alleged bandit stabbed by robbery victim

Police yesterday arrested a photographer after he allegedly stabbed a man whom he suspected broke into his car and stole several items. Reports are that Paul Versammy was released on station bail...

Hope canal works moving a pace

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hope canal works moving a pace

The technical work as it relates to studies and designs of the Conservancy Relief Channel at Hope, East Coast Demerara is moving apace. Kaieteur News was told yesterday that efforts to compensate the...

Hatchery will be charged for improper disposal

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hatchery will be charged for improper disposal

Dumping of chicks at cemetery… Tests by veterinarians have shown that the baby chicks that were dumped outside the Le Repentir cemetery were in fact healthy. Yesterday an official within the...

Truck rams Perseverance house

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Truck rams Perseverance house

Good Friday turned out to be not so “good” for a Perseverance, Mahaicony family who got the shock of their lives when a truck slammed their house and toppled it. Sharda Persaud was at home with...

Van West-Charles returns for active role in PNC

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Van West-Charles returns for active role in PNC

Dr. Richard Van West- Charles, a former Minister under the People’s National Congress (PNC) government says he is returning to Guyana by the end of this month and has declared his intentions to...

NJ Arya Samaj chips in with more contribution to fire victims

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NJ Arya Samaj chips in with more contribution to fire victims

The New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir Humanitarian Mission/Guyana Central Arya Samaj yesterday presented Soobas Ramgobin and his family with US$1000 to help rebuild their home, which was destroyed by fire...

Albouystown and Agricola youths rewarded for clean up exercise

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Albouystown and Agricola youths rewarded for clean up exercise

Giftland OfficeMax and the Mayor of Georgetown through a businessman brought Easter cheer to over 100 kids and their families. Giftland provided 50 kites, which were presented by the Young Leaders of...

Illegal rum shops continue to cause woes

Apr 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Illegal rum shops continue to cause woes

Yet again, members of the public have sought to complain of the woes illegal rum shops have been bringing, this time in La Penitence, where such establishments have become dens of gambling and...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more