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Police recover AK-47, revolver in East Coast Dem. raids

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police recover AK-47, revolver in East Coast Dem. raids

– magistrate’s stolen laptop, cocaine also found Police on the East Coast of Demerara have recovered an AK-47 assault rifle and a .32 revolver during raids aimed at capturing a notorious...

Illegal bypass costs Government millions in lost revenue – GT&T

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Illegal bypass costs Government millions in lost revenue – GT&T

Illegal traffic (bypass) of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) network is said to be causing the government to lose millions in taxes yearly. According to GT&T’s 2008 annual report,...

Defying the odds and providing high-quality cardiac service

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Defying the odds and providing high-quality cardiac service

Dr Gary Stephens is a ‘Special Person’ By Sharmain Cornette It was a combination of steadfast determination and genuine support from his wife that drove him to defy all odds in his...

SASOD accuses state of sanctioning homophobia

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on SASOD accuses state of sanctioning homophobia

…as UNAIDS calls for end to laws against homosexuality The United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has issued a call for governments around the world to decriminalise homosexuality. The call...

St Andrews Kirk women host Matilda Lewis on 113rd birthday

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on St Andrews Kirk women host Matilda Lewis on 113rd birthday

“Thank God for the years and spared life to see another birthday,” said Aunty Matilda Lewis as she celebrated an historic milestone as Guyana’s oldest living person. To most,...

National public health laboratory closer to do DNA testing

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on National public health laboratory closer to do DNA testing

The Ministry of Health is currently in the process of installing PCR DNA testing equipment at the National Public Health Laboratory, while some members of the nursing staff are working with technical...

Allegations of unfair tactics surface in PNCR leadership contest

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Allegations of unfair tactics surface in PNCR leadership contest

By Dale Andrews With the People’s National Congress Reform’s Annual Biennial Congress drawing near, some party members say that there already appears to be attempts to manipulate the...

Improved forensic analysis on the cards for regional police

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Improved forensic analysis on the cards for regional police

Even as some have opined that there is a growing demand for forensic analysis to be used to solve crime in the Caribbean it was among the core subjects addressed at the just concluded ACCP....

Widow gives up fight for local tycoon’s legacy

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Widow gives up fight for local tycoon’s legacy

After almost 10 years of battling her children in court over the vast property left by her late husband, Saarm Kumar Puri, Parbattee Puri is about to give up the fight. A Director of the Continental...

GT&T Cellink Jingle and Song Competition offers car, cash prizes

May 17, 2009 knews News 1

The official launch of the GT&T Cellink Jingle and Song Competition will take place at the Duke’s Lodge, Kingston on Tuesday. From all indications, the launch promises to be a smashing...

The deterioration continues at the Kitty Market

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on The deterioration continues at the Kitty Market

…but a change could be on the horizon By Sharmain Cornette The lack of necessary funds has been cited as the primary reason that the Kitty Market has been allowed to remain in a dilapidated...

Parliamentary Oversight committee restricted to reading newspapers- AFC

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Parliamentary Oversight committee restricted to reading newspapers- AFC

The Parliamentary Economic Services Committee, which has been mandated to monitor all developments as it relates to Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana, has done nothing but read...

Excellent initiative by ECHO

May 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Excellent initiative by ECHO

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate ECHO on its initiative to take climate change to our primary schools. I always wondered why nobody has ever thought about that. It is a marvelous thing when you...

Apprise us of the situation

May 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Apprise us of the situation

Dear Editor, Like all other concerned citizens, I am interested to know what is the status of the dispute between our Chancellor, the Honourable Justice Carl Singh and the distinguished Registrar of...

Guyana vulnerable to climate change

May 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana vulnerable to climate change

Dear Editor, Rising sea levels that could wipe whole nations off the map and displace scores of millions of people are being overlooked in global climate. Today, major emitters are pushing for...

Spraying of canals and parapets welcomed

May 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Spraying of canals and parapets welcomed

Dear Editor, Massive works are being undertaken in numerous aspects of our country in developing capacity to battle the effects of climate change, in particular, high intensity rainfall, which...

Bagotville Cultural Circle aims to Jump-start Emancipation activities

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bagotville Cultural Circle aims to Jump-start Emancipation activities

Even though there are still some two months duration before Emancipation observances kick in, the Bagotville Cultural Circle is already jump starting their festivities as they aim to ignite an...

The farce of Intelligent Design

May 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The farce of Intelligent Design

Dear Editor, Pastor Daniel Singh is at it again, repeating a tiresome debate creationists lost in the letters page of this very newspaper in 2004. He says macroevolution doesn’t happen because he...

East Bank teachers protest state of school

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on East Bank teachers protest state of school

Some teachers at the Friendship Secondary School, East Bank Demerara are protesting what they describe as the terrible condition of the school. They are also urging their Head teacher, and deputy...

Berbician accused of stealing from church

May 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Berbician accused of stealing from church

A man appeared in a West Berbice Court, on Friday, charged with stealing from the Church he attends. Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop was on Friday last told that Devanand Dwarka of Shieldstown, West...

Obama is beyond skin colour

May 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Obama is beyond skin colour

Dear Editor, I agree with many of the points made in Eric Phillips’ letter of May 13th in the Kaieteur News (Unmitigated gall to publicly write lies about slavery and indentureship). However,...

On what basis was Phillips’ pronouncement made?

May 17, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on On what basis was Phillips’ pronouncement made?

Dear Editor, I respond to certain aspects of Eric Phillips’ letter titled “The PNC in power will be just as bad for Guyana as the PPP”, in the Tuesday 12th edition of the Kaieteur News. First...

India Steady

May 17, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on India Steady

Worldwide interest in the completed Indian general elections was especially high for reasons that went beyond the usual “fate of the largest democracy” that is usually plugged. India is one of...

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Johnson finishes on Podium in Trinidad

May 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson finishes on Podium in Trinidad

–Fortune, Greene to compete today Guyanese distance athletes in Trinidad and Tobago managed one podium place yesterday when Kelvin Johnson placed third in the Ribbons of Hope 5km Road Run. Johnson...

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Kanaimas, Lady Royal chalk up first wins in K&S National Futsal C/ship Women’s leg

A Tale of Two Non-appointments

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In Guyana, under the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) government, the Constitution... more