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DeVelde residents accuse soldiers ranks of larceny

Jun 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on DeVelde residents accuse soldiers ranks of larceny

Some residents of De Velde Village in the Berbice River have accused a Joint Services team that was recently in the village, of a spate of theft from homes in the area. Lindie Lashley, a...

Harris Paints paints corporate picture

Jun 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Harris Paints paints corporate picture

As Western Union, Giftland Office Max lend support for boxing card By Michael Benjamin Even as Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes and Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen prepare for Saturday night’s battle for...

Badminton head attends high level course

Jun 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Badminton head attends high level course

President of the Guyana Badminton Association, Gokarn Ramdhani, who is a Level 3 coach, attended a High Performance Continental Badminton Coaching Course for qualified coaches, which took place in...

Rain affect 1st TCL Under-19 practice match

Jun 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Rain affect 1st TCL Under-19 practice match

Bramble relying on input from senior players By Sean Devers In his second year at this level, Guyana Under-19 Captain Anthony Bramble said he is relying on the input of his senior players to ensure...

Scotia Bank to host Regional HIV Testing Day tomorrow

Jun 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Scotia Bank to host Regional HIV Testing Day tomorrow

Tomorrow, Scotiabank will host a Regional HIV Testing Day 2009 at branches in Guyana and across the Caribbean. As such the bank is inviting citizens to select branches to participate in private,...

Govt. must go in front

Jun 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Govt. must go in front

By Rawle Welch Some may want to argue that it is because of the Beijing success that the Jamaican Government is giving so much support for Track & Field, but the records will show that long...

Two more witnesses testify

Jun 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two more witnesses testify

Two more witnesses yesterday took the stand before Justice William Ramlal as the Ashanti ‘Blondie’ trial continued. First to take the stand was woman Corporal of Police, Diane Chichester. Her...

Low Carbon Development Strategy highly unlikely

Jun 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Low Carbon Development Strategy highly unlikely

Dear Editor, The development of a Low Carbon Strategy by Guyana is commendable, but the success of this strategy seems to be highly unlikely. The industrialised world seems to be more focused on...

Car owner now charged for Broad Street death

Jun 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Car owner now charged for Broad Street death

The owner of the vehicle that claimed the life of John France, called ‘Early Bird’, and seriously injuring another man was yesterday placed on $30,000 bail by Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin,...

Woman shot dead in TT police station compound

Jun 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Woman shot dead in TT police station compound

One carjacker caught Trinidad police are investigating a horrific shooting incident that has left one woman dead and a carjacker in custody. According to a Trinidad police report, one of the...

A mind-boggling decision

Jun 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A mind-boggling decision

Dear Editor, It is sometimes mind boggling to understand decisions taken by The Guyana Police Force (GPF) and I wonder whether the government of the day sanctioned this new decision and collaborated...

Daly’s outpouring of the ‘fundamental principles of democracy’ is suspicious at best

Jun 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Daly’s outpouring of the ‘fundamental principles of democracy’ is suspicious at best

Dear Editor, Please allow me to dispel several misinformed and misleading points contained in Elizabeth Daly’s letter (Kaieteur News 20-06-2009). Ms Daly missed the key point of my letter in which...

Homeless persons being removed from the city

Jun 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Homeless persons being removed from the city

The removal of homeless persons from the streets of Georgetown has commenced with a number of those being picked up in buses and taken to homes. Yesterday, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr....

A case for the homeless

Jun 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A case for the homeless

Dear Editor, During the third year of secondary school our class was assigned into different groups and asked to list some causes for poverty. This task required us to interview a few persons living...

We need competent people to manage the affairs of the nation

Jun 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We need competent people to manage the affairs of the nation

Dear Editor, The new carbon credit strategy by the President is an applaudable one. Will the developed world buy into it? How much will it cost? How long will it take to get implemented and become a...

Leader of the Opposition Benefits Bill for House today

Jun 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Leader of the Opposition Benefits Bill for House today

After several unknown deferrals the Bill defining the Benefits of a sitting Parliamentary Opposition Leader is slated for the House again today. The Bill intituled Leader of the Opposition (Benefits...

Timehri body identified as GuySuCo payroll robbery suspect

Jun 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Timehri body identified as GuySuCo payroll robbery suspect

The decomposed body of a man recovered near the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, on Tuesday has been identified as that of 39-year-old Kelvin Hinds, called Bowfoot, of Campbellville....

Remittances are pivotal to development

Jun 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Remittances are pivotal to development

Dear Editor, Remittances are an integral part of poor countries’ economies today. And Dillon Alleyne in “Motivations to Remit in CARICOM: A GMM Approach,” in the Social & Economic Studies...

Urgent need for appointment of the Public Service Appellate Tribunal

Jun 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Urgent need for appointment of the Public Service Appellate Tribunal

Dear Editor, The Government in collaboration with the Opposition, under the astute leadership of Mr. Robert Corbin must be commended for their work in ensuring that the Commissions as agreed upon at...

Prosecutor, police witness absent from PI

Jun 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Prosecutor, police witness absent from PI

As the preliminary inquiry into the Kaieteur News killings nears completion, the matter was further delayed when Police Prosecutor Robert Tyndall and a Police Corporal who were scheduled to give...

Where have morals gone?

Jun 25, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Where have morals gone?

A move is afoot to revive moral standards but one must wonder whether it is not too little, too late. In the first instance, the home for the greater part is not what it should be. Parents seem to...

Linden accident victim needs plastic surgery

Jun 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Linden accident victim needs plastic surgery

All except one of the victims of last week Saturday’s accident involving a truck and a minibus have been released from hospital. The worst injured of the lot was Juliet Atwell, 48, and according to...

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Choosing between bad and worse

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- I’ve always had an aversion to elections, which I suppose is natural for someone who... more