June 2009

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Stanford arrested

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Stanford arrested

– Disgraced financier accused of running massive Ponzi scheme (CBS/AP) Billionaire financier R. Allen Stanford was arrested last night by FBI agents at his sister’s house in Stafford,...

Excise tax on gasoline reduced by 60 percent

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Excise tax on gasoline reduced by 60 percent

Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, has announced that the government has reduced the excise tax on gasoline and dieseline. According to the Minister, the tax on gasoline has been reduced from 50...

Bank account looted after customer loses ATM card

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bank account looted after customer loses ATM card

Thirty-seven year-old pharmacists, Ramkarran Ram, discovered his debit card missing on Monday night and on Tuesday morning when he went to report it to the bank he got the shock of his life. He...

Obeah woman, three others arrested

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Obeah woman, three others arrested

…chant, sing sonkeys at police station Police on the East Coast of Demerara have arrested four women in connection with a spiritual ritual that went horribly wrong and resulted in a Buxton man...

Courts sponsors S&S Promotions boxing card

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Courts sponsors S&S Promotions boxing card

Yesterday, Courts Guyana Inc. handed over a sizeable cheque and championship belt to S&S Promotions as the company’s form of sponsorship for the boxing card named “The Final Execution”. The...

Legal Tangle

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Legal Tangle

Humorist George Ade finished his speech at a dinner party and sat down. The Chairman, a well-known lawyer, shoved his hands deep into his trouser pockets and laughingly enquired of those present,...

Security meeting to recommence in July

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Security meeting to recommence in July

The meeting between the British and Guyana Governments to resolve the issues surrounding the Security Sector Reform Action Plan is expected to take place in July. Head of the Presidential...

Solider jailed for wounding paramour

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Solider jailed for wounding paramour

Lindany Phillips, 23, the Guyana Defence Force rank who stabbed her boyfriend, Carl Ally, last week, was yesterday jailed for two years after she pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful wounding....

Creary to lead U-19s in TCL contest

Jun 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Creary to lead U-19s in TCL contest

The Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) has named an 18-member squad to contest the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Championship, which will be held in Jamaica from July 9 through August 5. The team,...

Teacher heads to jail on demanding charge

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Teacher heads to jail on demanding charge

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court, yesterday remanded a city teacher, who allegedly lured a 16-year-old student from a city school into a hotel last week,...

GTTA sets sight on Caribbean team titles

Jun 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GTTA sets sight on Caribbean team titles

– identifies team By Edison Jefford Guyana is yearning to win the Caribbean Senior Table Tennis Championships’ team titles and as a result, the best team from a previous shortlist of...

Health Ministry battles increased malaria cases

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health Ministry battles increased malaria cases

Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy ,has said that his Ministry will not win the fight against malaria. He said that health workers are currently battling to keep the number of cases from...

Linden gets Legal Aid clinic

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Linden gets Legal Aid clinic

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand, will launch today, the Linden Branch of the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic. Coastal dwellers, Berbicians and Essequibians, are already...

Covent Gardens returns to tournament

Jun 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Covent Gardens returns to tournament

By Sean Devers In 2002 Covent Gardens Secondary became the first Guyanese school to participate in the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers International schools cricket tournament in Barbados. However,...

Driver in Providence fatal accident heading to court

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Driver in Providence fatal accident heading to court

Police are to charge the driver implicated in Wednesday’s fatal accident at Providence, East Bank Demerara, in which 25-year-old Mary Sandy was killed. A police source said that the driver,...

Guyana women set to impress in Turks & Caicos Football Festival

Jun 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana women set to impress in Turks & Caicos Football Festival

The North American contingent of the Guyana Under-20 National team arrived Wednesday in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos ready to participate in the Football Festival, joining the contingent from...

Missing US man: Relatives dissatisfied with police search

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Missing US man: Relatives dissatisfied with police search

Some relatives of missing American, Kwame Rumel Jobronewet said yesterday that they are dissatisfied with efforts by the local police to find the 67-year-old man, who vanished seven days ago. They...

Tigers collide with Lions Sunday

Jun 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Tigers collide with Lions Sunday

Come Sunday, football fans, for the first time will be able to witness live ‘a fight between a lion and a tiger’, when the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Victoria Inter Block football final...

Mobile phone found in cell of Lusignan massacre accused

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mobile phone found in cell of Lusignan massacre accused

– four other phones, ‘jukas’, cigarette lighters unearthed in prison raid Police officials are said to be preparing further charges against one of the accused in the Lusignan massacre,...

Police inaction with breathalyzer unacceptable – PNCR

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police inaction with breathalyzer unacceptable – PNCR

It is wholly unacceptable for law enforcement officers to not be au fait with the very laws that they are obligated to enforce. This is according to Shadow Home Affairs Minister, Deborah Backer, who...

Terrence Sugrim likely to be charged again

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Terrence Sugrim likely to be charged again

– lawyer seeks order to prohibit hearing Gun and ammunition charges are again likely for Terrence Sugrim, who only had a similar matter discharged last month at the Wales Magistrate’s Court....

Digicel launches Summer Flex promotion

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Digicel launches Summer Flex promotion

Elephant man, Tanya Stephens, Tessanne Chin to headline concert (By Mondale Smith) Digicel Guyana, along with corporate sponsors Banks DIH and Caribbean Airlines, promises to set the National Stadium...

Timeka Marshall signs Oakley Endorsement deal

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Timeka Marshall signs Oakley Endorsement deal

Guyanese rising star, Timeka Marshall, under the Pyramid Entertainment group, has signed an endorsement deal with the eyewear and apparel giant, Oakley. Reports from Jamaica are that Timeka’s...

Cement Company can get up to $500M, eagerly awaits CCJ ruling

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cement Company can get up to $500M, eagerly awaits CCJ ruling

Guyana could be asked to pay out as much as $500M if the Caribbean Court of Justice orders the state to pay everything that TCL is asking for as compensation to the company for revenue it lost as a...

GT&T concludes successful leg of auditions in Berbice

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GT&T concludes successful leg of auditions in Berbice

…gearing for segment in Linden and Essequibo Just as the company had predicted, GT&T has indeed managed to execute a smashing launch and initial auditions for their 2K9 Jingle and Song...

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Bonofiglio, Bonds demand winning finish

Nov 11, 2026

…Golden Jaguars target Gold Cup qualification By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Golden Jaguars Head Coach Marco Bonofiglio and captain Elliot Bonds have made their intentions abundantly clear...

The landlord is eating the entrepreneur’s lunch

Nov 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Recently, a group of young entrepreneurs decided to pool their resources and embark on a business venture. They were determined to take a chance, invest their savings and build something for themselves. Rather than wait for somebody to offer them employment, they wanted to...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

What the video says?

Nov 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Once what is termed the “new video” is confirmed as authentic, a new story emerges. In this, the age of AI, one must be cautious. Until confirmation, it’s just a new video, no more. If confirmed, the saga of the 12th October nighttime gunfight between Senior Supt...

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