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Fuel dealer found dead in car trunk

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel dealer found dead in car trunk

– wife detained The murder of a Good Hope businessman sent shockwaves through a section of the East Coast Demerara, just when it appeared that life in the volatile district was taking on some...

Honduras situation a lesson to Guyana

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Honduras situation a lesson to Guyana

– Corbin Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition and the Leader of the Peoples National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, warns that Guyanese should take cognisance of what has recently taken...

Govt. has not honoured collective agreements over past decade

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. has not honoured collective agreements over past decade

– ITUC report Over the past decade, collective agreements in many public services have not been honoured by the Government of Guyana. This is according to the International Trade Union...

Commonwealth parliamentarian urges greater inclusion of young people in decision making

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth parliamentarian urges greater inclusion of young people in decision making

By Gary Eleazar The Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Dr William Shija, last evening urged the Parliamentarians present at the launch of the 34th Annual Regional...

GRPA Executive Director Frederick Cox passes away

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GRPA Executive Director Frederick Cox passes away

Executive Director of the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA), Frederick Cox, passed away on Saturday after a brief illness. Mr. Cox had held the position of GRPA Executive Director for...

Dr Ramsammy’s revelation illustrates health system’s true nature

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Dr Ramsammy’s revelation illustrates health system’s true nature

– Ramjattan “Why did he go overseas to cool out after his doctors told him to take a rest? With all the variety of places that Maniram Prashad boasts about which are healthy for tourists to...

Efforts to stem trafficking in persons still inadequate

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Efforts to stem trafficking in persons still inadequate

ITUC report on Guyana says… – police, prosecutors inadequately trained The Government of Guyana’s performance in combating Trafficking In Persons and forced labour is inadequate, and police...

Suspect held for torching taxi

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect held for torching taxi

Police have detained a man in connection with torching of a car belonging to the owner of Boysie Taxi Service in Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara. The owner of the taxi service told Kaieteur News...

Sluice operators held over missing koker winch

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Sluice operators held over missing koker winch

Police are questioning two koker attendants following the theft of a winch from a sluice at Ithaca. The winch, valued at about $2.2M, reportedly disappeared sometime between Saturday night and...

Masked gang carts of $5M after invading Albion grocery

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Masked gang carts of $5M after invading Albion grocery

Six masked men, five of whom carried firearms, stormed an Albion grocery store and liquor restaurant and escaped with more than $5M in cash and jewellery about 12:10 hours on Friday. The men robbed...

Goldsmith robbed of cash and jewellery

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Goldsmith robbed of cash and jewellery

A West Demerara goldsmith was relieved of $1M in jewellery and $300,000 cash by two men, one of whom was armed with a gun around 16:30 hours yesterday. The incident occurred at New Road, Vreed...

Victim wrests gun from bandit

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Victim wrests gun from bandit

The victim of an attempted robbery yesterday handed over an unlicensed .38 revolver with six live rounds which was taken from the would-be robber. Police in a statement said that at about 04:45 hours...

Fisherman stabbed during cell phone row

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman stabbed during cell phone row

A 36-year old fisherman was in a critical condition yesterday after being stabbed several times during an argument over a cell phone. Kurt Andre, whose address was not given, was rushed to the...

Guyana, Venezuela Foreign Ministers discuss connecting gas pipeline

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Venezuela Foreign Ministers discuss connecting gas pipeline

The proposal for a gas pipeline connecting Guyana with Venezuela were among several topics discussed when Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett met with her counterpart from...

Guyana continue impressive showing

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana continue impressive showing

Guyana continued where they left off in the morning session Saturday at the 2009 Junior CASA Championships in Barbados, with Daina King capping off a very successful first day for the Guyanese team....

Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay too explosive for opposition

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay too explosive for opposition

By Franklin Wilson Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that he is the man to beat on local shores when he captured his third consecutive cycling race, the Annual Ballot Box...

Guinness/GFA/MCYS/NSC Inter Club Block Futsal starts with a bang

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness/GFA/MCYS/NSC Inter Club Block Futsal starts with a bang

Rivalry in the Guinness/ Georgetown Football Association/Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport/Nationals Sports Commission Inter Block Futsal competition kicked off on Saturday evening at the Cliff...

Sickness-struck Guyanese aim to rebound against J’ca

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sickness-struck Guyanese aim to rebound against J’ca

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, TCL, Western Union , GSL, Pepsi, Smalta, Demerara Power Company & Jamaica Pegasus Although opener Trevon Griffith scored the...

The next Govt. must create opportunities for workers to become real economic shareholders

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The next Govt. must create opportunities for workers to become real economic shareholders

Dear Editor, Pursuant to your lead news article, “GT&T workers must be given option to buy its shares,” (July 11), permit me to say that it is now common knowledge among Guyanese that...

Political resistance to the birth of UG

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political resistance to the birth of UG

Dear Editor, The presence of the University of Guyana (UG) today is a product of Dr. Cheddi Jagan’s guiding light and resoluteness; and a remarkable testimony to the heroic people who stood their...

Attempts to redeem TK continue

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Attempts to redeem TK continue

Dear Editor, Mr. Gerhard Ramsaroop’s letter in Kaieteur News on June 10, 2009, captioned, “An impressive level of emptiness” has surely amused me and it seems as if his caption has...

Lessons learnt through the life and death of Michael Jackson

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lessons learnt through the life and death of Michael Jackson

Dear Editor, On June 25, 2009, the world was shocked to hear that Michael Joseph Jackson, affectionately known as the King of Pop and MJ, had died of cardiac arrest at the age of 50. Most persons...

Sell Iwokrama in The Bahamas

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sell Iwokrama in The Bahamas

Dear Editor, SN feature of Sara Bharrat’s report interview with the current beauty ambassador in it’s issue of 7-11-09 highlights the fact that the individual definitely needs to inject some last...

Conditions at Guyana Passport Office are a public health hazard

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Conditions at Guyana Passport Office are a public health hazard

Dear Editor, The Guyana Passport Office must be commended for the rate at which it processes and issues new passports. I flew in from Trinidad to renew my passport and am really appreciative and...

Sheriff Taxi Service awards first winner in ‘Travel and Win Promotion’

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Sheriff Taxi Service awards first winner in ‘Travel and Win Promotion’

The management of the Sheriff Taxi Service awarded the first winner of its ‘Travel and Win Promotion’ at its base on Sheriff Street, Georgetown. Antonetta Binns, of Agricola, East Bank Demerara,...

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Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more