July 27, 2009

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Bandits hit police headquarters

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hit police headquarters

– cash, uniforms, boots stolen While significant attention is being paid to the fire at the Ministry of Health headquarters on Brickdam, police now have to shift some of their focus to...

NBS $800 Million contract manipulated to Dr Gopaul’s friend

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on NBS $800 Million contract manipulated to Dr Gopaul’s friend

– Christopher Ram Eminent Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram, has lashed out at Chairman of the Board of Directors at the New Building Society, Dr Nanda Gopaul, calling his remarks a...

Corbin losing his marbles

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Corbin losing his marbles

– Donald Ramotar …reiterates that PPP is against all forms of torture General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party, Donald Ramotar, yesterday reiterated that his party was against...

Four more arrested

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Four more arrested

Health Ministry fire… – Joint Services raid C/ville, South Ruimveldt homes By Michael Jordan Joint Services ranks yesterday detained three Campbellville residents and a South Ruimveldt man...

Security forces seem to be manufacturing evidence using torture

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Security forces seem to be manufacturing evidence using torture

Ministry of Health fire… – Robert Corbin Although the Head of State has said that there would be no casting of blame until the investigations into the Ministry of Health’s fire is completed,...

House burns down…Man sets self afire, plunges through window

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on House burns down…Man sets self afire, plunges through window

A young businessman is clinging onto life after setting himself alight in an early morning blaze which destroyed his Lot 41 Virginia, Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara business and house, yesterday....

Gov’t needs to pay more attention to the elderly

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t needs to pay more attention to the elderly

– medical watch doctor Dr. Saruabh Mehta, a Pharmacist attached to the Guyana Watch team has said the government needs to pay closer attention to the elderly population in Guyana in an effort to...

Man dies in Lethem motorcycle crash

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies in Lethem motorcycle crash

A 22 year old rehab assistant from the Rupununi succumbed in a Brazil hospital on Saturday night following a collision between two motorcycles on the Lethem airstrip road. Clinton D’Oliviera, of...

Laboratory tests at Regional facilities to be improved

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Laboratory tests at Regional facilities to be improved

– Dr Roach As part of its mandate to improve the quality of laboratory tests available within the public health sector, the National Public Health Reference Laboratory has commenced a technique...

Who’s to be blamed?

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Who’s to be blamed?

Two drivers are at war as to who caused an accident which occurred yesterday in Meten –Meer–Zorg, West Coast Demerara. According to Kumar Bissoon, the driver of the car PLL 6256, he was heading...

Security guard killed by mini bus in Linden

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard killed by mini bus in Linden

An early morning accident yesterday, at Half Mile Wismar, opposite Dellie’s Nightspot, has left one man dead and a mini bus driver in police custody. Dead is Wilton Craig, 58, of 51 One Mile...

Children escape injuries as house crashes down

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Children escape injuries as house crashes down

Three children, aged eight, five and fours years old escaped serious injuries on Saturday night, as they managed to run to safety before their house came crashing down in De Groot, Uitvlugt, West...

King, Vieira, Rahaman outstanding

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on King, Vieira, Rahaman outstanding

Group 4 champion Andrew King obliterated the field to reign supreme as the second leg of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club National Race of Champions Meeting which ended yesterday at the...

Amateur boxers entertain Albouystown residents

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxers entertain Albouystown residents

The Harpy Eagles Boxing Club was transformed into a hive of activity yesterday afternoon when the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF), in association with several boxing enthusiasts, staged the second...

Berbice triumph over Essequibo

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice triumph over Essequibo

Shemaine Campbell lashed an unbeaten 123 to pilot Berbice to an emphatic victory over Essequibo after the latter team won the toss and invited the former to take first strike, when play in the...

We must stop operating like boy scouts when it comes to the nation’s future

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must stop operating like boy scouts when it comes to the nation’s future

Dear Editor, Our leaders are running on the spot shouting from the top of their voices about REDD and low carbon initiatives wasting good money again; yet the one project that can make a difference...

The age of reason, common sense and truth will wipe out all traces of these two political ‘dinosaurs’

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The age of reason, common sense and truth will wipe out all traces of these two political ‘dinosaurs’

Dear Editor, The recent exchanges between Mr. Ramkarran and others, in the letter section, shows that these writers are all caught up in the past, especially Ramkarran. He claims that the PNC should...

Parents seeking transfers have the wrong perceptions – Minister Baksh

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Parents seeking transfers have the wrong perceptions – Minister Baksh

Candidates of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) drawn from out-of-town schools cannot be transferred to top city Secondary Schools if they have not acquired the requisite marks to do so. This...

City Council and delinquent rate payers

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Council and delinquent rate payers

Dear Editor, I have noticed in your paper of July 23rd, a notice from Mayor and City Council of Georgetown which identifies delinquent rate payers and a request for them to check with the city...

Women need to fight back and maintain their dignity

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Women need to fight back and maintain their dignity

Dear Editor, Permit me a few reflections on an article I read in the print media recently, coming from none other than a Caribbean legal mind. I think, Ms. Tracy Robinson, senior lecturer from the...

Corentyne chamber honours top performers

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne chamber honours top performers

ALBION, CORENTYNE – Five of the top performers from Region Six, at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, were honoured by the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce. The presentation was done...

Shame on those sons who abuse their mothers

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shame on those sons who abuse their mothers

Dear Editor, Many years ago, I taught voluntarily at the David Rose School for the Handicapped and those children were adorably loving and kind. I spent from childhood to adulthood with a foster...

West Canje to be permanently sealed

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on West Canje to be permanently sealed

LOCABER, WEST CANJE – Rehabilitation work is to commence in the vicinity of a breach at Locaber in West Canje later this week. According to Region Six Chairman, Zulfikar Mustapha, a $5.4 million...

The delay in Local Government Elections helps the PPP

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The delay in Local Government Elections helps the PPP

The recent suggestion that Local Government Elections may not be possible this year is a serious blow to local democracy and a lifeline to the main opposition, the Peoples National Congress Reform,...

One of the most horrible moments of my life

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on One of the most horrible moments of my life

Is Guyana a failed state? I believe it is. Mr. Jagdeo’s business-friends who are putting up tall buildings, would say no. One would like to think that these business people have a more than...

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Nandu (237)/Van Lange (133) specials, power Eagles into pilot’s...

May 13, 2026

2026/27 West Indies 4-Day Championship…GHE vs. WIA Day 3 – Guyana 1st innings (655-8 ) lead WIA by 170 runs By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Guyana Harpy Eagles opener Matthew Nandu...

Just what is going on in Guyana?

May 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when the average Guyanese scandal involved a man stealing two plantains from a neighbour’s kitchen garden and then attending the same neighbour’s wake three weeks later pretending to be grief-stricken. We were a manageable people. Dysfunction arrived in...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Anand Persaud calls out, castigates, the PPP Govt.

May 13, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Governments govern. Leaders lead. Media reports on governance, leadership. People pronounce on the quality of both. I do. Anand Persaud did. As the former editor-in-chief of the much-praised, much-missed, Stabroek News, he would know about...

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