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GWI’s PRO was sparse with the truth

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on GWI’s PRO was sparse with the truth

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the Thursday (August 6) edition of Kaieteur New, in which the Public Relations Officer denied that I was billed $18, 000 for one month. That is exactly what...

Man, 82, dies after riding into trailer

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man, 82, dies after riding into trailer

Temul Sookhoo, known to all as Massa, celebrated his 82nd birthday on Sunday. He died at the Suddie Hospital hours after he was involved in an accident on Wednesday afternoon. According to reports,...

Football coaches gear up for National League with interactive sessions

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Football coaches gear up for National League with interactive sessions

Coaches from the various sub-associations will today wrap up one week of activities when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) brings the curtains down on an interactive session for coaches under its...

Kitty, La Penitence win as Inter-Market football commences

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kitty, La Penitence win as Inter-Market football commences

Kitty Market defeated Buxton Market on penalty kicks, while defending champions La Penitence opened the tournament on a winning note, by a walk over after Wales Market failed to show up when play...

Political mischief makers invoking conflict

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political mischief makers invoking conflict

Dear Editor, I have noticed that the usual political instigators are active now, since an election is soon around the corner. It is sad to see that they are still using the same nasty political...

Ministry investigates dead child’s exams results

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ministry investigates dead child’s exams results

A team of Ministry of Education officials travelled to Micobie Village, Region Eight yesterday, to investigate how it is that a dead child received results from the recently completed National Grade...

Man blames upset stomach for snackette break in

Aug 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man blames upset stomach for snackette break in

A known ‘junkie’ (drug addict) appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and ended up in jail for 18 months. O’Neil Neptune yesterday pleaded...

Penalties increased for damage to public property

Aug 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Penalties increased for damage to public property

Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Charles Ramson, yesterday in the House after several weeks of deferrals successfully piloted the Administration of Justice Bill which clearly defines...

Brothers move to quash manslaughter charge

Aug 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Brothers move to quash manslaughter charge

Attorney at law Basil Williams has moved to the High Court on behalf of two brothers, seeking the permanent stay of charges brought against them for manslaughter eight years ago. The move to the...

The side of the story Kissoon does not tell

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The side of the story Kissoon does not tell

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Freddie Kissoon’s article “They have made Forbes Burnham look like a toy soldier” (Kaieteur News, 6 August, 2009). Kissoon loves to remind readers Burnham...

Stabbed Ann’s Grove man stable

Aug 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Stabbed Ann’s Grove man stable

Marlon Johnson, 21, a Two Friends Village, East Coast Demerara resident who was stabbed on Wednesday evening, is in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Johnson however has not fully...

‘The right and principled thing’

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘The right and principled thing’

Dear Editor, As our country follows the daily revelations coming out of a courtroom in New York with abated breath, appalled at the allegations leveled against the Government in general and a...

Burnham’s memory cannot be erased – Corbin

Aug 07, 2009 knews News 1

(By Mondale Smith) In both life and death, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, O.E, S.C, Guyana’s first Executive President was both celebrated and scorned by many for his intellectual abilities,...

Guyana Senior Women’s Cricket Team announced

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Senior Women’s Cricket Team announced

The Guyana selectors have announced their team to contest the West Indies women’s cricket tournament. The final 16-member squad along with standbys was chosen from a larger squad selected...

Is nice people does thief and get ketch

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is nice people does thief and get ketch

Is a bad thing when people thief something and dem ain’t know nutten bout it. That is wha happen to a woman at a party in BV de other night. A certain big one in de police force decide to hold a...

LCDS is a theoretical document with minimal realism

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on LCDS is a theoretical document with minimal realism

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter from Mr. Michael E. Brotherson, from the Office of the Climate Change Unit in the Kaieteur News (August 4, 2009) there are just a few points that I would...

All the sides in the Roger Khan/Buxton saga

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on All the sides in the Roger Khan/Buxton saga

The first person that called to express surprise that Simels spoke to me was Mark Benschop. Shortly after, it was a prominent city lawyer. And in the same morning two Kaieteur News colleagues asked...

PUC to address ‘blackout’ situation

Aug 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on PUC to address ‘blackout’ situation

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will be holding a public inquiry into the conditions and service of the utility company as it relates to the regular blackouts being experienced. The forum is...

Simel’s trial has been covered strictly for its relevancy to Guyana

Aug 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Simel’s trial has been covered strictly for its relevancy to Guyana

Dear Editor, With the case against Robert Simels just about to go to the jury please allow me the opportunity to point out what I believe to be the salient issue of this trial. Firstly, this trial...

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Desecration, Disrespectful, and Disgraceful

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The solemnity of Babu Jaan, a site meant to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Cheddi... more