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ERC meets select groups

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on ERC meets select groups

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) on Monday commenced a series of meetings with its constituencies to create feedback on the work of the Commission and for them to express their concerns on...

Keon Joseph joins Guyanese Speedsters capturing five wkt hauls at Regional U-19 Level

Aug 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keon Joseph joins Guyanese Speedsters capturing five wkt hauls at Regional U-19 Level

Dear Editor, Eion Katchy’s 12 wickets against the Leeward Islands 1997 at Everest still remains the best match analysis by a Guyanese fast bowler at the Regional Under-19 Level. Katchy’s...

Guyana humble Castro’s men in famous football victory

Aug 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana humble Castro’s men in famous football victory

DEar Editor, Guyana National Football Team won its first series against Cuba in January 1985. After tasting defeats in previous series (1974), (1976) and (1978) the Land of Many Waters, backed by a...

US-based Guyanese dies after car exolodes

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese dies after car exolodes

SCHENECTADY — The Fire Department is investigating a car explosion on George Street that severely burned a city man who died several days later. Yesterday, family members described the victim,...

M&CC will only acknowledge property transfers certified by Deeds Registry

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC will only acknowledge property transfers certified by Deeds Registry

Residents of Georgetown will no longer be allowed to transfer the ownership of properties without first having the relevant documents certified by the Deeds Registry. This firm stance has been...

Miller descendants erect monument to ancestors

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Miller descendants erect monument to ancestors

In the 1840s when the plantation owner offered Stewartville for sale, the Millers were among the first to join with other freed slaves who were pooling their resources to buy the land on which they...

Causing death accused put on $450,000 bail

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Causing death accused put on $450,000 bail

Faroud Mohamed yesterday appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry, to answer three counts of dangerous driving causing death. It is alleged that the accused on July 31, at Providence Public Road...

War continues between promoter and NDC Chairman

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on War continues between promoter and NDC Chairman

The war of wits seems to be continuing between the Hydronie-Good Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council, Chairman Milton Dookie, and promoter, Mark King, whose intentional Emancipation Beach Party was...

Environmental conference targets corporate responsibility

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Environmental conference targets corporate responsibility

Environmental sustainability appears to be the single-most worrying challenge facing business and as such the Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) will hold a conference on Corporate...

Corbin seeks international intervention

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Corbin seeks international intervention

The Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, has dispatched letters to foreign and regional governments, international organisations, Secretary General of Caricom, and...

Only 51 children qualified for President’s College — Board Chairman

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Only 51 children qualified for President’s College — Board Chairman

Chairman of the Board of Directors of President’s College, David De Groot, yesterday said that only 51 students qualified to enter the college based on requirements. De Groot told Kaieteur News...

Enrico Woolford reported what was said in Court, not his opinion

Aug 05, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Enrico Woolford reported what was said in Court, not his opinion

Dear Editor, Ever since the Roger Khan saga started playing out in a Brooklyn, New York court two years ago, Mr. Enrico Woolford of Capitol News has been providing Guyanese at home and abroad with a...

Same kettle of fish

Aug 05, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Same kettle of fish

Dear Editor, Who is Freddie Kissoon fooling with his column that an event in North America saved Corbin and that African Guyanese will not vote for PPP, (Kaieteur News August 4, 2009). First, Trotman...

Less criticism and more supporting of teachers

Aug 05, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Less criticism and more supporting of teachers

Dear Editor, Integrating the University of Guyana (UG) with the Cyril Potter College (CPCE) of Education (two institutions which are operating under heavy constraints) is not the best decision the...

Eight-year old drowns near Berbice sluice

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Eight-year old drowns near Berbice sluice

Up to late yesterday afternoon villagers were still searching for the body of eight-year-old Keana Fraser who was pulled into the Atlantic Ocean by a huge wave. Fraser, of Number 30 Village, West...

I will never ever comment on the matter -Rohee

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on I will never ever comment on the matter -Rohee

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday told reporters seeking a comment on the revelations in the on going trial of Robert Simels, said that he has taken a position not to speak on the...

ACP Rum Industry threatened by EU programme closure

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on ACP Rum Industry threatened by EU programme closure

The West Indies Rum and Spirits Producers’ Association Inc. (WIRSPA) is calling for an extension to a vital programme that will help to safeguard the future of the ACP Caribbean rum industry....

Is the impoverishment of the Linden municipality the aim of this exercise?

Aug 05, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the impoverishment of the Linden municipality the aim of this exercise?

Dear Editor, A situation that is puzzling at best, and may have distasteful connotations prompts this letter to the media. I was most dismayed to observe on my way into Linden on Wednesday July...

Insolent accused sent to prison

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Insolent accused sent to prison

Troy Browne, 26, for whom no address was given was yesterday handed a six-month jail sentence by Magistrate, Priya Beharry right after his disrespectful and insolent behaviour while answering charges...

300 new mosquito breeding grounds detected in Georgetown

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on 300 new mosquito breeding grounds detected in Georgetown

After inspecting some 1,108 dwelling premises in the city, more than 150 health defects have been uncovered by the Municipal Public Health Department. And according to a release issued by the Mayor...

A smear campaign is underway

Aug 05, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on A smear campaign is underway

Dear Editor, A quick scan of some of Guyana’s online publications (and some blogs) will show clearly that a smear campaign is underway. The political activists engaged in this operation are posing...

Death comes suddenly!

Aug 05, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Death comes suddenly!

On Monday morning, I was asked to meet someone who was extremely close to Joseph O’Lall while he was alive. This person has not given me permission to publicise the nature of the relation and to...

The stick against deforestation

Aug 05, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The stick against deforestation

The Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) that was proposed by President Jagdeo as the overarching framework for our nation’s future growth and progress is premised, as we have been at pains to...

Motorcyclists hospitalised following La Grange crash

Aug 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclists hospitalised following La Grange crash

-victim’s firearm reportedly stolen Two motorcyclists sustained multiple injuries around 19:15 hrs yesterday after they were struck down near La Grange, West Bank Demerara. Police said that Colin...

I am obliged to impartially uphold the Standing Orders at all times

Aug 05, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am obliged to impartially uphold the Standing Orders at all times

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Winston Murray’s letter published on August 1, 2009, captioned: “This was an obvious and serious violation of the Standing Orders.” Mr. Murray accused me of...

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Kaieteur News- A teenager of Tabatinga, Lethem, Central Rupununi, Region Nine was arrested for murder on Friday after he... more