September 22, 2009 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Jagdeo, Harrison Ford call on UN to support forest conservation

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo, Harrison Ford call on UN to support forest conservation

President Bharrat Jagdeo was joined yesterday by movie star Harrison Ford in a call to the United Nations to protect the world’s tropical forests as the quickest and most cost effective way to...

Kwame McCoy an embarrassment to Rights of the Child Commission

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Kwame McCoy an embarrassment to Rights of the Child Commission

…must recuse self from that body if recording is him-Commissioner Some members of the Rights of the Child Commission are of the opinion that should the recently surfaced tape recording between...

Pedal cyclist killed in hit-and run accident

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Pedal cyclist killed in hit-and run accident

– cops seek driver of Canter truck Police are trying to trace the driver of a Canter truck, who is believed to have fled the scene after fatally injuring a pedal cyclist at Farm, East Bank...

Ex Immigration rank breaks into passport office

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Ex Immigration rank breaks into passport office

– flees leaving blowtorch, crowbar behind A former rank of the Central Passport and Immigration Office is expected to appear in court soon for breaking into the department with intent to...

GPL losses: Businesses steal over half $$$billion in two years

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GPL losses: Businesses steal over half $$$billion in two years

– talk show host, fisheries, rice mills among culprits Fisheries, hotels, Chinese restaurants, and a prominent religious talk show host were among those who have been caught by the Guyana...

As cost-cutting measures bite deep… Rice Board head suffers salary cut

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on As cost-cutting measures bite deep… Rice Board head suffers salary cut

By Leonard Gildarie As low paddy price and adverse weather hit farmers countrywide, cost-cutting measures have seen at least 12 staffers of the rice regulatory body being sent home and benefits and...

City Hall pays contractors for two months

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall pays contractors for two months

Garbage collection in the city yesterday returned to normalcy as the Georgetown municipality was able to pay $45M of the debt it owes to garbage disposal contractors, Cevons Waste Management...

Suspected rapist nabbed at police checkpoint, remanded

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected rapist nabbed at police checkpoint, remanded

Hours after allegedly raping three women, a man who had previously escaped from police on a robbery charged was captured at a police checkpoint at Buck Hall, Essequibo. Reports are that early Friday...

Shot cane cutter thanks God for life from hospital bed

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Shot cane cutter thanks God for life from hospital bed

The cane cutter shot in his leg and abdomen, is thanking God for life. Nursing two gunshot wounds, Krishna Persaud, 45, is conscious and stable at the Georgetown Public Hospital and is calling for...

NCERD launches Education Month Exhibition

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on NCERD launches Education Month Exhibition

As part of the continued observance of Education Month, the library of the National Centre for Education and Research Development mounted an exhibition intended to highlight various educational...

Bagotstown barber finds final key to Digicel Bimmer

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bagotstown barber finds final key to Digicel Bimmer

…Digicel made my dream a reality (By Brushell Blackman) “Long before the Digicel Bimmer promotion was launched I often dreamed of owning a white BMW. Digicel has made my dream come...

Number 63 ‘A’ bus drivers are still in limbo

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Number 63 ‘A’ bus drivers are still in limbo

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Minibus operators plying the Number 63 ‘A’ route – Moleson Creek on the Corentyne to Georgetown are still in limbo. In May, these drivers were given the...

Low Carbon Strategy in danger?

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Low Carbon Strategy in danger?

Britain’s PM says failure possible in Copenhagen talks A key climate deal planned for Copenhagen, Denmark, in 10 weeks’ time is in grave danger of failure because of no commitment from world...

Clothes vendor refused bail for possession charges

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Clothes vendor refused bail for possession charges

Charles Chan, a clothes vendor in Port Kaituma, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer a charge of possession with intent to traffic in narcotics. It is alleged...

Teenaged chain snatcher jailed for three years

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Teenaged chain snatcher jailed for three years

A man who decided to take advantage of a lonely woman and robbed her of the two gold chains she was wearing, but, did not cater for the police patrol, was on Friday jailed for three years. The man,...

Didn’t I sentence you before? Magistrate asks thief

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Didn’t I sentence you before? Magistrate asks thief

Ricardo Smith, called Ricky, 49, of no fixed place of abode, probably forgot that he was sentenced by Magistrate Chandra Sohan on a previous occasion. So when he turned up at the New Amsterdam...

ERC commences next phase of Neighbourhood Conferences

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on ERC commences next phase of Neighbourhood Conferences

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) continues to engage Guyanese in its ongoing Neighbourhood Conferences being held countrywide with the general objective of enhancing dialogue and building social...

Guyana involved in study on impact of alcohol on society

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana involved in study on impact of alcohol on society

Guyana is now one of the countries to become engaged in the evaluation of the impact of alcohol and life in Guyana. This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who noted that Guyana...

NA Rotary Club helps heart patient

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on NA Rotary Club helps heart patient

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The New Amsterdam Rotary Club, with the help of collaborative partners, offered an 11-year old Berbician a fighting chance in life. On September 13, Vidyawattie Inderjeet...

Bare Root to get potable water by next week

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bare Root to get potable water by next week

Residents of the community of Bare Root, East Coast Demerara, should see water flowing through their taps by the end of next week. This newspaper reported a week ago that the area has been without...

Why I changed from PPP to AFC

Sep 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Why I changed from PPP to AFC

Dear Editor, I served the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) for sixty years. However, after the death of Dr. Jagan in 1997, I became increasingly dissatisfied with developments in the party to the...

‘I don’t speak the language’

Sep 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘I don’t speak the language’

Dear Editor Sad to read of the possibility of Amerindian languages dying from disuse. I come from Wales, where about 20 percent (about one million people) speak the Welsh language. I also have...

Father and sons before court on multiple charges

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Father and sons before court on multiple charges

Forty- nine year old Junior Kendel and his two sons, Alvin Creame and Keon Grant, have been slapped with arms and ammunitions charges as well as one of inflicting bodily harm. It is alleged that on...

Health Minister wants private sector to comment on Tobacco Standard

Sep 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister wants private sector to comment on Tobacco Standard

Guyana has been making remarkable strides in its quest to implement the long awaited Tobacco Standard which was drafted by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS). But according to Health...

Delay affecting policing group

Sep 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Delay affecting policing group

Dear Editor, I am a Community Policing Group (CPG) member in Success East Coast Demerara. I am aware that over 100 CPG members between Success and Enmore have completed documentation and have...

12 3 NEXT

Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more