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‘Missing’ bodywork shop owner found

Sep 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Missing’ bodywork shop owner found

Joel Sooknarine, the taxi driver who went missing last Friday, has been found alive and well. Sooknarine’s reputed wife, Reshma Singh, told Kaieteur News that he was located shortly after 22:00 hrs...

Youth blames it on the alcohol

Sep 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Youth blames it on the alcohol

Eighteen-year-old Raymond Joseph, of Third Street, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday placed on a two-year bond requiring him to refrain from any unlawful behaviour. This after the youth...

Bicycle store burglary accused refused bail

Sep 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bicycle store burglary accused refused bail

The two men who survived last Tuesday’s confrontation with police ranks following a burglary at the Crescent Cycle Store have been charged. Norbert Bajnauth, 31, of Phoenix Park, West Bank...

PNCR supporters protest outside Health Minister’s home

Sep 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR supporters protest outside Health Minister’s home

N/A Family Life Health Centre comes in for praise

Sep 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on N/A Family Life Health Centre comes in for praise

By Melissa Johnson NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Reducing the level of qualification for acceptance to the nursing programme in Guyana does not signal a lower standard for the profession. This...

Cops hunt Tuschen gunmen

Sep 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cops hunt Tuschen gunmen

Police were last night hunting for two gunmen who allegedly made off with an undisclosed sum of cash and jewellery after holding up a businessman and his family at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo....

‘Concerned citizens’ still clueless, still picketing

Sep 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Concerned citizens’ still clueless, still picketing

The office of Chairman of the Alliance For Change Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday attracted another round of picketing by a group of about just over a dozen persons claiming to be ‘concerned...

KAIETEUR NEWS IS HERE TO STAY

Sep 02, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on KAIETEUR NEWS IS HERE TO STAY

To all those who called to express their support and concern for this newspaper, we express our gratitude. We are touched by the outpouring of support and especially from those who called from...

The PPP/C administration is committed to rooting out corruption

Sep 02, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C administration is committed to rooting out corruption

Dear Editor, Mr. Arif Bulkan has jumped into the deep end of the polygraph pool without realising there was no water in the pool. Most of what he wrote about and cobbled together as an “analysis”...

Van West Charles is indulging in ‘sour grapes’ behaviour

Sep 02, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Van West Charles is indulging in ‘sour grapes’ behaviour

Dear Editor, Mr. Van West Charles’ ridiculous misrepresentation, (SN, Sunday August 30, 2009) of the just concluded PNCR Congress was simply appalling, but not surprising to those who took note of...

It’s back to school again…cry babies and all

Sep 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on It’s back to school again…cry babies and all

(By Mondale Smith) After the July/August holiday concluded yesterday the school-aged population returned to the classroom in their numbers. Thousands greeted their first day at school as a day for...

Crime, bad governance and Guyana’s image

Sep 02, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Crime, bad governance and Guyana’s image

President Jagdeo actually called on the business community to boycott the Kaieteur News when he told them that this newspaper harms the image of the country by sensationalizing crime on its front...

The PPP insulted this nation by giving it a visionless leader

Sep 02, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The PPP insulted this nation by giving it a visionless leader

Dear Editor, First, it was Stabroek News being victimized by the Government with the withdrawal of ads for its persistent reportage on incidents the Government wanted locked down from public...

“What Guyana refuses, other countries will cherish”

Sep 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on “What Guyana refuses, other countries will cherish”

– Police Officers peeved at intent to dismiss colleague President Bharrat Jagdeo at this year’s Police Officers’ Conference had urged the participants to continuously upgrade their...

What news is fit to print?

Sep 02, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on What news is fit to print?

The President, before a most august gathering of our top business organisation – the Private Sector Commission – accused this newspaper of harming the image of the country by publishing news...

Police Superintendent facing dismissal

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police Superintendent facing dismissal

– duty free concession revoked When Superintendent of Police, Simon McBean, proceeded to London, England, to take up a scholarship in 2008, he did so without the permission of the...

Man charged with unlawfully detaining minor

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with unlawfully detaining minor

Twenty-eight-year-old Sherwin Lewis, a resident of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara, was not required to plead when Magistrate Fazil Azeez read him an indictable charge which stated that he...

Teacher drives off with $3.5M Jamzone prize

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher drives off with $3.5M Jamzone prize

With an expressed need for more pomp and ceremony and better stage décor for tourism promotions, the organisers of the Miss Jamzone 2009 pageant lifted the standards while showcasing a commendable...

Bodywork shop owner missing

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bodywork shop owner missing

Relatives are trying to locate the owner of a bodywork shop, who has been missing since last Friday. Joel Sooknarine, 30, of Best Foreshore, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, disappeared shortly...

Region three chairman says bridges repaired with ‘old materials’

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Region three chairman says bridges repaired with ‘old materials’

– Yet attacks KNews report Despite himself admitting bridges were repaired with “old materials”, Region Three chairman, Julius Faerber, is upset at Kaieteur News for reporting...

Fire razes $$M Mon Repos furniture bond

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Fire razes $$M Mon Repos furniture bond

A furniture manufacturer is counting losses close to $40M, after a fire of unknown origin destroyed his bond at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, early yesterday morning. Investigators will now have...

Beware of faulty cell phones – GNBS

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Beware of faulty cell phones – GNBS

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is warning consumers of faulty cellular phones being presented for sale. In a press release, the entity noted that within the last three weeks, there...

New ID card production to begin late October

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on New ID card production to begin late October

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has approved the use of an “Optically Variable Ink (OVI) for the production of National Identification cards, which will commence in late October....

Bus driver charged with causing death, remanded

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver charged with causing death, remanded

Fifty-one year-old Eglon Mc Lennon, a route 45 bus driver, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Mc Lennon, of Golden Grove,...

LIAT to review high airfares

Sep 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT to review high airfares

Regional carrier LIAT Airlines is to re-examine the current high airfares charged by the Antigua-based carrier as the Chief Executive Officer, Brian Challenger,...

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