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ATM fraud PI yet to commence

Oct 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ATM fraud PI yet to commence

The four persons who are accused of conspiring to steal $6.5M from the Guyana Oil Company once again made a court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown...

Burnham took care of those loyal to him

Oct 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Burnham took care of those loyal to him

Dear Editor, Forbes Burnham took care of his friends, so long as they maintained loyalty to him and the People’s National Congress (PNC), but woe betide them if they said anything out of turn at...

Time for all Guyanese to face this reality

Oct 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Time for all Guyanese to face this reality

It is not easy for thousands of persons who sacrificed in large and small ways for the return of free and fair elections and the return of democratic structures and democratic functions in Guyana to...

Life is as much a pie to enjoy as much it’s a mystery to unfold

Oct 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Life is as much a pie to enjoy as much it’s a mystery to unfold

Dear Editor, Allow me to engage the hearts of my goodly countrymen on the ongoing struggles of daily existence. Often we are reminded of the ailing patient, unfortunate accident victim, despondent...

Trinidadian investor still to upgrade local port of entry

Oct 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Trinidadian investor still to upgrade local port of entry

…signed MOU more than one month ago By Gary Eleazar More than a month after a Trinidadian investor signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture, work is yet to commence at...

Festival City man found with unlicensed gun

Oct 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Festival City man found with unlicensed gun

Just after midday yesterday police arrested a Festival City man as his accomplice fled leaving him behind with an unlicensed gun and ammunitions. Reports are that around 12:45 hours yesterday police...

An unfortunate incident

Oct 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on An unfortunate incident

Dear Editor, Being a private tourism advocate and performing the duty of a tour guide allowed me to meet some amazing nationals mainly from Norway, Canada, UK, Holland,US etc., in the past and that...

Fraudster to be charged

Oct 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fraudster to be charged

Charges are expected to be laid against a 49-year-old Plaisance man accused of fleecing Alberttown businesswoman, Sabrina Mc Allister, while pretending that he was working with the Caricom...

To be silent and fearful will only embolden the enforcers

Oct 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on To be silent and fearful will only embolden the enforcers

Dear Editor, Moses Nagamootoo’s letter, published in Kaieteur News on Sunday October 3, 2009, has provided, yet, another occasion for Guyanese to truly examine the state of our nation. Twenty four...

Every single weeeeek Jagdeo out de country

Oct 21, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Every single weeeeek Jagdeo out de country

Dem boys seh that dem does always remember wha Jagdeo seh how dem people at de Waterfalls paper does fabricate story. He went on to say, “Every single day dis hap-pens.” Dem boys know dat dem...

Business and electricity: chicken and egg

Oct 21, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Business and electricity: chicken and egg

The Minister of Commerce was reported to be “disappointed” that there is such a paucity of agro-processing facilities in Guyana, much of our agricultural produce is exported to other countries...

The NFMU is trying to do the right thing in the wrong way

Oct 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The NFMU is trying to do the right thing in the wrong way

The National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU)’s decision to no longer accept new applications for television and radio licences is yet another of the inexplicable steps being undertaken by the...

Let’s rescue our party

Oct 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s rescue our party

Dear Editor, I am a supporter/member of the PPP. I have been since I was 15 years old, and yes I am of African descent. I joined the PYO in1990 and was lucky to have had many opportunities to talk...

Rich countries must guard against corruption

Oct 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Rich countries must guard against corruption

…if they pay for standing forests By Neil Marks in Argentina Research into existing schemes that provide payment for environmental services shows that little goes into the pockets of families....

Brothers drown in Demerara River

Oct 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Brothers drown in Demerara River

…three years after father died similarly in Kurupung River A mother’s search for her two sons who left their Third Street, Silvertown, Wismar, home Sunday Afternoon unknown to anyone, ended...

Month-old bridge in Meten-Meer-Zorg falling apart

Oct 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Month-old bridge in Meten-Meer-Zorg falling apart

One month after a bridge was built at Ocean Garden, Meten-Meer-Zorg, the residents are now saying that they did not get their money’s worth. In fact, they are not surprised since they say that the...

Sugar lawsuit could cost GuySuCo $200 million

Oct 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sugar lawsuit could cost GuySuCo $200 million

Utterances by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud had cost the government millions of dollars. And this high expenditure will continue until well into the new year. By the time the matter is disposed...

Matter may never go to court

Oct 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Matter may never go to court

Even though investigations have been launched and Presidential press officer, Kwame McCoy, has filed a complaint with the police that someone has impersonated his voice regarding the infamous tape...

$40 leads to vendor’s death

Oct 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on $40 leads to vendor’s death

– suspect surrenders A 24-year-old clothes vendor died at the Georgetown Public Hospital at around 15:30 hrs yesterday, after he was stabbed in the buttocks during a brawl with another vendor...

Colwyn King rape case destined for DPP

Oct 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Colwyn King rape case destined for DPP

Both Guyana Teachers Union President, Colwyn King, and the 15-year-old girl with whom he allegedly had sexual relations have undergone medical examinations and while King’s results have not been...

Dem boys seh…Robert inspecting pig penis

Oct 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Robert inspecting pig penis

Dem boys seh that politicians smart. When nutten ain’t happening dem got to mek something happen. Some of dem does get de police to pick pun people then dem does hold press conference and talk...

Police rank hits fireman at Regent Street fire scene

Oct 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police rank hits fireman at Regent Street fire scene

Amidst the attempts to extinguish the fire on Regent Street on Sunday morning which destroyed three buildings, a fireman was clubbed on the head by a police rank while riding his bicycle through a...

13-year-old faces murder charge

Oct 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 13-year-old faces murder charge

Eon Benjamin, the 15-year-old who was stabbed to death at Mahaicony on Sunday, had beaten the 13-year-old suspect after wrongly accusing the lad of throwing a jersey into a trench. Benjamin, of...

Man remanded for thrashing wife on pavement

Oct 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man remanded for thrashing wife on pavement

A leather craftsman who battered his wife on a pavement in Georgetown was remanded after failing to secure any sympathy from the magistrate in court. Phillip Braithwaite, 45, of 133 North Melanie...

Climate change confab attracts 4,500 experts

Oct 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Climate change confab attracts 4,500 experts

By Neil Marks in Argentina Financial incentives must be made available to forest rich nations, says Dr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations...

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‘One Guyana’ 3×3 Quest Basketball opens with local teams in mixed results

Anticipation without preparation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Vice President of Guyana, ever the sagacious observer of the inevitable, has reassured... more