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Tortured teen taken to hospital – after four days in hell

Nov 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Tortured teen taken to hospital – after four days in hell

“I was shocked. It was the most abhorrent sight I have ever seen…it moved me to tears…” -Attorney at Law Khemraj Ramjattan By Michael Jordan His face and body concealed by a...

Dem boys seh…Methylated spirit is a police tool

Nov 01, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Methylated spirit is a police tool

Cricketers and footballers bawling. Dem can’t get protectors—the thing that ordinary people call Seed Guards. Lawyers buying by de dozen and nuff ordinary people also buying. Couple people also...

Ramjattan charges clear case of torture

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan charges clear case of torture

…as Ramotar says his party does not condone it By Gary Eleazar Torture is commonly defined as any act whereby severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a...

We will get rid of rogue policemen

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on We will get rid of rogue policemen

– Henry Green The police force is on a quest to transform its image that was seriously tarnished by the high handed and questionable associations by some of its ranks. It is to this end that no...

Human Rights Association says torture becoming systematic

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Human Rights Association says torture becoming systematic

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), responding to the latest allegation of torture by the security forces, has said that cases of torture are no longer isolated, but are becoming systematic....

Essequibo accident victim still critical

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo accident victim still critical

Jewan Gangawattie, a/k Rakesh, of Lima Village, Essequibo Coast, who was involved in an accident on the Richmond Public Road, on Saturday October 24, last, remains critical at the Georgetown Public...

CARICOM has not gone very far

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM has not gone very far

By Peter Espeut Twelve of the 14 CARICOM countries in 30 days (all except the Bahamas and Haiti)! It’s been a whirlwind tour as I do some work for the Caribbean Community. It has given me a...

Corbin will provide list but insists on int’l probe

Nov 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Corbin will provide list but insists on int’l probe

Leader of the main opposition party, Robert Corbin, is gearing to provide the Guyana Police Force with a list of some 450 names of people murdered in recent years, purportedly by the Shaheed ‘Roger...

John Fernandes guards grab incoming ganja shipment

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on John Fernandes guards grab incoming ganja shipment

An alert security guard attached to John Fernandes wharf helped snatch a shipment of compressed marijuana destined for the local market early yesterday. According to reports from a group of fishermen...

Having tirelessly served the public for four decades… Nurse Ramkumari Kanhai is indeed a ‘Special Person’

Nov 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Having tirelessly served the public for four decades… Nurse Ramkumari Kanhai is indeed a ‘Special Person’

“Nursing is a noble profession that brings with it varied experiences of laughter and tears, blood, gore and sometimes fears, but it is most satisfying to help gravely ill people recover and walk...

Fire destroys Albouystown home

Nov 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Albouystown home

By Brushell Blackman A fire of unknown origin has left fifteen persons of 101 Hunter Street, Albouystown homeless. According to eyewitnesses, the fire started just before 18:00 hours last evening and...

Further tax reduction on diesel announced

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Further tax reduction on diesel announced

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has announced a further reduction in the tax rate on diesel following a previous reduction he had announced in mid-June. According to Minister Singh, with effect...

Little Diamond residents complain of unsafe bridge

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Little Diamond residents complain of unsafe bridge

Residents of the New Little Diamond Squatting Area on the East Bank of Demerara are at their wits end concerning a deteriorated foot bridge that affords them access to the Little Diamond Housing...

Miss Renaissance 2009 says “God wanted me to win”

Nov 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Miss Renaissance 2009 says “God wanted me to win”

“To God be the Glory” – Dazzell The newly crowned Miss Renaissance 2009, Excellence Dazzell, has said that “this is something he (God) decided to do for me.” Dazzell said in an...

Miss Guyana World wings out to London on Nov. 3

Nov 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Miss Guyana World wings out to London on Nov. 3

“I will do my best to make my family and country proud”- Imarah Radix By Mondale Smith Amidst mixed reactions to Grenada-born Imarah Kensha Radix being selected and recently crowned as Miss...

GRA acquires own boats to intercept illegal goods

Nov 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GRA acquires own boats to intercept illegal goods

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has spent $40 million to acquire three boats it says, and it will be used to patrol the country’s three main rivers and the Atlantic Ocean with a view to...

Gov’t peeved with Peeping Tom

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t peeved with Peeping Tom

The Ministry of Finance yesterday admitted that taxpayer’s money sometimes meet the travel expenses of the spouses of Ministers when they travel. The Ministry of Finance declared that the...

GAWU says imposition of compulsory arbitration was premature

Nov 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GAWU says imposition of compulsory arbitration was premature

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is seeking to refer its wage dispute with the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to arbitration, saying the imposition of compulsory...

7,000 Guyanese living with chronic diseases

Nov 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 7,000 Guyanese living with chronic diseases

Chronic diseases have not received the attention they deserve globally as the investment in the fight against these diseases nationally and globally has been very poor. This is according to Minister...

The poppy is red

Nov 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The poppy is red

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to misrepresentation in Kaieteur News, Thursday 29 October. I was quoted as saying that the poppy is a white flower, but it is red to represent the blood that stained the...

Takutu Bridge poses a threat to police fight against gun smuggling

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Takutu Bridge poses a threat to police fight against gun smuggling

With the opening of the Takutu Bridge, the Guyana Police have said that there needs to be increased monitoring at the Brazil/Guyana border. Crime Chief, Seelall Persaud, in a presentation to review...

Former Crime Chief heads torture probe

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Former Crime Chief heads torture probe

Two policemen are reportedly under arrest as the force commenced a massive investigation into allegations of torture of a teenaged boy at the Leonora Police Station. The investigation is being headed...

The promise to rebuild by the Hamids is an act of resilience that must be commended

Nov 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The promise to rebuild by the Hamids is an act of resilience that must be commended

Dear Editor, Please allow me the space and time to offer my deepest regrets and sympathy to the owners and staff of the Regent Street businesses that suffered losses as a result of fire recently,...

Guyana adds new words to children’s vocabulary

Nov 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana adds new words to children’s vocabulary

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Ryan Waldron’s letter, in Kaieteur News on 27/10/2009. Would nostalgia have gripped Ryan Waldron in the Burnham era to return to his beloved Guyana with his family and a...

H1N1 testing hits a snag

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on H1N1 testing hits a snag

By Fareeza Haniff While Guyana has already acquired the equipment to test for the H1N1 virus, the testing will not commence until December because the facilitators for the training programme of...

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India produce dominant 60-run win over West Indies to claim 2-1 T20I series victory in Mumbai

A question of timing and priorities

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The advent of significant oil discoveries has catapulted Guyana into the global spotlight.... more