November 5, 2009 - Page 2 of 3

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

President should immediately order independent inquiry into torture – PSC

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on President should immediately order independent inquiry into torture – PSC

…as Gouveia somersaults on Kaieteur News graphic publications President Bharrat Jagdeo should immediately order an independent inquiry into the administrative and operational command structures of...

Man gets severe beating for stealing bicycle

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man gets severe beating for stealing bicycle

Raymond Jabar, a known convict, was caught stealing a bicycle yesterday on Middle Street, opposite the Georgetown Public Hospital, by public-spirited citizens and given a severe beating. According to...

Inquiry into GUYOIL tainted fuel commences

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Inquiry into GUYOIL tainted fuel commences

Management officials at the Waterloo Street, Georgetown, headquarters of Guyana Oil Company launched an internal inquiry, on Tuesday, into the contaminated fuel recently detected at two Guyana Oil...

AFC’s one-eye focus on human rights abuses

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on AFC’s one-eye focus on human rights abuses

Dear Editor, There is no pleasure writing this letter, but write I must. The unfolding events and the seriousness of growing discrimination cannot be swept under the carpet or ignored. I am referring...

R.K Sharma calls it a day at GBTI

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on R.K Sharma calls it a day at GBTI

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI), Radha Krishna Sharma, has resigned from the Bank, saying that he has had enough of managing financial institutions. Sharma...

Local artistes partake in HIV/AIDS testing

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Local artistes partake in HIV/AIDS testing

As the National Week of Testing approaches, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) has got on board a number of local artistes to participate and...

This national outrage calls for a national response

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on This national outrage calls for a national response

Dear Editor, Even for a country accustomed to official abuse, misconduct and illegalities, the revelation of torture inflicted on a child by members of the security forces has met with an outrage...

The time is now that the image of the GPF be changed

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The time is now that the image of the GPF be changed

Dear Editor, I was reading the editorial every day since the news broke about the 14-year-old, who it was alleged that was tortured by the police. I have read many of your editorials over the past in...

Alcohol should be used responsibly – Health Minister

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Alcohol should be used responsibly – Health Minister

Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy firmly believes that the global focus on alcohol is misplaced. He emphasised this while making a ‘drop-in’ visit to the Pan American Health Organisation...

The Leviathan is on the rampage in Guyana

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The Leviathan is on the rampage in Guyana

Dear Editor, The English philosopher, Thomas Hobbs, must have looked down the years and saw Guyana when he was trying to make sense of the ‘nonsense’ in society. Hobbs, in his writings, saw...

NRSC celebrates month of activities

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NRSC celebrates month of activities

The Theme for Road Safety Month is Be Vigilant, Be wise, Practise Road Safety to Stay Alive. Motor vehicle accidents, which are preventable occurrences, are the ninth leading cause of injury, death...

Three charged for stealing motor car

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Three charged for stealing motor car

– claim they were all brutalized in lock ups The three men who allegedly robbed a taxi driver and stole his car made their court appearance on Tuesday. They all claimed that they were...

Maccabees win KWM First ‘D’ title

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Maccabees win KWM First ‘D’ title

CPS emerge Third ‘D’ champions Maccabees won their first major tournament this year when they took the sting out of the Beepat’s Scorpions in the First Division final of the second annual Kevin...

West Dem police ranks implicated in more beatings

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on West Dem police ranks implicated in more beatings

With people from all sections of society calling for the authorities to see that justice is served in the recently publicised incident of a 14-year-old boy being tortured by police ranks, another...

GDF contributes to youth development

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GDF contributes to youth development

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday made another contribution to youth development with the presentation of a cheque for $25,000 to the Ambassadors of Buxton Community Development Association...

MACORP Golf tourney to be contested Saturday

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on MACORP Golf tourney to be contested Saturday

Another exciting tournament is on the cards for this weekend when Machine Corporation of Guyana (MACORP) sponsors its second Annual Medal Play Golf tournament on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course,...

‘Torture Station’ attracts protest action

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Torture Station’ attracts protest action

…as Red Thread denounces silent Guyanese The Leonora Police Station yesterday attracted a modest group of persons affiliated with Red Thread who lead a picketing exercise in protest of the torture...

Another Berbician reaches three figures for Guyana at the Regional one day level

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Another Berbician reaches three figures for Guyana at the Regional one day level

Dear Editor, It was a black Friday for Barbados at the Albion Sports Complex. Playing at the venue which hosted the first one day international in the West Indies (1977), Ryan Hinds men had no...

Five staffers under investigations for multi-million-dollar fraud

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Five staffers under investigations for multi-million-dollar fraud

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is investigating a massive fraud conspiracy involving cashiers and a staffer of its Information Technology (IT) Department. According to a statement from the GRA...

P&P ON BOARD FOR GMR&SC NOV 8 RACES

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on P&P ON BOARD FOR GMR&SC NOV 8 RACES

P& P continued its support for racing driver Kemal Rahaman. He will compete in a Mazda RX7 and is expected to give keen competition in Group 2B and Group 3 events. Mr. Bish Panday, head of P...

Self-confessed murderer to be rearrested

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Self-confessed murderer to be rearrested

Police should be made to answer- DPP One week after self-confessed murderer Andrew Gomes walked free for the murder of his 57-year-old father, Shalimar Ali-Hack, the Director of Public Prosecutions...

Former ERC head, Chairman at loggerheads

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Former ERC head, Chairman at loggerheads

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), Christine King, and Chairman of the ERC, Bishop Juan Edghill continue to go back and forth with accusations leveled at each...

Kildonan win Ministry Inter-Block football competition on the Corentyne

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Kildonan win Ministry Inter-Block football competition on the Corentyne

Kildonan Village emerged champions of the Corentyne leg of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Inter-Block football competition. Kildonan played unbeaten to end of the five-team competition with...

$450M spent on mechanical cane harvesters -Hanoman

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on $450M spent on mechanical cane harvesters -Hanoman

By Gary Eleazar Some $450M has been spent on mechanical cane harvesters and it is expected that 2,675 hectares of the cane harvested at Skeldon will be done using this method. This is according to...

Police stage exciting Gymkhana in Berbice

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Police stage exciting Gymkhana in Berbice

It was long in coming and when the Police finally delivered their version of the Gymkhana to Berbice, it was spectacular stuff. The Berbice version of the annual Police Gymkhana Event was held last...

PREV 123 NEXT

Brewley’s ‘glut’ inspires Hard Knocks to ExxonMobil Futsal Championship Finals

Traditional media is still king

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Election campaigns are a battle for attention, persuasion, and votes. In this digital age,... more