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Sergeant, Constable remanded

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sergeant, Constable remanded

– charges not related to tortured teen By Latoya Giles Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded the two policemen who are ensnared in the alleged torture of a 14-year-old....

Essequibo youth, father busted after hit and run accident

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Essequibo youth, father busted after hit and run accident

Tarrick Seemangal, 24, of La Belle Alliance, Essequibo Coast, is in police custody awaiting charges that are likely to be laid against him, after he was involved in a hit and run accident, on...

Water woes halt operation at Leonora Hospital

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Water woes halt operation at Leonora Hospital

The operations at the Leonora Diagnostic Centre ground to a halt early yesterday morning when doctors attached to the medical facility downed tools because of the lack of running water. This...

High Court, school fire bombed

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on High Court, school fire bombed

The capabilities of the Guyana Fire Service were tested early yesterday morning. The Fire Service was called on to respond to two fires around the city, suspected to be the work of arsonists. Around...

GuySuCo extends crop by two weeks, warns of lower production next year

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GuySuCo extends crop by two weeks, warns of lower production next year

By Leonard Gildarie As time runs out, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) says that it will have to extend this crop by two weeks. Possible rains may force lower production estimates for next...

Kwame/Julius file back with the police – DPP

Nov 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Kwame/Julius file back with the police – DPP

The issue of the tape allegedly involving presidential liaison and press officer Kwame McCoy soliciting sexual favours from a 15-year-old boy seems to have gone cold. Police Commissioner Henry Greene...

Is nuff guard come out

Nov 05, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Is nuff guard come out

De talk all round town today was how dem gunmen mek dem police duck and run. Dem boys also duck and run. One of dem get diarrhoea when he hear de gunshots because it sound like if de bullets was next...

Battle of the heavyweights at Providence today

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Battle of the heavyweights at Providence today

As Guyana aim to dethrone T&T in President’s Cup final By Sean Devers Plagued by adverse weather, sluggish pitches and small crowds, the 2009 President’s Cup Regional One-Day cricket...

Rain affects all GCB Berbice zone national 3-day cricket matches

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Rain affects all GCB Berbice zone national 3-day cricket matches

Heavy rain in Berbice on Saturday caused the washout of all play in the first round of the 2009 Berbice Zone of the National GCB First Division Cricket Competition with all three of them ending in...

DCC delighted by Dowlin’s WI appointment

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on DCC delighted by Dowlin’s WI appointment

The Demerara Cricket Club, home of Guyana’s newest Test player, Travis Dowlin, has expressed delight in Dowlin’s selection to Tour Australia with the West Indies full strength team after scoring...

Surujbally/Fox, Sukra, David-Longe grab titles

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Surujbally/Fox, Sukra, David-Longe grab titles

Dr. Steve Surujbally/ Maxie Fox, Krystal Sukra and Seanden David – Longe emerged the first set of winners in the Pegasus Open Lawn Tennis Tournament which is being played, at the Hotel Hard...

Bajan contingent arrives for South Dakota showdown

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Bajan contingent arrives for South Dakota showdown

– Lap record under threat – Mayers A strong Barbados contingent including Group 4 racer Barry Mayers and Group 3 competitor Steve King, who will both be participating in the final leg of...

The same old story

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The same old story

Dear Editor, My mentor said often, and he is so right, history repeats itself. When I read of the horrible torture handed down to a young teenager by the police, I recall the role I played when...

The murder of Bisram has been overshadowed by the inhumane action of the police

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The murder of Bisram has been overshadowed by the inhumane action of the police

Dear Editor, Horrified!! Is mildly expressing the way I felt as I flicked to the front page of the Kaieteur News newspaper last Saturday morning and saw the most graphic and disconcerting image of...

Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson pays courtesy call on Sports Minister

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson pays courtesy call on Sports Minister

By Michael Benjamin He is the first Guyanese footballer to play in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the USA, now Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson prepares to extend his stewardship further afield,...

The Americans listened

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The Americans listened

Dear Editor, As a parent of children, I was heartened to see that unlike President Jagdeo and Minister Manickchand, the Americans took the time to listen, form an opinion and react accordingly. When...

Fittest will survive as 3rd annual Ride for Life pedals off today in Berbice

Nov 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Fittest will survive as 3rd annual Ride for Life pedals off today in Berbice

Stages and overall record threatened By Franklin Wilson in Berbice Over 60 starters will face the line today for the commencement of what will be the biggest and most exciting annual 5-stage cycling...

Injustice to all, justice for none

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Injustice to all, justice for none

Dear Editor, I read in SN (3rd Nov), Minister Rohee, “pointing out that justice may be blind…that it now seems that it has to look in both directions – the side of the murder victim and...

A lie repeated often enough becomes accepted as truth

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A lie repeated often enough becomes accepted as truth

Dear Editor, It is not my habit to respond to the many reports, allegations and misinformation peddled in many of the media in Guyana. However, I am forced, albeit reluctantly I must say, to put pen...

Is this the turning point?

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is this the turning point?

Dear Editor, The image of the little girl, burnt by napalm during the Vietnam War was the turning point in this horrific war. America was disgraced by this haunting image, as a result, the anti war...

Race and associated partisan politics have negatively affected the development of Guyana

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Race and associated partisan politics have negatively affected the development of Guyana

Dear Editor, It is after great consideration that I’ve decided to bring into the public domain the following issue, against my own initial instinct and the advice of friends who believe that...

What makes for a good broadcaster?

Nov 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on What makes for a good broadcaster?

Dear Editor, After reading Michael Anthony’s neophytic and fulsome defence of Juanita Hubern, I was amused. I thought of the time I read what was supposed to be a critique of the ‘greatest love...

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...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more