November 2009

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Decomposed body identified as taxi driver

Nov 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Decomposed body identified as taxi driver

The decomposed body found at Hararuni, Soesdyke/Linden Highway on Monday has been identified as that of 23-year-old Gavin Washington of South Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara. Police said that...

Georgetown includes Fortune, Thomas

Nov 04, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown includes Fortune, Thomas

– final All-Star teams likely today By Edison Jefford The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) has included Rodwell Fortune and Darren Thomas into their 13-man Senior All-Star...

Inter-Gym Boxing card scheduled for Berbice this weekend

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The Inter gym boxing card that was scheduled to be staged at the Scott School Ground last Saturday evening has been rescheduled to this Saturday, November 7 and the promoters have promised a night of...

Shot rice farmer stable after surgery

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Rice farmer Dineshwar Tameshwar, 46, of No. 56 Village Corentyne Berbice who was shot in the neck by bandits on Monday, is said to be stable at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Tameshwar underwent...

GPOC not sure if torched safe was ‘inside job’

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Following the torching of the safe at the Grove Post Office on Sunday night, and the unsuccessful attempt on two others, the police are yet to question anyone in relation to the incident. At this...

GPL employees charged with wire theft

Nov 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPL employees charged with wire theft

The two Guyana Power and Light Inc. employees who allegedly forged documents and stole from the company made their court appearances yesterday. Rupert Lord Backer, of Mahaica, and Jamal Forde, 22, of...

Wendell Meusa maintains lead in National Chess Championship

Nov 04, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wendell Meusa maintains lead in National Chess Championship

Wendell Muesa continues to distinguish himself as a top chess player even amidst the country’s best, including national Champion, Kriskal Persaud. The young player has progressed admirably in the...

Burglars make it five in a row at Anna Catherina Nursery

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Parents of children attending Anna Catherina Nursery School, West Coast Demerara, were angry on Monday in the wake of another burglary at the school. And once more they believe that the relevant...

Geddes Grant unveils new insecticide

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The Geddes Grant Group of Companies launched one of its newest seed insecticide products, called the ‘Cruiser’, yesterday. The actual launching of the product, which was facilitated in the...

Trophy Stall Masters win at GYO

Nov 04, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall Masters win at GYO

Last Friday night softball fans witnessed three softball matches which were played at the Gandhi Youth Organisation Ground, Woolford Avenue in aid of GYO Cricket Club, which ended in victory for...

MCYS defeat PYARG in feature Circle Tennis clash

Nov 04, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCYS defeat PYARG in feature Circle Tennis clash

The Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS) Mixed Circle Tennis Team made light work of President’s Youth Award Republic of Guyana (PYARG) in the main event of the PYARG 11th Anniversary...

Several months later Rights of Child Commission still to meet

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More that six months after 13 persons were sworn in to serve on the Rights of the Child Commission, the body is yet to have its first meeting. The matter is even more complicated in that the...

Motorists complain

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Motorists plying the Mackenzie/ Wismar Bridge are voicing their concerns about the removable ‘decking’ being used on the facility during opening periods to facilitate the crossing of vehicles....

NBTS needs blood for heart surgeries

Nov 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NBTS needs blood for heart surgeries

As the Christmas season is fast approaching, the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) continues to see a decline in blood collection. At a press conference held on Monday, Minister of Health Dr....

Fires by their nature do not provide pause for reflection

Nov 04, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Fires by their nature do not provide pause for reflection

Dear Editor, Fires constitute an emergency that demands the utmost urgency. Fires normally are rapacious, their appetites ragingly seeking every type of material on which to blaze. In recent months...

AIDS Committee supports free movement of people living with disease

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The Guyana National AIDS Committee (NAC) has signaled its support to the decision by President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, to remove restrictions on people infected with HIV from...

To serve and protect whom?

Nov 04, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on To serve and protect whom?

Dear Editor, Your story, entitled Torture in your edition of October 31, 2009, brought uncontrolled tears to my eyes, knowing for a fact what the teen in question had to go through at the hands of...

Civil Society’s silence implies support for torture -Trotman

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Alliance for Change Leader, Raphael Trotman, has stated that the recent revelations of the barbaric torture of a child by ranks of the Guyana Police Force have had a chilling and devastating effect...

Are GDF Reservists being retired at 40

Nov 04, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Are GDF Reservists being retired at 40

Dear Editor, Is it true that Reservists of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are now being retired at age 40? If this is so, then His Excellency the President, who is Commander in Chief, needs to ask...

Guyana, Venezuela ink US$2M contract for homeless shelter

Nov 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana, Venezuela ink US$2M contract for homeless shelter

On Monday Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand, Works Minister Robeson Benn along with Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana, Dario Morandy, singed a $400 M contract for a...

Doppler is a recent installed technology

Nov 04, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Doppler is a recent installed technology

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Mr. Leon Jameson Suseran and published in Kaieteur News on 2nd November 2009 and headlined, “Despite the multi-million $$$ Doppler Weather reports still...

Civil Society’s silence implies support for torture -Trotman

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Jagdeo’s failure to condemn behaviour implies tacit support – NAR

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The North American arm of the People’s National Congress Reform yesterday became among the latest to condemn the actions of the ranks of the Guyana Police Force that has tortured a 14-year-old boy....

There will be no sacred cows in the demolition exercise

Nov 04, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on There will be no sacred cows in the demolition exercise

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from a Mr. Mohamed I. Ally published in the Kaieteur News on 30 October, 2009 on pages 4 and 8 under the caption, “Robeson Benn’s demolition campaign”. First of...

GuySuCo’s assertion not factual

Nov 04, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo’s assertion not factual

Dear Editor, The Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) reportedly stated, during his appearance on “Close Up” which was broadcast on NCN on October 30, 2009, that the...

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Cash grant and old age pension tourism

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(Kaieteur News) – There was a time, not too long ago, when some – not all – overseas Guyanese approached Guyana with caution, disgust and the occasional handkerchief pressed dramatically to the nose. They came down from New York and Toronto with accents that had ripened in exile, and with...

The OAS faces a moral test in Panama

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS...

Pres. Ali is his own public address system

May 21, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Guyanese know that Pres. Ali is prone to verbal excess. A standard not likely to be reversed. Citizens who had contact with him, actually heard him, have had orchestra seats to his blasts of the artificial (solemn promises to the grieving hurt by...

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