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Most of requested US$25M already spent

Dec 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Most of requested US$25M already spent

…Parliamentary process only to rectify books – Corbin “How is it that the government could spend that amount of money between now and December 31, when all the unused money has to be...

Kalamadeen’s brother still seeking answers to sibling’s beheading

Dec 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Kalamadeen’s brother still seeking answers to sibling’s beheading

Twenty months after his brother was kidnapped and his head unceremoniously dumped near his business place, one of Farouk Kalamadeen’s siblings is still trying to find out who orchestrated the...

Cops in shootout with fuel thieves at Madewini

Dec 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cops in shootout with fuel thieves at Madewini

– shotgun, 23 containers with dieseline found in car Police recovered a shotgun and several containers of dieseline after exchanging gunfire with suspected fuel thieves at Madewini around 04:30...

Dem boy seh…A bird in de hand

Dec 07, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boy seh…A bird in de hand

Everybody thiefing. Imagine some men decide to thief fuel from a li’l outlet pun de east Bank. Dem full up de container so much that when de police see de car dem think that de gas tank bore. Dem...

Uncertainty prevails as UN climate summit opens

Dec 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Uncertainty prevails as UN climate summit opens

By Neil Marks in Copenhagen The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen opens today with the UN top climate change official expressing confidence that the meeting would deliver a comprehensive,...

Guyana-born woman arrested with false US Social Security number

Dec 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-born woman arrested with false US Social Security number

LIVINGSTON – A woman who is a resident alien from Guyana and has been living in Queens, NY, has been charged with identity theft in the first degree in connection with a Columbia County woman....

Municipal amnesty ends but some property owners still benefiting

Dec 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Municipal amnesty ends but some property owners still benefiting

Although the amnesty offered by City Hall has long come to an end, property owners who had signalled their intention to take advantage of the scheme are still being allowed to complete process....

New Kingston power station loses one generator

Dec 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on New Kingston power station loses one generator

When Guyana Power and Light commissioned its new Kingston power plant, the management was full of raise for the anticipated end to blackouts. However, what the management did not say was that one of...

Shipment to Venezuela further delayed

Dec 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Shipment to Venezuela further delayed

Guyana/Venezuela rice deal… The first rice shipment that was scheduled to leave Guyana for Venezuela last week is still to make its way to the Spanish-speaking country. Kaieteur News has learnt...

Mahaica accident Baby still critical

Dec 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica accident Baby still critical

The one-year-old toddler who was involved in the Mahaica accident that claimed the lives of six persons continues to be in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public...

Alpha United President encourages footballers at special dinner ceremony

Dec 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha United President encourages footballers at special dinner ceremony

By Michael Benjamin President of the Alpha United FC, Odinga Lumumba called on his footballers to demonstrate more self discipline in their endeavour to retain their coveted position as the best...

When you rear monsters, they will eat you one day

Dec 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on When you rear monsters, they will eat you one day

Dear Editor, It pains me, indeed scares me, to read that gangs of armed youths are allowed to terrorise entire communities. And I say “allowed to” very consciously because these youths are known...

Stabroek Lions help arthritic women

Dec 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Stabroek Lions help arthritic women

Recently, the Georgetown Stabroek Lions Club donated wheelchairs to two women suffering from arthritis. The two recipients, Lydia Walcott, 90, is a resident of Archer’s Home, and Doris Williams,...

Post Office Corporation records 58% hike in business mail

Dec 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Post Office Corporation records 58% hike in business mail

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The top brass of the Post Office Corporation posited the entity would not be left behind despite limited resources. Constant efforts are being made to broaden the horizons,...

When will the carnage end?

Dec 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on When will the carnage end?

Dear Editor, Hardly a day passes when one reads the horrible story of someone killed or maimed for life on one of Guyana’s roads. The story is more distressing when you realise that no punishment...

South Turkeyen Sports Committee organises athletic programme/walk-a-ton

Dec 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on South Turkeyen Sports Committee organises athletic programme/walk-a-ton

Several of the nation’s top athletes would be in action when the South Turkeyen Sports Committee (STSC), in collaboration with the Queen College Allied Arts department and organizer Johnny...

K&S defending champs Pele aiming for a repeat, Santos will be no pushover

Dec 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on K&S defending champs Pele aiming for a repeat, Santos will be no pushover

Inaugural winners Milerock clash with debutants Grove Hi Tec By Franklin Wilson When the historical 20th Kashif and Shanghai knockout football tournament kicks off on Sunday at the Guyana National...

Conscientious AFC-ites taking the party to higher political thinking and behaviour

Dec 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Conscientious AFC-ites taking the party to higher political thinking and behaviour

Dear Editor, Said Modido: “I wonder if he (Voglezon) knows he has shot himself in the foot or his analytical mind caused the admittance. Either way, confession is good for the soul. The AFC African...

GNIC poised to help accelerate development

Dec 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GNIC poised to help accelerate development

The Guyana National Industrial Company’s (GNIC) Shipyard and Wharf Facilities must continue to provide a basis for adequate inter-sectoral linkages with respect to National Development Strategy,...

New Amsterdam Town Week ends with street lime

Dec 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Town Week ends with street lime

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – As the sun set on Saturday, a large number of persons turned out to be a part of the Exhibition and Street Fair in observance of the New Amsterdam Town Week. This event was...

Strong backing for LCDS

Dec 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Strong backing for LCDS

Dear Editor, A NACTA opinion poll conducted in late November finds strong support for the government’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) initiative being promoted by President Jagdeo at home...

Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore preparing for title eliminator in Indonesia next month

Dec 07, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore preparing for title eliminator in Indonesia next month

Merely three months after his decisive unanimous points decision over former Colombian world champion, Mauricio Pastrana, Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore is set to return to the ‘square jungle,’ this...

There will be no Christmas for many

Dec 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on There will be no Christmas for many

Dear Editor, The season of glad tidings and goodwill is once again around the corner, unfortunately we are living in a time of great distress and misery, economic meltdown, climate change, and war...

The Guyana Revenue Authority is a ruthless exploiter of poor people

Dec 07, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Guyana Revenue Authority is a ruthless exploiter of poor people

I turned up early Saturday morning, at the receiving section of the GPO parcel department to collect a tiny packet, a really tiny packet of medicine containing four fluid ounces of an acne treatment...

Everyone knows transparency is essential to assuring foreign funding to save our forests

Dec 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Everyone knows transparency is essential to assuring foreign funding to save our forests

Dear Editor, Today (07-12-09), over 90 world leaders, including President Bharrat Jagdeo, along with scores of delegates from various countries will descend on Copenhagen in Denmark to start 11 days...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more