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The Origin of Christmas

Dec 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on The Origin of Christmas

By Brushell Blackman Christmas has been around for as long as all of us can remember, we usually share peace, love and goodwill in an atmosphere that is refreshingly unique. We use the time to...

Kingston Sports Academy to benefit from overseas donation

Dec 24, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kingston Sports Academy to benefit from overseas donation

Children residing in the Kingston area would this morning receive toys to make their Christmas holidays a little brighter following the hard work of the President of the Kingston Sports Academy,...

Plastic City children not forgotten this Christmas

Dec 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Plastic City children not forgotten this Christmas

More than 100 children in the ‘Plastic City’ community at Vreed-en-Hoop were treated at a Christmas party hosted by Lorraine Parvatan, wife of the late Magistrate Oscar Parvatan. This activity...

Kashif and Shanghai 2010

Dec 24, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kashif and Shanghai 2010

Dear Editor, She stood in her little food shop, her apron worn but clean and that perpetual smile that brought back memories of the days when as secondary school boys, we would come up short, but...

When workers stand together steadfastly

Dec 24, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on When workers stand together steadfastly

Dear Editor, The current Bauxite workers’ struggle against the Bauxite Company Guyana Inc. (BCGI) has been the result of the management’s refusal to pay an increase. The Management also...

$139m on sport unrealistic

Dec 24, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on $139m on sport unrealistic

I am convinced that phantom spending is pervasive in Government, so much so that there are attempts to bamboozle media professionals, who spent enough time on the grounds to question the claims of...

GuySuCo not bankrupt–Persaud

Dec 24, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo not bankrupt–Persaud

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is not bankrupt in anyway, according to Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud. Persaud said that it is widely known that the company has been facing acute cash...

The climate change issue is a real and present danger

Dec 24, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The climate change issue is a real and present danger

Dear Editor, I offer this response to Leon Suseran’s letter on climate change and the Copenhagen summit (Kaieteur News, December 21, 2009). First, I wish Mr. Suseran to note that the internet is an...

Tennis winners receive prizes

Dec 24, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tennis winners receive prizes

The respective winners of this year’s Banks DIH Tropical Mist Invitational Masters Tennis Tournament received their prizes last Tuesday evening in the Oasis Room of the Pegasus Hotel. The occasion...

There is corruption at GRA

Dec 24, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on There is corruption at GRA

The Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority actually threatened legal action when Kaieteur News reported that his agency had some corrupt officers. Arriving at the conclusion of corrupt...

“You will get your bonus this year’ – says Commander-in-Chief to GDF

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on “You will get your bonus this year’ – says Commander-in-Chief to GDF

“I will not succumb to the critics and blame the army and the police for everything”-President Jagdeo (By Mondale Smith) Celebratory applauses and jubilation abounded yesterday when President...

G’town Chambers calls for review of restriction

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on G’town Chambers calls for review of restriction

– estimated $30M lost in business on Monday “You tell me wha dem really want we fuh do? Thief?” A controversial decision to stop heavy trucks from using the East Bank Demerara Highway...

GAWU asks govt. to waive income tax

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU asks govt. to waive income tax

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has written Government asking for a waiver of the income tax on the retroactive pay on the recently awarded three per cent increase for sugar...

Robbers shoot Craig Street resident

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Robbers shoot Craig Street resident

A 46-year-old Craig Street resident is in a critical condition after he was shot in the stomach by one of two robbers who attacked him outside his home at around 02:00 hrs yesterday. Eyewitnesses...

GPL, M&CC exchange cheques

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GPL, M&CC exchange cheques

With the exchange of cheques each valued at more than $179M, the near three-week long controversy between the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) and the Guyana Power and Light...

Dem boys seh…De bruck season coming up

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De bruck season coming up

This season de whole country does see more electricians that any other time. Dem boys walk round and dem see people who never hold a pliers trying wid GPL pole fuh get current. One dead and couple...

Female boat operator’s body found floating in Essequibo River

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Female boat operator’s body found floating in Essequibo River

– police suspect murder Police in Essequibo are looking for a male suspect following the discovery of the body of 50- year-old Patricia Williams, at a place called Fowl Mouth, Essequibo River,...

Man killed in Vreed-en-Hoop smash-up

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed in Vreed-en-Hoop smash-up

A Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara man was killed at around 22:30 hrs last night after the car he was driving slammed headlong into a pickup at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop. The victim, Alwyn Jordan, whose...

Businesswoman believes demolition crew acted on its own

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman believes demolition crew acted on its own

An East Coast Demerara businesswoman is claiming losses in excess of $400,000 after a group of men claiming to be acting on the instructions of Works Minister Robeson Benn attempted to tow away her...

Confusion abounds at Cane Grove fertilizer distribution

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Confusion abounds at Cane Grove fertilizer distribution

Rice farmers from Cane Grove, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, are expressing frustration over the confusion surrounding the distribution of fertiliser in their community. Yesterday, farmers turned up...

CH&PA prepared to pay GuySuCo for lands

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA prepared to pay GuySuCo for lands

– Irfaan Ali Future land allocation or transfer from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will definitely require payment in the future,...

Yet another road accident

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Yet another road accident

A collision at Good Hope on the East Coast of Demerara around mid-morning, Monday, left this cyclist (lying on road) and motorcyclist with some injuries.

Two charged with rape

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Two charged with rape

Two men who allegedly raped a woman were remanded on Monday by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. But one of the men claimed that he never saw the woman who is making the allegation against...

DDL hands over sponsorship of ‘H’ Class Horse Race

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on DDL hands over sponsorship of ‘H’ Class Horse Race

…ahead of Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Meeting Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) formerly handed over its sponsorship of the ‘H’ Class Race for the Kennard’s Memorial Boxing Day...

Riveting double header at GFC this evening as K&S continues

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Riveting double header at GFC this evening as K&S continues

GDF clash with Seawall FC; BK Int. Western Tigers face Victoria Kings As the saying goes, it’s getting better all the time. That the 20th edition of the Annual Kashif and Shanghai Football...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more