January 2010

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Basic Needs Trust rewarded mid-term bonus of US$3M

Jan 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Basic Needs Trust rewarded mid-term bonus of US$3M

– Govt. warns contractors to deliver high quality… and on time By Leonard Gildarie Government has warned that it will be keeping a stricter eye on the contractors working on projects for them...

‘0 Fighting Men’ now being dubbed ‘0 Frightened Men’

Jan 20, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘0 Fighting Men’ now being dubbed ‘0 Frightened Men’

Dear Editor, Mr. Ossie Rogers in his article on January 15th called for PPP members “to make their objections public.” I totally agree with him. He exposed the connivance that is going on in the...

GFC presents the facts

Jan 20, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on GFC presents the facts

Dear Editor, The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) refers to Janette Bulkan’s correspondence in the Tuesday January 19, 2009 edition of Kaieteur News. The GFC is once again compelled to present the...

‘I will not make a decision based on press reports’ – Ramsammy

Jan 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘I will not make a decision based on press reports’ – Ramsammy

By Fareeza Haniff Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has made it clear that with respect to the issue of medical attention received by the teenager who was tortured while in police custody, he...

The best country in the world

Jan 20, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The best country in the world

President Bharrat Jagdeo referring to the consultations his Government had with stakeholders over his LCDS thing, referred to Guyana as the best country in the world, within the context of seeking...

Labourer jailed for assault

Jan 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer jailed for assault

Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo on Monday sentenced Arlington Layne, 34, of 42 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, to three months in jail after he pleaded guilty on two charges of assault and...

Basic equipment lacking

Jan 20, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Basic equipment lacking

Dear Editor, I commend Kaieteur News for reporting on the death of Tricia Winth and her baby girl, at the Mackenzie Hospital on Boxing Day. Mr. Gums the CEO of the hospital, suggested on national...

One of the many farmers’ programmes being executed by GRDB on behalf of Govt.

Jan 20, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on One of the many farmers’ programmes being executed by GRDB on behalf of Govt.

Dear Editor, In response to the letter in SN, January 16, by Mr. Bramdeow Singh: Instead of giving paddy vouchers for fertilizers the money should go to MMA to clean canals. I would like to inform...

Will Guyana’s truly independent thinkers please take a firm stand on the political stage

Jan 20, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will Guyana’s truly independent thinkers please take a firm stand on the political stage

Dear Editor, With President Bharrat Jagdeo off to the Middle East again to woo investors or get economic help for Guyana, especially now that his LCDS has taken a huge financial hit, one has to...

THE PPP CAN BE BEATEN, BUT NOT OVERNIGHT

Jan 20, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PPP CAN BE BEATEN, BUT NOT OVERNIGHT

Is political change possible in Guyana through the ballot box? This is the question that has bedeviled analysts in Guyana ever since the elections of 1992 when it was clear that ethnic voting was...

King and Gandhi

Jan 20, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on King and Gandhi

Monday was commemorated in the US as “Martin Luther King Day” in honour of the great reformer who championed the power of non-violent action (and even unconditional love even for one’s...

Disappearing file forces Magistrate to dismiss case

Jan 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Disappearing file forces Magistrate to dismiss case

It was a case of another disappearing file. It prompted Magistrate Haymant Ramdhani to dismiss another case at the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court on Monday. And the victims are not happy at all. They...

Help steps up, but so does scale of Haiti tragedy

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Help steps up, but so does scale of Haiti tragedy

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – The staggering scope of Haiti’s nightmare came into sharper focus yesterday as authorities estimated 200,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless in the heart of this...

Guyana Haiti relief fund stands at $214.8M

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Haiti relief fund stands at $214.8M

One Guyanese confirmed dead Even as logistics for the international community remain a major challenge to access and provide aid to those affected by the earthquake in Haiti, reports from the Guyana...

65 year-old wrestles with gunman following robbery

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 65 year-old wrestles with gunman following robbery

– gets Commendation Award from Top Cop hours later A 65-year-old businessman is now thanking God for sparing his life and for his military training. He said that these are the only two reasons...

Body found at Georgetown seawalls with throat slashed

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Body found at Georgetown seawalls with throat slashed

Detectives were up to press time trying to ascertain the identity of a man who was found murdered at the Kingston seawall yesterday morning. The man is of mixed ethnicity, and is about 35 to 40 years...

Bulkan denies being at meeting when it was presented

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bulkan denies being at meeting when it was presented

… Controversial Suriname map Forestry critic, Janette Bulkan, who is under fire from government, has denied that she was present at an October meeting in Washington where Suriname reportedly...

Banks DIH profit crosses $2 billion mark

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH profit crosses $2 billion mark

Brewery giant Banks DIH Limited crossed the $2 billion profit mark in 2009. This is according to Chairman Clifford Reis who will present his annual report to shareholders this Saturday. Before tax,...

Dem boys seh… Haiti is out of bounds

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Haiti is out of bounds

Guyana busy sympathising wid Haiti but de people in that country don’t know. Dem ain’t hearing nutten from Guyana and de Americans shut down de airport. Imagine a Caricom Prime Minister try to go...

UK commits further £20m to relief and recovery work in Haiti

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on UK commits further £20m to relief and recovery work in Haiti

…as EU ministers meet in Brussels The UK Government is trebling its funding for the immediate humanitarian response to the Haiti earthquake. International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander,...

Essequibo businessman dies in Haiti

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo businessman dies in Haiti

Guyanese businessman, Donald Richards, a\k, McDonald is being counted among the dead in Haiti. Richards, who operated a business place at Lima Essequibo, left Guyana with his son, Peabo Richards, to...

Guyana, Kuwait sign MoU, co-operation agreements

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Kuwait sign MoU, co-operation agreements

…as Jagdeo visits Middle East KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — President Bharrat Jagdeo and his delegation arrived to a red carpet welcome early Sunday morning in Kuwait City where the flags of Kuwait and...

GRA putting final inputs into new Tax Act

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GRA putting final inputs into new Tax Act

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is putting its final input in the design of the new Tax Administration Act, Commissioner General Kurshid Sattaur said yesterday. The process of putting together the...

Embrace Martin Luther King’s ideals – says Clement Rohee

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Embrace Martin Luther King’s ideals – says Clement Rohee

Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, who is performing the duties of President, urged a gathering at the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) Assembly Hall, yesterday, to embrace the ideals of Dr...

Mayor laments City Hall’s exclusion from Haiti Relief efforts

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor laments City Hall’s exclusion from Haiti Relief efforts

Although City Hall remains in a cash-strapped state and struggles to maintain its daily administrative operation, City Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday raised his concerns about efforts to exclude the...

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…Saints, Antonio’s Hikers, GCC Outlaws among winners in Kellogg’s sponsored Senior Indoor Hockey C/ship (Kaieteur News) – The Kellogg’s National Senior Indoor Hockey Championships got...

From economic genocide to physical extinction

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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