January 2010

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Regional vice chairman denies assaulting villager

Jan 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Regional vice chairman denies assaulting villager

– calls for a thorough investigation Vice Chairman of Region Five, West Coast Berbice, Karran Persaud Deokarran, is calling on the Commissioner of Police and the Commander of the Police East...

Farmers urged to conserve on water as EDWC drops low

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers urged to conserve on water as EDWC drops low

Farmers and all users of water from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) are being urged to conserve water as the water level in the conservancy has dropped below the “dead storage level.”...

Man loses hand in road accident

Jan 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Man loses hand in road accident

Labourer Harry Persaud, a\k Terry of Hampton Court Village, had his left hand severed because of an accident Sunday afternoon on the Hampton Court Public Road. According to Persaud’s sister-in-law,...

CARICOM heightens response to Haitian crisis

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM heightens response to Haitian crisis

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) moved its assistance to its earthquake devastated Member State, Haiti to another level with the deployment of a Tactical Mission to that country on Sunday. Last...

GDF cultivates “exotic” vegetables

Jan 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GDF cultivates “exotic” vegetables

The Guyana Defence Force Agriculture Corps has initiated a project which has, to date, delivered promising results in the cultivation of cauliflower and broccoli, two crops that are gaining...

Scores of nursing students being selected for training – Dr Ramsaran

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Scores of nursing students being selected for training – Dr Ramsaran

The notion of having local doctors tutor students of nursing has attracted some level of stubbornness on the part of tutors within the system, according to Minister within the Health Ministry, Dr...

Another community at Siriki

Jan 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Another community at Siriki

Food for the Poor constructed yet another village on the Essequibo Coast, this time at Siriki, Pomeroon. The houses which are already occupied were completed late last year. This is the second...

Pensioner dies after being dragged by minibus

Jan 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Pensioner dies after being dragged by minibus

Victorine Barrows, 81, of Roxanne Burnham Gardens, was pronounced dead after she was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corperation (GPHC) yesterday. According to sources, minibus BMM 2018 at...

Guyana United for Haiti concert set for Jan 22

Jan 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Guyana United for Haiti concert set for Jan 22

All stakeholders have a role to play in sharing, not just heart, but providing necessities as ‘our brothers’ keepers in Haiti says entertainer, Kerwin Bollers, as he announced plans for a mega...

Submerged excavator being dismantled to bring it ashore

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Submerged excavator being dismantled to bring it ashore

Workers yesterday continued their efforts to remove a sunken excavator from the Atlantic Ocean, aback of Pegasus Hotel. Using cables, the workers dismantled the bucket and other sections and dragged...

Earthquakes in diverse places

Jan 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Earthquakes in diverse places

Dear Editor, As a nation and people of this Republic we are deeply sock, horrified, heart-stricken, and even traumatized at this terrible, untold, and unforeseen disaster which struck Haiti. Claiming...

Race and politics in 2010

Jan 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Race and politics in 2010

Dear Editor, A national consultation must be held on race and politics in Guyana. The year must be 2010 and every ordinary Guyanese must participate. Every youth organisation, autonomous and...

Human Services Ministry investigating abuse of three-year-old

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Human Services Ministry investigating abuse of three-year-old

– father not ruled out as abuser The alleged abuse of a three-year-old child has now attracted the attention of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security. Last Sunday this newspaper...

Are we witnessing the birth or a new jurisprudence?

Jan 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Are we witnessing the birth or a new jurisprudence?

Dear Editor, It is not unknown that lots of wrong and irregular things are done, and no one appears concerned enough to try to correct same until they get beyond virtual control. Permit me to address...

Parika Backdam residents angry at neglect

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Parika Backdam residents angry at neglect

Residents of Parika Backdam are furious at what they say is Government neglect of the 1,500 persons who dwell there. They say that there are no proper roads, electricity, potable water or any...

Man buried without a post mortem examination

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man buried without a post mortem examination

… Sussex Street Canal body Even as relatives of 79-year-old, Victor Alexander Austin, continue to mourn his death they feel that the system is failing them because they may never know how he...

It is up to us that this history does not repeat itself

Jan 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on It is up to us that this history does not repeat itself

Dear Editor, Thanks to a distracting social environment, and an almost total State control of the media, too few of our people, the youths in particular, realise how the moral fabric of our society...

Health Ministry building capacity for suicide prevention

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry building capacity for suicide prevention

As the issue of suicide continues to gain the attention of the Health Ministry, a capacity building workshop for suicide prevention in Guyana will commence today at the Regency Suites hotel. The...

Janette Bulkan challenges Govt. to quote the ‘defamatory and slanderous correspondences’

Jan 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Janette Bulkan challenges Govt. to quote the ‘defamatory and slanderous correspondences’

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to the unsigned articles published in the Guyana Times (“Govt. objects to Suriname map with Guyana’s territory at World Bank forum”, January 16) and Kaieteur News...

Black Sigatoka was discovered to be a threat as early as 2005

Jan 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Black Sigatoka was discovered to be a threat as early as 2005

Dear Editor, In response to Mr. Rajendra Persaud’s letter captioned: “The Musa Disease Management Unit has been working vigorously to serve plantain and banana farmers” published in the SN of...

Digicel customers find $1.9M to conclude Merry Mansion Game show

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel customers find $1.9M to conclude Merry Mansion Game show

More than $1.9 million was found by Digicel customers to conclude the nine weeks of excitement on the Merry Mansion game show. And instead of only five getting into the mansion, all the contestants...

Pitbull menace in Queenstown

Jan 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Pitbull menace in Queenstown

Dear Editor, I am writing to draw public attention to the dangerous risk of attack by a pitbull dog in Crown Street, Queenstown. On Saturday January 16, this dog leapt over the chain link fence at...

Digicel Guyana donates remainder of Merry Mansion cash to Haiti relief fund

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel Guyana donates remainder of Merry Mansion cash to Haiti relief fund

In addition to the international donation of US$5M to assist with the international Haiti relief fund, the Guyana branch of Digicel has added $290,000 to the local drive. This amount represents cash...

Full speed ahead for the local government polls

Jan 19, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Full speed ahead for the local government polls

Local Government Elections seem to be on the cards. Word out of the Guyana Elections Commission is that these elections could be held by April. The period of claims and objections, late registration...

One Cocaine accused remanded, other granted bail

Jan 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on One Cocaine accused remanded, other granted bail

A couple allegedly found with cocaine at their home yesterday appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton to answer the charge of possession of narcotics. Adwin Bartlett, of 73 Lamaha Street...

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Regional titles decided as ExxonMobil U18 Championships continue...

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The ExxonMobil Under-18 Football Championships will continue on October 30 and 31, with fixtures scheduled across six districts as teams battle for regional honours and places in...

The King comes to a colony that never quite became free

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The King’s official visit to Guyana is an occasion for ceremony, the polishing of old silver and the remembering of a history that we might otherwise prefer to leave undisturbed. There will be speeches about friendship, partnership and the enduring bonds between our two...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Jagdeo’s PPP: PNC sensation, WIN, raw realities Pt I

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – PPP General Secretary, Cde Bharrat Jagdeo, showed again that he is one step ahead of the crowd. A PPP-PNC Xmas card. A neat package of joy. Has the potential to give hope, generate inspiration. Maybe even heal some long-festering national wounds. On the surface, what...

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