February 2010 - Page 4 of 46

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Man alleges fraud by express shipping service

Feb 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man alleges fraud by express shipping service

A citizen of the United States of America came to Kaieteur News frustrated and alleged that Eggi’s Express Shipping had robbed him of two fridges, four barrels and a box. He even blamed the...

Drop box placed at GRA’s office for Employer’s Returns

Feb 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Drop box placed at GRA’s office for Employer’s Returns

A large number of Employer’s tax returns have still not been submitted and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has put systems in place to give businesses and others the possibility of doing so over...

Support slow in coming after EU sugar reform – Odeen Ishmael

Feb 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Support slow in coming after EU sugar reform – Odeen Ishmael

The Guyana Government is concerned over the European Union’s slow pace of delivery of accompanying measures under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which replaced the preferential sugar...

The betrayal of the PPP’s stated ideology and Jagan’s legacy

Feb 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The betrayal of the PPP’s stated ideology and Jagan’s legacy

Dear Editor, I was listening to the television broadcast of the budget speech when during the presentation of Basil Williams of the PNCR, as he was dealing with the wages of the working people,...

Laws against homosexual and transgender activity exist for a number of good reasons

Feb 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Laws against homosexual and transgender activity exist for a number of good reasons

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by “UG-Student” in the Kaieteur News of February 25, 2010 captioned “The Negative Aspects of Homosexuality are due to Society’s Attitude”, and would...

Anthony B arrives

Feb 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Anthony B arrives

Ready to offer positive vibes at Mash Explosion tonight Jamaican artiste Keith ‘Anthony B’ Blair of ‘Tease her and please her’ fame has arrived in Guyana and is ready to create a post ‘Mash...

Guyana hosts Republic anniversary in China

Feb 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana hosts Republic anniversary in China

The Guyana Embassy in Beijing hosted a 40th Republic Anniversary Reception and Guyanese Fashion Show on Tuesday, in Beijing, China. The event was attended by Mr. Li Jinzhang, Vice Minister of the...

From Jamaica with love

Feb 27, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on From Jamaica with love

The Pan-American Health Organisation paid a Jamaican consultant to analyse why Guyana’s nurses are on the move outside of Guyana. I suppose the lady meant well. After all, in the Caribbean group of...

Memories of a Guyanese Phagwah

Feb 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Memories of a Guyanese Phagwah

Dear Editor, Phagwah is being officially observed on Monday as a national holiday. I have fond memories about Phagwah while growing up in Guyana. The mood was joyful and the festival was celebrated...

When, boy when?

Feb 27, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on When, boy when?

Guyana had elevators in the seventies. But not many people got to ride on these because they were not located in places in which large numbers of citizens frequented. Burnham’s blackouts soon...

A change has got to come

Feb 27, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A change has got to come

Everyone talks about the need for a change among the people of Guyana; a change in thought, a change in attitude and even a change in perception. The world is changing at an alarming rate and...

Let us go back to basics, Dr. Randy

Feb 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us go back to basics, Dr. Randy

Dear Editor, I suspect one Dr. Randy Persaud was not clear on my public position that the 2010 national budget lacks inspiration and offers minimal benefits to the working class in Guyana. One cannot...

Brazilian cop killer faces jail time here

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Brazilian cop killer faces jail time here

Police have informed that a 19-year-old man wanted for the murder of a Brazilian policeman will most likely have to serve his time in Guyana if he is convicted of simple larceny, for which he was...

Ramjattan apologises to National Assembly

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Ramjattan apologises to National Assembly

…as Housing Minister refuses to speak further on contentious $4B Yesterday’s sitting of the National Assembly commenced with an apology to the House by Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj...

$600M in rice ‘saved by interventions’

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on $600M in rice ‘saved by interventions’

Authorities mull waiver of taxes, D&I fees for farmers An estimated $600M worth in rice under threat from the dry conditions brought on by the El Niño phenomenon, has been saved from damage...

ND&S furniture store, house gutted

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on ND&S furniture store, house gutted

By Sharmain Cornette They were able to escape with merely the clothes on their backs and the keys to their cars before a massive conflagration gutted their home and place of business, nonetheless the...

Banks DIH, Digicel rule Mash Day road parade

Feb 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH, Digicel rule Mash Day road parade

There is yet to be an announcement of who is the designer of the year, but after all the revelry for the nation’s 40th Republic Anniversary, Banks DIH and Digicel emerged as the major prize winners...

Republic Bank launches ‘Customer Panel’

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Republic Bank launches ‘Customer Panel’

Yesterday afternoon at their headquarters on New Market Street, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited launched a new customer-oriented service programme called the ‘Customer Panel’ as part of their...

Essequibo robbery suspect squeals on accomplices

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Essequibo robbery suspect squeals on accomplices

Police have apprehended two men in connection with Monday night’s robbery of a Mainstay, Essequibo family. One of the men, 19-year-old Munesh Ramsaroop of Columbia Village, Essequibo Coast, was...

St Margaret’s Primary hosts successful Heritage Day activities

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on St Margaret’s Primary hosts successful Heritage Day activities

The staccato beat of African drumming greeted the ear from as far as two blocks away from St Margaret’s Primary School as teachers and students of the Grade Four Level of that institution...

Final cost for Govt. fibre optic cable still to be determined – Dr Luncheon

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Final cost for Govt. fibre optic cable still to be determined – Dr Luncheon

By Gary Eleazar Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon, during a post cabinet press briefing, stated that the final cost for the fibre optic to be landed in Guyana from Brazil by the...

Burglars hit TEXACO gas station

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Burglars hit TEXACO gas station

Proprietor of the TEXACO Vlissengen Road branch, Steven Chung, told this newspaper that early yesterday morning he missed several calls from an employee and when he eventually did manage to answer,...

Police destroy another ganja field in Berbice River

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Police destroy another ganja field in Berbice River

Police in the ancient county continued their crackdown on marijuana cultivation in the Berbice River with the destruction of a six-acre field at Gateroy yesterday The field comprised approximately...

One more held, two released on station bail

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on One more held, two released on station bail

One more person has been taken into custody, as the police continue their investigations into the murder of 65-year-old remigrant, Iswar Mithu, of Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara. A police source...

GSIP hands over safe injection project to GPHC

Feb 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GSIP hands over safe injection project to GPHC

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation yesterday became the formal custodian for the Guyana Safe Injection Project (GSIP) even as plans for the over four-year venture phases out. GSIP which was...