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Where is the evidence?

Aug 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Where is the evidence?

Dear Editor, The PPP keeps saying it has done more for Buxton than the PNC had ever done. Other than Donald Ramotar trading words back and forth he has not provided the evidence to prove that the PPP...

Africanized bees kill farmer

Aug 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Africanized bees kill farmer

By Jenelle Carter Standing and watch your lifelong partner draw their last breath is by no means an easy experience, but it was something, 65-year-old Iris Singh was forced to endure as she stood by...

A ploy to squeeze private newspapers

Aug 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on A ploy to squeeze private newspapers

“It does not take a rocket scientist to understand the thrust behind the current position as it relates to Government advertisements being withheld from newspapers,” – Carberry Chief Whip...

Sandpit victim was bludgeoned, strangled

Aug 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sandpit victim was bludgeoned, strangled

By Latoya Giles A post mortem performed on the decomposing remains of Soesdyke resident Rafeek Khan has revealed that he was bludgeoned and strangled. Kaieteur News understands that Khan’s head...

Chaos at Kingston stelling after ferry breaks down

Aug 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Chaos at Kingston stelling after ferry breaks down

– 300-plus passengers stranded for 30 hours The MV Kimbia which operates the Port Kaituma, Essequibo route, broke down Thursday evening, forcing authorities to tow it back to the city and a...

‘Pants thief’ appears in court pants-less

Aug 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on ‘Pants thief’ appears in court pants-less

Appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday was Trevor Roland to answer the charges of breaking and entering as well as larceny. In a strange twist of fate, however, Roland stood in...

Dem boys seh…Everybody thiefing

Aug 28, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Everybody thiefing

People does talk bout thief and dem have people who does accuse de government of thiefing. But de Ministers does get vex and dem does threaten to sue. Since people talk ‘bout court dem boys does...

US Senator taps Guyanese for communications job

Aug 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on US Senator taps Guyanese for communications job

By Bevan Springer NEW YORK – Errol Cockfield, who was born in Guyana and also lived in Trinidad before emigrating to the United States at age 10, will run communications for Democrats in the...

70, 000 ID cards still uncollected

Aug 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on 70, 000 ID cards still uncollected

– as GECOM gears for 2011 General Elections With $254M spent in preparing for Local Government Elections that were never held, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is now getting in gear for...

Woman found dead at Anna Catherina

Aug 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman found dead at Anna Catherina

A popular resident of Anna Catherina on the West Coast of Demerara was found dead on the Public Road early yesterday morning. Reports are that body of 57-year-old Jasmine Persaud of Anna Catherina...

Insurance firm representing GNIC still to compensate victims

Aug 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Insurance firm representing GNIC still to compensate victims

Two years after a transformer tumbled off a truck and killed a minibus driver and a passenger, relatives of the victims are still awaiting compensation from those deemed responsible for the tragedy....

Buxton brouhaha shifting focus from wider issue at hand- Corbin

Aug 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Buxton brouhaha shifting focus from wider issue at hand- Corbin

“Today, it is fashionable for some idiots to say that Buxton is a criminal village; Buxtonians are criminals; Buxtonians are violent people of no worth. The People’s National Congress Reform and...

Is GT&T ripping us off with e-Magine broadband?

Aug 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Is GT&T ripping us off with e-Magine broadband?

DEAR EDITOR, GT&T because of its monopoly continues to hold this nation to ransom with its extremely high broadband charges. Yes we have seen a vast increase in speed but no we have not seen a...

Time Limit for Judicial Decisions Act 2009

Aug 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Time Limit for Judicial Decisions Act 2009

Dear Editor, I am taking this opportunity afforded by the columns of your newspaper to comment on The Time Limit for Judicial Decisions Act 2009, enacted recently by the Parliament of Guyana. The...

Regulators take on GPL over disconnections

Aug 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Regulators take on GPL over disconnections

– say company reneging on commitment Regulators of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) say that following several complaints over disconnections and bills, they are meeting with the company...

The neglect of higher education in Guyana

Aug 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The neglect of higher education in Guyana

Dear Editor, I respond to Dr. Prem Misir’s letter in Kaieteur News (22nd August, 2010) entitled: “Reforming higher Education with a reduced Budget.” In this letter Dr. Misir seeks to justify a...

MV Kimba breaks down

Aug 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on MV Kimba breaks down

-300 passengers affected The MV Kimba which operates the Mabaruma, Essequibo route, broke down yesterday, forcing authorities to tow it back to the city and a family to cancel a planned funeral....

I weep for my country while others pontificate from afar

Aug 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on I weep for my country while others pontificate from afar

Dear Editor, As one of our leaders said, “We have got an election to win, a people to foster, a country to develop, children to educate, old people to love and care for, the disabled to be made...

ICN brings expertise to simplify Nurses’ Practitioner legislation

Aug 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ICN brings expertise to simplify Nurses’ Practitioner legislation

A manual intended to help guide the way nurses operate locally, in accordance with the proposed Nurses’ Practitioner Bill, is currently in the making and is likely to be completed within a matter...

Samling refutes Norway’s state pension fund claims

Aug 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Samling refutes Norway’s state pension fund claims

Sarawak-based Samling Global Ltd. has refuted its former investor Norwegian Pension Fund’s (NPF) claims that the group had repeatedly breached regulations of its timber activities in Sarawak and...

An appeal to East Indian intellectuals; try revisionism

Aug 28, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An appeal to East Indian intellectuals; try revisionism

There have been two letters recently in both independent dailies: one in brief reference to the sixties, the other on the nature of Dr. Jagan’s politics. Both analyses repeated long held...

Unitary opposition slate at the next general election is a critical component

Aug 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Unitary opposition slate at the next general election is a critical component

Dear Editor, Mr. Sasenarine Singh’s presentation (“Why blame the AFC for reading ….” Kaieteur News, 25/08/10) is essentially a rehash of the fundamentally flawed traditional PPP...

We are promoting dishonesty

Aug 28, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on We are promoting dishonesty

About a decade ago, singer Rudy Grant moved to the courts to protest what he saw as the copyright infringement of a song he had composed. A local advertising agency had used this song in one of its...

Audit ordered on MRL’s records

Aug 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Audit ordered on MRL’s records

– rice production set to better 2009 Authorities have ordered an audit of the books of Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL) to determine how much is actually owed to farmers. This was disclosed...

GDF claw back to draw with Alpha 2-2; Gelder de Kourou 1, Inter Moengotapoe 1

Aug 28, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GDF claw back to draw with Alpha 2-2; Gelder de Kourou 1, Inter Moengotapoe 1

By Franklin Wilson Fans witnessing day two of the 3rd Inter Guiana Club Football Championship had their monies worth with both games ending in exhilarating draws yesterday afternoon at the GCC Ground...

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Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more