October 7, 2010 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Neesa laid to rest

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Neesa laid to rest

… relatives plead with killer(s) to give clue to find head Yesterday, former classmates, teachers, friends and relatives of 16-year-old Neesa Lalita Gopaul gathered at her grandparents Anna...

Same gun used in Charlestown, Stone Avenue executions

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Same gun used in Charlestown, Stone Avenue executions

Police have confirmed that one of the weapons used in Monday night’s execution-style killing in Stone Avenue, Campbellville was also used in the Charlestown slaying of Mark ‘Lil Mark’ Caesar...

Govt takes six months to approve ARV tender

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Govt takes six months to approve ARV tender

… IPA threatens to sue Minister Ramsammy over false accusation Chairman of the International Pharmaceutical Agency, Lloyd Singh, has given Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, 48 hours to revoke...

Dem boys seh… Beware dem big mustache man – Fip and Basil

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Beware dem big mustache man – Fip and Basil

Fip open he mouth wid Cathy and right away dem boys hear suh much lies that dem get giddy. De man talk how he build road but he never present heself fuh answer questions about which road and wheh dem...

Aspiring neurosurgeon Kelly Ann Persaud picks up major CSEC awards

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Aspiring neurosurgeon Kelly Ann Persaud picks up major CSEC awards

Aspiring neurosurgeon Kelly Ann Persaud yesterday walked away with the country’s top honours in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, when the Ministry of...

Sugar workers strike to protest reintroduction of “piece rate” system

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers strike to protest reintroduction of “piece rate” system

Thirty sugar cane workers from the mechanical tillage gang at the Wales Estate have been on strike since Monday last, over the implementation of the “piece rate” system. President of Guyana...

London-based Guyanese group mounts protest outside Russian Embassy, High Commission

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on London-based Guyanese group mounts protest outside Russian Embassy, High Commission

A group of London-based Guyanese upped the ante on Tuesday by taking its protest in front of the London Guyana High Commission and Russian Embassy. The protest is the continuing global appeal for...

Berbice woman jailed for four years, fined $2.8M

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice woman jailed for four years, fined $2.8M

Pulmattie Harricharran, 41, called Shorty, of Charles Place, New Amsterdam, was on Tuesday sentenced to four years in jail and fined a total of $2.8 million by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo. The woman,...

Cuban doctors down tools at Leonora Diagnostic Centre

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban doctors down tools at Leonora Diagnostic Centre

Several Cuban doctors and nurses walked off their duties yesterday at the Leonora Cottage Hospital because of a water problem at the facilities. Responding to complaints, Kaieteur News on a visit to...

Rescued newborn remains stable

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rescued newborn remains stable

The newborn boy who was rescued from a bushy yard, hours after his mother’s death, remains in stable condition. Sources at the Davis Memorial Hospital said that the newborn did not appear to have...

Rural Constables in custody for beating driver

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rural Constables in custody for beating driver

Police have arrested three Rural Constables attached to the South Turkeyen Community Policing Group following the severe beating they reportedly inflicted on 41-year-old Ronald Roberts early...

Air Services Ltd aircraft narrowly averts disaster

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Air Services Ltd aircraft narrowly averts disaster

Yesterday at approximately 9:30am a Cessna 208 Caravan operated by Air Services Limited run off the runway; reportedly after encountering a braking problem. This newspaper understands that the...

Sugar workers strike to protest reintroduction of “piece rate” system

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers strike to protest reintroduction of “piece rate” system

Thirty sugar cane workers from the mechanical tillage gang at the Wales Estate have been on strike since Monday last, over the implementation of the “piece rate” system. President of Guyana...

Bishops’ High School Board organises Staff Development Session

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bishops’ High School Board organises Staff Development Session

The new Board of The Bishops’ High School organised yet another Staff Development Session for its teachers prior to the beginning of the Christmas term 2010. Similar sessions were also ...

GNBS holds consultation on Draft Standardization Strategy

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS holds consultation on Draft Standardization Strategy

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) at its national consultation on the Draft Standardization Strategy at the Regency Suite, Hadfield Street, Georgetown, yesterday, said that consultation...

Former PC student admitted to local bar

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Former PC student admitted to local bar

Former President’s College student, Teshanna Natoya James, was yesterday admitted to the local bar after having her petition presented by former Magistrate Mrs. Kim Kyte- John before Chief Justice...

Guyana hammer USVI 5-1; Jamaica maul Grenada 6-1

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana hammer USVI 5-1; Jamaica maul Grenada 6-1

By Franklin Wilson The Caribbean Football Union World Under-20 qualifying Group C got off to a bang of a start at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last evening with the host team hammering the...

Missing pregnant woman found

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Missing pregnant woman found

Relatives of 28-year-old Oslyn Richards yesterday reported that the woman has been found unharmed. Richards, who is in the advanced stage of pregnancy, reportedly left her Lot 601 West Ruimveldt...

WWF Guianas to submit deforestation report next Tuesday

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on WWF Guianas to submit deforestation report next Tuesday

… Key mining impact study WWF Guianas will, next Tuesday, be presenting the results of an assessment done to determine the deforestation rates of small and medium scale mining in Guyana, the...

US takes assistance to Linden schools

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on US takes assistance to Linden schools

The U.S. Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP) yesterday donated several pieces of sports equipment and supplies to the education sector in the rural areas of Region Ten to the local...

NAACIE takes TPL to regulator

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on NAACIE takes TPL to regulator

– claims company breaching labour agreement The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) has clashed with Toolsie Persaud Group of Companies after...

Charity NDC moves to relocate vendors

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Charity NDC moves to relocate vendors

Yesterday was the deadline for the Charity vendors to discontinue vending on the shoulders of the Charity Public road. The result was that the vendors became adamant about moving to the tarmac aback...

Victim was shot twice – PM reveals

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Victim was shot twice – PM reveals

… Wismar shooting victim A post mortem examination conducted on the remains of 51-year-old Linden McPherson, yesterday, revealed that the man died from shock and hemorrhage due to gunshot...

Simon is new National draughts champion

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Simon is new National draughts champion

Carlton Simon was crowned the new champion when the annual National Draughts Championship was held last Saturday at the National Stadium. The tournament was played in three categories; A, B & C....

Jordan is last hope for C/wealth boxing medal

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jordan is last hope for C/wealth boxing medal

Following the losses of Middleweight boxer Devon Boatswain to Afaese Fata of Samoa and Lightweight Clevon Rock to England’s Thomas Stalker, Guyana’s last hope of a Commonwealth Games...

12 NEXT

Sammy to be appointed as West Indies Senior Men’s Head Coach for all formats

The oil industry is a casino of cash, power and corruption

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in her book, Blowout: “The oil and gas industry... more