October 26, 2010

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Baby dies in locked car

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Baby dies in locked car

– former headmistress remembers child three hours later When the car that normally transport two-year-old Radain Wilson to school did not turn up and the bicycle his brother normally uses in...

GPHC launches investigation into nurse’s death

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC launches investigation into nurse’s death

A preliminary report on the death of Nurse Charlene Amsterdam is expected to be available on Thursday, according to release from the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday afternoon. Amsterdam, 40, of...

Cops question two youths about Linden ‘kidnapping’

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cops question two youths about Linden ‘kidnapping’

– ‘victim’ being monitored at city hospital Police have detained two young men from Blue Berry Hill, Wismar, as they seek to verify claims by 16-year-old Alicia McAllister that she was...

Former headmistress, 61, commits suicide

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Former headmistress, 61, commits suicide

Years of abuse and evidently no appeasing resolution, may have been the main factors which drove a 61-year-old retired teacher, Julie Ramlall, to suicide. Her husband, Deolall Ramlall, was at his...

Suspected trigger man nabbed

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected trigger man nabbed

… Murdered GPL security boss A man believed to be the individual who pulled the trigger killing former Guyana Power and Light security boss, Clifford Peters, has reportedly been arrested. This...

Dem boys seh… Bharrat to be Ambassador Al Kuwaiti

Oct 26, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Bharrat to be Ambassador Al Kuwaiti

Guyana opening embassy in Kuwait. De news mek dem boys smile. No Guyanese live in Kuwait and Guyanese hardly go there suh dem boys want know why open de embassy. Is not like de Kuwaitis gun use it...

State reinstitutes murder charge against Carolan Lynch

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on State reinstitutes murder charge against Carolan Lynch

Former beauty queen, Carolan Lynch, is expected to report to court on Wednesday before Magistrate Priya Beharry, after she failed to appear in court yesterday as her matter was called up. The charge...

95 per cent of Amerindians were without secondary education in 1992 – Jagdeo

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 95 per cent of Amerindians were without secondary education in 1992 – Jagdeo

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that 95 percent of Amerindian children could not dream of a secondary education when the ruling People’s Progress Party/Civic took office in October...

Jagdeo says ‘silly, useless’ World Bank officials stalling Norway funds

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo says ‘silly, useless’ World Bank officials stalling Norway funds

– Parliamentarian says World Bank ensuring ‘the proper way’ The government yesterday said that it will use the first set of money from a US$250 million forest-saving deal with Norway to...

Seaman’s friends beat, rob him

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Seaman’s friends beat, rob him

A 27-year-old seaman was viciously attacked and robbed at Montrose on Friday, last, after hanging out with friends at the Ocean View Hotel. Trevor Achia of 381 Good Hope, East Coast Demerara was...

$100M MRL case … Contempt action filed against Demerara Bank

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $100M MRL case … Contempt action filed against Demerara Bank

A court case in the continuing saga of Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL) has taken a twist with one Essequibo rice farmer taking filing contempt charges against Demerara Bank Limited for not honouring a...

Doctor shortage hits East Coast hospital

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor shortage hits East Coast hospital

The Dr CC Nicholson Memorial Hospital is currently functioning with only one medic, who is administrating the duties and functions of the hospital. The institution has been without a doctor since...

Guyana joins lobby to totally ban cigarette ads

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana joins lobby to totally ban cigarette ads

Efforts to reduce cigarette smoking in Guyana has gained momentum with government and CARICOM health official agreeing to join lobbying efforts to greenlight a regional labeling standard. According...

Draft legislation taking longer than expected – Dr Luncheon

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Draft legislation taking longer than expected – Dr Luncheon

… Freedom of Information Bill Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, says that the drafting of the Freedom of Information legislation along with the Broadcast Bill is taking...

Guyana to set up Embassy in Kuwait

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to set up Embassy in Kuwait

… upgrades representation in Brazil Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, yesterday announced that Guyana has taken a decision to establish an embassy in oil rich Kuwait. This...

12-year-old reunited with family

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 12-year-old reunited with family

… Sophia baby’s death The 12-year-old lad who was detained since last Wednesday following the death of a 17-month-old baby in Sophia has been reunited with his family. The child’s mother,...

Group in Diaspora formed to support David Granger

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Group in Diaspora formed to support David Granger

A group of Guyanese in North America has formed what its members call ‘Guyanese United For Change’, (GUFC), and has announced its support for Retired Brigadier David Granger’s bid for...

Court hands down $5M judgment against Region Three admin, contractor

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Court hands down $5M judgment against Region Three admin, contractor

… sued for trespassing, damaging crops on Hogg Island farm A court has awarded a Charlestown businessman over $5M in an eight-year-old case filed against the Region Three administration and a...

Media workshop on HIV/AIDS reduction ends on high note

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Media workshop on HIV/AIDS reduction ends on high note

A two-day media workshop on Guyana HIV/AIDS Reduction and Prevention Project Phase 2 ended on Sunday at the (GHARP II) at the Lot 266 Forshaw Street, Queenstown, Georgetown office. The facilitators...

Grace Kennedy gives customers early Christmas

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Grace Kennedy gives customers early Christmas

Christmas is in the air and Grace Kennedy Remittance Services (Guyana) Ltd. will be celebrating with the first batch of their ‘Christmas in October’, today, at its 19 C Water Street office from...

Study shows sex stereotypes still linger

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Study shows sex stereotypes still linger

By Rabindra Rooplall Today, more than 25 years into the AIDS epidemic, gender inequality and unequal power relations among women and men continue to have a significant influence on the HIV epidemic....

Guyana secures €500M for sugar protocol ACP countries

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana secures €500M for sugar protocol ACP countries

Guyana has successfully sourced some 500M euros for the 18 former sugar protocol countries in the African Caribbean and Pacific countries. The money will be paid out between the period 2011 and 2013....

Community Policing Group hosted dental outreach

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Community Policing Group hosted dental outreach

The Cummings Lodge Policing Group (CPC) hosted a dental outreach programme for the residents of Cummings Lodge, Industry and Ogle. The programme which started on Saturday, last, was held at Cummings...

Three Banks DIH employees injured in road accident

Oct 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Three Banks DIH employees injured in road accident

Shawn Peters, 35, of Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara, Quincy Marshall, 25, and Tony Ramcharran, all employees of Banks DIH Limited, were returning from Berbice, when they met with an accident...

ERC engages hundreds during hinterland visits

Oct 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on ERC engages hundreds during hinterland visits

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) recently conducted an intense four-day visit to Regions One, Eight and Nine where hundreds of persons were engaged in several activities aimed at promoting...

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Golden Jaguars maul Cayman Islands 6-0 to close in on Gold Cup return

Nov 13, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Golden Jaguars delivered a commanding statement of intent, dismantling the Cayman Islands 6-0 yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, West Demerara,...

A quick count is not an exit poll!

Nov 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A few days ago, I heard a former APNU+AFC official speaking about the 1992 general elections and repeating the familiar allegation that those elections were rigged. In attempting to discredit the findings of the Carter Center, he referred to its quick count as an exit poll,...

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...

Chairman Smith-a man to regard

Nov 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I tip my hat to the Barima Commission of Inquiry Chair, Justice Godfrey Smith. This is how real men differentiate themselves. Under duress from the U.S. visa revocation action meted out against him, he offered his resignation. Some of the qualms I had of this Belizean...

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