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First day after 18-yrs man returns to Guyana, shot dead by bandits

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on First day after 18-yrs man returns to Guyana, shot dead by bandits

A US-based Guyanese was last evening shot dead by bandits, hours after he returned home for a one-week vacation with his wife. Dead is Roopnatine Ramodit, 59. He was shot dead at Chuk Street, Clifton...

Jailed Indonesian tax official, family had fake Guyanese passports

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jailed Indonesian tax official, family had fake Guyanese passports

– claims CIA agent arranged them An Indonesian tax official who was jailed yesterday in a high profile case in that country for bribery had acquired fake Guyana passports and from all...

Trucks collide at Bartica

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trucks collide at Bartica

Another accident occurred on the road ways of Bartica, yesterday, around 12:45 hours at the junction of Sixth Avenue and Third Street, Bartica. This accident involved a Bedford army type...

Granny, 82, dies after police raid

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Granny, 82, dies after police raid

An Albouystown family is convinced that the actions of the police on Tuesday night caused the death of 82-year-old Gloria St. John. The elderly woman collapsed shortly after heavily armed police...

Exporter abducted by business partner

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Exporter abducted by business partner

Police are hunting for three men who allegedly abducted a Campbellville businessman to demand monies owed to one of them. Mark Luke Edwards, 31, of Lot ‘E’ Enachu Street, Campbellville reported...

Sugar workers on fifth day of strike

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers on fifth day of strike

An early start of cane harvesting in the sugar industry continues to be dogged by strikes with more than 1,000 Rose Hall workers reportedly on their fifth day of strike yesterday. With Guyana setting...

Govt vows to remove obstacles to Afro Guyanese development

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt vows to remove obstacles to Afro Guyanese development

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday promised that his government will remove obstacles to the development of African people wherever it is found, as Rastafarians called for job creation and hope for...

Dem boys seh… Kwame dress up like wan African bride

Jan 20, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Kwame dress up like wan African bride

Was a big ceremony at de launching of de programme to launch a year of activities to recognise people of African descent. That mean that all dem douglah, mulatto, santantone, and bovianda get...

Budget allocates $15.9 Billion for security sector

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Budget allocates $15.9 Billion for security sector

A whopping $15.9 billion has been allocated for enhancing security and for the Justice Public Safety and Security systems. This disclosure was made by Finance Minister Ashni Singh, at Monday’s...

Le Repentir bandits attack Sussex St. couple

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Le Repentir bandits attack Sussex St. couple

Two armed bandits used the cover of the Le Repentir Cemetery to launch an attack on a couple on Sussex street on Tuesday night then used the same route to make good their escape. Unwattie Dalli, 38,...

Banks DIH reports another record-breaking year for profits

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH reports another record-breaking year for profits

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banks DIH, Clifford Reis, will this Saturday at the Annual General Meeting, report to shareholders of the company that they have recorded a profit before tax of...

Le Repentir landfill site set for closure next month – Finance Minister

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Le Repentir landfill site set for closure next month – Finance Minister

The management of solid waste in the city has posed several challenges in terms of disposal. In this regard the Le Repentir landfill site will continue to receive solid waste until next month after...

RETRACTION

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on RETRACTION

In yesterday’s edition of Kaieteur News a story titled “$111M disparity in bids to repair West Coast Demerara Public Road” was carried on pages two and six. We wish to point out that on page...

Yuri Chandisingh steps down as CEO-GWI’s officials

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Yuri Chandisingh steps down as CEO-GWI’s officials

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI), Yuri Chandisingh, is set to step down from the helm of that state-owned agency. GWI officials confirmed that Chandisingh, who was appointed to...

GECOM Chairman briefs Private Sector Commission

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairman briefs Private Sector Commission

Dr. Steve Surujbally, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) briefed Representatives of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) about the status of the preparations for the conduct of the...

NCERD moves to enhance science and technology in schools

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on NCERD moves to enhance science and technology in schools

The Ministry of Education’s National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) in collaboration with the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO),...

Missing Sandy yet to be found

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Missing Sandy yet to be found

The missing four year-old, Sandy Seeratten who was allegedly abducted by her father several weeks ago is yet to be found. Ishwantie Persaud, who resides at lot 94 Logwood, Enmore East Coast Demerara,...

$9.1B for agri sector

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $9.1B for agri sector

– Abattoir construction, more credit facilities this year The country’s National Budget this year has released to the agriculture sector some $9.1 billion which represents a 35 percent...

Guyanese missing on Suriname/French Guiana border reportedly found alive

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese missing on Suriname/French Guiana border reportedly found alive

Three days after he disappeared while trying to enter French Guiana illegally, Ramdat Ramrattan has been found alive, much to the relief of relatives here. Word out of French Guiana is that...

GECOM Chairman not daunted by GLDA fallout

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairman not daunted by GLDA fallout

Following the fallout from his appointment as Chairman to the recently established Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), head of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve...

Linden teen heads to NOC for two years

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Linden teen heads to NOC for two years

A 14-year-old Linden resident will spend the next two years at the New Opportunity Corps. The sentencing was imposed by Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty, who confessed to having difficulties trying to...

Heavenly Angels upset Number 68 All Stars to earn quarterfinal berth

Jan 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Heavenly Angels upset Number 68 All Stars to earn quarterfinal berth

Heavenly Angels crushed Number 68 All Stars by 6 wickets and earned the right to represent the Berbice zone in the impending quarterfinals when play in the Regal Stationery and Computer Centre...

Sophia man found with gun, ammo and stolen Blackberry

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia man found with gun, ammo and stolen Blackberry

Gordon Klien of Sophia, Georgetown, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to charges ranging from unlawful possession of gun and...

Modernizing the Justice Administration

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Modernizing the Justice Administration

Last year, Government allocated some $1.5 billion which according to Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, was spent on upgrading the infrastructure in the justice system which resulted in the completion...

Chopped in neck, Guyanese woman dies in Trinidad

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chopped in neck, Guyanese woman dies in Trinidad

Trinidad Express- Another woman has been killed as a result of domestic violence. The victim, Guyanese national, Patricia Duncan, 41, last employed as a security guard at a Sea Lots fish processing...

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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