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KNews online hits surpass 100,000 daily

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on KNews online hits surpass 100,000 daily

Recently, online readership for the Kaieteur News has soared past the 100,000 mark. And the number of hits recorded daily keeps increasing. Earlier this week the number of hits reached 131,000. This...

Bouterse protected Roger Khan

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bouterse protected Roger Khan

– illegally travelled to Guyana several times – Dutch news President of Suriname, Desi Bouterse, had forged drug ties with convicted Guyanese drug dealer, Shaheed “Roger” Khan shortly...

Detective’s murder… Reputed wife leads cops to sledgehammer

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Detective’s murder… Reputed wife leads cops to sledgehammer

Police investigating the murder of Detective Constable Igris Blackman have taken possession of a sledgehammer that was reportedly used to smash the policeman’s skull. Kaieteur News understands that...

NICIL transfers public property to PM, Queens Atlantic, 28 others

Jan 23, 2011 knews News Comments Off on NICIL transfers public property to PM, Queens Atlantic, 28 others

Last year, the state-owned National Industrial, Commercial and Investments Limited (NICIL) handled an estimated 30 properties but no sale prices have been disclosed or monies transferred to...

Sophia father of five stabbed to death at his residence

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia father of five stabbed to death at his residence

A combination of long existing family feuds and dispute over personal properties led to the demise of 32-year old Shane Rodney, of Lot 68 Section A Sophia. The father of five was stabbed to death in...

Wife dies, Digicel employee and family hospitalised after collision

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Wife dies, Digicel employee and family hospitalised after collision

(By Rabindra Rooplall and Abena Rockcliffe) Walter Denny, 40, of 78 Costello Housing Scheme, La Penitence, the driver of minibus BKK 642, lost his wife when his vehicle collided with HB 8626 driven...

Dem boys seh…Hold on to yuh underwear

Jan 23, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Hold on to yuh underwear

Last week dem people tackle dem stalls at La Penitence market. All dem stalls was full because Christmas just done and some things didn’t sell. De stalls get demolish and de goods get removed. Dem...

The man who built the Harbour Bridge Joseph Holder, A.A., is a ‘Special Person’

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on The man who built the Harbour Bridge Joseph Holder, A.A., is a ‘Special Person’

By Leonard Gildarie “I don’t have a problem with people considering me as that (a role model). But what I say to young people and especially young engineers, is that if you have to do something,...

Indonesia sends team to Guyana to check “Gayus” passport

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Indonesia sends team to Guyana to check “Gayus” passport

Indonesian authorities have announced that they have sent investigators to Guyana to check the authenticity of passports which bear the likeness of convicted tax official, Gayus Tambunan and his...

Education Officer’s son accused of sodomising three-year-old neighbour

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Education Officer’s son accused of sodomising three-year-old neighbour

Victim’s mother pressured to take compensation Life for a 30-year-old mother who resides on East Coast Demerara was normal prior to January 14, last, when her three-year-old son was sodomised by...

PPP candidates to ‘faceoff’ before Executive Committee in three weeks

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PPP candidates to ‘faceoff’ before Executive Committee in three weeks

Five senior members of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) who are vying to be the Presidential candidate in an historic race, are expected to present their case in as little as three weeks...

Jagdeo rejected authentic African Organisation at IYPAD launch – PNCR

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo rejected authentic African Organisation at IYPAD launch – PNCR

Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo reportedly rejected the call by the authentic African organisations in Guyana for a postponement until a mutually agreed upon “National Programme for the UN’s Year...

All Singh at DCB elections

Jan 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on All Singh at DCB elections

– January 28 set for legitimacy ruling The two breakaway factions of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) as ordered by Judge Rishi Persaud held their respective elections yesterday, at different...

Guyana going all out for morale boosting win against Netherlands Antilles

Jan 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana going all out for morale boosting win against Netherlands Antilles

By Franklin Wilson in Suriname In Association with Fazia’s Collection, Len’s Craft Optical and Lifetime Reality With the local team out of the reckoning as regards to qualifying for the CONCACAF...

Trinidadian remanded to prison for Guyanese woman’s murder

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidadian remanded to prison for Guyanese woman’s murder

…Victim flown back to Guyana for burial The man accused of killing 41-year-old Patricia Duncan has been remanded to prison in Trinidad days after the incident. According to reports from the...

Horses arrive to do battle as growth in sport continues

Jan 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horses arrive to do battle as growth in sport continues

Samuel Whyte With the start of the 2011/2012 horse racing season just a mere week away, most racing Stables, owners, grooms and other connections have almost completed preparation for the start of...

The time for change is now!

Jan 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on The time for change is now!

By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Leisure Inn, GSL, Queensway & Dave’s West Indian Imports (NY) Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same...

Don’t promote students willy nilly — Education officials

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t promote students willy nilly — Education officials

Senior education officials within the Ministry of Education (MOE) have come down hard on school managers in Berbice for their ad hoc promotion of students to new grades. The officials expressed...

Drowned Guyanese twin laid to rest

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Drowned Guyanese twin laid to rest

Newsday, Trinidad- The pain of the loss of her twin sons who drowned in Mayaro last Sunday, was too much for Ramona Baldi to bear. As a result, she collapsed several times between their coffins...

Selfishness is suffocating this nation!

Jan 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Selfishness is suffocating this nation!

Dear Editor, Thursday 20th January, 2011 started as any normal day with the usual home engagements prior to leaving for work on our very overcrowded, busy streets. However, two incidents occurred...

Rice farmers need their money

Jan 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Rice farmers need their money

Dear Editor, What more can I say? When it’s the weather, it’s pricing and when it’s not that, it’s us farmers being put under pressure due to non-payment from the Mahaicony Rice Mill (MRL)....

Corbin should fade away in the interest of his party and country

Jan 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Corbin should fade away in the interest of his party and country

Dear Editor, What is it about old, over-the-hill fighters that they don’t know when they’re beaten? We see it all the time with professional boxers, even with our own Terrence Ali; is it the...

Impending general elections must be trigger process of development

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Impending general elections must be trigger process of development

By Michael Benjamin Guyanese, it would seem, are prepared to do almost anything to migrate to America. It matters not to them that they would be squatting in another country devoid of an identity; it...

Narco agents come up blank after taking passenger off flight

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Narco agents come up blank after taking passenger off flight

Drug agents of the police anti narcotics unit came up blank yesterday when they detained an outgoing passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on a suspicion that he had swallowed...

Mr. Freddie Kissoon has sought refuge in a redefinition of oligarchy

Jan 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Freddie Kissoon has sought refuge in a redefinition of oligarchy

Dear Editor, Wisely, rather than considering the issues raised in my response to him (“Who says organisation says oligarchy”: (Kaieteur News 18/01/11), Mr. Kissoon has sought refuge in a...