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Exposing corruption puts you in the opposition camp

Feb 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Exposing corruption puts you in the opposition camp

Govt. will be brought to account for its misdeeds – Greenidge

Feb 11, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Govt. will be brought to account for its misdeeds – Greenidge

“Project seems headed for another scandal of immense proportions” “With every passing day, the PPP/C Administration’s contempt for the people of Guyana reaches new heights.” This opinion...

Students’ sex video circulates in President’s College

Feb 11, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Students’ sex video circulates in President’s College

– Fifth formers suspended The administrators of President’s College have suspended two Fifth Form students following the circulation of a video of them having sex in the school’s Home...

Guyana not contacted by investigators – Crime Chief

Feb 11, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Guyana not contacted by investigators – Crime Chief

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said that the serial numbers on the passports found in the possession of a jailed Indonesian tax official and his family were not Guyana passport numbers. “We have no...

Talks underway for C/wealth observer mission

Feb 11, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Talks underway for C/wealth observer mission

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is engaging the Commonwealth Secretariat over the possibility of an observer group to monitor the upcoming General Elections. According to GECOM yesterday, key...

Couple charged with abducting Scotiabank seize-man

Feb 11, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Couple charged with abducting Scotiabank seize-man

A couple, who allegedly abducted a bailiff for Scotiabank as he attempted to repossess a vehicle, was yesterday charged with the offence of wrongful confinement. Earl Fredericks, 32, and his reputed...

Dem boys seh…Beware of dem official call cards

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Beware of dem official call cards

Call cards is something that important people does give out because dem want people to contact dem. Is not something that dem does share out wild, because dem same card can lose dem value. Ministers...

Enterprise taxi driver murder trial commences

Feb 11, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Enterprise taxi driver murder trial commences

– Jury empanelled, opening statements set for today By Latoya Giles A mixed jury was empanelled before Justice Winston Patterson, as the murder trial for a man accused of killing Enterprise...

Ithaca wife killer pleads guilty to manslaughter

Feb 11, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Ithaca wife killer pleads guilty to manslaughter

Gladstone Williamson, the man accused of butchering his reputed wife and maiming her daughter and her niece on May 8, 2009, at the woman’s home at Ithaca, West Bank Berbice, on Wednesday pleaded...

Gajanand Singh replaces injured Johnson in Guyana squad

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gajanand Singh replaces injured Johnson in Guyana squad

But no cricket expected at waterlogged Bourda By Sean Devers Leon Johnson has been replaced in the Guyana squad by fellow left-hander Gajanand Singh due to a finger injury but the possibility of any...

Bissoon Singh faction prohibited from performing DCB duties

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bissoon Singh faction prohibited from performing DCB duties

GCB to look at issue today By Sean Devers Justice James Bovell Drakes yesterday issued an order in the High Court prohibiting the Bissoon Singh faction of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) from...

Avon heist suspects to face armed robbery, gun possession charges

Feb 11, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Avon heist suspects to face armed robbery, gun possession charges

The three suspects in Wednesday’s $1M heist at the Beauty and Home System have been positively identified and are likely to appear in court today. A police official said that the men were picked...

New President/Secretary to be installed as Netball Association stages its AGM

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on New President/Secretary to be installed as Netball Association stages its AGM

A new executive to conduct the affairs of the Guyana Netball Association (GNA) will be elected when the various clubs cast their ballots for the next dispensation on Sunday February 27. When...

Guyanese boxer creating waves in the USA

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese boxer creating waves in the USA

On verge of world title shot By Michael Benjamin February 18th 2001 would forever remain indelibly etched on the minds and hearts of all Guyanese. It was on this date that Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis...

PNCR wary of ERC Chairman’s involvement in election process

Feb 11, 2011 knews News Comments Off on PNCR wary of ERC Chairman’s involvement in election process

The PNCR has written to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) expressing its concern over the involvement of the “purported Chairman” of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), allegedly, on its...

Queens College host Inter-Form TT tournament

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Queens College host Inter-Form TT tournament

– NSC Mashramani challenge starts today On the heels of the annual National Sports Commission (NSC)/Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Mashramani tournament, which starts this afternoon at...

City Hall concerned about effects of rainfall in Georgetown

Feb 11, 2011 knews News Comments Off on City Hall concerned about effects of rainfall in Georgetown

Over the last 24 hours, Georgetown experienced in excess of four inches of rainfall. This combined with the incidence of a high tide and indiscriminate littering served to allow overtopping in...

If this trend continues the remigrant programme will suffer

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on If this trend continues the remigrant programme will suffer

Dear Editor, Everyday I log on to read the News online out of Guyana, and everyday, the stories are predictably the same: The government is accused of misusing taxpayers’ money; a road or bridge...

Guyana Sevens ready to seize big chance

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Sevens ready to seize big chance

Guyanese Rugby is readying itself for another quantum leap forward tomorrow, in terms of both competitive action and spreading the Rugby gospel. When Theo Henry and his countrymen stride out at...

The media and political parties have failed to unite the nation

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The media and political parties have failed to unite the nation

Dear Editor, As I read the Editorial, (Kaieteur News, 05-02-11) captioned, “Getting Left Behind”, I found myself asking, what is the purpose of this piece of writing’ and as I got to the end, I...

GFF 2010 list of honorees – part 2

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF 2010 list of honorees – part 2

Kaieteur Sport is pleased to feature two more of the five honorees that were recognised by the Guyana Football Federation for exceptional service to football over the years. We first featured...

Choosing a presidential candidate in a democratic way

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Choosing a presidential candidate in a democratic way

Dear Editor, The PPP has issued a release saying that so far five of their prominent members have offered themselves as presidential candidates. The easiest, most democratic and acceptable way of...

We need our own clinical standards for diagnosis

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need our own clinical standards for diagnosis

Dear Editor, Every so often, it is reported that our health care cost is getting higher. One of the reasons for this could be the prescription of too much of unnecessary medications. We are following...

“Fatboy” sentencing postponed

Feb 11, 2011 knews News Comments Off on “Fatboy” sentencing postponed

– Probation report not ready Sentencing has been postponed in the case of 32-year-old Taijpaul Nankishore called “Fatboy”, since the probation report which was ordered had not been...

Alpha to host Antigua’s Bassa Sports Club; Milerock play Suriname’s Intermoengatopoe

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha to host Antigua’s Bassa Sports Club; Milerock play Suriname’s Intermoengatopoe

With the kick off of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship just over one month away, the fixtures have been released by the CFU. Top Guyana side Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United will...

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A call for more cultural centres

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Burnham’s decision to divert the Indian Immigration Fund towards constructing the National... more