February 13, 2011 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Teacher’s throat slit

Feb 13, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Teacher’s throat slit

– lover on the run By Latoya Giles and Tiffany Bowen “I turned 70 last month and I thanked the father that all my children were alive…..now this come and happen. How am I gonna cope with...

Winning Region 10 Calypso ‘Kaieteur News’ in the run for National Competition

Feb 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Winning Region 10 Calypso ‘Kaieteur News’ in the run for National Competition

The lyrics were completed within three hours of being conceptualised but were hard hitting enough to create a stir among the audience and the panel of judges. It secured the first place spot when the...

$3B Hope Canal – $1B saved, $614M spent

Feb 13, 2011 knews News Comments Off on $3B Hope Canal – $1B saved, $614M spent

… “productive use of money” – Jagdeo The government could realise over a billion dollar in savings on Hope Canal. This was according to a statement by President Bharrat Jagdeo at a press...

Mother fears losing property as daughter skips bail

Feb 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mother fears losing property as daughter skips bail

A compassionate mother from Port Mourant, Berbice stands to lose her entire estate if her daughter does not show up for court this week. The woman’s daughter, Farida Nohar, who is before the court...

Dedicated Pulmonologist, Dr Moti Lall, CCH, is a ‘Special Person’

Feb 13, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Dedicated Pulmonologist, Dr Moti Lall, CCH, is a ‘Special Person’

“There is a need for camaraderie if there is to be progression in any area of our life. If we don’t work as a team we can’t be successful in our endeavours…” By Sharmain Cornette It may not...

Dem boys seh…Bharrat vex because people peeping he card

Feb 13, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bharrat vex because people peeping he card

De other day Bharrat Jagdeo claim that some people don’t want poor people to get laptop. Well dem boys want to know how he arrive at that especially since he tell de world that Uncle Adam and Uncle...

Violence against women cases piling up in the courts

Feb 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Violence against women cases piling up in the courts

For a number of years, cases that involve violence against women have been on the rise globally, with more and more organizations and institutions lobbying against this form of abuse. During last...

‘D’ Division Commander refuses to return seized guns

Feb 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘D’ Division Commander refuses to return seized guns

– West Dem farmer, businessman filed contempt charges Two licensed firearm owners have filed contempt proceedings against the Commander of ‘D’ Division for refusing to heed court orders to...

Mother of sodomised three-year-old “fed up”

Feb 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of sodomised three-year-old “fed up”

After her three-year-old son was sodomised several weeks ago by his teen neighbour; the mother of the child had declared that she is “fed up” with the “royal run around” ranks at the...

North American travel professionals visit

Feb 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on North American travel professionals visit

From mountain biking to jungle trekking, a group of travel professionals from the United States recently experienced a range of Guyana’s tourism products. The group, which consists of five tour...

From the Diaspora… WHAT IS GUYANA’S IMAGE ABROAD

Feb 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora… WHAT IS GUYANA’S IMAGE ABROAD

By Ralph Seeram “We are our worst enemies. We speak ill of ourselves wherever we go and that multiplies itself and people especially abroad (emphasis mine) form their impressions of our country...

Grasstrack champion’s sons testify at wife’s murder PI

Feb 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Grasstrack champion’s sons testify at wife’s murder PI

The 13 year-old and 11-year-old sons of grass track champion rider Dave Gangadin took to the box in the Preliminary Inquiry into the alleged murder of their mother, Bridgette. The Inquiry is being...

Another senseless accident

Feb 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another senseless accident

Fortunately no one sustained injures as this car reportedly jumped the major road at Bel Air Village resulting in another accident on our road ways. According to eyewitnesses, the car a Mitsubishi...

Cartoons Sun. Feb. 13, 2011

Feb 13, 2011 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoons Sun. Feb. 13, 2011

Sprint King Alonzo Greaves records convincing win in feature

Feb 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sprint King Alonzo Greaves records convincing win in feature

The consistent Alonzo Greaves stormed to a convincing win in the feature 35-lap school boys and invitational race at the National Park yesterday when the National Sports Commission sponsored...

Floodlight A & B get sponsorship for Florida Cup 2011

Feb 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlight A & B get sponsorship for Florida Cup 2011

Sankar’s Autocolor, Metro, Guyana Lotto Co., Top Brandz on board Several businesses have chipped in with monetary assistance to the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association who is sending two...

The NDC is responsible for the collection of garbage

Feb 13, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The NDC is responsible for the collection of garbage

Dear Editor, It would be rather awkward for me to have to read Mr. Umar Saied’s diatribe on myself, as a businessman in Bartica and as the Regional Chairman of Region Seven and not immediately...

Three GABA personnel for stint in Turkey

Feb 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three GABA personnel for stint in Turkey

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association has selected a three-member team to take part in the “Road to Antalya” Training Camp, fixed for April 18-29 in Antalya, Turkey. National coach Wincel Thomas...

Seventh Day Adventists surprise centenarian with pre-Valentine visit

Feb 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Seventh Day Adventists surprise centenarian with pre-Valentine visit

Centenarian, Doris Morrison, 104, of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, who is a member of the Seventh Day Adventists received a pre-Valentine visit from church members yesterday at her residence. Young...

Politics is like a nice funeral

Feb 13, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Politics is like a nice funeral

Dear Editor, The attendance at the funeral of the late popular businessman Albert ‘Bolo’ Joseph was undoubtedly one of the few largest to date, deserving of being held at the Mackenzie Sports...

Local entertainers promote blood drive

Feb 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Local entertainers promote blood drive

The Guyana Red Cross Society (GRSC) hosted its second blood drive for the year this week. The target was to achieve 1000 units of blood of the national target of 10,000 units. In order to achieve...

The Egyptian people demanded termination of the dictatorship, not reforms

Feb 13, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The Egyptian people demanded termination of the dictatorship, not reforms

Dear Editor, Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year repressive rule of Egypt is now over. As I wrote this piece last Thursday evening, news came that President Hosni Mubarak will not resign. Instead, he delegated...

Greaves, Kyle Edghill win first major titles

Feb 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves, Kyle Edghill win first major titles

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) was an address for joy yesterday when local table tennis welcomed two new major title winners in the annual National Sports Commission, Guyana Table Tennis...

Lumumba calls for discipline as Alpha focuses on CFU Club C/Ship

Feb 13, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lumumba calls for discipline as Alpha focuses on CFU Club C/Ship

President of the Alpha Football Club, Odinga Lumumba, has made a stern call on his players to employ a more disciplined approach to the game and their general conduct. In a no holds barred meeting,...

The Specialty Hospital

Feb 13, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The Specialty Hospital

Dear Editor, In the past, there is poor planning in choosing sites for buildings. An example is the New Amsterdam Hospital. It is built on land prone to flooding, sandwiched between educational...

12 NEXT

A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more