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A Valentine’s Day

Feb 15, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on A Valentine’s Day

Yesterday, Guyanese decked themselves in the colour of Valentine’s Day. Many spent the day in a special manner either taking their companions to lunch or dinner or ensured that they gave something...

Former First Lady Joyce Hoyte passes on

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Former First Lady Joyce Hoyte passes on

After a brief period of illness, former First Lady, Joyce Hoyte, died yesterday at the St Joseph Mercy Hospital in the city. The 77-year-old was the wife of former President and Leader of the...

Digicel surprises four families with $$$ millions

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel surprises four families with $$$ millions

– 13-year-old homeless reunited with family, now in school By Leonard Gildarie For a few years, a nine-year-old boy lived on the streets of Georgetown. He grew up in an impoverished area, from...

Former Top Cop, Henry Fraser, dies

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Former Top Cop, Henry Fraser, dies

Former Commissioner of Police, Henry Alphonso Fraser, died early yesterday morning at St Joseph Mercy Hospital, mere hours after being admitted to the institution. He was 88. According to his widow,...

Historic audio/visual case heard in High Court

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Historic audio/visual case heard in High Court

By Latoya Giles History was marked in the High Court yesterday when audio/visual links were used in testimony in the land rights case six Amerindian village captains have brought against the Guyana...

Businesswoman loses US$25,000 to bandits

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman loses US$25,000 to bandits

– forced to cancel US trip Bandits forced a businesswoman and her sister to hastily alter their planned trip to the United States of America when they snatched her bag containing more than...

PPP Presidential candidate race heats up

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PPP Presidential candidate race heats up

– Candidates make case; Nagamootoo stays away The Executive Committee of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday summoned candidates who are seeking to be the party’s...

Condolences at Joyce Hoyte’s passing

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Condolences at Joyce Hoyte’s passing

It was with deep sadness that President of the Cooperative Republic, Bharrat Jagdeo, learnt of the former First Lady’s demise, a statement detailed. “On behalf of the Government of Guyana and...

Dem boys seh… Kwame throat block up wid Valentine duff

Feb 15, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Kwame throat block up wid Valentine duff

Yesterday was St Valentine’s Day. Dem boys see de staff wid red and white. That is when de Waterfalls boss man announce how he buying lunch fuh only de ladies. Is then trouble start. Uncle Adam...

Nine year old farm worker hangs self at Gangoo Creek

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Nine year old farm worker hangs self at Gangoo Creek

The suicide rate in Berbice continues to climb dramatically with the deaths of two more persons including a nine-year-old who was a victim of child labour. A nine-year-old lad who was reportedly left...

Man dies after boats collide in the Pomeroon

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies after boats collide in the Pomeroon

An early morning collision in the Pomeroon River has left an elderly man of Grant Tri Best, Lower Pomeroon, dead and the police desperately trying to locate the other party, involved in the accident....

Guyana urges EU to be flexible on sugar-cut budget support

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana urges EU to be flexible on sugar-cut budget support

…loss of 14M Euros not a lost cause-Agri Minister Government yesterday called on Europe to be more flexible in its assistance to the sugar industry instead of commenting on possible future...

Schoolgirl disappears after grandmother’s threat

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolgirl disappears after grandmother’s threat

A distressed grandmother visited Kaieteur News yesterday to tell her tale of her missing grand-daughter. Ruth Ollivirre of lot 89 Leopold Street, Georgetown stated that her 15-year-old...

Hundreds flocked GT&T Valentine’s Day promotion

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds flocked GT&T Valentine’s Day promotion

Seon Brown won the final Mazda RX8, and Valerie Fraser, the scooter, while Vidyanand Sugrim won a trip to a Caribbean destination. Ten others won between $10,000 and $200,000 as part of the...

Public-spirited citizen returns lost police weapon

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Public-spirited citizen returns lost police weapon

Not everyone is an enemy of the police—at least not a public-spirited citizen who returned a gun that was lost by a policeman last week. Kaieteur News understands that the citizen claimed that he...

Three witnesses take witness stand as murder trial continues

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three witnesses take witness stand as murder trial continues

… Taxi driver murder trial As the murder trial for Shawn Richardson continued yesterday before Justice Dawn Gregory, three witnesses were called to give their evidence in chief. Richardson, 30,...

Restoration of teachers’ image must start at CPCE

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Restoration of teachers’ image must start at CPCE

– Education Minister Education Minister Shaik Baksh has underscored the need to restore the image of teachers and the prestige of the profession. However, he noted that these efforts have to...

US Embassy donates $2M in material to Corentyne schools

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy donates $2M in material to Corentyne schools

The U.S. Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP) has donated over $2M worth of education materials, teaching aides and agriculture equipment to several Corentyne schools. The handing over...

Scotia Bank/ DDL/ GSDF Schools Football Academy launched

Feb 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank/ DDL/ GSDF Schools Football Academy launched

Ten schools from Georgetown have been selected to participate in the inaugural Scotia Bank/ Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL)/ Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) Schools Football Academy which...

Jockeys the crucial link in horseracing

Feb 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Jockeys the crucial link in horseracing

While all or most of the attention is usually focused on the horses at the various horserace meets, especially those that do well, not much attention is placed on the persons who, by and large, are...

T&HD workers not paid five per cent increase

Feb 15, 2011 knews News Comments Off on T&HD workers not paid five per cent increase

… ret’d Captain says wrongfully dismissed Workers attached to the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) have not been paid the five per cent retroactive increase for 2010. The...

Munroe slams unbeaten 112 for GNIC

Feb 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Munroe slams unbeaten 112 for GNIC

Twenty seven year-old Marvin Munroe slammed an unbeaten 112 for GNIC against MYO/Vikings on Saturday in their rain-ruined GCA second division two-day cricket match at the MYO ground last Saturday....

Regional officials, health personnel at odds over sex allegations

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Regional officials, health personnel at odds over sex allegations

Senior medical officials are refuting an article published in February 9 edition of the Kaieteur News, under the caption ‘Cuban doctor recalled for alleged sexual assault.’ Dr.Renueka Persaud...

Officers fear security threat at Georgetown Prison

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Officers fear security threat at Georgetown Prison

By Rabindra Rooplall Fear of a pending escape combined with other issues at the Georgetown Prison has prison officers concerned about the severe shortage of staff and their safety inside the prison....

DeSouza’s unbeaten 98 spearhead T&T club

Feb 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on DeSouza’s unbeaten 98 spearhead T&T club

Fellow Guyanese Latiff, Dick also shine Guyanese Sean De Souza hit a magnificent 98 not out as Sweet Revenge humbled Glenora by 138 runs in round four action of the North Zonal Cricket Council...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

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