February 18, 2011 - Kaieteur News

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Guyana to hire overseas teachers

Feb 18, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Guyana to hire overseas teachers

Government has signaled its intentions to hire Maths and Science teachers from abroad and is even considering retaining those that are of retirement age. The surprise announcement was made by...

Crippled granny bursts into tears after sentenced to four years

Feb 18, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Crippled granny bursts into tears after sentenced to four years

Crippled 65-year-old Maxine Batts, a United States citizen who was charged with cocaine possession, yesterday at approximately 15:01hrs changed her plea after being on remand for several weeks....

Russell DeFreitas sentenced to life

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NEW YORK—Russell DeFreitas, the convicted mastermind behind a plot to blow up aviation fuel tanks and a pipeline at John F. Kennedy International Airport was yesterday sentenced to life in prison....

Gunmen escape with millions after torching Linden RDC safe

Feb 18, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Gunmen escape with millions after torching Linden RDC safe

Gunmen sometime before dawn yesterday torched a safe and escaped with $5.4 million in cash and a quantity of cheques from the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) office in Linden. According to Regional...

Dem boys seh…Kwame and Cocaine Granny got a lot in common

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Kwame and Cocaine Granny got a lot in common

Is more than a year that Stella trying to meet a fellow columnist, Freddie. She call Uncle Freddie; she ask Uncle Adam to help she mek contact wid Uncle Freddie. When that fail she go to de...

Round Three of Regional 4-day cricket starts today

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Round Three of Regional 4-day cricket starts today

Guyana, Windward battle to stay in title race By Sean Devers in St Vincent in association with Digicel & Queensway At a venue where Guyana dismissed the Windward Islands for their lowest First...

DCB Inter Association U15 to bowl off soon

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB Inter Association U15 to bowl off soon

All Area Associations are being alerted to commence preparations of their respective Under-15 teams for the annual Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter Association competition which is scheduled to...

Morgan out of National NACAC Cross Country Team

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Morgan out of National NACAC Cross Country Team

– cites recurring injury, reduced squad leaves today By Edison Jefford President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce held a meeting yesterday afternoon at the Police...

Table Tennis returns to Ancient County with a bang

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Table Tennis returns to Ancient County with a bang

Differently Able Gibran Hussein is the champ; Minister & GTTA Boss impressed By Samuel Whyte Differently Able Table Tennis Wonder Gibran ‘Gibby’ Hussein defied the odds to defeat his Able...

Bulletin issued for Norton Street murder suspect

Feb 18, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Bulletin issued for Norton Street murder suspect

Almost a week after he allegedly stabbed his reputed wife Natalie Loncke to death, police have issued a wanted bulletin for Hubert Pilgrim. The bulletin was issued yesterday after police exhausted...

Medical practitioners weigh-in on drowning

Feb 18, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Medical practitioners weigh-in on drowning

Although it is alleged that she committed suicide by plunging off the Demerara Harbour Bridge in the wee hours of Tuesday, there are still some uncertainties surrounding the demise of Nalini De...

3rd Annual ‘Screw’ Richmond Schools Football Tournament launched

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Annual ‘Screw’ Richmond Schools Football Tournament launched

– Eight schools to participate The 3rd Annual Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Secondary Schools Football Tournament was officially launched yesterday, during a simple ceremony which was attended by...

QC better last year’s performance at Barbados Relay Fair

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on QC better last year’s performance at Barbados Relay Fair

One of Guyana’s premier secondary institutions, Queens College topped their 2010 performance at the Barbados Relay Fair when their Girls’ Team finished ninth of 31 schools while their Boys’...

‘Fat Boy’ gets 8 years for killing brother

Feb 18, 2011 knews News Comments Off on ‘Fat Boy’ gets 8 years for killing brother

By Latoya Giles “I can’t ever remember a defendant coming before me and saying prison has actually been beneficial to him,” said Justice Winston Patterson, minutes before he sentenced Taijpaul...

Taxi driver murder trial continues

Feb 18, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Taxi driver murder trial continues

As the murder trial for Shawn Richardson continued before Madame Justice Dawn Gregory, two more policemen took to the witness box yesterday. Richardson is accused of killing Enterprise taxi driver...

Former First Lady Joyce Hoyte to be interred today

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Former First Lady Joyce Hoyte will be interred today following a funeral service at St Andrews Kirk in Georgetown. There will be a private viewing for the family at the Lyken Funeral Parlour after...

Four juveniles to face robbery,burglary charges

Feb 18, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Four juveniles to face robbery,burglary charges

Four juveniles are to appear in court today in connection with a string of burglaries in Grove Housing Scheme and a robbery in the neighbouring Diamond New Scheme. Kaieteur News understands that the...

Our youth are looking to us to lead from the front

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our youth are looking to us to lead from the front

Dear Editor, It is always troubling when one reads the newspapers and hears of so many murders – friend against friend, son against father, brother against brother, spouse against spouse, and on...

Who knows what tomorrow’s ‘nancy story’ will be?

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who knows what tomorrow’s ‘nancy story’ will be?

Dear Editor, The PPP seems to be failing in their usual tactics of Dismiss, Deny and Delay these days and credit must be given to the press and the public who continue to ask more and more questions....

Health Ministry refutes articles, explains disparity in tenders

Feb 18, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Health Ministry refutes articles, explains disparity in tenders

Emphasising the notion that it supports and promotes the right to citizens to know and have access to information, the Ministry of Health in a statement issued yesterday refuted two recent articles...

Millions are without medicine that costs cents – Health Minister

Feb 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Millions are without medicine that costs cents – Health Minister

Globally there are between 500 million and one billion people who have absolutely no access to essential medicines. This is according to Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, who revealed recently...

Carl Greenidge may be the best PNCR candidate

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Carl Greenidge may be the best PNCR candidate

Dear Editor, As I listen to the news, read the papers and engage in conservation as we gear for regional and national elections later in the year, I am very concerned about the number of eligible...

Bartica gearing up for historic Carib Flood Light T20 tourney

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bartica gearing up for historic Carib Flood Light T20 tourney

Eight teams to battle from March 5 @ Bartica Centre Gr. History will be created when for the first time a Twenty20 Cricket Tournament is held under lights in Bartica that will feature eight teams...

Missing mechanic’s body recovered

Feb 18, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Missing mechanic’s body recovered

The body of Courtney Apple, the mechanic who was feared drowned, was yesterday morning recovered near Echarak Falls on the Potaro River. Apple went missing last Monday following a boat accident in...

Beware of those who seek to divide the Christian community

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Beware of those who seek to divide the Christian community

Dear Editor, I issue the following statement in response to letters penned by Roger Williams and printed in the Kaieteur News on February 17 and by Ms. Patricia Gonzalez printed in the Kaieteur News...