February 22, 2011 - Kaieteur News

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IPA boss accuses Health Minister of dishonesty

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on IPA boss accuses Health Minister of dishonesty

… says no drug tender was advertised Kaieteur News’ contention that the tender for which there were two pre-selected bidders was never advertised is being supported by International...

Importing teachers – quick fix or long term solution?

Feb 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Importing teachers – quick fix or long term solution?

DEAR EDITOR, The brain drain of professionals from Guyana, amongst then thousands of qualified teachers, has been occurring for decades. One only has to visit the marking centres of CXC examinations...

The principle of ‘ahimsa’ fashioned by Mahatma Gandhi is still a working model for the removal of oppressive regimes

Feb 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The principle of ‘ahimsa’ fashioned by Mahatma Gandhi is still a working model for the removal of oppressive regimes

Dear Editor, President Barack Obama, in a speech to the students and faculty of the University of Cairo in the summer of 2009, said: “The ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are...

Guyana needs a very special leader

Feb 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs a very special leader

Dear Editor, As Guyana approaches yet another election it is time to take stock of where we are as a nation. We are not a cohesive nation. We are divided along racial lines more than we ever were in...

Vieira responds to the ERC

Feb 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Vieira responds to the ERC

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from one Azeem Khan in both the Kaieteur News and SN over the last few days, I believe on Saturday 19, since I was told about it then. I was out of town and then on...

Recruitment of overseas teachers… Discussions at preliminary stage

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Recruitment of overseas teachers… Discussions at preliminary stage

– TSC Chairman Although the details have not yet been finalised, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has already started its own research as it relates to the recruitment of overseas...

Taxi driver murder trial postponed due to prosecutor’s illness

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver murder trial postponed due to prosecutor’s illness

The Shawn Richardson murder trial has been postponed to Monday. Richardson is accused of killing Enterprise taxi driver, Vivekanand Nandalall, between October 2003 and March 2004. Kaieteur News...

Persaud is new champ; La Rose & Niles claim junior & veteran titles

Feb 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Persaud is new champ; La Rose & Niles claim junior & veteran titles

The consistent Robin Persaud blazed the East Coast Demerara Highway on a raining morning Sunday last to win the 88th Birth Anniversary Cycle Road Race held in memory of the Late President Linden...

Countrywide flooding as heavy rains drench Guyana

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Countrywide flooding as heavy rains drench Guyana

…more showers, wet Mash expected Heavy rains drenched the country over the last 48 hours, leaving several communities under water and authorities hinting that the Mashramani celebrations tomorrow...

Uncertainty surrounds Marriott hotel project

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Uncertainty surrounds Marriott hotel project

Uncertainty surrounds the Marriott Hotel Project in Guyana eight months after Marriott International announced the project. Paula Butler, Senior Director for Global Communications at Marriott...

Barry Small’s wife remanded for smuggling cell phone in jail

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Barry Small’s wife remanded for smuggling cell phone in jail

“Myworship I have no idea of what is going on, I did nothing wrong” blurted out Marceline Basdeo Small, the wife of Barry Small who is charged together with his lover Bibi Gopaul for the...

Prisoners brawl in court lock-ups

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners brawl in court lock-ups

A fight involving Camp Street high profile inmates broke out yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court lockup. The brawl forced lawmen who brought high profile accused criminals to court to...

Dem boys seh… King Liar wukking wid de govt.

Feb 22, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… King Liar wukking wid de govt.

Mouth open and story jump out. De other day Dr Leslie jump up and cuss de Waterfalls paper. If you see facts that he put out. He tell de world how he Ministry advertise de tender and that de...

Man sets house afire, reputed wife homeless

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man sets house afire, reputed wife homeless

‘He threaten this before’ – reputed wife An argument between 19-year old Shireen Alli, and her reputed husband, Steven Totaram, led to the fiery destruction of their home....

Flooding wreaks havoc on livestock, residents in Number Two and Palmyra Canje

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Flooding wreaks havoc on livestock, residents in Number Two and Palmyra Canje

Residents of Number Two and Palmyra Villages, East Canje, bemoaned the inefficient services of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) and the Number 38 Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC),...

Mash float parade could be pushed back

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mash float parade could be pushed back

– Firm decision to be announced today The government is considering postponing the annual Mashramani costume and float parade, because of the torrential rains which flooded the city and coastal...

Regional official’s son, other suspect released

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Regional official’s son, other suspect released

… Torching of RDC safe Police have released the Regional official’s son and another Lindener who were detained in connection with the heist at the Regional Democratic Council office at...

DDL kick-starts students’ assistant programme

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on DDL kick-starts students’ assistant programme

Four students who performed well during the recent National Grade Six Examination are the first ever recipients of the DDL Foundation awards. The winners were announced Friday at a small ceremony...

Audio visual testimony continues as London-based professor testifies

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Audio visual testimony continues as London-based professor testifies

Despite a few technical glitches yesterday, the historic audio/visual land rights case got underway as Oxford Professor Audrey Butt-Colson was sworn in to give her testimony. The matter is currently...

Colin Jones’s alleged terror gang in court again

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Colin Jones’s alleged terror gang in court again

Despite the heavy rain yesterday, Colin Jones, Randy Mars, Basil Morgan, Anthony Watson and Jahfar Sampson made yet another appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court with a large police...

Georgetown Prison is considered relatively stable – Prisons Director

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown Prison is considered relatively stable – Prisons Director

After a recent discovery of a .32 round raid in Camp Street Prison which was found after police and prison officials carried out a routine search of the prison Saturday, the Director of Prison’s...

Women brawl ends in stabbing

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Women brawl ends in stabbing

Thirty-year-old Samantha Roberts, of Mora Camp, Bartica, is now assisting the Bartica Police with their investigations into a stabbing incident that occurred ...

Truck slips into Essequibo River

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Truck slips into Essequibo River

The Adventure Ferry Stelling was the scene that encountered another mishap, Sunday evening. A Canter truck that usually distributes ‘Clear Water’ throughout the Essequibo Coast, slipped off the...

GRA offers no compensation after wrecking Lethem taxi

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GRA offers no compensation after wrecking Lethem taxi

Two months after one of its vehicles slammed into a taxi at Lethem, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is refusing to offer compensation to the taxi driver who faces financial constraints after the...

Kokers fully functional

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Kokers fully functional

– City Mayor As heavy rains continue in and around Guyana, Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Greene, has given all assurance that all the kokers around the city are up and running. In an invited...