May 2011

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What about those unaccounted guns issued during the Burnham-led govt.?

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on What about those unaccounted guns issued during the Burnham-led govt.?

Dear Editor, I agree with Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee when he expressed his disappointment with People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) presidential candidate, David Granger’s attempts...

ABSENTEEISM AT SCHOOL

May 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ABSENTEEISM AT SCHOOL

There are a great many children each day who are not attending school. When some are asked why they are not at school, they lie by claiming that their parents do not have money to send them to...

Is the OLPF project an attempt to monitor Guyanese internet activities Chinese style?

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Is the OLPF project an attempt to monitor Guyanese internet activities Chinese style?

Dear Editor, I’ll get straight to the point. Law Professor Peter Yu, the Kern Family chair in intellectual property law at Drake University Law School, warns, “The question is no longer how the...

What has the GPSU to show that it has done better that the GTU?

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on What has the GPSU to show that it has done better that the GTU?

Dear Editor, Ever since the existence of the recent accord between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) became public, some of us were ‘regaled’ while others were...

Doing business with people who fail to follow best practice with respect to anti-corruption principles

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Doing business with people who fail to follow best practice with respect to anti-corruption principles

Dear Editor, For Guyana to prosper, global business leaders must want to do business with us. It is amazing how much they are willing to do business in emerging markets, but on the flip side how...

Ogunseye’s call to violence should be vehemently rejected by all Guyanese

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Ogunseye’s call to violence should be vehemently rejected by all Guyanese

Dear Editor, Tacuma Ogunseye executive member of the African Cultural Development Association (ACDA) is calling for massive riots to force the PPP/C government into a power sharing deal. His...

The crime wave

May 10, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on The crime wave

Each day the reports in the media make for depressing reading. It is as if the population is going mad or as if people have little regard for the effort of those who want to improve their lives. For...

Building Your Home

May 09, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Building Your Home

February 2, 2011 Building your home? Think again! By Leonard Gildarie I managed to move into my new home at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, in late November after three months of hectic...

Taxi driver killed in smash up with truck

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver killed in smash up with truck

A taxi driver was killed on the spot shortly after 23:00 hrs last night after the driver of an out of control truck smashed headlong into his vehicle on Mandela Avenue. The victim, employed by Oasis...

Bandits hack off part of grocer’s ear

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hack off part of grocer’s ear

– residents vow to take matters into their own hands Four armed and masked bandits chopped off part of a businessman’s ear after invading his grocery store at Number 11 Farm, Corentyne at...

Man murdered over $500 cocaine debt

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man murdered over $500 cocaine debt

– suspect caught hiding in bushes near river A brawl over a $500 cocaine debt ended brutally at around 01:00 hrs yesterday with a 34-year-old drug addict from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara...

Rice farmer shot as bandits invade family get-together

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmer shot as bandits invade family get-together

A Black Bush Polder rice farmer was shot by bandits at around 02:00 early yesterday morning at around 2:00 hrs at his sister’s No.56 Village, Corentyne home. Krishnadat Pydanna, was wounded in the...

Girl killed, father injured by speeding car

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Girl killed, father injured by speeding car

A driver is in custody at Wales Police Station after his Toyota Allion PMM 4315 collided with two pedestrians, killing six-year-old Althea Martin and severely injuring her father, 50-year-old Cedric...

New CLICO proposal an ‘exit strategy’

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New CLICO proposal an ‘exit strategy’

(Trinidad Express) Almost a year after it inherited an agreement to repay thousands of CLICO policyholders more than $1 billion they invested in the failed insurance giant, the People’s...

Dem boys seh….People want shut down school

May 09, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….People want shut down school

These days everybody want to do something that dem think gun mek money. Some young people don’t even want to go to school because dem claim that nuff of de rich people didn’t go to school and dem...

Fire razes Digicel outlet, variety store in Linden

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire razes Digicel outlet, variety store in Linden

A raging inferno in Republic Avenue, Linden completely gutted a two-flat building housing the community’s Digicel /Cell Smart outlet and a Chinese Variety Store. Digicel reportedly lost some...

Ailing Top Cop could be flown overseas

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ailing Top Cop could be flown overseas

Police Commissioner Henry Greene is expected to be flown to the Twin-Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for further medical attention to repair a ruptured vessel in his foot. Greene was rushed to...

44 murders, nearly half still unsolved

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 44 murders, nearly half still unsolved

Police are struggling to solve close to half of the murders that have occurred this year. Statistics by Kaieteur News show that there have been 44 murders between January and May 8. Eighteen of them...

Hire armed guards while transporting cash

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hire armed guards while transporting cash

– ‘A’ Division Commander urges businessmen to hire armed guards Following a spate of brazen robberies in his division, Assistant Police Commissioner George Vyphuis is urging the business...

Man undergoes surgery to remove Rambo knife stuck in neck

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man undergoes surgery to remove Rambo knife stuck in neck

An East La Penitence man who tried to part a fight between a warring couple, last night ended up with a knife in his neck. Eon Davidson, 49 underwent emergency to remove the knife after efforts by...

Nursing poised to reduce health inequality

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Nursing poised to reduce health inequality

– ICN Despite major achievements in the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there are still major gaps in the health status and life expectancy between high, middle and low...

Region 6 RDC signs contracts for community roads

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Region 6 RDC signs contracts for community roads

Several contracts for the construction of community roads were signed on Saturday at the Boardroom of the Region 6 Administration. According to Regional Chairman of Region 6, Zulfikar Mustapha,...

Smith stakes claim for first Test with unbeaten 130 at DCC

May 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smith stakes claim for first Test with unbeaten 130 at DCC

Twenty-one year-old Grenadian Devon Smith staked a claim for a place in the West Indies team to oppose Pakistan in the first Test at Providence from Thursday with an unbeaten 130 on the first day of...

Govt., aquaculture farmers roast IDB over funding delay

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt., aquaculture farmers roast IDB over funding delay

By Leonard Gildarie A major project to promote aquaculture export is stalled with a number of farmers claiming lost opportunities and the government expressing its frustration at delays on the part...

Lethem mortuary not functioning for over one month

May 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem mortuary not functioning for over one month

Residents of Lethem are now wondering who will fix the mortuary which has not been functioning for weeks. Reports are that the mortuary which plays an integral part in areas such as Lethem, Saint...

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By Samuel Whyte (Kaieteur News) – In an exciting final encounter Vryman’s Erven Secondary school defeated New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School to take top honours in the NA Inter...

A Mid-Year Report is a report card not an audit

Sep 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram is right to demand accountability for the spending of public money. He is also right that figures are most useful when they tell a coherent story about what Government has spent, what it has achieved and what remains to be done. But to ask for all of these...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

The Guyana-China card- Pt 1

Sep 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In his 201st Oil and Gas column, the tireless Chris Ram, man of law and man of numbers, introduced a thought-provoking element in Guyana’s oil weaknesses and struggles. It’s one with explosive potential. One, if acted upon, that is sure to trigger some huge ripples...

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