July 5, 2011 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Man pelts chair, attracts deadly arrow to chest

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man pelts chair, attracts deadly arrow to chest

A team of investigators led by a senior detective has been dispatched to Karasabai to probe the murder of former National under-23 footballer, Daxton Parks. Parks, 28, of St. Ignatius, Lethem, was...

Mother dumps newborn on Merriman Mall

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mother dumps newborn on Merriman Mall

Medical staff at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation were kept busy last night taking care of a newborn baby boy who was abandoned on the Merriman Mall. The unclothed baby was reportedly found...

Two badly burned in Plaisance blaze

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two badly burned in Plaisance blaze

Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation were battling last night to save the lives of two Plaisance residents who were badly burned in a fire that destroyed their home. Delon Gordon,...

58 murders in six months

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 58 murders in six months

– 14 women slain, eight execution-style killings Fifty-eight people, including 14 women, have been murdered during the first six months of the year. Statistics compiled by Kaieteur News show...

Murder rate thrice as high compared to United States – 2011 Crime and Safety Report

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Murder rate thrice as high compared to United States – 2011 Crime and Safety Report

– Drug trafficking poses biggest challenge to local law enforcement The murder rate in Guyana is three-times higher than the murder rate in the United States and criminal activity in the...

Dem boys seh… Bar-Rat like Obama

Jul 05, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Bar-Rat like Obama

Is wheh de boss man fuh Guyana live? Dem boys convince that de man don’t live in Guyana. When dem call he house he never deh home and when dem call he deputy de man dumb. Nobody don’t know when...

World Bank contributed US$14.7B to region’s economy

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank contributed US$14.7B to region’s economy

The World Bank says economic opportunities, quality job prospects and a cushion from the worst impacts of food price increases as well as the global recession, were provided to millions of Caribbean...

Miner killed in Port Kaituma ATV crash

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miner killed in Port Kaituma ATV crash

A prominent miner in the Port Kaituma district lost his life yesterday when the All-Terrain Vehicle he was riding turned turtle near the Arakaka junction, causing him to sustain massive injuries to...

GUYOIL stations again of fuel

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GUYOIL stations again of fuel

Despite the boast of Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh that the Guyana Oil Company Limited (GUYOIL) is doing well financially, fuel dealers contracted to the state-run entity believe that if the...

No Norway funds, but solar panels being procured for Amerindians

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No Norway funds, but solar panels being procured for Amerindians

No funds from the forest-saving deal with Norway has yet been released into the national treasury, but Government says that it is procuring solar panels for Amerindian homes – a project President...

CARICOM Heads lament unfounded claims in TIP report

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM Heads lament unfounded claims in TIP report

CARICOM Heads of Government reinforced their commitment to combating Trafficking in Persons (TIP) at the 32nd Annual Meeting in St. Kitts and Nevis. They expressed concern at the way the United...

Officials yet to comment on Bartica infant death

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Officials yet to comment on Bartica infant death

Officials from the Bartica Hospital are yet to make an official comment on the death of baby girl on Saturday. Reports are that the absence of an incubator caused the premature baby to die. Kaieteur...

Guyana and Republic of Congo to cooperate on forestry – ITTO report

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana and Republic of Congo to cooperate on forestry – ITTO report

Guyana has signed an agreement with the Republic of Congo to increase cooperation between the two countries in the fields of forestry and wood industries, according to the International Tropical...

GMTA holds annual ‘Musicians on Stage’ concert and awards presentation

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GMTA holds annual ‘Musicians on Stage’ concert and awards presentation

Jason Koylass, the distinction student of Mrs. Rosemarie Henry, who was showered with trophies, is the first person in four years to have achieved the William Pilgrim Trophy for music. The trophy...

Enmore accident victims on slow road to recovery

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Enmore accident victims on slow road to recovery

Lucille Abrams is now in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). She was the victim of last Friday’s horrific fatal accident at Enmore, East Coast Demerara. She...

Drunk driver knocks down cyclist on Fort Canje Public Road

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Drunk driver knocks down cyclist on Fort Canje Public Road

About 15:00 hrs on Monday, a speeding white Toyota 212 motor car PKK 6296 which was heading towards New Amsterdam slammed into a still unidentified teenage pedal cyclist, before plunging into a...

Local films for Thursday airing

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Local films for Thursday airing

Come Thursday evening eight short films and a documentary on the making of the films will be the highlight at a function held by the President’s Film Endowment Project 2010. The event will be held...

‘History and cricket’… GIHR hosts fourth annual conference

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘History and cricket’… GIHR hosts fourth annual conference

For the fourth year the Guyana Institute of Historical Research has hosted yet another annual conference dedicated to sharing history and opinions. The conference was held at the National Library...

200 million-plus children worldwide in child labour

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 200 million-plus children worldwide in child labour

More than 200 million children worldwide are still in child labour and a staggering 115 million at least, are subject to its worst forms, according to statistics. For over a decade, child labour has...

The Caribbean: a brief look at the rise and fall of integration movements

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on The Caribbean: a brief look at the rise and fall of integration movements

By Leon Suseran Yesterday marked 38 years since the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed into being thus forming the next attempt to integration of the West Indies back in those days. The main idea was...

Music from the Heart celebrates 10 years on air

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Music from the Heart celebrates 10 years on air

‘Music from the Heart’, the popular Sunday morning radio programme on 98.1 FM hosted by Frederick Rampersaud celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday. As part of the anniversary celebrations CDs...

Greaves is new Snr. champ; Reece, Shaw, Bentley & Barrett take other categories

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Greaves is new Snr. champ; Reece, Shaw, Bentley & Barrett take other categories

By Franklin Wilson On a beautiful CARICOM holiday with grey skies with shades of the sun showing itself from time to time, the cream of Guyana’s cyclists were matching pedals against each other...

Port Kaituma moves on in Digicel Schools Football

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Port Kaituma moves on in Digicel Schools Football

– Stewartville wins Region 3 crown Port Kaituma defeated Santa Rosa 5-4 on penalty kicks after their engagement ended in a draw in regulation time as play in the Digicel-sponsored Nationwide...

Trawler fleet to reduce by 20 percent in 2012

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trawler fleet to reduce by 20 percent in 2012

Guyana’s trawler fleet is expected to be reduced by 20 percent in 2012, says Gary Baird, Head of Legal and Inspectorate Unit stated. Baird made that revelation on Sunday at Fisherfolk Open Day,...

Saint Lucia, Guyana cop Caricom 10K Road race

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Saint Lucia, Guyana cop Caricom 10K Road race

Saint Lucia has earned its first hold on the CARICOM Chairman’s Trophy for the male winner of the Annual CARICOM 10K Road Race which was this year staged in St Kitts and Nevis on Sunday 3,...

12 NEXT

Dolphin Secondary, East Ruimveldt seal Round-5 victories in Republic Bank U-18 Football League

A shameful abdication of leadership

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The PPPC government has reached a new low in its spineless defense of the lopsided Production... more