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CEO refused to honour contract with UG after India training

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CEO refused to honour contract with UG after India training

– Computer contract scandal grows … Digital Technology claims eight years in existence, but records show only two Digital Technology, which was recently granted computer contracts worth close...

Pensioner’s home broken into and robbed in broad daylight

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner’s home broken into and robbed in broad daylight

…bandits left bloody trail Another daring daylight robbery took place yesterday, this time at the residence of 85-year-old Goodwin Samuels. The man has left his home to take his granddaughter to...

Seventh Berbice Expo gets underway at Albion

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Seventh Berbice Expo gets underway at Albion

By Leon Suseran The seventh Annual Berbice Expo and Trade Fair opened Friday evening at the Albion Sports Complex. The event is being executed by the Central Corentyne Chambers of Commerce under the...

Guyanese elected to prestigious post in Caribbean Toastmasters district

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese elected to prestigious post in Caribbean Toastmasters district

Guyanese nationals continue to shine on the international scene. Following the accomplishment of a distinguished career an award has been bestowed upon Finance Director and Company Secretary of the...

Dem boys seh… Barber shop got bright future

Jul 23, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Barber shop got bright future

Norway promise to give Guyana money bout two years now and up to today no money ain’t coming. Is nah time fuh people get vex? One man suh vex in Guyana that he quiet and dem always seh that when a...

CIDA gives UG $20M for mined out sites

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CIDA gives UG $20M for mined out sites

The University of Guyana, Faculty of Agriculture received a $20M boost from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) yesterday. The sum is part of a Contribution Agreement valued at...

Digicel Guyana launches summer promotion

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel Guyana launches summer promotion

– Three Suzuki Swift, $$$ up for grabs Digicel Guyana yesterday officially launched it 2011 summer promotion which will give its customers a chance to win 18 BlackBerry Torches and 36...

Much to be desired in Guyana’s approach to nutrition – Corlette

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Much to be desired in Guyana’s approach to nutrition – Corlette

“In Guyana, our approach to matters of nutrition continues to leave much to be desired. It is debatable whether the under importance to matters of nutrition is due to lack of knowledge of the...

Compassionate and a fighter against injustice, Evelyn Estwick is a ‘Special Person’

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Compassionate and a fighter against injustice, Evelyn Estwick is a ‘Special Person’

“I tell people that I’m not rich but I’m not at the bottom and I tell myself, from what I have, I could help or I could ask people to assist with these children in my village who really...

500 benefit from Guyana Watch outreach at WCB

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 500 benefit from Guyana Watch outreach at WCB

By Leon Suseran Nearly 1,000 persons from East and West Berbice have benefitted from the benevolence of the Guyana Watch Medical team over the past two days. A clinic was held at the Bath Primary...

Venezuelan national remanded over firearm and ammo possession

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan national remanded over firearm and ammo possession

A Venezuelan national, who had in his possession an unlicenced firearm and ammunition, was yesterday remanded after he pleaded not guilty to the offence. When Oswaldo Mansoul Flores Montilla appeared...

Duo charged with illegal drug possession

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Duo charged with illegal drug possession

Miguel Hutson and Patrick Bailey, who were allegedly found with a large quantity of illegal drugs in their possession, yesterday denied all allegations brought against them. The duo made their...

Accident on Number 51 public road injures two, one critical

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Accident on Number 51 public road injures two, one critical

An accident on the Number 51 Public Road on the Corentyne, around 11:10 hrs on Thursday left two persons injured, one of whom is fighting for his life in a city hospital. According to reports, two...

Financial crisis prompts concerns over substance abuse – 2010 Drug Addiction report

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Financial crisis prompts concerns over substance abuse – 2010 Drug Addiction report

By Rabindra Rooplall It has largely been assumed that a slowdown in a country’s economic activity is associated with increased substance use, the 2010 Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction...

Man still nursing wounds after step-dad’s brutal chopping

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man still nursing wounds after step-dad’s brutal chopping

Forty-one-year-old Roy Saunders is still nursing wounds about his body after he was brutally chopped by his stepfather “Carl” on Sunday, last, at their Mocha residence, East Bank Demerara. The...

“White Zone” implemented at Wakenaam Hospice for victims

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on “White Zone” implemented at Wakenaam Hospice for victims

Victims of domestic violence in Wakenaam are now able to find temporary refuge at the second “White Zone” to be set up in the country, this time at the Wakenaam Cottage Hospital Wednesday last....

My interest in Guyana has been heightened by novels

Jul 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on My interest in Guyana has been heightened by novels

Dear Editor, I am writing to acquaint you and your readers with a new novel on Guyana by Chaitram Singh, author of “The Flour Convoy”. The new novel is “The February 23rd Coup”, which tells...

The youth bulge in our population and what it means for Guyana

Jul 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The youth bulge in our population and what it means for Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Every year the 11th July is observed as World Population Day, but this year is a special year because the world is expected to reach, at the end of 2011, a population of seven (7)...

13-year-old suffers from head injures

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 13-year-old suffers from head injures

Beih Ballie, a 13-year-old male, who sustained severe head injures a month ago, is slowly responding to treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Cooperation. Ballie, a resident of New Amsterdam,...

The Ministry of Agriculture will not be dragged into a debate by Mr. Fernandes

Jul 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Agriculture will not be dragged into a debate by Mr. Fernandes

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter on page 5 of the July 19 issue of the Kaieteur News and headed “The Agri Sector in Region One needs urgent attention” written by Desmond Fernandes, MP PNCR. The...

Miner gets chopped after parting fight

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miner gets chopped after parting fight

Twenty-year-old Junior Gordon was having a grand time at a rum shop when the unexpected happened. He was drinking with a few friends at a street side rum shop in Port Kaituma on July 17, last, when a...

Jamaica buys sugar from Guyana to stave off shortage

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaica buys sugar from Guyana to stave off shortage

The Jamaican Government has placed an order for sugar from Guyana to avert shortages in that CARICOM country. Quoting the Agriculture Ministry, the Jamaican Observer yesterday said that it has put in...

GPSU membership may wish to consider a term limit for their president

Jul 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPSU membership may wish to consider a term limit for their president

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the article captioned “GPSU’s leadership cupboard bare” in the July 19, 2011 edition of the Stabroek News. In my view, the GPSU’s leadership failed to...

Ministry of Public Works vehicle causes four-vehicle smash up

Jul 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Public Works vehicle causes four-vehicle smash up

An employee of the Ministry of Pubic Works seemed to be in a hurry recently as he sped down the turn at Lombard Street, Charlestown, and slammed into a line of parked vehicles outside of the Guyana...

Both teams disappointed with first day wash-out

Jul 23, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Both teams disappointed with first day wash-out

By Sean Devers Torrential early and mid-morning rain left the Bourda ground water-logged and although the sun came out yesterday afternoon the first day of the second round Regional under-91 three...