July 2011

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Shame on you Mr Prison Director

Jul 06, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shame on you Mr Prison Director

Dear Editor, Shame on you Mr. Director of Prisons when you can stand up in front of a muster meeting and tell the O/C at Georgetown Prisons that you don’t know since when officers can take...

Christine Lagarde – woman with a mission

Jul 06, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Christine Lagarde – woman with a mission

Dear Editor, Christine Lagarde is the new Head of the International Monetary Fund. She succeeded Mr. Strauss-Kahn who resigned following allegations of sexual improprieties involving a Manhattan...

Duty calls for the elections

Jul 06, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Duty calls for the elections

Dear Editor, As General Election looms on the horizon, the electorate must be made aware and disciplined in their choice at the polls. No well meaning individuals will question these basic facts of...

I am not afraid to call Chomsky a fool

Jul 06, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

Naom Chomsky was one of my heroes when I was a post-graduate student. I read all his writings at that time. Since then, I have become more politically matured. I don’t think I can say the same for...

Women’s health and abortion

Jul 06, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Women’s health and abortion

A few years ago, a report compiled by several UN agencies, the findings of which have also been published in the British medical journal Lancet, presented an alarming picture about abortion, its...

NEGLECT AND GREED

Jul 06, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NEGLECT AND GREED

I once asked a young mother when was the last time she took her children to the play park. “Play park?” she answered. “They don’t have that around here.” I then asked the children whether...

Diamond Hospital to submit report

Jul 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond Hospital to submit report

Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy yesterday confirmed that he is awaiting a report from the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital (Diamond Diagnostic & Treatment Centre), as to why an...

GGDMA elects Executive Committee

Jul 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GGDMA elects Executive Committee

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), the local body representing small, medium and large scale miners, on Thursday, last, elected members to its Executive Committee of management...

Annandale resident remanded on drug possession charge

Jul 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Annandale resident remanded on drug possession charge

Dennis Daniels, who is charged with possession of narcotics, yesterday made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The allegation...

$40,000 fine for cuff to face

Jul 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $40,000 fine for cuff to face

Forty-seven-year-old Dennis Edwards was yesterday fined $40,000 with an alternative of six months imprisonment, by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, after he pleaded guilty to an assault...

Hassan Mohamed’s 35th Teach Them Young programme starts July 11

Jul 06, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hassan Mohamed’s 35th Teach Them Young programme starts July 11

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed MS will be conducting the 35th Annual Teach Them Young Cycle Coaching Programme from Monday July 11 to Saturday September 3 at the National Park Circuit....

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...

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Sep 02, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Round Three of the Pegasus Weekly Chess League, organized by Drayton’s Chess Club in partnership with the Pegasus Chess Club and Guyana Chess Federation, continued on Monday...

The Ministry diagnoses the wrong disease

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health’s response to Peeping Tom’s column, “Second-Class Patients,” is a case whereby a medical response is so clinically misplaced that one is tempted to prescribe a second opinion. The Ministry has produced an impressive medical case for something...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Motions, distance, indifference

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There’s a human tragedy. Cotton Tree and two cousins. Across Mandarin Bridge and an 11-year-old-child. Police killings in Linden. And, more lately, a boat that went down and took down over 100 Guyanese lives. Poor ones. The rich ones and big ones don’t sail,...

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