August 9, 2011

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Govt. to truck supplies to critical areas

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to truck supplies to critical areas

Chicken shortage… By Leonard Gildarie As chicken shortages continue to hit consumers hard, especially in the capital city, government yesterday said that it is moving to use its trucks to...

GDF Officer charged with sodomy, child molestation in USA

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GDF Officer charged with sodomy, child molestation in USA

A Guyanese Lieutenant has been placed on US$50,000 bail after he was charged with sodomy and child molestation in the United States. The Guyana Defence Force officer was pursuing a military...

E’bo woman, 64, found dead in trench

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo woman, 64, found dead in trench

The rapidly decomposing body of 64-year-old Eunice Hubbard was discovered early yesterday morning in a trench at Queenstown, Essequibo Coast. She had been missing for a little less than 48 hours....

Customer accuses bank guard in $1.5M heist

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Customer accuses bank guard in $1.5M heist

West Bank Demerara taxi driver Dharmendra Harpashad is convinced beyond a shadow of doubt that a security guard played a part in him being robbed of cash he had just withdrawn from the Vreed-en-Hoop...

Slaying of KN pressmen still vivid

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News 12

By Dale Andrews Yesterday marked five years since a marauding gang of vicious, misguided and illiterate youths stormed the Eccles, East Bank Demerara printery of this newspaper and slaughtered five...

Teen remanded on gun, ammo charge

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen remanded on gun, ammo charge

Magistrate Hazel Octave Hamilton yesterday remanded to prison, a teenager accused of having in his possession an unlicensed gun and a quantity of ammunition, after he denied the charges when they...

30-day defects liability period a mistake – Benn

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 30-day defects liability period a mistake – Benn

Bids for roll-on/roll-off facilities… A 30-day defects liability period for a major, multi-million-dollar contract was in all likelihood a mistake and will be corrected, a government...

Dem boys seh…..Bar-Rat begging again

Aug 09, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…..Bar-Rat begging again

Is de holiday season and all of a sudden some people decide that dem gun tek a vacation. And that is because dem find out that Bar-Rat beg fuh get involve in a programme that some important people...

GPL spends additional US$8M on fuel for first half of 2011

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPL spends additional US$8M on fuel for first half of 2011

– Electricity theft estimated at $2 billion annually By Rabindra Rooplall For the first six months of 2011 escalating fuel prices has caused the state-owned Guyana Power and...

Accident at Parika leaves one injured

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Accident at Parika leaves one injured

A woman is in severe pain following an accident that occurred on Sunday night. A car that left a wedding house a few doors away was reversing when it struck Rosanna Hernandes of Lot 38 Parika...

Hague fire victims receive assistance

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hague fire victims receive assistance

Millions went up in flames as five persons were left homeless following a fire at 7 Hague Public Road, West Coast Demerara, last Wednesday. One of the tenants, Carmen Garcia, told this newspaper that...

Destitute man found dead in bus shed

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Destitute man found dead in bus shed

The body of an unidentified man was discovered in a bus shed at Craig, East Bank Demerara, by villagers, at around 10:30 hrs yesterday. When Kaieteur News arrived at the scene, the half-naked body,...

Black Bush Polder Road completion date now April 2012

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Black Bush Polder Road completion date now April 2012

The completion date of the US$6.6M Black Bush Polder Road, Region Six, scheduled for this year-end, is now set for April 2012, says Sunil Ganesh, Bridges Engineer, Ministry of Public Works and...

Customer claims police also beat him at White Castle

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Customer claims police also beat him at White Castle

A customer of the White Castle Fish Shop is claiming that police ranks also assaulted him Friday night at the popular hangout spot on Hadfield Street. The customer, who gave his name as Justin...

UNESCO funds Creative Writing Workshop

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UNESCO funds Creative Writing Workshop

To rekindle the art of reading, enhance writing skills, and allow another adventure into the industry of literature, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...

Family court yet to be utilised

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Family court yet to be utilised

Almost one year after works have finished on the country’s first family court, the building is yet to be utilised. Yesterday when this newspaper contacted the Ministry of Legal Affairs, all...

77-yr-old dies after fall from steps

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 77-yr-old dies after fall from steps

The death of a 77-year-old retired lands development officer has brought immense sadness to his family and community at large. Datadin, of Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast, was pronounced dead at the...

Production in 2010 was our lowest in years

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Production in 2010 was our lowest in years

– GuySuCo CEO By Leon Suseran Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GuySuCo, Paul Bhim, labelled 2010 as a year full of challenges for the sugar industry citing production of...

Many challenges faced in maintaining identity, traditions and customs

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Many challenges faced in maintaining identity, traditions and customs

Int’l Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples… – Ban Ki-moon Under the theme “Indigenous designs: celebrating stories and cultures, crafting our own future,” Amerindians in...

Four homeless as Linden house collapses

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Four homeless as Linden house collapses

A 46-year-old Linden woman and her four children are presently homeless, after their house collapsed shortly before midnight on Sunday. According to Anne Morrison, of 30 Bruce Alley, Christianburg,...

Ozone unit to host seminar later this month

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ozone unit to host seminar later this month

The Ministry of Agriculture, in recognition of the fact that greater efforts need to be made to protect the earth’s ozone layer, is reaching out to consumers, particularly refrigerator technicians...

Alleged $$M fraudster arraigned

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged $$M fraudster arraigned

Twenty-three year-old Travis Ward was placed on $700,000 bail when he appeared yesterday before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton charged with obtaining just over $6.6M by false pretence. He...

Govt. to truck supplies to critical areas

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to truck supplies to critical areas

Chicken shortage… By Leonard Gildarie As chicken shortages continue to hit consumers hard, especially in the capital city, government yesterday said that it is moving to use its trucks to...

Pele Gold & Trophy Stall All Stars are GT&T FastBall Kings & Queens

Aug 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele Gold & Trophy Stall All Stars are GT&T FastBall Kings & Queens

Shawn Johnson & Nicola Leacock are MVP’s By Franklin Wilson Pele Gold whipped BK International Western Tigers A 3-0 and Trophy Stall All Stars (Georgetown) squeezed to a thrilling 3-2...

Enmore Track Club returns from Trinidad with seven medals

Aug 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enmore Track Club returns from Trinidad with seven medals

The Enmore Track and Field Club returned from Trinidad and Tobago last week with a seven-medal haul from the Morvant Jets/Mustangs Games that was held at the Hasley Crawford Stadium in the capital of...

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Stanton Rose keeps Guyana’s AmeriCup qualification hopes alive

Jul 11, 2026

…Guyana to face Bermuda in final match tonight By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Guyana kept its FIBA AmeriCup Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers campaign on course with an impressive 68-53 victory over...

A Commission of Inquiry is not a fishing expedition

Jul 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram’s latest letter (Kiskadee Watch, July 9th 2026) culminates with what is intended to be its most dramatic flourish: a demand that President Irfaan Ali establish a Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate every aspect of his agricultural enterprise. It is...

The Beacon of Freedom Seen Across Oceans: Reflections on 250 Years of...

Jul 05, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Two hundred and fifty years ago, in the sweltering heat of a Philadelphia summer, a small group of men did something without precedent in modern history. They gathered, argued, deliberated, and then signed their names to a declaration that was a...

The Ali farm – from bankroller to blackmailer

Jul 11, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Almost without exception, Guyanese across the board, are familiar about the kind of upstanding citizen and leader that Pres. Ali is. They have a good idea about the quality of his character, the beauties of his activities. Their leader is a winner. ...

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