August 2011

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Thieves eat, drink, smoke, relax then steal $5M in cash, jewellery

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves eat, drink, smoke, relax then steal $5M in cash, jewellery

…while owner sports at wedding house A West Bank Demerara family is counting its losses after brazen burglars broke into the home Sunday evening, and escaped with almost $5M in cash and jewels. The...

Jet boat sinks in Mazaruni River, one missing

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jet boat sinks in Mazaruni River, one missing

Twenty-three people have been accounted for, while one has been reported missing after yet another river mishap in the Mazaruni River yesterday afternoon. The missing man has been identified as Ray...

Brazilian businessman says his actions were legal

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian businessman says his actions were legal

A Brazilian businessman has described reports in the media about his involvement in the ‘invasion and sabotage of sand business by an armed gang in Coverden’, as an invention by his former...

Multi-million dollar private hospital commissioned in Region Six

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Multi-million dollar private hospital commissioned in Region Six

-in memory of Joseph Anamayah A multi-million dollar state-of-the-art private hospital was commissioned on Saturday at Hampshire, Region Six, marking a new era in the delivery of healthcare in the...

Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, State Senators visit Corentyne

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, State Senators visit Corentyne

The Executive and several members of the Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) met with a visiting 11- member delegation from SEBREA (Brazilian Private Sector Organization for...

Angoy’s Avenue scouts group attracts support from Republic Bank

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Angoy’s Avenue scouts group attracts support from Republic Bank

…UG Berbice campus offers scholarships The newly formed Angoy’s Avenue Scouts group, the newest group in Guyana, is already geared to receive significant assistance from some corporate entities...

A crash

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on A crash

Around 10:30 hrs yesterday, in very rainy weather, a hire car driver, Gandhi, heading to New Amsterdam, opposite the New Amsterdam Hospital road, slammed into this car, PDD 8335 driven at the time...

Sleeping driver crashes

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sleeping driver crashes

This Toyota Allion PNN 1986, which was in the vicinity of Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, was heading toward Georgetown when the driver fell asleep behind the wheels and slammed into the motor...

93% of all abortions occur for social reasons-worldwide Statistic

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 93% of all abortions occur for social reasons-worldwide Statistic

– Gender discrimination also noted as a factor By Rabindra Rooplall Approximately 42 million abortions take place each year, while 83 per cent of all abortions are obtained in developing...

Guyana’s cancer treatment regimen gets support from private institution

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s cancer treatment regimen gets support from private institution

In December 2008, when Coletta Benn-Alphonso, a nurse, carried out a routine self breast examination she found the unthinkable. Shortly after, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Today...

Investigations reveal that pressure in steam pipe was 10 times too high

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Investigations reveal that pressure in steam pipe was 10 times too high

Enmore sugar factory death … An independent probe at the Enmore sugar factory that left a worker dead in May has found that the pressure in a steam pipe was almost 10 times higher than it should...

Pilots: Poor visibility at Guyana airport

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pilots: Poor visibility at Guyana airport

T&T Newsday – THE FACILITIES at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport at Guyana will come under scrutiny among many possible factors that pushed Flight BW 523 to overshoot the runway after...

Heavy rains scuttle Wismar Emancipation Day celebrations

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Heavy rains scuttle Wismar Emancipation Day celebrations

Emancipation Day was a nightmare for several Wismar residents, whose homes were inundated because of relentless rainfall Sunday night and Monday morning. “Imagine this is Emancipation Day, a...

Good Hope Bridge in shambles once more

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Good Hope Bridge in shambles once more

Residents of the Good Hope Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, are once again annoyed with the actions of a contracting company over the works carried out on one of its main access bridges. Reports...

Sluggish Parliamentary Committee forced passage of Broadcasting Bill

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sluggish Parliamentary Committee forced passage of Broadcasting Bill

The sloth of the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments (PCA) in executing its functions was cited as one of the determining factors behind the government’s decision to rewrite the Broadcasting...

Thousands celebrate Emancipation Day at National Park

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News 1

Thousands of Guyanese made the annual journey to the National Park to celebrate Emancipation Day yesterday. And this year, things were to be spiced up given celebrations for International Year for...

Caribbean Airlines still one of the safest-

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines still one of the safest-

-local aviation expert urges visitors not to be deterred by mishap Despite last Saturday’s near-disastrous crash at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Captain Gerry Gouveia says that Caribbean...

Thousands flock Hamburg Island on Emancipation Day

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Thousands flock Hamburg Island on Emancipation Day

Thousands of Guyanese from all walks of life converged on Hamburg Beach, for the usual August Monday lime. Hamburg Island, also known as Tiger Island, lies between...

Local entrepreneurs to discuss participation in Caribbean/China forum in T&T

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Local entrepreneurs to discuss participation in Caribbean/China forum in T&T

Executives of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) will meet with all Guyanese entrepreneurs who have indicated...

Another Samaan tree comes down

Aug 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another Samaan tree comes down

High winds and heavy rain early yesterday caused this tree to fall across Vlissengen Road in the vicinity of Office of the President. It prevented traffic flow for a few hours. City Hall...

Denouement of physical extremism

Aug 02, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Denouement of physical extremism

I have a policy that is inflexible in political debate. Once someone who is well known openly defends state oppression and political repression by the government, it is not only vital but it becomes...

Dem boys seh ……… Bandits mek a conductor happy

Aug 02, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh ……… Bandits mek a conductor happy

People still laughing. Was de night when black people go about celebrating dem emancipation. Some guh by Cuffy and some go to night sport but all of dem had to go home when dem done enjoy demself....

A STORY HAS MORE THAN ONE SIDE

Aug 02, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A STORY HAS MORE THAN ONE SIDE

On Sunday July 24, 2011, the Stabroek News broke the story about a call-in programme hosted by Christopher Ram and Ramon Gaskin being pulled from Channel 6. The hosts of the show apparently received...

CJIA was not to blame for crash

Aug 02, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CJIA was not to blame for crash

The world is now aware that a plane crashed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport early Saturday morning. The photographs from the crash site were widely distributed...

Berbice Chamber of Commerce presents prizes to 10/10 softball standouts

Aug 02, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Chamber of Commerce presents prizes to 10/10 softball standouts

The Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Authority (BCCDA) brought an end to their 2011 Inter Agency Softball 10/10 cricket competition, fund day and...

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An insult to our intelligence

May 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – We are told that the reason regular government press conferences have disappeared is because the administration has moved from “campaign mode” into “implementation mode.” In other words, governing has apparently become too demanding an occupation to permit the...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Sanctity of contract

May 14, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Sanctity of contract has a resonant ring. In isolation. Sanctity of contract placed next to sanctity of sovereignty doesn’t have a leg on which to stand. It pales. It must fade. For what does sanctity of contract do to sanctity of...

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