September 8, 2011 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Newsmen barred from entering NIS $69M building

Sep 08, 2011 KNews News 23

-GM instructs manager to hide Management and security of a controversial $69M Corriverton office of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) denied entry to media workers on Tuesday claiming that...

Gail Teixeira was honest, forthright – WikiLeaks cable

Sep 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gail Teixeira was honest, forthright – WikiLeaks cable

-Minister battled documents fraud, fake business weddings, foreign missions In late 2005, the local US Embassy in Georgetown believed that the then Minister of Home Affairs, Gail...

Mahaica pastor clings to life after robbery

Sep 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica pastor clings to life after robbery

A pastor from Mahaica is currently on life support at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit after a severe beating by two men who invaded his home. According to...

Guyana seeks an extended continental shelf

Sep 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana seeks an extended continental shelf

Guyana Wednesday made a submission containing all the relevant data with respect to Guyana’s claim to an extended continental shelf pursuant to Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on...

Dem boys seh…De Big Man can’t sleep

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Big Man can’t sleep

Some people don’t have problem sleeping. Some does put down dem head and by de time you count from one to ten dem done sleeping. Some does have to count, and count, and count and...

Fantasies unfolding into tomorrow’s tragedies

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Fantasies unfolding into tomorrow’s tragedies

The first essay I wrote as a university freshman at UG was on Nazi Germany. My professor was Guyanese Catholic Nun, Sister Mary Noel Menezies. During the discussion of my essay, I told Sister...

T&T make Guyana see ‘Red’ despite 4-12 from impressive Bishoo

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T make Guyana see ‘Red’ despite 4-12 from impressive Bishoo

The optimists will tell you that after making 91-6 off 15 overs on Tuesday in their 53-run loss to Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana produced an improved performance yesterday at Bourda; reaching...

Athlete with Guyanese roots celebrate 1500m Bronze at World championships in Daegu

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Sports 5

Matthew Centrowitz – who has Guyanese heritage – celebrated winning the Bronze medal in the1500M event at the recently concluded Track & Field World championships, Daegu,...

President meets with cricket officials

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on President meets with cricket officials

Follow-up meeting planned Guyana’s President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday met with stakeholders in Guyana’s cricket and a follow-up meeting is scheduled for the near future but their have...

PM Karibee Rice, RHT Gizmos & Gadgets and Edinburgh in winner’s row

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on PM Karibee Rice, RHT Gizmos & Gadgets and Edinburgh in winner’s row

Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over Cricket The 2011 Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over Round Robin Cricket Competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board, continued on...

Giftland Office Max, NSC supports Netball squad

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Giftland Office Max, NSC supports Netball squad

– Team leave Friday for B/dos The Guyana Netball Association (GNA) received a timely donation from Giftland Office Max recently when Marketing Manager Compton Babb presented a cheque for...

RCMTC teams with the Guyana Veterinary Association for horserace meet

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on RCMTC teams with the Guyana Veterinary Association for horserace meet

With there being a lull in the horseracing season after a hectic two months with six race meets within an eight week period, most of the stables are taking the time out to replenish their...

Black Hawks sweep medals at Pan Caribbean Martial Arts tourney

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Black Hawks sweep medals at Pan Caribbean Martial Arts tourney

The Black Hawks Martial Arts School secured a total 19 awards; 12 titles, 5 silver and 2 bronze medals, at the Pan Caribbean Martial Arts tournament staged in Trinidad and Tobago, August 19...

Eroding the dignity of the young by denying them what’s rightly theirs

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Eroding the dignity of the young by denying them what’s rightly theirs

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a Guyana Chronicle August 24th article, “Impress Youth Expo angers dinosaurs who want to re-write history.” The failure of the government to disprove...

The prolonged plague of garbage

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The prolonged plague of garbage

DEAR EDITOR, It is quite disturbing, the response of the government to the still prominent and escalating garbage issue plaguing our garden city Georgetown. I don’t know if others have...

A gesture of the heart

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A gesture of the heart

Dear Editor, I wish to use this medium to extend my heartfelt thanks to the person who turned in my wallet to the La Penitence Post Office this week. I had lost my wallet in the Bourda...

Of literary contingents and their credentials

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Of literary contingents and their credentials

Dear Editor, Over a year ago, I had leveled what I believed to be a serious charge of nepotism and discrimination against the Ministry of Culture in its selection of literary contingents for...

BleakiLeaks… somebody please help!

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on BleakiLeaks… somebody please help!

Dear Editor, The rains fell heavily even though briefly with clapping of thunder and flashing of lightning, the lightning was so bright that it lit up my dark bedroom during this bad weather,...

Govt. double standards on WikiLeaks convenient – Ramjattan

Sep 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. double standards on WikiLeaks convenient – Ramjattan

“It is double standard for the government to be inconsistent on their perspectives on WikiLeaks, because when it is biting them, they are saying it is predominantly opinion,...

A wicked and dangerous government ploy

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A wicked and dangerous government ploy

People have always been saying that governments are cruel and vindictive. They do not take kindly to people who oppose them. There are counties in which those who oppose the government are...

Two more Buxton youths freed of murder charge

Sep 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two more Buxton youths freed of murder charge

-state to appeal decision Despite Prosecutors conceding that they have no further evidence against two Buxton youths on trial for murder, the state has appealed a high court judge’s decision...

Top Berbice CSEC performer laments shortage of Science, Maths teachers

Sep 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Top Berbice CSEC performer laments shortage of Science, Maths teachers

Shalita Appadu of Auchlyne Estate on the Corentyne secured the top spot in the country alongside a student of Queen’s College. She also did her region and school proud by gaining the much...

Berbice family stunned by young girl’s death at GPHC

Sep 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice family stunned by young girl’s death at GPHC

By Keeran Singh and Zena Henry The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Guyana’s main hospital, came in for some serious criticisms from a family in mourning. The...

After WikiLeaks Revelations…Police Commissioner should resign – AFC

Sep 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on After WikiLeaks Revelations…Police Commissioner should resign – AFC

The AFC has called for the Commissioner of Police to instantly resign following the launch of an independent forensic inquiry into the drug infiltration of the police force. This notion was...

THE REAL ENTREPRENEURS OF GUYANA

Sep 08, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE REAL ENTREPRENEURS OF GUYANA

There’s an unerring habit to put down persons who have taken their knocks in life and emerged against the odds. In many ways, the reason why this is done; why we put down others who have...

12 NEXT

Mashramani Street Football Championship kicks off tonight in Mocha

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more