September 2011

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Of BRICS and PIGS

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Of BRICS and PIGS

As we continue wallowing in the gossip and loose talk of the WikiLeaks cables, there is the danger of missing potentially seismic events in other parts of the world that could impact...

LEARNING FROM TRINIDAD

Sep 21, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on LEARNING FROM TRINIDAD

Trinidad declared a state of emergency to deal with its crime problem. And it has worked and is showing great returns. The state of emergency has been welcomed by the vast majority of...

New $B inpatient facility to be occupied by month-end

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New $B inpatient facility to be occupied by month-end

The spanking new building located aback of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s compound is expected to be fully operational by the end of this month. This is according...

Guyanese ‘Most Wanted’ in Canada “to be deported today”

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese ‘Most Wanted’ in Canada “to be deported today”

TORONTO – One of Canada’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals, who was convicted twice of beating women, has been deemed a threat to public security and denied release from custody by an...

PAHO targets school-aged population through Phys Ed.

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO targets school-aged population through Phys Ed.

The development of a nation is directly linked to a healthy population. As such, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) is propelling the development of a healthy lifestyle among the...

Child protection week…CPA enlightens citizens on legislation through outreach activities

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Child protection week…CPA enlightens citizens on legislation through outreach activities

As Child Protection Week continues, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, through the Child Protection Agency (CPA), on Monday began a week of activities in several...

UCCCI launches essay and debating competitions for Corentyne schools

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UCCCI launches essay and debating competitions for Corentyne schools

The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (UCCCI), on Monday, launched its Essay and Debating competitions in ten schools in the Upper Corentyne area. According to President of UCCCI, Vishnu...

Fatal bee attack…Police, catcher refute claims by residents

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fatal bee attack…Police, catcher refute claims by residents

Coobeer Persaud, Chairman of the Providence Police Management Committee, last evening refuted claims that the force did not render assistance to Eccles residents when they came under attack by...

ECHO launches Health Schools Competition in Region Three

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ECHO launches Health Schools Competition in Region Three

The Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) recently launched its Health Schools Competition in 14 schools across West Coast Demerara, Region Three, to increase involvement among...

Deplorable conditions at Golden Grove Secondary …. Parents take protest action to OP

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Deplorable conditions at Golden Grove Secondary …. Parents take protest action to OP

Having not received satisfaction, parents who protested the deplorable conditions of the Golden Grove Secondary School at the commencement of the school term earlier this month, yesterday...

Leading cosmetics brand on board for Fashion Weekend

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Leading cosmetics brand on board for Fashion Weekend

Garnier, one of the world’s leading cosmetics brands, will be collaborating with the Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) 2011 following the presentation of a sponsorship package to organizers of...

Taxpayers’ response to M&CC amnesty poor – Mayor Green

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Taxpayers’ response to M&CC amnesty poor – Mayor Green

Despite the fact that the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown offered amnesty to errant taxpayers for a period of 42 days, divided into three phases, payments to the Council remain...

Pedestrian struck by sand truck still critical

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pedestrian struck by sand truck still critical

The pedestrian, Trevor Melville, who was struck down by a sand truck on Sunday last, near his home at Friendship, East Bank Demerara is still in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of the...

Teen hangs self at school

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen hangs self at school

Students at the Charity Secondary were shocked, yesterday, at the discovery of one of their classmates hanging in the school’s washroom, one week after the new term started. The second...

Phony meter readers rob Grove household at gunpoint

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Phony meter readers rob Grove household at gunpoint

Five gunmen posing as meter readers yesterday carted off more than $2M in a daylight robbery that has left three women in a state of shock. The incident occurred at about 10:15 hours at Golden...

Haversack with ‘weed’ on boat leads to two arrests

Sep 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Haversack with ‘weed’ on boat leads to two arrests

– man found with ganja strapped to body The vigilance of a police officer on board a boat to Bartica has led to the arrests of two persons who were carrying varying amounts of marijuana...

Africanised bees kill Eccles man

Sep 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Africanised bees kill Eccles man

Pandemonium hit the village of Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) yesterday afternoon after a swarm of Africanised (killer) Bees launched an attack on residents in the area, resulting in the...

Five car smash up leaves three hospitalized

Sep 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Five car smash up leaves three hospitalized

Five car owners are now counting their losses after their vehicles were involved in a smash up around 19:30 hrs on Sunday evening on the Cumberland, East Canje Public Road. The accident...

Doris Balkissoon never lost her Public Assistance

Sep 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Doris Balkissoon never lost her Public Assistance

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand, has denied that her Ministry ever stopped the public assistance for Doris Balkissoon, 53, of Enmore, East Coast Demerara....

Government earns $889M from house lots’ sale last year

Sep 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Government earns $889M from house lots’ sale last year

Last year, the Ministry of Housing land sale for house lots and private scheme development saw that state agency collecting over $889M. According to the audited financial statements...

Millions in overpaid contracts unrecovered

Sep 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Millions in overpaid contracts unrecovered

– Finance Ministry cites dead contractors, other challenges The Ministry of Finance has claimed it faces a number of problems, including dead contractors, in efforts to recover...

Murder charge for Cop fingered in drug counselor’s killing

Sep 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Murder charge for Cop fingered in drug counselor’s killing

The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised that the police Lance Corporal implicated in the fatal shooting of drug counselor Ralph Turpin be charged with murder. Lance Corporal Sherwin...

Dem boys seh ….Dead contractors got to pay back money

Sep 20, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh ….Dead contractors got to pay back money

Contractors is smart people because dem mekking fools of some of dem government people. Imagine de government give a contract fuh a certain money and de contractors manage to get extra. That got to...

Analyzing Jagdeo, part 1 to part 99

Sep 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Analyzing Jagdeo, part 1 to part 99

I was a social commentator long before Bharrat Jagdeo became President. If he is about to end his presidency after twelve years in power, then it meant that I would have covered his reign...

We need to know where we fell short

Sep 20, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on We need to know where we fell short

Dear Editor, The letter by D.Thorne in today’s issue of KN and captioned “The 2010 Guyana Prize was the most catastrophic ever” has prompted me to write this. I had read the one by Ruel Johnson...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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