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APNU “thinks” its support is growing!

Sep 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU “thinks” its support is growing!

Dear Editor, Well for once, I’ve found something that I can agree with Mark Archer when he wrote, “You cannot paint a horse and call it a zebra” (Kaieteur News, Sept. 27). This is...

Despite its denials, the PPP is profiting from selling Guyanese their own land

Sep 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Despite its denials, the PPP is profiting from selling Guyanese their own land

Dear Editor, Minister of Housing and Water, Mr. Irfaan Ali, and Taslim Baksh, Finance Officer of Central Housing & Planning Authority (CH&PA), assert I am wrong when I said the...

What is wrong with the AFC?

Sep 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is wrong with the AFC?

Dear Editor, I recently migrated to the United States. I was employed in Information Technology, in Guyana, with an inadequate salary, and now I am looking for a job. I question...

I publicly apologize to Mr. Trotman

Sep 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on I publicly apologize to Mr. Trotman

Dear Editor, In Kaieteur News 28/9/11 “Raphael Trotman wields a forked tongue” I attributed the quote/ remarks that; “the PNC is yet to apologize for years of rigged elections”...

HUGO CHAVEZ HAS BEEN GOOD TO GUYANA!

Sep 29, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HUGO CHAVEZ HAS BEEN GOOD TO GUYANA!

In an insightful editorial in yesterday’s edition of this newspaper, it was observed that unlike the past there is in place in neighbouring Venezuela a government less committed to confrontation....

Halting the slide in education

Sep 29, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Halting the slide in education

The Education Ministry wants to see a turnaround in the fortunes of the school system. We are always decrying what passes for education these days because we have lost good teachers who opted...

Parliament dissolved…17 political parties to contest polls

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament dissolved…17 political parties to contest polls

By Leonard Gildarie Guyana’s Ninth Parliament has been dissolved, officially paving the way for President Bharrat Jagdeo to announce a date for National Elections. However, that date will...

China to donate 30,000 laptops to OLPF–Ambassador

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on China to donate 30,000 laptops to OLPF–Ambassador

62nd anniversary of People’s Republic of China…. The Chinese Government yesterday said that over the past 39 years China and Guyana have maintained a sound momentum of growth....

Sea Defence breach, high tide causes widespread flooding in New Amsterdam

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sea Defence breach, high tide causes widespread flooding in New Amsterdam

NCN Berbice shuts down transmission A sea defence breach in the Canje Creek, and an overburdened koker have resulted in immense flooding that has wreaked havoc on residents of Tucber, Nurseville...

Corentyne scam artist on the prowl

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne scam artist on the prowl

…sells girlfriend’s land twice, runs off with over $1M A suspected confidence trickster on the Upper Corentyne area has swindled more than a million dollars from at least two...

Brother on the run after knifing younger sibling

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Brother on the run after knifing younger sibling

Roylee Charles, 26, of Mashabo Mission, an Amerindian Community on the Essequibo Coast, continues to elude the police while his younger brother, Sheldon Charles, remains a patient of the male ward at...

GPL: Electricity demands projected to rise to 112MW in three years

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News 6

-hydro will insulate Guyana from oil prices, says PM Hinds By Leonard Gildarie Despite Tuesday’s hefty investment and commissioning of a 15.6 megawatts Wartsila power plant at Kingston,...

Kamarang child-rape case not being swept under the carpet–police

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Kamarang child-rape case not being swept under the carpet–police

Police have completed their investigations into the alleged sexual assault of a three-year-old boy at Kamarang, some five months ago, by a man suspected of being mentally ill. They are now...

Another day, another accident

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another day, another accident

The occupants of this car were badly injured after it car turned turtle around the No 35 Village turn on the Corentyne, after the young driver who was reportedly going at a fast rate of speed, lost...

That eroded roadway at CJIA

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on That eroded roadway at CJIA

The authorities at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport have expressed surprise at a photograph that appeared in the Tuesday issue of the Kaieteur News. The photograph showed massive erosion of a...

Vandals desecrate Stanleytown tomb, steal dead woman’s wig, slippers

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Vandals desecrate Stanleytown tomb, steal dead woman’s wig, slippers

Even the dead cannot rest in peace these days. They too are the target for thieves and sick-minded people. The family of 75-year-old Marlowe Vanderstoop is upset and shocked that some individuals...

City Engineer’s Department to be investigated — Councilor Chase Green

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Engineer’s Department to be investigated — Councilor Chase Green

The City Engineer’s Department is to be investigated soon by an independent entity. The Mayor and City Council is unsure which entity it will engage to conduct the investigations or when it will...

No medical records on mentally challenged woman who slit man’s throat

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No medical records on mentally challenged woman who slit man’s throat

There appears to be no medical records for a mentally challenged woman who allegedly stabbed a Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara man, to death last Saturday. The woman, who gave her name as Adela...

Driver placed on $200,000 bail for D’Urban Street death

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Driver placed on $200,000 bail for D’Urban Street death

A driver was on Tuesday asked to post bail in the sum of $200,000 for causing death by dangerous driving. Nola Hohenkirk appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry at the Georgetown...

Kuru Kuru gets ‘School Retention and Child Labour Prevention Programme’

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Kuru Kuru gets ‘School Retention and Child Labour Prevention Programme’

The government yesterday launched its $21 million ‘School Retention and Child Labour Prevention Programme’ at the Kuru Kuru Primary School. The programme includes Numeracy and...

Suspected pirates remanded on Narcotics charge

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected pirates remanded on Narcotics charge

The five suspected pirates who were held in a boat on Sunday morning at the Eversham koker on the Corentyne were on Wednesday remanded to prison by Magistrate Krisendat Persaud when they appeared...

Man gets four years for robbery under arms

Sep 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets four years for robbery under arms

After appearing in the Georgetown Magistrate Court several times, robbery under arms accused, Ishmael Stewart was yesterday sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. The man was accused...

Jagdeo denies one-year suspension for Sharma TV

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo denies one-year suspension for Sharma TV

…as mystery document surfaces Embattled manager of CNS TV Channel 6 Chandra Narine Sharma was last night consulting with his attorneys after receiving a document indicating that his...

Psychiatric evaluation for woman who slit Clonbrook man’s throat

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Psychiatric evaluation for woman who slit Clonbrook man’s throat

The Guyana Police Force will be engaging the services of a psychiatrist to determine the mental capacity of a woman who is being held for Saturday’s night’s murder of Clonbrook, East Coast...

Border spat…Guyana says Venezuela knew of continental shelf intentions since May 2009

Sep 28, 2011 KNews News 4

– insists issue would not strain neighbourly relations By Leonard Gildarie The Guyana government yesterday insisted that Venezuela was made aware since May 13, 2009, of this...