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Democracy was restored 19 years ago

Oct 05, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Democracy was restored 19 years ago

Dear Editor, October 5, 2011 marks 19 years since democracy was restored to Guyana after an absence of twenty-eight years. This effectively meant that an entirely new cohort of voters...

AFC will remove darkness and ignorance

Oct 05, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on AFC will remove darkness and ignorance

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to several points raised by “Peter Allen” in the Kaieteur News of October 4, 2011. I must be doing very well when the PPP attacks me...

Another white elephant looms

Oct 05, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another white elephant looms

Dear Editor, Every working Guyanese must repay $317,500 with interest for a US$835 million Amaila hydro project Donald Ramotar reportedly said at the PPP’s Albion rally that the PPP...

Mahaicony fatal accident… One still critical, two others badly injured

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News 1

Days after being involved in the horrific accident at Airy Hall, Mahaicony, which claimed the lives of two young boys, the other accident victims are still patients at the Georgetown Public...

The Sharma Saga

Oct 05, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Sharma Saga

Back on May 4 of this year, CNS Channel 6, owned by colourful personality and politician Mr Chandranarine Sharma, broadcast a commentary by the equally colourful politician Mr Tony Vieira, who not so...

THERE ARE PEACEFUL AND LAWFUL OPTIONS AVAILABLE

Oct 05, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE ARE PEACEFUL AND LAWFUL OPTIONS AVAILABLE

The opposition parties are under tremendous pressure to take to the streets in protest over the decision of the government to close TV Channel 6 for four months over alleged infractions of the...

Bus smashes into canter, no one injured

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bus smashes into canter, no one injured

Police escort the young driver of the minibus after he crashed into a canter at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo, yesterday. No one, including the two young female passengers in the front seat of the bus,...

Alleged US$46,000 fraudulent conversion lands man in lock ups

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged US$46,000 fraudulent conversion lands man in lock ups

When Nolan Connelly appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday, the murmuring of those present was clearly heard, after it was alleged that the man fraudulently converted...

‘Kidnapped’ fisherman found alive

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Kidnapped’ fisherman found alive

Rasheed Bridgemohan, the 36-year-old Venezuela-based fisherman who had been feared kidnapped, was found alive and well on Monday night, just a few hours after relatives received a $1M demand for his...

Namilco scores big at GuyExpo

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Namilco scores big at GuyExpo

Namilco was awarded the first prize in the medium size category booth at GuyExpo for its decoration and for the introduction of two new products into Guyana –Parsad Mix and Halawa Mix. These are...

APNU’s Granger meets with religious leaders in N/A

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU’s Granger meets with religious leaders in N/A

– calls for assistance in “restoring Guyana” A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Presidential Candidate, Brigadier (ret) David Granger along with Member of Parliament Dr....

Berbice Chamber of Commerce to launch Business Magazine

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Chamber of Commerce to launch Business Magazine

In an attempt to market the region and to share the wealth and opportunities of the county, the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA) will be launching the first...

Three bids for reconstruction of roadway project

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three bids for reconstruction of roadway project

Guyana has received financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) towards improving transport infrastructure. Hence yesterday, bids were accepted by the National Procurement and...

City Hall being deliberately sabotaged – Mayor Green

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall being deliberately sabotaged – Mayor Green

The Georgetown Municipality is being deliberately sabotaged by Central Government as part of a wider propaganda blitz, says City Mayor Hamilton Green. The Mayor was at the time responding to...

Spanish national held in cocaine bust at CJIA

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Spanish national held in cocaine bust at CJIA

A native of Spain was yesterday brought to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of narcotics possession with intent to traffic. The man who gave his name as Vincent Sarrano...

Another SOS issued for blood

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another SOS issued for blood

– Minimum of 104 donors required by Friday With a series of impending surgeries, anticipated medical emergencies and other operations requiring the use of blood and blood products, the...

CARICOM crime prevention plan…Youth violence is initial focus

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM crime prevention plan…Youth violence is initial focus

Gangs and gang violence among CARICOM youth is one of the priority issues to be addressed in the CARICOM Crime Prevention and Social Development Action Plan (CCPSD), which is being implemented on a...

Black Bush Polder Road ‘slightly’ off schedule – Works Ministry

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Black Bush Polder Road ‘slightly’ off schedule – Works Ministry

The construction of the US$6.6M, 34km Black Bush Polder Road, Region Six, is said to be ‘slightly’ off schedule. For the contractor, BK International, to meet the project’s new...

National Testing Week expected to gather momentum

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on National Testing Week expected to gather momentum

Under the theme ‘Confidential and Reliable: Get Tested Now’, the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS)’s National Week of Testing began Monday with some one thousand persons being...

Avon launches breast cancer awareness project

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Avon launches breast cancer awareness project

Avon Beauty and Cosmetics launched its breast cancer awareness project yesterday by awarding a $500,000 cheque to the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) for their...

‘Picture Boy’ on trial for Non Pareil murder

Oct 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Picture Boy’ on trial for Non Pareil murder

– jury empanelled The murder trial for Cyon Collier also called ‘Picture Boy’ commenced yesterday before Justice Winston Patterson. Collier is charged with the murder of...

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Guyanese MMA star Harris set for octagon return on January 11

Jagdeo is a liability to Irfaan Ali

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Bharrat Jagdeo has long represented an unsettling paradox in Guyana’s politics. He... more