October 2011

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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...

NICIL ‘approached’ Jagdeo’s best friend to acquire Sanata Complex

Oct 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL ‘approached’ Jagdeo’s best friend to acquire Sanata Complex

…Luncheon testifies in court Queen’s Atlantic Investment Incorporated (QAII) – of which the Chief executive is President Bharrat Jagdeo’s best friend Bobby Ramroop – was...

Sharma’s suspension begins six hours earlier

Oct 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sharma’s suspension begins six hours earlier

…Civil society organises vigil Scores of Guyanese, among them political party leaders, civil society and rights activists turned up at the operation of CNS TV Channel Six to show...

Businessman shot during $8M robbery

Oct 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman shot during $8M robbery

An East Coast Demerara businessman is nursing a gunshot wound to his right shoulder after bandits snatched the $8M he was carrying, early yesterday morning. The businessman, Purushotam Nauth,...

Jailed 9-11 scam artist heads to Guyana

Oct 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jailed 9-11 scam artist heads to Guyana

Cyril Kendall bilked charities of $160,000 by concocting a fictitious son he claimed died in the 2001 terror attack on the World Trade Center. A Queens, New York man convicted of the largest 9/11...

Carberry says Joe Hamilton’s switch will not hinder PNC

Oct 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Carberry says Joe Hamilton’s switch will not hinder PNC

The decision of former People’s National Congress (PNC) Parliamentarian Joseph Hamilton to switch to the incumbent PPP will not hinder the party in any way, executive Lance Carberry, said...

Four shot as armed 15-man gang raid mining camps, landing

Oct 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Four shot as armed 15-man gang raid mining camps, landing

-escape with millions in gold and diamonds At least five persons were wounded when a 15-man gang of armed bandits raided the gold mining community of Piari in the Puruni River on...

Dem boys seh…De Waterfalls Boss Man would beat de Big Man

Oct 04, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Waterfalls Boss Man would beat de Big Man

When a man beat poor people and tek dem money that man is a criminal. That is wha happening all de time and it does pass fuh de law. De Big Man beat poor people then tek dem money wid VAT, wid...

Fascism does its pre-election dance

Oct 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Fascism does its pre-election dance

I wasn’t in the least surprised at the suspension of CNS channel 6. This writer has used the classification of fascism five years ago to describe the direction of the governing cabal in this land....

Election time is the silly season

Oct 04, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Election time is the silly season

The silly season is really here and with it, the reality that much has changed since the elections of 2006. There is evidence that many prominent people who appeared to be with one political party or...

THE WORLD KEEPS TURNING

Oct 04, 2011 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE WORLD KEEPS TURNING

This week the world could not be bothered by the large crowds that attended the first major rally of the ruling, People’s Progressive Party, or for that matter the fortunes of any of the other...

APNU promises taxes, incentives reform for social equity

Oct 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU promises taxes, incentives reform for social equity

…to raise tax threshold $100,000, reduce VAT A Partnership for National Unity Executive, Lance Carberry says that an A.P.N.U-led Government will immediately stop the practice by the PPP/C...

Den Amstel man killed in freak accident at Buck Hall

Oct 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Den Amstel man killed in freak accident at Buck Hall

A Den Amstel man became the country’s latest industrial accident fatality when he was crushed to death by a 320-pound steel rod, while working at a location in Buck Hall. According to...

Construction debacle at St. Pius Primary School… Delayed works disrupt classes

Oct 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Construction debacle at St. Pius Primary School… Delayed works disrupt classes

‘Why didn’t they do this over the August vacation’-Parents Parents and teachers of St. Pius Primary School were frustrated yesterday after arriving at school and finding the school...

Rosignol stabbing incident…”Infidelity is the real reason for all of this”– says relative of the accused

Oct 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rosignol stabbing incident…”Infidelity is the real reason for all of this”– says relative of the accused

The ex-policeman who allegedly stabbed his paramour with a knife at the Blairmont Estate, West Bank Berbice, is still in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital. According to...

GuyExpo provides grounds for educating and marketing

Oct 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GuyExpo provides grounds for educating and marketing

GuyExpo remains one of the country’s biggest annual events as numerous persons came out to support the occasion. Once again the event has captured the interest of Guyanese as local...

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The danger of renting another country’s power

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(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I wish to thank publicly President Ali and the PPP Govt for keeping Guyanese in mind, caring for them. This should have been done before, but circumstances kept getting in the way. The president helped to get priorities in order, so here I am with gratitude in my heart,...

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