November 2011

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A FANTASTIC EFFORT!

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A FANTASTIC EFFORT!

Guyana finally has an international swimming pool. It took a long time in coming but the wait is over and Guyana’s swimmers no longer have to dream about having the opportunity...

The Baccoo Speaks

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The elections’ campaign makes people behave in ways that they are not known to. One campaign speaker is going to continue to do things that would antagonize some people but wiser counsel...

The campaign’s Champagne moments

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The campaign’s Champagne moments

I need to clarify the use of the term “Champagne moments.” Normally in literature, a Champagne moment is used in a positive context. It connotes a celebratory mood. When someone says; “This...

My government disrespects me and all Guyana

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on My government disrespects me and all Guyana

People elect governments to represent their interests. They know that they cannot achieve some of the things they want on their own so they elect governments to do that for them. In the United...

Toucan Industries donates $1M for cancer fight

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Toucan Industries donates $1M for cancer fight

Toucan Industries through its local Hunt’s tomato-based products is helping to prevent the spread of cancer and provide assistance to those diagnosed. The company on Thursday donated $1M to...

Cocaine trafficker gets 5 years

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine trafficker gets 5 years

A 29-year-old deportee from the United States will be spending the next five years behind bars. He will also have to pay a fine of $30,000 after he was found guilty on Friday of...

Suspected cocaine found aboard Russian cargo ship at city wharf

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected cocaine found aboard Russian cargo ship at city wharf

Five packets of a substance suspected to be cocaine were discovered on a Russian cargo ship that is docked at a city wharf. The discovery was made early yesterday morning, a few hours before...

Suspected motorcycle bandit surrenders

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected motorcycle bandit surrenders

Less than a week after police issued a wanted bulletin for him, usual criminal suspect Randy Morris turned himself into the authorities. Morris, who is wanted for questioning in connection...

Wrongfully accused man says police detention ruined reputation

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Wrongfully accused man says police detention ruined reputation

After being detained by the police for more than 42 hours, wrongfully accused by the cops as a man wanted to present evidence in a case, Peter William, said that all he received...

103 road fatalities recorded for 2011

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 103 road fatalities recorded for 2011

Statistics have revealed that for the period January to date, there were 103 road deaths in 2011 compared to 108 deaths for the same period last year. Though, this represents a reduction, the...

Commonwealth Observer Group for Guyana Elections

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth Observer Group for Guyana Elections

Former Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Secretary-General, Denis Marshall QSO, who also served as a minister in the New Zealand government, will lead a 15-member Commonwealth Observer Group...

Businesswoman irked at police response to burglary

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman irked at police response to burglary

A Businesswoman was in despair after opening the door to her home on D’Andrade Street and Vlissengen Road, Newtown after discovering the house ransacked from top to bottom...

Clara Norton, another centenarian

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Clara Norton, another centenarian

A modest Clara Norton turned 100 yesterday. For the occasion the woman was dressed in an orange and brown dress with orange shoes, as her children, grandchildren and great...

Georgetown Public Hospital launches workshop to improve wound care

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown Public Hospital launches workshop to improve wound care

Georgetown Public Hospital has begun taking steps to improve wound care and introduce the use of implants into their institution with the first Wound Care and Implants Workshop...

Shell launches Friction Modification Technology

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Shell launches Friction Modification Technology

Sol, the Caribbean leader in petroleum products is bringing an improved fuel offering to customers across the region. As licensee of the Shell brand, Sol has announced the introduction...

Local embalmer attends acclaimed seminars

Nov 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Local embalmer attends acclaimed seminars

To enhance funeral services to family members’ satisfaction Merriman Funeral Homes Inc has enhanced its embalmin capacity. Claude Alfonso Merriman recently participated in over 100 sessions...

Don’t Spend Today Living In The Past

Nov 20, 2011 KNews Food For Thought Comments Off on Don’t Spend Today Living In The Past

The height of your brilliance does not depend on the size of your head, rather it depends on the limits you’re willing to break to achieve excellence. Creativity puts the world in...

Govt. signs secret deal to expand CJIA

Nov 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. signs secret deal to expand CJIA

… Upset Chinese contractor revealed info An unspecified deal for which a Chinese bank is putting US$138 million (G$27.6 billion) has been signed to expand the country’s lone international...

Ex-president of Philippines arrested for corruption

Nov 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-president of Philippines arrested for corruption

– barred from leaving country MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was arrested in her hospital room on electoral fraud charges yesterday in a...

Mocha/Arcadia residents, police clash in face-off

Nov 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mocha/Arcadia residents, police clash in face-off

…as Benn concedes Ministry officials neglected deplorable roadway Development comes with a price to be borne by many but the residents of Mocha Arcadia, East Bank of Demerara believes that the...

Grenades found in Le Repentir Cemetery

Nov 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Grenades found in Le Repentir Cemetery

Police are in possession of two Russian-made concussion grenades which were found in Le Repentir Cemetery on Thursday. Personnel from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) found the grenades...

Sod-turning for Marriott Hotel tomorrow

Nov 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sod-turning for Marriott Hotel tomorrow

The sod-turning ceremony for the Marriott-branded hotel in the Kingston, Georgetown area will be held tomorrow. Last July, President Bharrat Jagdeo said that the government was looking to seal...

‘We know what we are doing’ – says Surujbally on voter education

Nov 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘We know what we are doing’ – says Surujbally on voter education

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) knows what it is doing, Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally said yesterday, in responding to criticisms about its voter education programme. “We have our...

Gita Sakal: I kept US$5M cheque in my drawer

Nov 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gita Sakal: I kept US$5M cheque in my drawer

– Commission of Enquiry reveals tale of easy money for ex-CL Financial exec GITA SAKAL, former corporate secretary of the collapsed CL Financial empire, said Thursday she kept a US$5 million...

What’s next?

Nov 19, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What’s next?

What happened in Victoria the other night was a direct result of the failure of APNU to condemn what happened in Buxton when a large contingent of supporters of the main opposition partnership...

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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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