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Poultry farmer, 72, bound, gagged and murdered in home

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Poultry farmer, 72, bound, gagged and murdered in home

Residents of the usually quiet East Coast Demerara village of Unity, Mahaica woke up in shock yesterday morning to the discovery of the bound and gagged body of popular poultry farmer....

Fire destroys Solicitor General’s home

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Solicitor General’s home

– By Latoya Giles An early morning fire believed to be electrical in origin yesterday destroyed the home of newly appointed Solicitor General Sita Ramlall. Kaieteur News was...

Greene tells Commanders he is still in charge

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Greene tells Commanders he is still in charge

Confusion seems to be the order of the day as it relates to who is in charge of the Guyana Police Force, in light of the proceeding on leave of embattled Commissioner Henry Greene. This newspaper...

Dem boys seh…Dem know wheh dem rat hiding

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem know wheh dem rat hiding

People really getting frighten. Nuff people. Henry de Yellow ask fuh guh pun leave but he know that he get set up. He frighten now because people talking and mekking he out to be a bad person. Dem...

Bryan becomes youngest National Men’s Singles Champion

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bryan becomes youngest National Men’s Singles Champion

– Lowe on high after successfully defending female title By Edison Jefford Notwithstanding the absence of perhaps Guyana’s four foremost senior national players, which included defending...

Shawn Cox disposes of Kurt Bess in brutal fashion to retain CABOFE crown

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shawn Cox disposes of Kurt Bess in brutal fashion to retain CABOFE crown

By Michael Benjamin The pre-fight prediction by the boxing pundits that either Kurt Bess or his Bajan counterpart, Shawn Cox would have tasted canvass proved true and the muscular Bajan needed just...

Youth Black Belts now assistant instructors

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Youth Black Belts now assistant instructors

Amy Williams, Nicholas Seebaran and Kaley Bansrupan all have one thing in common. They are all Black Belts and members of Bassai Karate Dojo-International (BKD-I) in Orlando. They are Youth...

Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities had successful year

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities had successful year

Thank Sponsors for 2011, promise better things in 2012 By Samuel Whyte With the Horseracing season winding down, a number of the clubs have completed their programmes for the year 20112012. One...

Norville/Smith steal show as ProAm amateur extravaganza concludes

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Norville/Smith steal show as ProAm amateur extravaganza concludes

Romeo Norville and Ron Smith regurgitated memories of the days of yore when action packed amateur boxing encounters were the order of the day when they squared off in a bantamweight clash in the...

Felix slams Greene’s statements on shooting of protesters

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Felix slams Greene’s statements on shooting of protesters

– dubs them “utter nonsense” Former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix who is set to be entering the National Assembly for the first time as a parliamentarian says that the recent...

Equitable health services for hinterland communities – Health Minister

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News 3

It will not be business as usual at the Ministry of Health, as according to recently appointed Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, high on his agenda for the Ministry is equity of access, value...

1,500 Region One residents treated during COMET medical programme

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 1,500 Region One residents treated during COMET medical programme

A child suffering from cerebral malaria, another with severe tuberculosis, and two men with liver cysts were among the 1,500 patents that were treated for various ailments by members of a Canadian...

IDB makes $20 million grant for Haiti hydro

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on IDB makes $20 million grant for Haiti hydro

– Resources to restore the country’s largest renewable energy plant The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Thursday announced the approval of a $20 million grant to complete and supplement...

Relatives turn stabbing death suspect over to police

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives turn stabbing death suspect over to police

The suspect in last Friday’s stabbing death of Quacy Orandi Gray at Liverpool, Corentyne, is now in custody after being turned over to the police by relatives. Kaieteur News understands that the...

Irfaan Ali, Ramjattan continue verbal sparring over $4B housing deal

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Irfaan Ali, Ramjattan continue verbal sparring over $4B housing deal

For two years now the Minister of Housing Irfaan Ali and his Parliamentary Opposition Colleague Khemraj Ramjattan have been engaged in a fierce verbal battle stemming from a $4B...

Education Minister promises more efficiency in sector

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister promises more efficiency in sector

…as efforts are made to make teaching more worthwhile “While we can use every teacher in this country I would prefer not to have teachers like these…if you don’t perform...

Project to help educate Amerindian women gets UK boost

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Project to help educate Amerindian women gets UK boost

A privately-organized project to provide funding for Amerindian girls studying to be teachers will begin operating in January. The project will assist the hinterland students at the...

Enterprise Road Safety Association brings Xmas cheer to Cheshire Home residents

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Enterprise Road Safety Association brings Xmas cheer to Cheshire Home residents

The Enterprise Road Safety association continued its decades-old relationship with the Cheshire Home at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara with yet another timely donation of basic items....

Woman of Worth

Dec 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman of Worth

– over 2000 beneficiaries Over 2000 single parent females are currently benefitting from a five year microcredit programme, Woman of Worth (WOW), founded by the Ministry of Human...

CATCHING MY HARSE

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on CATCHING MY HARSE

A white horse (pronounced “harse” by my Jamaican and Kittian friends) walked into a rum shop near the Garrison Savannah in Barbados. The bartender, accustomed to horses, tried to...

A MAN IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL FOUND GUILTY

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A MAN IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL FOUND GUILTY

If every public official was to proceed on leave or be interdicted simply on the basis of allegations made against them, there would be a great many persons who would end up being...

Sanders has unashamedly changed his tune

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sanders has unashamedly changed his tune

Dear Editor, I wish to highly commend Mr. Freddie Kisson for “calling out” Mr. Ronald Sanders on his double-speak. I too, noticed the not-so-glib about-face in the writings of Mr. Sanders after...

A MINORITY GOVERNMENT CAN BE A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A MINORITY GOVERNMENT CAN BE A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT

Dear Editor, The euphoria that visited the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A People’s Partnership for National Unity (APNU) immediately after the declaration of the November 28...

The PSC defied the will of the people

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PSC defied the will of the people

Dear Editor, When Benjamin Franklin left Constitutional Hall, a woman asked him what manner of government he gave to the people, his reply was “A Republic, if you can keep it”. All Franklin was...

Disappointed in Bill Express service

Dec 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disappointed in Bill Express service

Dear Editor, I would be grateful if you can publish my letter so that customers paying their bills at Bill Express service in Ketley Street, Charlestown can be aware of their incompetence. My...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In 1985, the Forbes Burnham government looking for economic salvation, entered into a memorandum... more