December 2011

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Woman of Worth…Over 2000 benefitting from microcredit programme

Dec 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman of Worth…Over 2000 benefitting from microcredit programme

Over 2000 single parent females are currently benefitting from a five year microcredit program, Woman of worth (WOW), founded by the Ministry of Human Service and Social Security...

M&CC aiming for $500 M increase in property rates

Dec 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC aiming for $500 M increase in property rates

An increase of property rates has been listed among the areas being considered by the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown (M&CC) in order to widen its meagre revenue base. This...

Digicel Foundation delivers on its Post-Earthquake promise to build 50 Schools in Haiti

Dec 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel Foundation delivers on its Post-Earthquake promise to build 50 Schools in Haiti

-announces plans for another 80 Port-au-Prince, Haiti: The Digicel Haiti Foundation on Wednesday hosted the official opening of the new College Classique d’Haiti school buildings in Turgeau,...

Accused found not guilty of teenager’s murder

Dec 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Accused found not guilty of teenager’s murder

After hours of deliberations a mixed jury returned a “not guilty” verdict as the Travis Rudder murder trial came to an end yesterday before Justice Dawn Gregory. Rudder who was 17...

Schoolboy spared conviction for stealing OLPF computer

Dec 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy spared conviction for stealing OLPF computer

A 14-year-old Anna Regina Multilateral School student, who stole one of the Government’s notebooks, was advised by the resident magistrate to undertake provisional Supervision. The fourth former...

Vryheids’ Lust carpenter death… Victim died of blunt trauma to chest and abdomen-PM reveals

Dec 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Vryheids’ Lust carpenter death… Victim died of blunt trauma to chest and abdomen-PM reveals

The post mortem examination which was performed on the remains of 36 year-old Jaigobin Lakeram Sukhdeo, of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara has revealed that he suffered...

Five Star robbery suspects still in custody

Dec 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Five Star robbery suspects still in custody

Two persons remain in custody as the police continue searches in the Five Star Backdam, North West District for the alleged killers of miner Cleveland Smithet in Tuesday morning’s attack....

Man on $300,000 bail for illegal gold transaction

Dec 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man on $300,000 bail for illegal gold transaction

Bail was set at $300,000 for a 37-year old man who was entrusted with 386 grams of gold worth $3.8M and allegedly converted it to his own use. Suresh Ramnanan, a resident of Lot 2 Plantain Walk West...

Miner butchered at Issano Landing

Dec 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miner butchered at Issano Landing

-suspect held A 25 year-old gold miner of Dog Point, Greater Bartica was murdered while at a shop at Issano, Middle Mazaruni on Wednesday last. The man has been identified as 25 year-old Carl...

Dharm Shala Christmas Party

Dec 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dharm Shala Christmas Party

Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre

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$4B GuySuCo housing deal…Housing Minister accused of more lies to the nation

Dec 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $4B GuySuCo housing deal…Housing Minister accused of more lies to the nation

“Where are the 15,000 house-lots that he is speaking of if no money was allocated to develop the land that they paid GuySuCo $4B for?”– Ramjattan Housing Minister...

Mining manager dies in Bartica smash-up

Dec 15, 2011 KNews News 11

Twenty-four-year-old miner and General Manager of Double Impact Mining of Bartica, Clarence Jordan, died on the spot yesterday morning around 02:30 hrs after he crashed his motorcar,...

Tractor crushes drunk man

Dec 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Tractor crushes drunk man

Police are investigating the death of 35-year-old Radesh, of Sparta Village, Essequibo Coast. According to reports, the man died after he rode into a moving tractor, on the La Belle Alliance...

Rape allegations… Interdict Top Cop now-AFC

Dec 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rape allegations… Interdict Top Cop now-AFC

Greene: “Let God be the judge” Leaders of the Alliance for Change- Leader Raphael Trotman and Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan- are calling for the immediate removal of Commissioner of Police, Henry...

Human rights violations…Death row inmate, four others on hunger strike

Dec 15, 2011 KNews News 10

A man on death row was among eight other prisoners on a hunger strike demanding that the Director of Prisons and the Ministry of Home Affairs investigate human rights violations affecting them in the...

THERE IS TOO MUCH INDIFFERENCE WITHIN OUR SOCIETY

Dec 15, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 3

Two days ago, there was a report about a father beating his daughter to death with a wood. Then yesterday, there was yet another report about a robbery in the goldfields resulting in the death of one...

Donald Ramotar opens his innings

Dec 15, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Donald Ramotar opens his innings

There are some disturbing moments in the way the President has opened his innings… at how he is batting. There is no prodding forward with bat behind pad to negate an LBW appeal. There are no...

Dem boys seh…Man better cut dem eye pun woman

Dec 15, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Man better cut dem eye pun woman

Three things does destroy any human being—PRIDE, ANGER and GREED. Greed is de worst of all. It is a thing that does mek de greedy one eyes pass people. Dem boys wake up one morning and...

The criminals and the system

Dec 15, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The criminals and the system

The police are reporting a drop in serious crimes but they are also saying that most Guyanese are contributing to the crime situation. And they may have something to their credit because many...

Once it’s the property of the Guyanese people, we want it back

Dec 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Once it’s the property of the Guyanese people, we want it back

Dear Editor, Now that the elections are over and life is getting back to normal, it is time for us to examine the way forward. All the parties in their campaign spoke out about...

Winner takes all, now losers want all is equality?

Dec 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Winner takes all, now losers want all is equality?

Dear Editor, Our American-based Afrocentric advocate Dr David Hinds reportedly said in Demerarawaves on 12-6-11 that “we are not going to take this lying down because this is a...

GHRA silent on attacks on Govt. officials’ homes

Dec 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on GHRA silent on attacks on Govt. officials’ homes

Dear Editor, Following on the heels of the opposition once again, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) added its voice in support of the non adherence to the rule of law in...

The ball is now in President Ramotar‘s court

Dec 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ball is now in President Ramotar‘s court

Dear Editor, I am pleased to read (SN, Dec.14, 2011) that AFC‘s executive member Khemraj Ramjattan is reported as saying that his party is supportive of APNU’s call to have a...

A distinguishing feature of any democracy is the space offered for legitimate dissent

Dec 15, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A distinguishing feature of any democracy is the space offered for legitimate dissent

Dear Editor I waited for a statement from the Army or maybe a group of ex-Army officers, and then I got a call from a concerned citizen who asked me simply; “If they can shoot Collins...

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Stage set for Pee Wee finale as Waramuri battle GIA for U11 crown

Oct 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The ultimate Schools Under-11 showdown takes place today at the Ministry of Education ground, when Region One’s Waramuri Primary meets Georgetown International Academy (GIA)....

UG can become a world-class university

Oct 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The ambition to transform the University of Guyana (UG) into a world-class institution must begin with an honest recognition of what such a transformation requires. It is not enough to construct new buildings, expand enrollment, introduce additional degree programmes or invest...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

Prem Narine – a fascinating, chilling, portrait

Oct 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The name Prem Narine registered slowly; then like a tsunami. A detective with a difference. Results. A profile that expanded before the eyes, grew on the consciousness. This was of a man earmarked for special graces, one going places. I lost track of Mr. Narine for a...

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