December 2011

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Two held after $1.5M robbery

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two held after $1.5M robbery

Two men have been detained by the police as investigations continue into Friday’s $1.5M robbery on 25-year old Raphael Bagot at Garden of Eden on the East Bank of Demerara. One of the...

Essequibo peaceful

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo peaceful

While many businesses, roads and schools on the East Bank Demerara (Region four) were sparsely populated on Thursday, as the country awaited the results of the 2011’s General...

Ramjattan boycotts Ramotar swearing in

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan boycotts Ramotar swearing in

….says was responding to malicious lies being peddled by NCN Alliance for Change Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, says that it was the malicious lies being peddled by the National Communications...

City Mayor leaves door open to work with new President

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Mayor leaves door open to work with new President

With the change in Guyana’s leadership, the Mayor and City Council leaves its door opened for a renewed relationship with the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government, which has...

Cops still to arrest ‘Skittle Foot’s’ killer

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cops still to arrest ‘Skittle Foot’s’ killer

One week after mother of three, Amelia Ford, was found in a city hotel with her throat slit, her family is calling for more to be done by the police. To date there has been no...

APNU will push for investigation of all corrupt-contracts/deals

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU will push for investigation of all corrupt-contracts/deals

…expected to make full use of combined majority in Parliament While no formal decision has been taken on the part of A Partnership for National Unity as it relates to its...

GT&T’s Bollywood finals postponed

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T’s Bollywood finals postponed

…singing Pandit given lifeline Fans of the local hit show, the GT&T Jingles and Song Competition, will have to wait a few days for the Bollywood finals which have been postponed amidst...

The Fire Ants

Dec 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Fire Ants

Fire ants are a variety of stinging ants with over 285 species worldwide. They have several common names, including ginger ants, tropical fire ants and red ants. The bodies of fire...

Graphic facts and brutal realities of the 2011 national elections

Dec 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Graphic facts and brutal realities of the 2011 national elections

It wasn’t APNU. It wasn’t the AFC. It wasn’t Freddie Kissoon and Nigel Hughes who Bharrat Jagdeo loves to cuss down. It wasn’t the Kaieteur News and Stabroek News. It was the Commonwealth...

An execution revisited

Dec 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on An execution revisited

– Did an ambitious ‘friend’ hire the gunman who killed Pastor Ian David? By Michael Jordan Alex David was sitting in the Kaieteur News lobby when I arrived last Friday. He was...

A new era dawns

Dec 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on A new era dawns

In the past few days every comment was about the elections and the results. Indeed, many people were pacified, because they recognized that the government would not hold total sway over what goes on...

THE TIMELINESS OF THE RESULTS

Dec 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE TIMELINESS OF THE RESULTS

It has passed notice that the declaration of the results of this year’s elections were done in record time. Never before in the history of elections has the outcome of the elections been...

Private detective convicted of raping, framing Guyanese ex-girlfriend

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Private detective convicted of raping, framing Guyanese ex-girlfriend

Queens, New York – A New York private detective was found guilty Nov. 23 of raping his former girlfriend and then framing her in a series of armed robberies which resulted in her...

Race Matters

Dec 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Race Matters

Last week, I posed the question as to whether in this last election our voting patterns would be any different from those of the past: that is, dominated by ethnic interest. I noted, “In ethnically...

Save Guyana: History summons its leaders to higher purpose

Dec 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Save Guyana: History summons its leaders to higher purpose

By Sir Ronald Sanders November 28 general elections in Guyana have resulted in a crisis for the country. While it is being suggested that the elected President, Donald Ramotar, of the...

The Baccoo Speaks

Dec 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The fires are still here and there will be more in the coming days. Increasingly, electricity connections will fray and sparks will fly. The Guyana Fire Service will be hard pressed to cope,...

The Political Challenge that Ramotar faces

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on The Political Challenge that Ramotar faces

By Dr. Prem Misir The General and Regional Elections in Guyana made its five-yearly visitation upon the nation on November 28, giving Guyana for the first time a unique constitutional...

CANU prosecutor pleads for maximum sentence to foreign drug trafficker

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CANU prosecutor pleads for maximum sentence to foreign drug trafficker

“It is individuals like these who contribute to the stain that is given to our country, with external criticism associating our country with drugs. And here it is a foreigner wants to assist...

EAB still awaiting SOP from GECOM

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on EAB still awaiting SOP from GECOM

Although the General Election came and went and President Donald Ramotar, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic Presidential Candidate, has been sworn in as the seventh Executive President,...

Normalcy restored to Georgetown as businesses re-open

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Normalcy restored to Georgetown as businesses re-open

While many persons remained at home yesterday, apprehensive about yesterday’s proceedings, Georgetown returned to some state of normalcy. Almost all of the stores opened for business on...

Mangrove Restoration Project…Women capitalise on new earning capacity

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mangrove Restoration Project…Women capitalise on new earning capacity

The livelihood component of the European Union-funded, Mangroves Restoration Project, recently benefited from technical assistance from the Inter-American Institute for Corporation on...

Self Worth

Dec 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Self Worth

In a brief conversation, a man asked a woman he was pursuing the question: “What kind of man are you looking for?” She sat quietly for a moment before looking him in the eye...

Sunday Cartoon December 4, 2011

Dec 04, 2011 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon December 4, 2011

Poor parenting, family breakdown lead to gangs – CARICOM

Dec 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Poor parenting, family breakdown lead to gangs – CARICOM

The breakdown of the family and poor parenting are identified as two of the chief contributors to the formation of youth gangs and gang related activities in Trinidad and Tobago. This was the...

Swearing in of Guyana’s 7th Executive President

Dec 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Swearing in of Guyana’s 7th Executive President

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Aug 30, 2026

By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – The ultimate rivalry in cricket resumes tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with arch-rivals Trinbago Knight Riders come tonight at the historic...

Give the Commission a chance to do its preparatory work

Aug 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a legitimate public concern about the pace at which the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is getting underway. Survivors, relatives of those who died and the wider Guyanese public understandably want answers. After such a devastating national tragedy,...

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

Aug 30, 2026

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...

From Jagdeo to Ali; from bad to worse

Aug 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Never thought I would ever reach this place. Bring back Bharrat Jagdeo. Never say never! It was inconceivable that there could be a worse leader than former president Jagdeo. I warned him seven years ago. A monster created. Would come back to...

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