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Imam at center of child sex probe

Jan 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Imam at center of child sex probe

-alleged victims shown guns and threatened An Islamic scholar who is also the Imam for a Masjid in Turkeyen is under investigation for allegedly having sex with four boys. According to reports, the...

$135M in cocaine seized from fishing trawler

Jan 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $135M in cocaine seized from fishing trawler

…after months of surveillance In what is said to be their first major drug bust for the year, ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU), along with the Guyana Defense Force (GDF), yesterday...

GuySuCo reneges on commitment to divulge fees paid to US lawyers

Jan 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo reneges on commitment to divulge fees paid to US lawyers

…conservative estimate pegs figure at $350M One day after committing to provide this publication with the amount of money paid to overseas lawyers for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo),...

Top Cop rape allegation… Police now await DPP’s advice

Jan 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop rape allegation… Police now await DPP’s advice

The police are awaiting the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions on whether or not to institute charges against Police Commissioner Henry Greene. According to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, an...

Artificial Insemination Laboratory…US$12M bid for supply, installation of lab equipment

Jan 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Artificial Insemination Laboratory…US$12M bid for supply, installation of lab equipment

The Ministry of Agriculture’s Artificial Insemination Laboratory project on Tuesday attracted two bids at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), for the supply,...

Dictators have discovered democracy

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dictators have discovered democracy

After the storm of the Speaker of Parliament controversy dies down, let it be known that this columnist suggested that the PPP should be given the Speaker’s position. I submitted this...

The disabled and our society

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The disabled and our society

Today, the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre would be forty-five years old. For nearly half of a century, it has been trying to rehabilitate the physically disabled so that they could play...

APNU SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO THE PEOPLE OF GUYANA

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on APNU SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO THE PEOPLE OF GUYANA

APNU has no reason to be fearful of a snap election. It is the Guyanese people who have to be fearful. After what APNU put this country through, the fear is not the holding of elections but...

Dem boys seh…Donald get handcuff

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald get handcuff

When people thief dem does deh in handcuff. But Donald get handcuff and he ain’t commit no crime. Is not that dem carrying he to jail but he still got de handcuff. Is dem contract wha...

Violation of Parliamentary Convention hurts ‘Coming Together’

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Violation of Parliamentary Convention hurts ‘Coming Together’

Dear Editor, Convening of the 10th Parliament happened on Thursday, January 12, 2012. I observed at the Parliament on that day that the House proceeded to institute the elections...

How about some mauby syrup?

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on How about some mauby syrup?

DEAR EDITOR, Good to read that Banks DIH plans “to introduce several new products”, including soft drinks. Perhaps mauby syrup may be on the agenda. I recently did some ‘market...

‘Trunkers’ claimed to be employed by Home Affairs Ministry and Police Force

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Trunkers’ claimed to be employed by Home Affairs Ministry and Police Force

DEAR EDITOR, Crime seems to be slowly declining in our country and I must say hats off to the hard work of the Guyana Police Force (GPF). However, I am very concerned about a recent...

Henry Greene should do the honourable thing

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Henry Greene should do the honourable thing

DEAR EDITOR, There have been a number of articles which have been designed to influence the outcome of the complaint against Henry Greene. One lawyer even had the audacity to make...

Dutch stun CCC

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dutch stun CCC

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – An entertaining 57 from opener Michael Swart helped Netherlands virtually condemn the Combined Campuses & Colleges to an early exit from the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament...

Guyana in another must win contest today

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana in another must win contest today

Following Narsingh Deonarine propelling them to a comfortable victory over Canada on Tuesday, Guyana, while enhancing their chances in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament need to win against the...

Prudential Industrial Technologies on board NaMilCo Football Festival

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Prudential Industrial Technologies on board NaMilCo Football Festival

Prudential Industrial Technologies of Lot 8 Water and New Market Streets grasped the opportunity to become the first business entity to ink its name to the list of sponsors of this...

6th IPF/NAPF Caribbean Powerlifting C/ships – USVI…Powerhouse Guyana to carry full strength team

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 6th IPF/NAPF Caribbean Powerlifting C/ships – USVI…Powerhouse Guyana to carry full strength team

Having made their mark at the Caribbean, Regional, Commonwealth and International levels ever since their return to the Powerlifting scene a few years ago, The Guyana Amateur...

BCB convenes successful 2011 AGM

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB convenes successful 2011 AGM

Special Emphasis on Coaching in 2012 The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Sunday last hosted its Annual General Meeting for 2011 at its Cheddi Jagan Street, New Amsterdam Office. The meeting...

GWBA needs funding to send team to Antigua

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GWBA needs funding to send team to Antigua

The Guyana Women’s Basketball Association (GWBA) needs funding to send its national junior and senior team to Antigua to compete in the twelfth edition of the Annual Gillian Brazier...

2011 Memorex/Leslie Amsterdam Mem. U17 cricket… Suresh Dhanai’s 88 guides Young Warriors to quarter finals

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2011 Memorex/Leslie Amsterdam Mem. U17 cricket… Suresh Dhanai’s 88 guides Young Warriors to quarter finals

Young Warriors Cricket Club (YWCC) of Cumberland is the latest team to reach the quarterfinals of the 2011 Memorex/Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 cricket competition in Berbice....

Letter to the Sports Editor…GCB did not write government to rescind Lloyd’s appointment

Jan 19, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…GCB did not write government to rescind Lloyd’s appointment

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News of January 12, 2012 published a letter written by me as Hon. Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) under the...

New Speaker not bothered by PPP/C non-support

Jan 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New Speaker not bothered by PPP/C non-support

– AFC said was a “hard fight” to get APNU backing The new Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, yesterday said that he is not bothered about the negative rhetoric being...

Puzzling teacher’s death at GPHC…Cause of death uncertain, samples for overseas testing

Jan 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Puzzling teacher’s death at GPHC…Cause of death uncertain, samples for overseas testing

A post mortem on the remains of Rohini Balkaran of Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara, who passed away suddenly at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Monday, has failed to determine the...

Region Seven outbreak linked to decaying worms

Jan 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Region Seven outbreak linked to decaying worms

An investigation into a gastroenteritis outbreak in the Chinoweing area situated in the upper Mazaruni District, Region Seven, which was detected during the latter part of last year, has been...

Guyanese-UK teen who fell from bridge was ‘fed alcohol’ by peers

Jan 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese-UK teen who fell from bridge was ‘fed alcohol’ by peers

-adopted parents livid teachers let her leave school The Guyanese teenager who fell to her death from a bridge in the United Kingdom was “fed alcohol” by her peers, her adopted parents have...

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Girls’ Hockey team selected for 2025 PAHF Jr Challenge

Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more