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Home Affairs Ministry justifies spending on Lindo Creek remains

Jan 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Home Affairs Ministry justifies spending on Lindo Creek remains

The Ministry of Home Affairs is saying that there is nothing clandestine about the payment to a funeral parlour for the storage of the remains of the eight miners who were slaughtered at Lindo...

Imam sex probe…Doctor confirms boy, 8, molested

Jan 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Imam sex probe…Doctor confirms boy, 8, molested

A medical examination performed on one of the two other boys who have implicated the Imam in a sex probe has confirmed that one of the two was indeed sexually molested. A source close to the...

Detectives caught breaking into car at police compound

Jan 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Detectives caught breaking into car at police compound

Three CID ranks are under close arrest after they were caught red-handed breaking into a car in the Providence Police Station compound. The incident occurred around 01:00 hrs last Saturday....

UG terminates Freddie Kissoon’s contract

Jan 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG terminates Freddie Kissoon’s contract

Frederick Kissoon, who served as a University of Guyana lecturer for 26 years, yesterday had his University of Guyana contract terminated with immediate effect. Kissoon claims that he has been barred...

GPL to hire private attorneys to prosecute current thieves

Jan 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPL to hire private attorneys to prosecute current thieves

5,658 illegal connections removed last year, 420 arrested By Rabindra Rooplall Last year, Guyana Power Light (GPL) carried out 162 raids, which resulted in 5,658 illegal connections...

Greene to know fate this week

Jan 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Greene to know fate this week

Embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene could learn later this week whether or not he will have to face the court to answer rape related charges. Greene’s fate presently lies with the Director...

No senior counsel appointment since 1996

Jan 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No senior counsel appointment since 1996

The non-appointment of Senior Counsels in Guyana for the past 16 years is unfortunate and of serious concern, legal practitioners argued yesterday. The last set of senior counsel...

EU approves $615M hydro project for Region Eight

Jan 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on EU approves $615M hydro project for Region Eight

…but secondary school will have to be built first A $615M hydro-power project for Kato, Region Eight, has been given the green light by the European Union (EU) with construction to begin in...

Justice B.S. Roy suffers heart attack

Jan 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Justice B.S. Roy suffers heart attack

Justice B.S Roy was over the weekend flown out to Caricom sister state Trinidad and Tobago after suffering a heart attack. Kaieteur News was told that the Court of Appeal Judge started having...

My dismissal from UG: Naked power in an optimistic age

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My dismissal from UG: Naked power in an optimistic age

On Wednesday evening, the UG Council met and rescinded three lecturers’ contracts that the Government’s representatives wanted sacked in October because they claimed the...

WHY WORK WHEN THERE IS MA AND PA TO PROVIDE?

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY WORK WHEN THERE IS MA AND PA TO PROVIDE?

On a very quiet morning a few years ago, a gentleman went berserk in the city and attacked workers in an automotive repair shop. At the time of the attack, there were not many persons on the...

Dem boys seh…Rat gets Freddie fuh a birthday gift

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rat gets Freddie fuh a birthday gift

De Rat know fuh sure that he was getting a gift this birthday. He did done plan de occasion like how he plan all dem deals, including de Santa Complex deal wid Bobby. All de deal was...

A look at those investments

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A look at those investments

Guyana has been looking at foreign investors for a very long time. This stemmed from the fact that people in foreign countries were always seeking investment in other countries either because...

A Challenge to Freddie Kissoon

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Challenge to Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, Mr. Freddie Kissoon and I have never met formally or ever engaged in serious conversation. I therefore have no pre-conceived notions of him. When convenient, I sometimes...

More amusement in 21st century Guyana

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on More amusement in 21st century Guyana

Dear Editor, In recent years the police have been releasing their annual statistics in a manner which does not allow for a proper evaluation of their overall performance. For last year...

The PPP/C’s description of Mashramani as a ‘wine up’ affair is a long held view by that party

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C’s description of Mashramani as a ‘wine up’ affair is a long held view by that party

Dear Editor, It is reassuring to hear the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport finally admit to this nation that Mashramani celebrations in Guyana have become a mere ‘wine up’...

The interests of the citizens and the country are pre-eminent

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The interests of the citizens and the country are pre-eminent

Dear Editor, It is with some trepidation that I pen these few words on the ongoing exchanges regarding the management of the affairs of Georgetown, our capital city. The reemergence of...

Not “Jack of All”, just simply serving my country.

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not “Jack of All”, just simply serving my country.

Dear Editor, Allow me to respond to the points raised in an unsigned letter that appeared in the Kaieteur News of January 23, 2012. First, I understand that the Kaieteur News has a...

Dr Hunte congratulates T&T on “awesome display”

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dr Hunte congratulates T&T on “awesome display”

Bridgetown, Barbados – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has congratulated Trinidad and Tobago following their superb display to win the WICB Caribbean T20 tournament for the second time....

Junior karters vow to steal spotlight from seniors

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior karters vow to steal spotlight from seniors

They’ve consistently been overshadowed by the more high profiled competitors such as Andrew King, Kevin Jeffrey, Mark Vieira, Ryan Rahaman, Stephen Vieira and a few others, but the ‘new...

GABBFF conduct visits to Gyms nationwide

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF conduct visits to Gyms nationwide

Increased cooperation & networking vital to future The new Executive of the Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) has embarked on a series of visits...

GASA to start year with ‘January Splash’ on Saturday @ Colgrain Pool

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA to start year with ‘January Splash’ on Saturday @ Colgrain Pool

With the new Olympic size Swimming Pool now available to local athletes, the sport of swimming is anticipated to really kick off this year with athletes being able to better prepare for...

Basketball Leagues are invaluable

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball Leagues are invaluable

By Edison Jefford The recent public disclosures from both the Linden and Georgetown basketball sub-associations that they are both moving in the direction of well-established and...

Annual NaMilCo Football Festival…Junior’s Jewellery donates Highest Goal-scorer award

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual NaMilCo Football Festival…Junior’s Jewellery donates Highest Goal-scorer award

Junior’s Jewellery and Pawn Shop of lot 64 Robb St. Lacytown for the 6th consecutive year maintained support for the Annual NaMilCo Football Festival after pledging one gold chain...

Johnson, D’Andrade sustain early 10k form

Jan 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Johnson, D’Andrade sustain early 10k form

– improves times with top TTUTA finishes Guyana’s senior national distance athletes, Lionel D’Andrade and Kelvin Johnson sustained their early form this year when they...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more