January 2012

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CSME operations a disappointing 64% compliant- CARICOM studies

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CSME operations a disappointing 64% compliant- CARICOM studies

The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) is operating at about sixty-four percent (64%) overall level of compliance. This is based on the findings of studies commissioned by the Caribbean...

Independent ‘inspectors’ to help mining sector overhaul

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Independent ‘inspectors’ to help mining sector overhaul

Amidst shakeups, following the creation of a new ministry, government over the weekend warned that it is moving to deal with corruption and ineffective management of the multi-billion-dollar...

Furniture establishment caught stealing electricity

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Furniture establishment caught stealing electricity

– GPL claims business owes $10M A woodworking establishment was reportedly caught stealing electricity on Monday. According to GPL officials, the errant business was ‘F&T...

E.C.D four-lane extension…Award of US$3.2M contract for study, design imminent

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on E.C.D four-lane extension…Award of US$3.2M contract for study, design imminent

The contract for the feasibility study and design of the East Coast Demerara Roadway Four Lane Extension project is expected to be awarded soon. This is according to Kelvin Clarke, Engineer,...

Training, outreach programmes will remain constant to help bolster health care

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Training, outreach programmes will remain constant to help bolster health care

– Dr. Ramsaran Alluding to his belief that there have been several regular attempts to embarrass the administration, Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, has insisted that his Ministry will be...

New envoy presents credentials to UN’s Ban Ki-Moon

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New envoy presents credentials to UN’s Ban Ki-Moon

The new Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, George Wilfred Talbot, on Monday, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Prior to his appointment,...

Sheema Mangar murder…‘Police lied to me’ – victim’s mother

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Sheema Mangar murder…‘Police lied to me’ – victim’s mother

Despite the hiccups in the investigations regarding the widely publicised murder of bank employee Sheema Mangar, her mother Radica Thakoor still believes that the police can solve the case...

New Renal Centre already impacting medical landscape

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New Renal Centre already impacting medical landscape

The recently opened Doobay Renal Centre is already impacting Guyana’s medical landscape, with the provision of Hemodialysis for about 35 percent below the commercial rates offered locally....

Wounded suspected thief identified

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wounded suspected thief identified

Police have identified the man who was caught in a farmer’s house at Zorg, Essequibo Coast, as Sankar Persaud. The man is in a stable condition although his left arm is almost...

Cultural icon Cyril Shaw laid to rest

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cultural icon Cyril Shaw laid to rest

By Latoya Giles Tributes flowed yesterday as family and friends paid their respects to the late cultural icon, Cyril Shaw. A funeral service was held yesterday afternoon at the National...

Corentyne hunter jailed for killing his lover’s husband

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne hunter jailed for killing his lover’s husband

A hunter who shot his lover’s husband dead in 2008 was sentenced to nine years jail yesterday. Justice Brassington Reynolds handed down the sentence after the 33–year-old...

Vic Puran is new prosecutor in treason case

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Vic Puran is new prosecutor in treason case

Attorney- at- law Vic Puran is now prosecuting the treason matter against Leonard Wharton, Bruce Munroe, and Carol-Ann Munroe, on behalf of the state. The lawyer assumed the post on...

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...

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Republic Bank U18 Football League: Unbeaten trio flex muscles as...

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The intensity was palpable at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue this past Sunday as the seventh annual Republic Bank Under 18 School’s Football League...

We have entered the dark zone once again

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The police account of the incident in which shots were fired in Kitty at a vehicle in which was the leader of the opposition, brings back haunting and uncomfortable memories of one of the darkest eras of Guyana. And it specifically brings back memories of the assassinations of...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

King Charles III – post visit reflections

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The mind can be a funny thing. Mine played a trick on me, did a somersault. Now that King Charles III came and went, it’s confession time. He should come again. Guess who would lead the parade, the welcoming party? Incidentally, there could be a temporary halt to...

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