January 2012

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Integrity Commission…Govt. officials complying-Teixeira

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Integrity Commission…Govt. officials complying-Teixeira

By Gary Eleazar Gail Teixeira, the Presidential Advisor on Governance, yesterday blamed former Opposition Leader, Robert Corbin, for stalling the appointment of a Chairman of the Integrity...

15,000 GWI customers disconnected over last two months

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 15,000 GWI customers disconnected over last two months

– service restoration can cost over $30,000 Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has disconnected an estimated 15,000 customers in the last two months as the utility company moves to recover...

Shot businessman loses kidney

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Shot businessman loses kidney

A businessman escaped death when a bandit shot him in the left side abdomen before relieving him of his gold chain Monday night at Savage Street, North Ruimveldt. Felix Alleyne, 37, has a...

Caribbean Airlines crash…Pilot landed badly-preliminary findings

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines crash…Pilot landed badly-preliminary findings

As was suggested at the beginning, a bad landing by the pilot has been blamed for the late July Caribbean Airlines crash at the country’s lone international airport. “At this stage it...

Vaccine to protect girls from cervical cancer launched

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Vaccine to protect girls from cervical cancer launched

– to cost Guyana US$14 each The Ministry of Health yesterday launched an ambitious project to slash the incidence of cervical cancer, which kills an estimated 80 Guyanese women annually. An...

Revetment collapses at Lonsdale koker

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Revetment collapses at Lonsdale koker

– fourth contractor now on the job Skepticism is mounting whether or not the Lonsdale, East Bank Berbice koker and revetment would ever be completed. According to residents in the area, the...

Illegal wildlife…Imports from Guyana, other countries, threaten U.S. Public Health

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal wildlife…Imports from Guyana, other countries, threaten U.S. Public Health

A collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified proof of retroviruses and herpes viruses in illegal wildlife imports at several international...

REDjet defends flight cancellations

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on REDjet defends flight cancellations

Barbados (CMC)- Low-fares airline REDjet will introduce three new routes this year, while cancelling more than 50 – a move Chief Executive Ian Burns said is not due to financial troubles....

Guyanese, 17, living in Antigua since he was two, deported for theft

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese, 17, living in Antigua since he was two, deported for theft

St. John’s, Antigua (Antigua Observer) – Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh has ordered that a 17-year-old Guyanese national be deported from Antigua after he was convicted of larceny....

Mahdia Gold gets licence to reopen Omai Mines

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia Gold gets licence to reopen Omai Mines

Mahdia Gold Corporation (MGC) has received approval from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to prospect for gold and precious metals in the Omai Mines, Region Seven. This was announced...

Three charges against James Bond dismissed

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Three charges against James Bond dismissed

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Tuesday dismissed three charges brought against attorney-at –law, James Bond, after the complainants in the matter revealed that they no longer wished to...

Abductor says he is father of victim’s children

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Abductor says he is father of victim’s children

– remanded on four charges Police yesterday slapped four charges against a South Turkeyen man who is accused of abducting the mother of his children and allegedly robbing her family. The man,...

Senior cop loses $1M from Berbice police station

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Senior cop loses $1M from Berbice police station

Police were last evening tightlipped on the loss of US$4,900 (about $1M) which reportedly went missing from the office of the Officer-in-Charge of the Central Police Station, New Amsterdam, sometime...

Decomposed body at Montrose koker … Mutilated body yet to be identified

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed body at Montrose koker … Mutilated body yet to be identified

The decomposed body of the man found at the Montrose, East Coast Demerara koker on Monday evening is yet to be identified. The mutilated body was discovered with the upper section, including the...

Vagrants at the Georgetown Hospital

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Vagrants at the Georgetown Hospital

Accused children killer to undergo psychiatric evaluation

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Accused children killer to undergo psychiatric evaluation

John Blanchard, after appearing before Magistrate Lesley Sobers at the Providence Magistrate Court, was yesterday granted an application made by his lawyer to have a psychiatric evaluation...

Digicel kicks off Mashramani

Jan 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel kicks off Mashramani

-“Mash fitness camp” launched Telecommunications giant, Digicel Guyana, has kicked off their Mashramani activities as the third and annual “Mash Fitness Camp” was launched at the Demerara...

Contractor in secret US$138M CJIA deal under fire in Jamaica… New PM called on to stop US$600M contract

Jan 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor in secret US$138M CJIA deal under fire in Jamaica… New PM called on to stop US$600M contract

“…the said transaction, irrespective of its structure, should be subjected to a transparent and international competitive bidding process whereby value for money can be secured for the...

Immediate road works undertaken…After death sparks fiery protest in Lodge

Jan 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Immediate road works undertaken…After death sparks fiery protest in Lodge

Residents of Norton Street, Lodge, (between Victor and John Streets) carried out a fiery protest at around 10:45 hrs yesterday to show their displeasure at the deplorable state of the...

Bandits dump kidnap victim after daring daylight robbery

Jan 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits dump kidnap victim after daring daylight robbery

Police are hunting for four bandits who at around 10:30hrs yesterday invaded the home and business premises of 65-year-old Albert Subhan before brutalizing his family and robbing them of close to $1M...

An attempted satisfaction of the curiosity of David Granger

Jan 11, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An attempted satisfaction of the curiosity of David Granger

Brigadier (ret’d) David Granger, expressed a curiosity about the results of the recent national elections. While accepting that APNU did well, he said he was curious about the 130,000 voters who...

New Broom for Schools

Jan 11, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on New Broom for Schools

The new school term is now well on its way and the new Minister of Education has unfurled a flurry of initiatives. New brooms do tend to sweep clean. Under the regime of her predecessor, there...

Dem boys seh…Protest does mek some people do wonders

Jan 11, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Protest does mek some people do wonders

Is funny how de old people saying that when mouth open story does jump out does tun out to be true. Dem boys talk bout Irfaat and he house. Suddenly dem hear how he get money from he Mooma, he papa,...

TIME TO INNOVATE!

Jan 11, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TIME TO INNOVATE!

There was a truck which broke down at a junction. This reduced traffic to one lane, and the line snaked for quite a few hundred metres which slowed progress considerably. During that time that there...

WICB President summoned for late talks

Jan 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB President summoned for late talks

-meets with President Ramotar President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dr. Julian Hunte after assenting to a request by representatives of the Government to resume talks today at...

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(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s athletics team underlined its dominance at the 2026 Inter Guiana Games (IGG), producing a series of commanding performances at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium in...

Questions for the Global Biodiversity Alliance

Oct 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is an uncomfortable question that ought to be asked of the Global Biodiversity Alliance (GBA). When a country has already received payment for conserving its forests through carbon credits, on what basis can seek additional compensation for keeping the biodiversity within...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

The Jagdeo Doctrine

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(Kaieteur News) – The Jagdeo Proposition is on the table. It’s the Sabbath. Sometimes they extend to Monday. time of introspection, then connection to upstairs. What better time to give Dr. Jagdeo’s offer some careful consideration? Politics or purity of purpose… Timely,...

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