February 2012

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15- year-old school drop- out missing

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 15- year-old school drop- out missing

A 15- year- old Mount Sinai, West Canje girl has been missing for over a week. Veronica Sinclair, a drop- out from the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School left her mother’s home...

Man shot, robbed of chain

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot, robbed of chain

A 49-year-old man is nursing a gunshot wound to his left hand after being shot and robbed at around 15:00 hrs in North East La Penitence. The victim, Jolyon Harry, of Freeman Street, East La...

Veteran photojournalist, Ken Moore, laid to rest

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Veteran photojournalist, Ken Moore, laid to rest

Veteran photojournalist, Ken Moore, was yesterday laid to rest after passing away earlier this week. Scores of persons, including Prime Minister Sam Hinds, senior police officials and media workers...

Thief jailed after begging victim to return getaway bike

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Thief jailed after begging victim to return getaway bike

A Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo man must spend the next four years in jail after his entire robbery plan went awry, forcing him to return his booty to his victim and begging the man...

Judge jails child molester for 18 years

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Judge jails child molester for 18 years

Justice Roxanne George yesterday sentenced an Essequibo man to 18 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of having carnal knowledge of an eight-year-old boy. The defendant Clifford...

Ghana’s forestry team in Guyana to learn about chainsaw milling

Feb 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ghana’s forestry team in Guyana to learn about chainsaw milling

Guyana’s efforts to protect and preserve its forests have attracted international attention with seven officials from Ghana visiting to learn about chainsaw milling. Yesterday, the...

Opposition votes down supplementary provisions

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition votes down supplementary provisions

… Govt. flabbergasted “It bothers me that we are being asked to replenish money already spent, contrary to the law,” Moses Nagamootoo For the first time in two decades the ruling administration...

Gov’t book distribution process in total mess-Audit Office

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t book distribution process in total mess-Audit Office

“The manner of storage of books that were gifted at the BDU stores made the various texts and quantities thereof, inaccessible and therefore it was difficult to carry out a physical count or...

2010 Audit Report…Gov’t paid blindly in chaotic old-age pension programme

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 2010 Audit Report…Gov’t paid blindly in chaotic old-age pension programme

-system designed for manipulation A review of the state-run Old Age Pension programme has revealed total chaos, with the government in 2010 unable to determine how much money would have...

Woman’s lover stabs husband to death

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s lover stabs husband to death

-suspect in custody A fight over a woman last night has left one man dead and another in police custody. Richard Sanchara, a 31-year-old fisherman of Lot 176 Seawall Street, Montrose, East Coast...

Watchman found bound, murdered in mining camp

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Watchman found bound, murdered in mining camp

Police ranks have been dispatched to the interior to investigate the murder of a 53-year-old watchman, whose bound body was found on Wednesday in a mining camp at Arimu Backdam,...

RAMOTAR MEETS BOUTERSE FOR TALKS IN SURINAME TODAY

Feb 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on RAMOTAR MEETS BOUTERSE FOR TALKS IN SURINAME TODAY

At the invitation of His Excellency Desirée Delano Bouterse, President of the Republic of Suriname, His Excellency President Donald Ramotar will pay a Working Visit to the Republic of...

Settling Doubts

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Settling Doubts

Just when it appeared that the political parties had been settling down into their roles under the ‘new’ dispensation, a firestorm has erupted. The spark was provided by the President’s...

A visit to striking sugar workers at Blairmont

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A visit to striking sugar workers at Blairmont

I paid a visit to the striking sugar workers at Blairmont yesterday along with Moses Nagamootoo, Khemraj Ramjattan, Nigel Hughes and Gerhard Ramsaroop and his wife. As usual, there wasn’t even a...

ROUGH TIMES? NOT IN GUYANA!

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ROUGH TIMES? NOT IN GUYANA!

You can be easily deceived by the politicians into believing that things are rough within Guyana. Read most of the headlines each day in the newspapers, listen to what the...

Dem boys seh….Dem got new ways fuh put people out

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Dem got new ways fuh put people out

Dem have a new way to remove tenants. Dem boys still remember that one of de Bees did tar he house because he did want a tenant to come out from a property he buy. After he...

Proper strategising, scrutinising and leg work beat the PPPC in Region Ten

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Proper strategising, scrutinising and leg work beat the PPPC in Region Ten

Dear Editor, The utterances by President Donald Ramotar that the “PPPC lost a seat in Linden due to racial campaigning by the opposition” (Stabroek News dated Tuesday,...

Support for Henry Greene’s sacking

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Support for Henry Greene’s sacking

The Editor, I agree fully with the Women Lawyers’ Association in its call for Henry Greene to go. I am disappointed that many organizations which need to speak out have kept quiet...

A case of money wasted, or job creation?

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A case of money wasted, or job creation?

Dear Editor, Are we about to witness the emergence of a new Police Force in Guyana? I am referring to the Caption, “Strategic Security Services awarded $1.1 B contract to secure state...

Retrograde technology

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Retrograde technology

Dear Sir, Firstly, I thank you for giving me this opportunity for penning this letter to you as i believe that the content should of be maximum importance to readers, as tax payers hard earned...

The demise of a medical institution

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The demise of a medical institution

Dear Editor, Family rage is apparently being fuelled with the increase in the number of careless and unnecessary deaths at the West Demerara Regional hospital (BEST). As an art, health care...

GASA Mash Meet 2012 off to enterprising start

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA Mash Meet 2012 off to enterprising start

Gaskin, Grant & Simmons set records on day one Hannibal Gaskin (Boys 13-14), Amy Grant (Girls 9-10) and Soroya Simmons (Girls 15-17) rewrote the record books as action in the Guyana Amateur...

Permaul tops Holder and Bonner

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Permaul tops Holder and Bonner

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – A penetrative spell from Veerasammy Permaul trumped half-centuries from Nkrumah Bonner and Jason Holder to give Guyana the edge over Combined Campuses &...

Ramdin 20 away from century

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramdin 20 away from century

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Denesh Ramdin led consistent batting down the order, putting Trinidad & Tobago in early control against Barbados in the Regional 4-Day Tournament yesterday. The...

‘Screw’ Richmond Schoolboys Memorial Football Tournament launched

Feb 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Screw’ Richmond Schoolboys Memorial Football Tournament launched

– Opening Ceremony set for February 28 at MSC By Rawle Welch Into its 4th year of existence, the Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Schoolboys Football Tournament was launched during a simple...

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Vryman’s Erven Secondary wins Georgia Women Cricket Association-New...

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By Samuel Whyte (Kaieteur News) – In an exciting final encounter Vryman’s Erven Secondary school defeated New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School to take top honours in the NA Inter...

A Mid-Year Report is a report card not an audit

Sep 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram is right to demand accountability for the spending of public money. He is also right that figures are most useful when they tell a coherent story about what Government has spent, what it has achieved and what remains to be done. But to ask for all of these...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

The Guyana-China card- Pt 1

Sep 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In his 201st Oil and Gas column, the tireless Chris Ram, man of law and man of numbers, introduced a thought-provoking element in Guyana’s oil weaknesses and struggles. It’s one with explosive potential. One, if acted upon, that is sure to trigger some huge ripples...

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