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GFF Super League kicks on tomorrow

Mar 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Super League kicks on tomorrow

Rosignol host Den Amstel; BV Gr. host double header Competition in the Guyana Football Federation, FIFA sponsored Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF Super League continues...

3rd Aruwai Regatta 20/20 KO tourney starts today in Bartica

Mar 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Aruwai Regatta 20/20 KO tourney starts today in Bartica

Five Starr Minerals, Coastal Minerals & Rueben & Milbourne Mining supports The Third edition of the Aruwai Mining Enterprise sponsored Regatta 20/20 knock-out cricket competition is set for a...

Malta Supreme Muscle Madness on today at Theatre Guild…GABBFF hosts Novice & Intermediate C/ships

Mar 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malta Supreme Muscle Madness on today at Theatre Guild…GABBFF hosts Novice & Intermediate C/ships

Fans of body building and fitness are in for what is anticipated to be a great treat when the Banks Malta Supreme / Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) 2012 Novice &...

Mayor’s Annual KO Inter Ward Quarterfinals set for tomorrow

Mar 31, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Annual KO Inter Ward Quarterfinals set for tomorrow

– 8 teams to contest for supremacy The battle for supremacy continues tomorrow afternoon when the referee’s whistles are blown to signal commencement of the quarterfinals in the...

Dismissal of nine sugar workers…AFC says politics involved, wants police investigation

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dismissal of nine sugar workers…AFC says politics involved, wants police investigation

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling on the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to have police investigate allegations that nine Enmore sugar workers stole from the LBI estate. The nine...

Auditor General, police probe possible fraud at GGMC, mining company

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General, police probe possible fraud at GGMC, mining company

The Auditor General and police are investigating possible wrongdoings with a transaction involving an overseas mining company and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). While...

Trio protest Chief Justice’s office over Henry Greene rape probe decision

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Trio protest Chief Justice’s office over Henry Greene rape probe decision

– “sad day for women in Guyana” Former Lecturer at the University of Guyana and Kaieteur News columnist Freddie Kissoon, along with Social Activist Mark Benschop and APNU...

Travel time increases along East Bank Demerara Public Road

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Travel time increases along East Bank Demerara Public Road

– Works Ministry, contractors and Police working to minimise traffic congestion Traffic congestion along the East Bank Demerara corridor has increased owing to construction works being...

Teachers’ should not ‘rob’ students of full education while uplifting themselves

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers’ should not ‘rob’ students of full education while uplifting themselves

– Chief Education Officer Although it is imperative that teachers seek to upgrade themselves academically, it is equally important that they do not rob students of a full educational...

GPL warns kite flyers to avoid power lines

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPL warns kite flyers to avoid power lines

With the Easter season just a few days away, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has already begun taking precautions to avoid any damage to their services as well as protecting kite flyers from coming...

RUSAL granted court order to block arbitration

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on RUSAL granted court order to block arbitration

– says current arrangements violate Guyana laws Russian-owned Bauxite Company Guyana Inc. (BCGI) has been granted a court order halting arbitration proceedings. BCGI, the local...

Shot prison inmate dies

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Shot prison inmate dies

Prison officials are investigating the death of Steve Weever, an inmate who was on remand at the Georgetown Prison while nursing a gunshot injury. Kaieteur News understands that...

Lack of capacity lends to break down of Justice System

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lack of capacity lends to break down of Justice System

– Legal Aid MD Putting measures in place to allow for women’s access to justice has been regarded as extremely important in light of the fact that they are deemed one of society’s...

Fisherman feared drowned after falling from boat

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman feared drowned after falling from boat

A 46-year-old fisherman is believed to have drowned in the Atlantic Ocean after he fell overboard under bizarre circumstances. Wesley Harper of Little Abary, East Coast Demerara fell overboard...

Peace Corps Volunteers inducted

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Peace Corps Volunteers inducted

-32 Americans to serve Guyana in education, health By Kristen Macklingam Guyana will now benefit from the work of 32 American Peace Corps Volunteers who were inducted on Thursday at the Theatre...

US based Guyanese charged with wife’s murder

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US based Guyanese charged with wife’s murder

Guyana-born US citizen Ramdhanie Persaud, called ‘Prackash’ or ‘Prack’, was remanded yesterday by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo for allegedly murdering his wife Bibi Shameena Deen. The...

ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, we seek to answer the questions of our loyal readers. We appreciate your comments and questions...

Campbellville residents to build Fun Park

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Campbellville residents to build Fun Park

Residents of Campbellville are now working hand in hand to make their dreams of having a community recreational park a reality. Kaieteur News spoke to the architect behind the plan, Russell...

Cable thief jailed

Mar 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cable thief jailed

– said he had debts to pay A man, who said that stealing was the only solution to clearing his debts, was yesterday jailed for 18 months when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya...

Green could escape rape charge …Chief Justice rules DPP’s advice irrational

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Green could escape rape charge …Chief Justice rules DPP’s advice irrational

– By Latoya Giles Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday ruled that the Director of Public Prosecutions’ recommendation that Police Commissioner Henry Greene be charged with rape was irrational....

GRA seizes $15M in liquor

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRA seizes $15M in liquor

-five on bail Authorities have announced success in cracking down on what is emerging to be a vibrant trade in smuggled liquor. According to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday, it...

Wife committed to High Court for septic tank murder

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wife committed to High Court for septic tank murder

Fifty-nine year-old Desiree Jeffers was committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of police Detective Constable Igris Bobb-Blackman. The Preliminary Inquiry into the matter...

Teaching Service Comm. recommended dismissal for 164 teachers last year

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teaching Service Comm. recommended dismissal for 164 teachers last year

-Sexual offences among reasons Child abuse, including an increase in sexual offences, in the country’s public educational system was listed among the reasons that warranted disciplinary action by...

Labour Ministry rules Kissoon’s contract properly terminated

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Ministry rules Kissoon’s contract properly terminated

The Chief Labour, Occupational Health and Safety Officer of the Ministry of Labour, Charles Ogle, has said that the recommendation that Mr. Frederick Kissoon be paid from May to August 2012 has no...

Today is Budget Day… Jagdeo Govt. had US$20 Million to spend ‘Carte Blanche’ last year

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Today is Budget Day… Jagdeo Govt. had US$20 Million to spend ‘Carte Blanche’ last year

Today is Budget Day when the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, will present to the National Assembly and the nation at large the estimates of the expenditure for the public sector in 2012...

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National basketball team down to 15 after intense trials

Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more