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Breaking News: Kwame McCoy guilty of assault and threatening language

Aug 07, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Breaking News: Kwame McCoy guilty of assault and threatening language

….fined $70,000 for both matters Information and Press Liaison to the President, Kwame McCoy, was today fined $70,000 when he was found guilty of assault and threatening language which he committed...

Govt. not ready to withdraw Linden tariff increases

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. not ready to withdraw Linden tariff increases

– Ramotar maintains “gradual” increase stance President Donald Ramotar has signaled government’s readiness to negotiate and gradually increase electricity tariffs in the town of...

Linden protests cripple interior minibus, truck operators

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden protests cripple interior minibus, truck operators

– affected persons plead for concessions Mini-bus operators and the owners of trucks taking goods to mines and interior communities are now becoming agitated at the ongoing protest in the...

More millions being spent to modify Forensic Lab

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on More millions being spent to modify Forensic Lab

– Original design did not cater for updated equipment – DNA testing would not be done immediately The construction of the country’s forensic lab will now cost millions more than...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy running a cake shop at GPL

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy running a cake shop at GPL

Guyana is a land known for plenty water. Everywhere you tun is water. Mek it worse yet when de rain fall. If you want fuh go to Berbice, you got to cross de water. Same thing if you in G/T and want...

Sanchez storms to 400m hurdles gold

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sanchez storms to 400m hurdles gold

LONDON (Reuters) – Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic proved that age is no barrier to track success when he stormed to a second men’s Olympic 400 metres hurdles gold medal on Monday,...

Got to Go from Jumbo Jet stable takes top honours at Kennard Meet

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Got to Go from Jumbo Jet stable takes top honours at Kennard Meet

Shariff and Crawford stables also outstanding By Samuel Whyte Despite the inclement weather and the soft conditions, the Kennard Memorial Turf Club successfully staged its Post Emancipation...

How can one countermand something one does not know about?

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on How can one countermand something one does not know about?

It was surprising to access last Sunday’s internet edition of the Kaieteur News and read a letter from one of Guyana’s political elders, Mr. Eusi Kwayana. In the past, Mr. Kwayana’s...

Olympic Medal Update

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Olympic Medal Update

US$$M Amaila Falls Road…Project behind schedule again, more extensions granted

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US$$M Amaila Falls Road…Project behind schedule again, more extensions granted

By Gary Eleazar Region 10 continues to be blockaded, as residents have decided to stand their ground until their demands are met. The administration has been lamenting dire consequences to dependent...

The Diaspora and Guyana

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Diaspora and Guyana

The intense interest that people in the Diaspora show in Guyana is understandable, but at the same time something to cause raised eyebrows. For starters, there are those who send money (make...

Woodley Park ‘shallow grave’ murder suspect nabbed

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woodley Park ‘shallow grave’ murder suspect nabbed

By Leon Suseran Five police officers swooped down on the Bath Settlement home of a 20-year-old man around 14:30 hrs on Sunday and placed him under arrest for the murder and rape of 14-year-old...

City Mall settles insurance claims for costly Regent Street fire

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on City Mall settles insurance claims for costly Regent Street fire

Less than a week after a disastrous fire on Regent Street which gutted four buildings, an insurance settlement has been reached for damage to the City Mall. A statement from Raj Singh...

Disdain by the PPP/C for the Linden killings

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disdain by the PPP/C for the Linden killings

Dear Editor, I listened intently to the parliamentary debate on the no-confidence motion against Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs and National Security Clement James Rohee. I was dismayed and...

Mercury use versus

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mercury use versus

Dear Editor, The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) is reluctant to embrace any initiative that seeks to phase out or properly regulate the use of mercury, despite evidence that...

Ramotar concerned about mismanagement in Amerindian villages

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar concerned about mismanagement in Amerindian villages

President Donald Ramotar says that there are complaints of mismanagement taking place in various Amerindian communities, and work must be done through the support of the government and regional...

Murder of insurance executive…Suspect reportedly claiming self defence

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of insurance executive…Suspect reportedly claiming self defence

The prime suspect in the murder of insurance executive Bert Whyte is reportedly claiming self-defence in the murder of the Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara resident. Kaieteur News understands that the...

Grenade lobbed at N/A business

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Grenade lobbed at N/A business

Police were up to late last evening were trying to determine why a fragmentation grenade was lobbed at a business premises at Main and Kent Streets in New Amsterdam. The building, which is owned by...

Kwame McCoy likely to know fate today

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kwame McCoy likely to know fate today

Information and Press Liaison to the President Kwame McCoy, will today, more than likely, know the result of the criminal charge leveled against him by Clifton Stewart as Chief Magistrate...

Money spent on ad should have been used to clean the city

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Money spent on ad should have been used to clean the city

Dear Sir, Please refer to a feature which appeared in your Kaieteur News of Sunday, August 5, 2012, in which a number of photographs of piles of garbage were published in a full page advertisement....

PNCR to compile written works of Burnham for students’ benefits

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR to compile written works of Burnham for students’ benefits

– as party acknowledges founder-leader via memorial By Abena Rockcliffe Former leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin yesterday pledged his services to...

Enthusiasm high as local footballers depart for CFU U-20 World Cup Qualifiers

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enthusiasm high as local footballers depart for CFU U-20 World Cup Qualifiers

Guyanese footballers suffered a setback less than one month ago when the U-17 squad that participated in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup Qualifiers returned home empty handed...

I will not be bullied by the ruling party – Speaker Trotman

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on I will not be bullied by the ruling party – Speaker Trotman

“The Govt. is obviously accustomed to railroading its way through the National Assembly. I can only imagine the pressure that was brought to bear against my predecessor.” By Gary Eleazar The...

Nathalie Gibson is a champion

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nathalie Gibson is a champion

As a teenager growing up she had a lot of combats at home with the boys and her brother. Realizing the aggression and belligerence, her brother persuaded her to join a karate club (YMCA), “I used...

No rush to condemn GuySuCo arrangements for overseas boss

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No rush to condemn GuySuCo arrangements for overseas boss

– Industry in dire straits, requires drastic remedies – Nigel Hughes By Gary Eleazar If it is a case where the best talent required to rescue the ailing Guyana Sugar Corporation...

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The Opposition is engaged in self-sabotage

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- You know, I never thought I’d see the day when elections in Guyana would become something... more