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US$$M Chinese ferry docks for first time at Parika

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US$$M Chinese ferry docks for first time at Parika

– Supenaam deadline pushed back to month-end One of the multi-million-dollar Chinese-built roll on roll/off ferries ‘Kanawan’ yesterday made its maiden docking at the Parika Stelling,...

Bartica residents burn ‘mud road’

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica residents burn ‘mud road’

One male individual, reportedly a suspect, is now assisting the Bartica Police with their investigations into the burning of several old truck tyres that were strategically placed over a wooden...

Sexual assault charge for UG Lecturer accused of fondling female student

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Sexual assault charge for UG Lecturer accused of fondling female student

Almost two months after he was accused of fondling a female student, University of Guyana Lecturer Alvin Bowen could appear before a Magistrate as early as tomorrow on a sexual assault charge. The...

Immigration Officer dies after giving birth

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration Officer dies after giving birth

…hospital says patient “experienced a cardiac arrest” A 22-year-old immigration officer died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday, shortly after she had given...

Dem boys seh…Sam Blinds fetch peas and rice to Jamaica

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Sam Blinds fetch peas and rice to Jamaica

Old people does seh dat there is a time and place to do things. If you gun guh to a fancy restaurant they gun expect you to eat with knife and fork. When yuh hear de national anthem, yuh gat to stand...

Allyson Felix wins 200m gold for United States at London 2012

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Allyson Felix wins 200m gold for United States at London 2012

BBC Sport – Allyson Felix raced to Olympic 200m gold in a time of 21.88 seconds, to win the title at the third attempt. The three-time world champion beat a strong field to register her first...

Bolt coasts into 200m final

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bolt coasts into 200m final

LONDON (Reuters) – Jamaican Usain Bolt hardly had to break sweat on Wednesday as he coasted into the men’s 200 metres final where he will bid for an unprecedented Olympic sprint...

Franklyn only active player among overlooked seniors

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Franklyn only active player among overlooked seniors

– Wins Lily Yip Open 2400 Category Christopher Franklyn is the only active player among the overlooked seniors for the upcoming Caribbean Championships in the Dominican Republic. Franklyn...

Medal Table & Olympic schedule

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Medal Table & Olympic schedule

Country Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total China 1 36 22 18 76 United States ...

DDL, three unions sign historic multi-year wage agreement

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on DDL, three unions sign historic multi-year wage agreement

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and the three Unions operating in the company on Friday last signed a historic five-year Collective Labour Agreement, which set out increases in salaries and other...

QC’s Jonelle James tops CAPE

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on QC’s Jonelle James tops CAPE

– Overall passes increase by almost 4% By Latoya Giles Eighteen-year-old Queen’s College (QC) student, Jonelle James, is this year’s top performer at the Caribbean Advanced...

Linden requires no ‘Dear John and Jane’ letter

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden requires no ‘Dear John and Jane’ letter

– Ramotar must visit the town – Nagamootoo The agitation in Linden over the hike in electricity tariffs does not require a “Dear John and Jane” letter to the people of Linden...

Gov’t frustrating efforts to issue work permit to UK ballistics expert – AFC

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t frustrating efforts to issue work permit to UK ballistics expert – AFC

The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday claimed that the government is frustrating its efforts to get a UK ballistic expert to come to Guyana for investigations into the July 18 deaths of three...

Richard Williamson works while he awaits boxing accolades

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Richard Williamson works while he awaits boxing accolades

By Michael Benjamin Boxing will always occupy a revered place in local sports history as will the many pugilists that have sweated and bled in their quest for fistic accolades. Admittedly,...

Day of Interaction set for Port Mourant Sunday

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Day of Interaction set for Port Mourant Sunday

The second Day of Interaction for 2012 organized by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission in partnership with the Regional Democratic Council Region #6,...

David Granger and the sainthood of Forbes Burnham

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on David Granger and the sainthood of Forbes Burnham

Dear Editor, David Granger’s ascension to political power and prominence has been accompanied with a dangerous revisionist attitude to history and the truth. First, Granger recently tried to...

Shooting of post-election protesters…Witness identifies senior police officer as ordering ranks to open fire

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Shooting of post-election protesters…Witness identifies senior police officer as ordering ranks to open fire

Prosecution witness, 75-year-old Sarah Johnson identified Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Errol Watts yesterday as one of the police officers who ordered subordinate officers to open fire on...

Apology

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Apology

On the 13th January 2012, Kaieteur News published a letter which had been written to our editor, of and concerning Mr. Lakeram Mangar, which contained allegations against Mr. Mangar which proved to...

Corbin cannot make me a scapegoat

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corbin cannot make me a scapegoat

Dear Editor, At the end of his inglorious and disastrous period as Leader (sic) of the People’s National Congress Reform, Corbin needs to cover up and camouflage his disgraced and failed...

Largest feed producer warns of price increases

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Largest feed producer warns of price increases

By Leonard Gildarie The country’s largest feed producer has warned of an increase in prices on the local market as bad weather contributes to a poor year of corn and soya beans, two major...

Religion divides us

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Religion divides us

Dear Editor, The letter by Shabnam Alli and Raymond Chickrie under the heading “The 1911 ‘battle’ for Islam in British Guiana” in the daily Kaieteur News, must be commended as we need to know...

Berbice blackouts due to maintenance on transmission lines, faulty transformer – GPL

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice blackouts due to maintenance on transmission lines, faulty transformer – GPL

By Leon Suseran Guyana Power & Light Inc. (GPL) has informed Berbicians that annual maintenance works on two of their main transmission lines (from Onverwagt in the West to Canefield and...

Report suggests city owed in excess of $12B

Aug 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Report suggests city owed in excess of $12B

The recent publicly disclosed report done by Ramon Gaskin that reflected numerous irregularities within the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), reveals that the outstanding rates and taxes owed to it...

Lindeners and the President’s letter

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lindeners and the President’s letter

Dear Editor, After three weeks of the Linden protests, a letter was penned in your newspaper August 8th from His Excellency, Donald Ramotar. As a born Lindener, I found the content extremely...

THE GEORGETOWN SEAWALL IS SHEER STRESS ON WEEKENDS

Aug 09, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GEORGETOWN SEAWALL IS SHEER STRESS ON WEEKENDS

It is said that the lifespan of an individual should not exceed three score and ten, that is, a man should live at least seventy years. Anything more than that he should count himself lucky. Glenn...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more