August 2012

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Tirunesh Dibaba defends Olympic 10,000m title

Aug 04, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tirunesh Dibaba defends Olympic 10,000m title

Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba defended her Olympic 10,000m title with a dominant display as Britain’s Jo Pavey and Julia Bleasdale smashed their personal bests. Leading with 500m to go, 26-year-old...

Landing gear failed on aircraft – authorities

Aug 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Landing gear failed on aircraft – authorities

Investigations into the Emancipation Day plane crash-landing at Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) are incomplete, but authorities confirmed that the aircraft’s landing gear had...

Accused motorcycle robbers refused bail

Aug 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Accused motorcycle robbers refused bail

Two alleged motorcycle robbers were refused bail after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. Marlon Bobb, 21, of East Ruimveldt...

‘Litterbug’ jailed for a week

Aug 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Litterbug’ jailed for a week

A litterbug was yesterday sentenced to seven days in prison by Magistrate Faith McGusty since he was unable to pay the $10,000 fine attached to littering. According to Royston King, Public Relations...

So who killed the protesters?

Aug 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on So who killed the protesters?

– Crime Chief denies saying cops who shot Lindeners identified By Michael Jordan Deputy Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has ‘vehemently denied’ telling Kaieteur News that...

Citizens put on notice that the National Fitness Week set for early December

Aug 04, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Citizens put on notice that the National Fitness Week set for early December

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony has always bemoaned the disinterest of citizens in the engagement of physical fitness activities. He remains adamant that such habits could...

Leon Belony wins GASP Emancipation Day Open Scrabble tourney

Aug 04, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leon Belony wins GASP Emancipation Day Open Scrabble tourney

Leon Belony shrugged aside fluctuating fortunes in the recently staged Open Scrabble tournament staged by the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) less than two weeks ago and claimed the top...

Corruption runs very, very deep in Guyana, says Imam

Aug 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Corruption runs very, very deep in Guyana, says Imam

“Running behind wealth is the source of all evil today. There is a greedy accumulation of wealth among some of us. These people can ruin our society…particularly if they occupy high offices or...

Business entity undertakes rehab of Cooper’s Lane in N/A

Aug 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Business entity undertakes rehab of Cooper’s Lane in N/A

Business entity A. Ally and Sons, owners of a chain of stores in Berbice with a history of giving back to the community, have decided to extend their benevolence even further by undertaking the...

NY- based team to give aid to Region one

Aug 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NY- based team to give aid to Region one

By Latoya Giles A fifteen (15) member team from the New York-based Guyana Aid Region One, Inc. (“GARO”) is expected in the country on August 3rd, 2012 to conduct a one day Health Fair in...

The Suddie Hospital Funeral Parlour cannot be exonerated for this shocking mix-up

Aug 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Suddie Hospital Funeral Parlour cannot be exonerated for this shocking mix-up

Dear Editor, The Suddie Funeral Parlour cannot be exonerated from blame for the shocking mix-up which caused the body of well-known Essequibo Pandit, Harry Persaud of Adventure Village, to be...

Cops intercept 25 kilos of cocaine at CJIA

Aug 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cops intercept 25 kilos of cocaine at CJIA

Police intercepted what is believed to be their biggest cocaine haul so far for the year at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Thursday night. According to reports, at around 23:30...

Govt. tables Parliamentary requests for… US$85 million

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. tables Parliamentary requests for… US$85 million

-wants back monies for OP, NCN, GINA, GPL Government has gone back to Parliament to ask for billions that the Opposition had slashed from the National Budget earlier this year. An additional amount,...

Gangs attack vehicles at Rockstone

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gangs attack vehicles at Rockstone

– Joint Services arrest three Joint Services ranks rushed to Rockstone, Upper Demerara, at around 18:00 hrs yesterday after armed men, apparently taking advantage of the unrest at Linden,...

Pandit’s body cremated by mistake

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pandit’s body cremated by mistake

-relatives begged for Pandit’s ghee to do second cremation They were about the same age, their names were almost similar, See Persaud and Harry Narine Persaud, and they bore an uncanny resemblance,...

Parliament to review Jagdeo’s benefits package

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament to review Jagdeo’s benefits package

The pension, gratuity and other benefits afforded to former Presidents and several other office holders are now subjected to the review of a special Select Parliamentary Committee. This is as a...

Linden protestors…Shooters identified – Crime Chief

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden protestors…Shooters identified – Crime Chief

-but AFC still wants viewing by UK ballistics expert “We know who was armed with shotguns and we have statements from those who discharged rounds…” -Crime Chief Seelall Persaud By Michael...

Roach leads WI demolition of Black Caps

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Roach leads WI demolition of Black Caps

Kingston, Jamaica – Kemar Roach underlined his role of strike bowler for West Indies with another telling bowling performance, helping to demolish New Zealand’s fragile batting in the second...

Legend Phelps wins his 20th Olympic medal and 1st individual title of London Games

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Legend Phelps wins his 20th Olympic medal and 1st individual title of London Games

Michael Phelps proved his greatness by winning a 20th Olympic medal with gold in the 200m individual medley last night. Phelps beat his great rival Ryan Lochte in an exciting final. Earlier Lochte...

St. Lucia charges Guyanese for practicing illegal medicine

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on St. Lucia charges Guyanese for practicing illegal medicine

A Guyanese, Howard Earl, has been charged for allegedly practicing medicine in St. Lucia without a proper licence and not being a registered medical practitioner, according to the...

Dem boys seh …Wheh dead deh, confusion deh

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh …Wheh dead deh, confusion deh

Dem boys always know dat faces and names of people can sometimes be confusing to the human brains and eyes. In odder words, looks can be deceiving. Case in point. One family went to a funeral...

Berbice grandmother, 64, freed of husband’s death

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice grandmother, 64, freed of husband’s death

A grandmother who was on trial in the Berbice High Court for killing of her husband of 40 years on Thursday walked out a free woman. Thakurmani, 64, of Bennett Dam, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice was...

We support the call for an impartial, independently constituted Commission of Inquiry

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We support the call for an impartial, independently constituted Commission of Inquiry

Dear Editor, The Canada Guyana Forum (CGF) vigorously condemns the reported use by the Guyana Police of excessive force in dealing with the July 18 assembly of citizens in Linden who were...

Dumped lover fined $30,000 for torching ex-lover’s fence

Aug 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dumped lover fined $30,000 for torching ex-lover’s fence

An irate woman who was dumped by her former lover will have to pay a $30,000 fine or face one month in jail after being sentenced by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday for torching his fence...

For a New Trade Policy

Aug 03, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on For a New Trade Policy

What exactly are the elements of our trade policy? This is a question that should be occupying our policymakers from both sides of the political divide, rather their interminable wrangling....

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Kaieteur Sports – Thirty junior cricketers of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club last week enjoyed a one day tour to the Garden city and also region three. The visit was organised by the...

A lesson the PSC missed

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(Kaieteur News) – There is no question that Guyanese would have noticed the brooch worn by Delcy Rodríguez during her recent visits to Grenada and Barbados. Nor is there any doubt that for Guyanese the depiction of the Essequibo as Venezuelan on that brooch cuts deeply. But it does not follow...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

A special kind of lawyering, and at its best

Apr 29, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – For those with Biblical contexts, it said: “no man can serve two masters at the same time.” Sage advice due to its practicality. Divided loyalty is one. Playing one against the other is second. And always coming out ahead when the first two wrangle...

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