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Linden Commission of Inquiry…Cop testifies that ranks were searched for extra ammo

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Commission of Inquiry…Cop testifies that ranks were searched for extra ammo

By Michael Jordan Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes yesterday queried whether police had attempted to conceal the fact that they used ammunition that was not officially used by the Force on the day that...

Guyana’s broadcast legislation has much in common with T&T- Telecoms regulator

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s broadcast legislation has much in common with T&T- Telecoms regulator

A team of top officials of the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) met Monday with local stakeholders at a forum organised by the National Frequency Management Unit. Delivering...

Bel Air heist…Accused turned witness claims he was to kill businessman if he “played the fool”

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bel Air heist…Accused turned witness claims he was to kill businessman if he “played the fool”

Prosecution witness Rabindranuth Seemangal, once a co-accused in the matter, yesterday testified against other four persons charged with robbing prominent businessman Malcolm Panday in excess...

US expert notes CCJ has “best and brightest in the region”

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US expert notes CCJ has “best and brightest in the region”

An American expert is lauding the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as comprising some of the best and brightest in the region. Jeff Apperson, vice-president of the United States’ National Centre...

Health sector gearing to introduce literacy initiative

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Health sector gearing to introduce literacy initiative

A move towards health literacy is being embraced by the Ministry of Health in an earnest quest to educate the populace on the importance of not only making healthy choices, but to raise awareness...

Amputee remanded for Patentia man’s murder

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Amputee remanded for Patentia man’s murder

Magistrate Clive Nurse yesterday remanded Abdool Salim Rasheed to prison after he was charged with murder. The accused who has one leg hopped his way into the Vreed-en-hoop Magistrate’s Court where...

Brazilian miner fined for passport fraud

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian miner fined for passport fraud

A 45-year-old Brazilian miner was fined for passport fraud when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The man had presented a passport to local immigration authorities with...

Man accused of hammering co-worker

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of hammering co-worker

George Khan was refused bail yesterday after he faced Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a charge of unlawful wounding. Khan was not required to plead...

Plans apace to re-staff Ophthalmology Centre with local specialists

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Plans apace to re-staff Ophthalmology Centre with local specialists

…As Health Ministry seeks to fill several fields Having opened its doors to the public in 2009, the Port Mourant Ophthalmology Centre has been delivering a much needed service offered...

NDCs at Industry/Plaisance, Number 52/74 Village replaced with IMCs

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NDCs at Industry/Plaisance, Number 52/74 Village replaced with IMCs

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has dissolved two Neighbourhood Democractic Councils (NDCs) and replaced them with Interim Management Councils (IMCs). According to...

The CCJ: The horror house a small country is

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The CCJ: The horror house a small country is

Three new judges have been appointed two days ago. In this country whenever you talk about justice and the judiciary, you thank your lucky stars that there is the Caribbean Court of...

Karen Livan retires as GGMC’s Commissioner

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Karen Livan retires as GGMC’s Commissioner

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), on Monday, hosted a farewell ceremony for Commissioner Karen Livan, who has retired. Ms. Livan served over 37 years with the Commission and the...

Magistrate’s Court back in operation after more than two decades

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate’s Court back in operation after more than two decades

After being out of service for more than two decades, the Sisters Magistrate’s Court, which serves the East Bank of Berbice, is back in operation. The first sitting was held yesterday. The...

Fraud is rampant in Region Eight

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fraud is rampant in Region Eight

Dear Editor, It is with grave concern that I write this letter. I have been residing in Mahdia for a number of years, going in and out from the community on business. I have been paying...

Cane cutter charged with killing mason

Oct 31, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cane cutter charged with killing mason

Twenty-year-old Rahesh Janak, called ‘Rakesh’, a cane-cutter of Zorg-en-Hoop Scheme Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, was yesterday remanded by Magistrate Roby Benn when he made an appearance at the...

No relation

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on No relation

Dear Editor, Help and Shelter wishes to make it clear that it has no connection to or affiliation with newly established NGO Helping Hands, which has placed banners at various locations prominently...

The PPP should record these projects

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP should record these projects

Dear Editor, I think the PPP Government forgot some of the major developments which occurred under their watch. The party needs to photograph and place for the public to see and cheer...

Baldeo should be judged on positives and negatives

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Baldeo should be judged on positives and negatives

Dear Editor, This is in reference to “Prominent Guyana-born Queens District Leader on federal corruption charges” (KN Oct 25). Baldeo is a man of enormous talent and political...

Please, more speed humps

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please, more speed humps

Dear Editor, Following your publication of article headlined “Better roads inspire protection for children” on October 24, 2012 I went into the village of Enmore and what I noticed is that...

Gold is the way to go, not cash

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gold is the way to go, not cash

Dear Editor, Gold is an amazing commodity. Gold has launched wars, destroyed and created whole societies. For thousands of years gold has been the trusted medium of exchange, and for...

Registrar General debunks discrimination charge

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Registrar General debunks discrimination charge

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to letters signed by Rev. Gideon Cecil and Eshwari Shakti Persaud and published in the Stabroek News and Chronicle Newspapers within the past week. They...

A case of profound jealousy

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A case of profound jealousy

Dear Editor, I write today in response to a letter published by the Kaieteur News on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, titled “Ramdeo and his EZjet venture may be about to end their short flight...

Shaquille Grant must not be used as excuse for violence

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shaquille Grant must not be used as excuse for violence

Dear Editor, I am really not happy with one of your political columns in the Sunday Issue of the Kaieteur News captioned “Don’t Cry For Me Agricola”. Obviously this article seeks...

Keep a close eye on the Linden Commission

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Keep a close eye on the Linden Commission

Dear Editor, There is need for the Guyanese public to closely observe the process of the Linden Commission of Inquiry. Its progress so far, because of both apparent lawyers’ restraint and...

Sandy’s Cautions

Oct 31, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sandy’s Cautions

Hurricane Sandy should serve as a wake-up call for us in Guyana. Natural disasters abound across the globe – earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, tsunamis, etc. and we in Guyana used to take...