October 2012

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Dem boys seh…Leslie and Man Soor get ketch in public

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Leslie and Man Soor get ketch in public

Old age can be a bad thing. Is when you can’t help youself, when you got to depend pun people. This old woman get she pension and she small piece from NIS. Out of that small piece she does give...

Non Pareil man stabbed to death, attacker escapes

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Non Pareil man stabbed to death, attacker escapes

Police on the East Coast Demerara are investigating the second murder in that district this week as a 24-year-old labourer was stabbed to death last evening at Non Pareil. The man was identified as...

Linden Commission of Inquiry…Shot victim says doctor misplaced medical report

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Commission of Inquiry…Shot victim says doctor misplaced medical report

A seamstress from the Mining Town of Linden testified, yesterday, that she was shot in the back with a live round during the protest that took place in the town on July 18. Subsequent to that, Janice...

Bel Air heist accused attempts to disrupt court proceedings

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bel Air heist accused attempts to disrupt court proceedings

– Lawyer calls for bail withdrawal for one while another is reportedly M.I.A One accused allegedly involved in the July 2011 Bel Air heist, that saw business tycoon Malcolm Panday being robbed...

Criminal Justice systems needs to control Government officials, police misconduct – Report

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Criminal Justice systems needs to control Government officials, police misconduct – Report

Criminal justice systems need to control not only the official misconduct of police, but also of all other types of Government officials, including its own officials, according to Caribbean Human...

Conflict of interest?…CJIA contractor hires son of former Jamaican Works’ boss

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Conflict of interest?…CJIA contractor hires son of former Jamaican Works’ boss

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Works Agency (NWA), Patrick Wong, has apologised for his ‘role’ in a business arrangement between his son and China Harbour Engineering...

Linden shooting unveils a gigantic puzzle

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Linden shooting unveils a gigantic puzzle

The commission of inquiry into the shooting to death of three Linden residents has raised some very interesting questions. On July 18, last, the Linden community opted to protest the proposed...

Woman beats mother for old age pension

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woman beats mother for old age pension

Biaspatie Rampersaud, 77, of Herstelling Squatting Area, is calling on both the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security and the police to look into the matter of her being severely abused by...

Reliable electricity supply paramount for business growth

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Reliable electricity supply paramount for business growth

– visiting French Professor France-based Guyanese, Professor and Electrical Engineer, Joseph Farley, has said that a good electricity supply is paramount if Guyana wishes to progress with...

THE OPPOSITION AND LAW-MAKING IN PARLIAMENT

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE OPPOSITION AND LAW-MAKING IN PARLIAMENT

The greatest crisis facing this country is, as ironic as it may seem, one of parliamentary democracy. This crisis has nothing to do with elections. Guyana now has a parliamentary democracy...

KENDAISE RODNEY IS ADMITTED TO THE BAR

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on KENDAISE RODNEY IS ADMITTED TO THE BAR

Twenty-five year old Ms. Kendaise Kizyann Rodney is among the recent graduates from the Hugh Wooding Law School. She was admitted to the Guyana Bar on October 6, last, before Justice Reynolds. Her...

GRANGER POINTS TO THE WAY FORWARD FOR BARTICA

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRANGER POINTS TO THE WAY FORWARD FOR BARTICA

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Brigadier David Granger visited Bartica to discuss the way forward with Party members. He detailed his 10-point plan which had evolved from his...

Trotman’s bar: Dichotomizing the human character?

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Trotman’s bar: Dichotomizing the human character?

One of the most obdurate tasks in moral philosophy is to analyse the human character to arrive at an objective value system. It is possible to argue that it cannot be done. Those not concerned...

Berbice criminal session opens

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice criminal session opens

The Ceremonial opening of the October 2012 session of The Berbice High Court was staged on Tuesday with the usual pomp and ceremony outside the Berbice High Court building on Esplanade...

Woman paralysed after unknown injection at West Dem Hospital

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woman paralysed after unknown injection at West Dem Hospital

A 44-year-old woman who was admitted to the West Demerara Regional Hospital because her blood pressure was a little high, has regretted she ever stepped into the institution. Wendy Patterson, of...

Tain Primary wins Rose Hall Town 42nd Anniversary Spelling B competition.

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Tain Primary wins Rose Hall Town 42nd Anniversary Spelling B competition.

Tain Primary School students spelt their way to championship honours on Tuesday at the Rose Hall Town Primary School when the Inter Primary School Spelling B competition formed part of The Rose Hall...

New Amsterdam Town Week 2012 Launched

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Town Week 2012 Launched

New Amsterdam Town Week 2012 has been launched. The Town Week is being held this year under the theme “Collaboration and Unity for the restoration of New Amsterdam”. This is the twelfth...

Charles Gardiner is Essequibo’s newest centenarian

Oct 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Charles Gardiner is Essequibo’s newest centenarian

One may conclude that coming from a family which recorded three centenarians, living to see that ripe old age is not only a gift. And this can be said for Charles Josephat Gardiner, a former...

The Census exercise – Field work and the numerous challenges

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Census exercise – Field work and the numerous challenges

Dear Editor, On the evening of October 15, the Chief Statistical Officer, on television, gave the nation an update on the Census exercise as it is being carried out. One of the few things...

Guyanese graduates from Cuba are not being treated with respect

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese graduates from Cuba are not being treated with respect

DEAR EDITOR, Students and graduates spend some six to seven years in Cuba (that is, six years for Engineering courses and seven years for the Medicine course); they sacrifice so much to go to...

Maybe our politicians can copy some class and decorum from the US presidential debates

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maybe our politicians can copy some class and decorum from the US presidential debates

DEAR EDITOR, Here in Guyana we love America. We want to emulate the American lifestyle, dress, musical selection and even diet. There are people who have never lived in the US but have a full...

Bisram’s condemnation of the opposition for the Agricola unrest is irresponsible

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bisram’s condemnation of the opposition for the Agricola unrest is irresponsible

Dear Editor, We refer to a communiqué from Vishnu Bisram. He has chosen to be a Judge, jury and executioner on the issues of who must be condemned and who are responsible for the Agricola...

Is it a crime for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to publish weekly press releases?

Oct 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is it a crime for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to publish weekly press releases?

DEAR EDITOR, What has become of the Freedom of Information Act? Why is it when Guyana’s president and ministers of government undertake official travel to attend international meetings, the...

Forty-one AK-47 spent shells recovered at scene

Oct 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Forty-one AK-47 spent shells recovered at scene

Ricardo Rodrigues execution… Investigators have so far recovered 41 spent AK-47 shells from the scene of the execution-style killing of Ricardo Rodrigues called ‘Fat Man’...

Prominent lawyer Vic Puran dies in accident

Oct 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Prominent lawyer Vic Puran dies in accident

Prominent Lawyer Vicramadictya ‘Vic’ Puran was found dead in his Toyota Tundra at about 06:45 hours yesterday at Esau and Jacob, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. Puran’s vehicle...

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What is Love?

Sep 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – High in the Himalayas, I asked the Guru a question that seemed simple enough. “Guruji, what is love?” He smiled. “You have come a long way to ask a question that most people answer every day without understanding.” I laughed. “Then tell me. What is love?”...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Visa review – political hand, where I stand

Sep 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Mohameds have come out with eyes blazing. It’s all they have in their arsenal. But it’s good enough for the job before them. They see, they fear, a political hand in the sudden “visa review” by the U.S. State Department of that stamp held by Guyana’s Justice...

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