October 2012

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Dem boys seh…Irfaat mek Uncle Donald head spin

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Irfaat mek Uncle Donald head spin

Being President ain’t no easy thing for Uncle Donald. He got to try and please everybody, even people who he don’t like. He got to meet people every day from all over the world and play he...

Fuel distributor on fraud charges granted $3M bail

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel distributor on fraud charges granted $3M bail

A 58-year-old Regent Street, Bourda, resident is currently on $3M bail after being charged with misappropriating over $15M gained from the sale of fuel. Shakad Khan appeared at the Georgetown...

What’s the true cost of the hydro project?

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s the true cost of the hydro project?

Dear Editor, Guyana is about to embark on a major hydro project costing the Guyanese population some US$840M. That amount represents the cost of setting up the hydro project. We, the owner of...

Suspected pirate remanded

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected pirate remanded

One of the two men who had avoided previous captivity by the police after being implicated in robbery under arms committed on the high seas has been charged. Terry Joseph of 6 Squatting Area, East...

RESCHEDULE SCHOOL SPORTS

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RESCHEDULE SCHOOL SPORTS

The small things can mean a lot when it comes to education. As such, the Ministry of Education needs to devote less time to the larger issues of curricula reform, teaching training and infrastructure...

Training commences for detection of illegal cargo in containers

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Training commences for detection of illegal cargo in containers

– Guyana and Suriname commitment to C’bean programme lauded By Dale Andrews The commitment of Guyana and its eastern neighbour, Suriname, to combat the trade in illegal cargo through...

GT&T, Habitat reach out to officer injured in 2002 jailbreak

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T, Habitat reach out to officer injured in 2002 jailbreak

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday handed over a cheque valued $1M to Habitat for Humanity Guyana Inc (HFHG) as a contribution that will go towards enhancing the living...

Skeldon factory has ‘one of its best weeks’ – GAWU

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon factory has ‘one of its best weeks’ – GAWU

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) has indicated that the ailing sugar industry is showing signs of recovery. According to the union, whose membership comes largely from the...

Govt., UNICEF to take on children and women’s rights

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt., UNICEF to take on children and women’s rights

Aimed at strengthening local and regional ties while at the same time working towards the realization of children and women’s rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director...

Information technology fosters poverty alleviation – Computer trainer

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Information technology fosters poverty alleviation – Computer trainer

The immense potential of information technology can never be over-emphasised and its impact should certainly never be restrained from reaching the remotest of areas. This view has over the years...

Clinton Urling, Raphael Trotman and all that jazz

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Clinton Urling, Raphael Trotman and all that jazz

I taught Clinton Urling, the Chairman of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, at UG, and he must have accepted that I was a good lecturer because he sought two recommendations from me; coming to my...

GT&T commissions $40M cellular site at Orealla

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T commissions $40M cellular site at Orealla

Residents of Orealla now have the opportunity to stay connected with the rest of the world. This was made possible when the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) on...

Education Ministry seeking to bring experts together to improve literacy – Manickchand

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry seeking to bring experts together to improve literacy – Manickchand

As part of an ongoing drive to improve literacy, the Ministry of Education is set to embark on an initiative aimed at bringing together experts in the very field to help chart the way forward. This...

$150,000 bail for visa fraud accused

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $150,000 bail for visa fraud accused

Sixty-two year-old Roy Sharma has been charged with obtaining money by false pretence. The Charlotte Street resident is accused of duping Annette Coppin into paying him $133,000 for a United States...

Former Banks DIH employee fingered in cell phone theft

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Former Banks DIH employee fingered in cell phone theft

A former employee of Banks DIH Limited was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail after he was accused of stealing a Blackberry torch cell phone worth $150,000. The phone is said to have belonged to a...

Senior citizen fined for wounding landlord

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Senior citizen fined for wounding landlord

A pensioner who disfigured his landlord’s face found himself before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry yesterday on a charge of unlawful wounding. Sixty-five-year-old Tim Eversley...

Charlestown fire victims died from smoke inhalation

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Charlestown fire victims died from smoke inhalation

The four persons who perished in last Saturday’s fire in Charlestown suffocated and died as a result of smoke inhalation. This was the result of a post mortem examination conducted on the bodies of...

Almost four months later…Accident victim succumbs

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Almost four months later…Accident victim succumbs

Almost four months after being struck down by a Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) vehicle, Clive Innis succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last Sunday. Innis of 14...

When will Section D Non Pariel be given water?

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will Section D Non Pariel be given water?

Dear Editor, Sometime in 2010, roughly three years ago, the Ministry of Housing allocated house lots to individuals in Section D, Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara for residential purposes. From...

What can you do for Guyana?

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on What can you do for Guyana?

Dear Editor, Many times one sees in the newspapers people complaining how things are bad but rarely one sees new, fresh ideas being forwarded how to make things better and how to make Guyana a...

Kissoon should quit UG board

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon should quit UG board

Dear Editor, In his response (KN Sep 23) to the retort (KN Sep 16) of Mr. Al Creighton challenging the veracity of accusations leveled by Mr. Freddie Kissoon against Professor Creighton,...

Something is rotten in Guyana

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is rotten in Guyana

Dear Editor, Something is rotten in the country of Guyana. Like Denmark, in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, our beloved country is festering in state of moral and political corruption, but the...

There are too many fires

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on There are too many fires

The repeated occurrence of fires in Guyana is now worrying. For one, most of the residences are of wood, although a few decades ago people began to use more concrete. Their reason was that...

NIS staring at massive $1.4B shortfall this year

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NIS staring at massive $1.4B shortfall this year

– 27,000 employers registered but only 6,100 are paying The troubled state-owned multi-billion pension fund is staring at a massive $1.4B shortfall this year. A dwindling...

Women’s butchered bodies found in coconut grove

Oct 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s butchered bodies found in coconut grove

– suspect ingests poison The butchered bodies of two women who disappeared on Saturday were found at around 07:00 hrs yesterday in a coconut grove at Adventure, Black Bush...

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The danger of renting another country’s power

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(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I wish to thank publicly President Ali and the PPP Govt for keeping Guyanese in mind, caring for them. This should have been done before, but circumstances kept getting in the way. The president helped to get priorities in order, so here I am with gratitude in my heart,...

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