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Horror at West Dem. Hospital…Family says “wrong injection” caused death of 15-year-old

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Horror at West Dem. Hospital…Family says “wrong injection” caused death of 15-year-old

By Romila Boodram Relatives of 15-year-old Shemar Miggins of Lot 7 Goed Fortune, West Bank Demerara (WBD) remain convinced that he died as a result of receiving the wrong injection,...

Electrical wire mishap… Victim loses arm

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Electrical wire mishap… Victim loses arm

– GPL still to contact family The family of Asgar Mohamed is upset that no Guyana Power and Light Corporation (GPL) official has contacted them regarding the horrific injury he suffered...

Controversy surrounds court ruling…Rohee still cannot table bills as Minister of Home Affairs

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Controversy surrounds court ruling…Rohee still cannot table bills as Minister of Home Affairs

– Basil Williams A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s shadow Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams, citing a section of the Chief Justice ruling, yesterday told...

GNBS seized over 600 scales in 2012

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS seized over 600 scales in 2012

– electrical appliances, cell phones among items verified for compliance Over 634 scales, 752 masses, six measures and 88 rules were seized and removed by the Guyana National...

Taxi driver jumps from moving car during holdup

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver jumps from moving car during holdup

A taxi driver was forced to jump from his moving car when two men held him at knife point on Saturday night in Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara during a robbery. The taxi driver Rajpaul...

Suriname deports over 200 Guyanese

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname deports over 200 Guyanese

PARAMARIBO – In 2012, Suriname deported 234 Guyanese, or nearly one-third of the 750 Guyanese citizens sent back by foreign countries to Georgetown. The Guyana Police Force (GPF),...

Linden Commission of Inquiry to resume month end

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Commission of Inquiry to resume month end

The Linden Commission of Inquiry is expected to resume on the last Monday in this month. This was disclosed by Commissioner Justice Cecil Kennard, who told this publication that the...

Dem boys seh…Don’t listen to de obeah man

Jan 14, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Don’t listen to de obeah man

De road full of cars but dem boys didn’t know it was so full till people start to drive into fence and in trench. Was as if dem looking fuh more road to drive. One of dem drive into a lady shop but...

A transfer station could enhance the council’s capacity to manage its solid waste challenge

Jan 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A transfer station could enhance the council’s capacity to manage its solid waste challenge

Dear Sir, Please refer to a feature, which appeared in your Kaieteur News issue of January 8, 2013 headlined: “THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT ALLOW A SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION IN THE CITY”...

GFA to withdraw legal actions against GFF today

Jan 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA to withdraw legal actions against GFF today

– in keeping with FIFA / CONCACAF brokered agreement Following the end of the football impasse between the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) on the...

Large sections of the Guyanese population are not included in Mash or Republic Day celebrations

Jan 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Large sections of the Guyanese population are not included in Mash or Republic Day celebrations

Dear Editor, Is there an amazingly sudden, spontaneous and natural interest from Brazil, Suriname and Trinidad in our world-famous Mashramani celebrations? Or is the Government actively...

Is this not a clear case of conflict of interest?

Jan 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this not a clear case of conflict of interest?

Dear Editor, Sham Nokta is the Managing Director of Environmental Management Consultants (EMC) and at the same time is having top-level access to the Office of the President as the...

Beterverwagting, Grove Primary and Soesdyke Primary in winners’ row

Jan 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Beterverwagting, Grove Primary and Soesdyke Primary in winners’ row

K&S Chico Junior Under-13 Football championships Three primary schools moved closer to championship honours when the inaugural K&S Chico Junior U-13 Football championships resumed at the...

REGION 10 HAS NO CASE

Jan 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on REGION 10 HAS NO CASE

Whenever one is entering into an agreement and especially if one is inexperienced in such matters, one should be very careful to ensure that one’s expectations are spelt out in specific and...

Commercial sex worker murder…Two detained to assist with investigation

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Commercial sex worker murder…Two detained to assist with investigation

Two persons are now in custody as police continue their investigation into the murder of 19 year-old Wesley Holder called ‘Tiffany’. Relatives of the dead man said that they believe...

Region Six had a productive 2012 – Regional Chairman

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six had a productive 2012 – Regional Chairman

By Samuel Whyte The Regional Administration of Region Six had a very productive and successful 2012 despite many challenges. Except for some roads, all of the planned works were successfully...

History! Jacobs receives K&S/Beharry sponsored MVP car

Jan 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on History! Jacobs receives K&S/Beharry sponsored MVP car

For the first time in the history of Guyana’s football, a player drove away with a brand new car as his prize for being adjudged the Most Valuable Player of a competition. This took place on...

Guyana hoping for better fortunes after Darren Bravo barrage wins it for T&T

Jan 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana hoping for better fortunes after Darren Bravo barrage wins it for T&T

Guyana will hope for better fortunes tomorrow when they face Jamaica at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St Lucia in the first game of two following Darren Bravo’s explosive innings that led...

Culture Minister proposes art fund to help showcase artists’ pieces

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Culture Minister proposes art fund to help showcase artists’ pieces

– as Commemorative catalogue for 2012 Guyana Visual Arts Competition launched Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony officially launched at the Castellani House, Vlissengen Road,...

N/A Secondary declared winners of National Song Festival

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Secondary declared winners of National Song Festival

The curtains came down today on the National Song Festival, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport at the National Cultural Center, which saw the participation of choirs from...

Woman succumbs after 9-hour boat ride from Wakenaam to Parika

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman succumbs after 9-hour boat ride from Wakenaam to Parika

A Wakenaam woman, whose life may have been saved had she received earlier treatment, died at a city hospital and the circumstances leading to the woman’s demise have infuriated...

FISHY BUSINESS

Jan 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on FISHY BUSINESS

You’ve heard about the late James Brown or the “Godfather” of soul, but what about the godfather of Sole or the Codfather? He is Muhammad Shahid Nazir, a Pakistani immigrant to Britain who...

FDI and growth

Jan 14, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on FDI and growth

For two decades, in our quest for growth, we followed the triple commandments of the ‘Washington Consensus –”stabilize, liberalize, and privatise” – in order to attract Foreign Direct...

Successful house lot applicant?

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Successful house lot applicant?

Why apply for a house lot when squatting appears to be legal, and construction costs just have to be based on initiative? This city dweller has erected his home opposite the La...

Tenants of Broad Street apartment building living in fear of African bees

Jan 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tenants of Broad Street apartment building living in fear of African bees

Tenants of an African-bee-infested apartment building located on Broad Street are desperately calling for the swift removal of the dangerous insects, fearing that one day the consequences could be...

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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