June 2013

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A wife strangled in Germany and two dead girls in Guyana

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A wife strangled in Germany and two dead girls in Guyana

By Michael Jordan The former American soldier looked me straight in the eye and told me that he was no killer. Maybe so, but surely he must be one of the unluckiest chaps I have ever met. How many...

Housing and You…Applying for a mortgage; a $19M ‘turn-key’ home

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Applying for a mortgage; a $19M ‘turn-key’ home

By Leonard Gildarie While writing on housing last year and then resuming a few weeks ago, I have over time drawn on personal experiences to “drive home” the need to be educated. I had...

Drivers, maids, waitresses, psychology and invincibility

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Drivers, maids, waitresses, psychology and invincibility

In a previous column, I mentioned what one of the former attendants of the New Thriving Restaurant told me about what a certain little dictator (who has one of the fanciest swimming pools; lives on...

Government’s ad hoc arrangements will not push development

Jun 23, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Government’s ad hoc arrangements will not push development

By Dominic Gaskin AFC Treasurer and National Executive Committee Member For a political party obsessed with control, the PPP/C Government exerts very little control over how this country...

Sinking ship leaves rats

Jun 23, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sinking ship leaves rats

Khemraj Ramjattan– a former chairman of the Progressive Youth Organisation and Member of the Central Committee–was among the first to desert the People’s Progressive Party’s sinking ship....

Book Review… The Madness of Slavery and the Human Spirit

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review… The Madness of Slavery and the Human Spirit

Book: The Family Mansion by Anthony C. Winkler Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby The Family Mansion bellows with the stench of misplaced pride. It is a showcase, no less, of two nations’ growing pains,...

Coconut farmers being trained on fertilization

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Coconut farmers being trained on fertilization

The National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), an arm of the Agriculture Ministry, is currently working to sensitize farmers to the various technologies and strategies that they can use to...

Government unveils master plan to link Ogle to East Bank

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Government unveils master plan to link Ogle to East Bank

– new housing schemes to be inter-connected via roads network By Leonard Gildarie Government has unveiled a master plan to link several communities along the East Bank of Demerara to an...

Linden in dire need of proper ambulance – Health Officer

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Linden in dire need of proper ambulance – Health Officer

Residents of Linden are calling on the Minister of Health to provide another ambulance for the community in the interim of the non-functioning ambulance that is in the workshop. Chairman of the...

Ministry pushing science, technology in schools

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry pushing science, technology in schools

One of the major objectives of the Ministry of Education is to raise the level of scientific consciousness in the country and to increase public understanding and appreciation of the...

Money Laundering… Financial Intelligence Unit not enough, investigative arm required-US Ambassador

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Money Laundering… Financial Intelligence Unit not enough, investigative arm required-US Ambassador

Having legislation in place is the first step, but the investigative capacity is even more critical in building cases and prosecuting persons in relation to money laundering. This is according to the...

“Sandy” doused with acid over triangular love affair

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Sandy” doused with acid over triangular love affair

‘Suspects still on the run’… – police By: Javone Vickerie and Kiana Wilburg After being doused in the face with “battery acid” on Friday last because of a triangular love...

Financial crimes legislation bad news, unconstitutional – Ramon Gaskin

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Financial crimes legislation bad news, unconstitutional – Ramon Gaskin

Consultant and former presidential advisor Ramon Gaskin, has described the 2009 financial crimes legislation as being unconstitutional and in direct contrast with existing laws. He told...

Construction sector hit by labour shortage

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Construction sector hit by labour shortage

– CH&PA targeting rogue developers Government says that it is battling a worrying labour shortage in the housing sector. The sector, along with gold, has been a main prop...

Trouble in Paradise

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Trouble in Paradise

Who would have thought that a million people would be in the streets of Brazil protesting over a ten-cent rise in the bus fare? But they did, in an ever-rising wave of frustration even...

Pull all Govt. contracts from Strategic Action Security- GYSM

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pull all Govt. contracts from Strategic Action Security- GYSM

President Donald Ramotar’s purported intolerance for corruption is now being tested as the Guyana Youth and Student Movement (GYSM) demands that Government withdraws all State contracts awarded to...

From the Diaspora…THE OPPOSITION PARTIES IS TAKING THE WORD “OPPOSITION” TOO LITERALLY

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…THE OPPOSITION PARTIES IS TAKING THE WORD “OPPOSITION” TOO LITERALLY

By Ralph Seeram Since the 2011 national elections when the balance of power in Parliament shifted from the ruling PPP Government to the opposition parties, the opposition PNC/APNU and the AFC seem...

Investigation launched into N/A Hospital slapping incident

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Investigation launched into N/A Hospital slapping incident

…doctor still on the job An investigation has been launched into the incident involving the doctor implicated for allegedly slapping his 25-year-old patient while tending to her bleeding nose...

Upcoming Yacht Rally for Guyana shores

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Upcoming Yacht Rally for Guyana shores

– Guyana destination for first leg of the rally At least 20 yachts are expected to grace Guyana’s waters come September, as the 10-day Nereid’s Rally leaves Trinidad and Tobago, bound for...

Criminal session in Berbice High Court halted absence of indicted persons, witnesses cited

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Criminal session in Berbice High Court halted absence of indicted persons, witnesses cited

There is an unusual development in the just opened June sessions of the Berbice Criminal Assizes. The session came to a halt on Friday due to the unavailability of the indicted persons and the...

Sunday Cartoon

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

The story of a blind girl

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The story of a blind girl

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she...

ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Beware of Immigration Service Providers who are not Lawyers… Attorney Gail S. Seeram Beware of immigration service providers. Many of these unauthorized practitioners mean well....

This article was grossly inaccurate

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This article was grossly inaccurate

Dear Editor, I write to you concerning an article carried in the Kaieteur News dated June 20, 2013, captioned “Unattended child rescued from burning building”. It is with a sense of...

An aberration of the democratic process

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on An aberration of the democratic process

Dear Editor, There is a saying that everyone is entitled to their own opinions but not to their own facts. Facts are indeed stubborn things. They cannot be erased or wished away, even though there...

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Brathwaite fifty, Claxton three-for seal series win for West Indies

Oct 06, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Jahzara Claxton’s three-for, followed by Eboni Brathwaite’s rapid half-century, sealed a dominant eight-wicket win for West Indies in Harare, which gave them an...

An accusation is not a conviction

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something ominous about a rape allegation. The word itself can become a verdict long before it reaches a courtroom. The letter “R” is sometimes enough to transform suspicion into certainty. It can turn an accusation into guilt; it can overnight cast a human being...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Ministers Persaud, Nandlall

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – One’s from the priestly caste. The other claims warrior caste status. Both are commended for high-mindedness. Both Hon Minister of Women’s Safety, Dr. Vindya Persaud, and Hon Minister of Justice, SC Anil Nandlall have programmes that they placed in the public space. ...

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