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KFC closed for maintenance and sanitation upgrades

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News 3

In an unusual move that officials did not explain, several local KFC franchise outlets shuttered tight yesterday as employees of the entity attributed the non-operation to ongoing maintenance...

More sea defence works for Regions two, three

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on More sea defence works for Regions two, three

Under the Ministry of Public Works, bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of Rip Rap sea defence at...

Education Crisis

Aug 21, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Education Crisis

The annual euphoria over the “high flyers” at CSEC and CAPE has hopefully receded by now. But before it disappears altogether, we should ponder what it means for a child of sixteen to...

Patriotism and profits

Aug 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Patriotism and profits

Suppose a very nice and generous boss wants to have sex with his secretary, so he goes to her and asks her for it. She says ‘no, I don’t want to do that because that is not my definition...

THE 1823 SLAVE REVOLT WAS AN EAST COAST UPRISING

Aug 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE 1823 SLAVE REVOLT WAS AN EAST COAST UPRISING

The following is an edited version of a previous column on the controversy surrounding the erection of the 1823 monument. One of the last public acts of Forbes Burnham, the former President of...

Essequibo and Pomeroon Rivers riskiest for speedboat operations – MARAD

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News 2

Following a risk analysis, the Essequibo and Pomeroon Rivers have been tagged as the riskiest for speedboat operations. As such, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has mobile teams...

Trafficking In Persons… GWMO recommends stiffer penalties, blacklisting perpetrators

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Trafficking In Persons… GWMO recommends stiffer penalties, blacklisting perpetrators

By Keeran Danny Although grateful that some perpetrators have been convicted for human trafficking, the Guyana Women Miners’ Organization (GWMO) believes that the legislation should be...

Improved accommodation for contracted Govt. workers in Mahdia

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Improved accommodation for contracted Govt. workers in Mahdia

Adequate and improved accommodation will soon be in place for contracted Government workers in Mahdia, Region Eight. According to Regional Executive Officer (REO) Ronald Harsawack, “brand new and...

German $$$ for EPA enforcement, Protected Areas Commission

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on German $$$ for EPA enforcement, Protected Areas Commission

The construction of a $28M Protected Areas Commission’s (PAC) Head Office will soon commence and is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The building at Thomas Lands, which...

Georgetown Sanitation Improvement Programme…More traffic diversion expected for next three months – GWI

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown Sanitation Improvement Programme…More traffic diversion expected for next three months – GWI

As Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) continues its Georgetown Sanitation Improvement Programme (GSIP), the utility company is advising that for the next three (3) months, rehabilitation works and the...

Former treason accused to resume fight to help the poor

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former treason accused to resume fight to help the poor

Almost five years after he was pardoned by then President Bharat Jagdeo for treason, the highly controversial social activist/businessman Phillip Bynoe has announced his intention to re-enter...

Raksha Bandhan to be celebrated today

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Raksha Bandhan to be celebrated today

Hindus countrywide will today be celebrating Raksha Bandhan which is a festival dedicated to the beautiful relationship which exists between a sister and brother. President of the Guyana Hindu...

UNAIDS Director challenges Guyana to realise end to AIDS

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UNAIDS Director challenges Guyana to realise end to AIDS

The end of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is not merely a dream but rather it is a scientific proposal being touted by UNAIDS, even ahead of the associated 2015 Millennium...

Cops release Riverview murder suspect; guard in $17M heist

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops release Riverview murder suspect; guard in $17M heist

Police appear to have reached a dead end in their investigations into the murder of Riverview resident Quincy Sooklall, and their probe into the $17M Toolsie Persaud Limited heist. Kaieteur...

Albouystown siblings jailed for robbery

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown siblings jailed for robbery

– Each sentenced to sixty months Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday sentenced well known Albouystown siblings, ‘the Allicock brothers’ to serve sixty months (five years) each in prison...

12 months for possession of smoking utensil

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 12 months for possession of smoking utensil

A man who pleaded guilty to being in possession of a utensil used for smoking cocaine was yesterday sentenced to twelve months imprisonment after he faced Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the...

Post mortem on Aranka miner slated for today

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Post mortem on Aranka miner slated for today

A post mortem is scheduled to be performed today on the body of 22-year-old miner Keith Wallerson of Golden Grove. He is expected to be buried on Friday. The man had disappeared in the Cuyuni...

Security guards convicted for stealing truck tyres

Aug 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Security guards convicted for stealing truck tyres

Two former security guards of Tony’s Auto Sales have been convicted for stealing of truck tyres from the said enterprise. Robert Daiterdeen, Joseph Nirghin, and Steve Daiterdeen were all...

No minibus increase letter

Aug 21, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on No minibus increase letter

Dear Editor, I read in the Sunday Edition of Kaieteur News dated August 18th 2013 from the Ministry of Tourism Permanent Secretary Mr. / Mrs. W. Hamilton to ignore any fare increase circulation. I...

Kissoon’s failed attempt in misleading the readers

Aug 21, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon’s failed attempt in misleading the readers

Dear Editor, In response to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s letter, please, allow me to make one point of clarification in respect to Kissoon’s failed attempt in misleading the readers. But, before...

Help & Shelter operates a safe house for abused women and their children

Aug 21, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Help & Shelter operates a safe house for abused women and their children

Dear Editor, We write to correct the misapprehension that may have been created by the recommendation in GAWL’s statement condemning the recent spate of domestic violence incidents that ‘a...

Appropriate penalties for domestic violence must be enforced when the situation demands it

Aug 21, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Appropriate penalties for domestic violence must be enforced when the situation demands it

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Human Services has noted the issues raised by Mr. Vidyaratha Kissoon in his letter to Stabroek News and Kaieteur News dated August 8, 2013, as well as other...

APNU should direct its anger at the Police Commissioner for the alarming crime rate

Aug 21, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU should direct its anger at the Police Commissioner for the alarming crime rate

Dear Editor, Reading your newspaper (Tuesday August 20 I read contradictory statements made by APNU in reference to calling on the Minister Of Home Affairs, first to control crime in the...

Government should develop a comprehensive proposal that is the best deal for the Guyanese people

Aug 21, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government should develop a comprehensive proposal that is the best deal for the Guyanese people

Dear Editor, Amalia falls Hydo power project is symptomatic of a wider problem. The real problem with Amalia falls is the attitude of the previous PPP regime headed by Jagdeo as it relates to...

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The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more