December 25, 2013

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Chief Librarian dies in smash up with police

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Librarian dies in smash up with police

Gillian Thompson, Chief Librarian of the National Library, died at around 14:30hrs yesterday, after a speeding white Toyota Allion car slammed into the bus that she was in. According to...

CGX locked in legal battle with former partner over new exploration licence

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CGX locked in legal battle with former partner over new exploration licence

Canadian-based oil exploration company, CGX Energy, is now locked in a legal battle with former partner Repsol Exploracion, S.A. According to CGX yesterday, it has started arbitration proceedings...

A closer look at ‘The Catholic Standard’

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A closer look at ‘The Catholic Standard’

By Dwijendra Rooplall If you are like me born after the Forbes Burnham era, then you might be just as surprised as I was to know that during those days there was a weekly Christian newspaper...

City dilemma highlighted on international stage

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on City dilemma highlighted on international stage

Amidst city woes, a handpicked Town Clerk, poor management at City Hall, garbage pile-ups and flooding to name a few, Georgetown’s dilemma has been highlighted on the world stage as Public...

Con artist targets “barrel” recipients

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Con artist targets “barrel” recipients

Christmas is a time when everyone looks forward for their barrels and boxes from their overseas relatives. Well, this year, a con man has surfaced and he has been targeting “barrel lovers”...

“Mastermind” in Port Kaituma gold heist slapped with murder charge

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Mastermind” in Port Kaituma gold heist slapped with murder charge

After about five court appearances for other charges, the man believed to be the “mastermind” who carefully crafted the multi-million gold heist in Port Kaituma from the El Dorado Gold Trading...

Digicel to commission Eteringbang communication tower

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel to commission Eteringbang communication tower

By Zena Henry A year or two ago, members of the joint services and residents of the jungle frontier town of Eteringbang would not have imagined standing on the border with Venezuela and...

Procurement process…Cabinet’s no-objection role must be maintained – Nandlall

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Procurement process…Cabinet’s no-objection role must be maintained – Nandlall

Attorney General Anil Nandlall in the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) recent weekly missive articulated that while the party welcomes the government’s public declaration of its...

CHRISTMAS MESSAGES

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CHRISTMAS MESSAGES

A Partnership for National Unity The message of the Gospel of St. Luke in the Holy Bible – … on earth, peace, good will to all men – is as valid today as it was two millennia ago. Jesus...

“IPA Group brings Xmas cheer to children’s homes”

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “IPA Group brings Xmas cheer to children’s homes”

IPA Group, yesterday, donated over 500 Christmas gifts to Children Homes and Orphanages in the city. The presentation took place at its Head Office on Camp Street. Group Marketing Manager, Mr....

No bail for miner caught smuggling shotgun cartridges into G/T Prison

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No bail for miner caught smuggling shotgun cartridges into G/T Prison

Just two days ago, a warder at the Georgetown Prisons found two 12-gauge shotgun cartridges stashed in a pair of Nike sneakers. And yesterday a 29-year-old miner was brought before the courts...

Christmas message…We in Guyana have not lost the traditional significance of this season – PPP

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas message…We in Guyana have not lost the traditional significance of this season – PPP

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has extended “warm Christmas greetings” to all Guyanese, “especially our Christian brothers and sisters during this most festive period of the...

Warming the heart

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Warming the heart

The smells coming from the homes at this time of the day tell a story. It is a story about having the best that the year has given us. Many of us saved all through the year just for...

GEA board wants matters be dealt with systematically

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GEA board wants matters be dealt with systematically

In another six months, the life of Guyana Energy Agency (GEA)’s Board of Directors will come to an end. The board Gazetted, in September 2013, after a stir of controversy in the media, met twice...

The PPP/C’s use of public-private partnerships to enrich a few

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The PPP/C’s use of public-private partnerships to enrich a few

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its most recent assessment of Guyana urged Government to seriously consider improving how it goes about structuring its public-private partnership...

Sumptuous Christmas recipes …

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sumptuous Christmas recipes …

As is customary at Kaieteur News, each reporter was tasked with writing a Christmas feature. Even as the other reporters were deliberating their topics, I made it clear that I would be...

My Christmas gift to my wife

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My Christmas gift to my wife

Many moons ago, I did a column with the title; “What are you doing the rest of your life?” As I searched for the meaning and message for this year’s Christmas column, the idea...

Basil B’s ‘Wake Up Guyana’ show spreads Christmas cheer

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Basil B’s ‘Wake Up Guyana’ show spreads Christmas cheer

While corporate agencies have not wasted a day in December in spreading Christmas cheer, HBTV’s Wake Up Guyana Show has chosen the most appropriate day to disperse merriment. Today in the...

E’bo carpenter dies in CBR crash

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo carpenter dies in CBR crash

Christmas plans for the Narayan family of Bamboo-Dam, Sparta, on the Essequibo Coast were thwarted when a family member died after being involved in an accident, on the La Belle Alliance...

Keep health in focus this Christmas– urges Cardiac Specialist

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Keep health in focus this Christmas– urges Cardiac Specialist

—but bingeing can be allowed By Sharmain Grainger The term ‘eat, drink and be merry’ often comes to mind during festive celebrations and this is particularly true during the...

A husband for Christmas

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A husband for Christmas

By Romila Boodram Britney Daniels was one of those little girls who dreamt of their prince charming coming to rescue them on his white horse-or more appropriately, in a Prado. But for her, prince...

Christmas as a journalist

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas as a journalist

By Abena Rockcliffe We all know that the joy of Christmas comes long before the day; it’s all about the season. But, as a Journalist, it is sometimes impossible to enjoy this festive season...

Mysterious disease kills all food crops

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mysterious disease kills all food crops

Dear Editor, Growing vegetable crops in my roadside plot at Suddie, Region Two has always been a joy of my life. Now sadness prevails from the fatal destruction of the plants in a...

A blatant abuse of power

Dec 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A blatant abuse of power

Dear Editor, The nasty work within the Guyana Police Force (G.P.F) to harass and embarrass persons wrongfully from a position of power is responsible for me being a victim, only to endure much...

The year my cooking almost spoiled Christmas

Dec 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The year my cooking almost spoiled Christmas

By Rehana Ashley Ahamad Although my colleagues at Kaieteur News taunt me for frying eggs mixed with casareep, I maintain that I am a good cook, even though my cooking almost spoiled my...

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Kaieteur Sports – Newly imported horse from the Jumbo Jet Racing Stables, Sand Pipes stormed to a comprehensive victory in the prestigious Guyana Cup horse race at Rising Sun Turf Club on a cool...

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana never ceases to amaze me. There are moments when a government announces an achievement and it is done in such a manner that one is expected to feel grateful for the evidence of progress. Some of these announcements are about routine things. Yet, the announcement is made...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Procurement master composer Ali on stage

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(Kaieteur News) – Those visits by Pres. Ali into places of worship may be paying off. He sees the light. He may insist that he sees god (meaning himself); I settle for light. Light is late in coming. Its speed slowed down by GPL wires and thick political darkness. But light has arrived...

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