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Taxi driver drives off with passenger’s bag with $$$

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver drives off with passenger’s bag with $$$

– abandons vehicle minutes later In a strange twist of events, a taxi driver deliberately drove off with his passenger’s bag containing a significant sum of cash. The victim, Jermaine...

Taxi driver barely survives armed robbery

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver barely survives armed robbery

Thirty-year-old taxi driver Ron VanSertima had what can only be called a lucky escape Sunday night. The father of two, who was still hospitalised yesterday afternoon, recounted how a normal pick up...

Wakapao residents may not be allowed to vote

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Wakapao residents may not be allowed to vote

Many residents within the Amerindian community of Wakapoa, in the Lower Pomeroon River, recently expressed concern at not being in receipt of birth certificates. As a result they do not have an...

Man has sex with home alone first form lover

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man has sex with home alone first form lover

Amdat Persaud, 20, a labourer of Lot 26 King Street, Williamsburg, Corentyne was remanded by Magistrate Fabio Azore when he appeared before her at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on a charge of rape....

Another fishing vessel attacked on high sea

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another fishing vessel attacked on high sea

A crew of six is thankful to be alive. Its members were attacked on the high seas off the North West District. Owner of the vessel, Dhanaram Kadiwall, said that pirates attacked his boat the...

15-year-old school dropout a victim of poverty

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 15-year-old school dropout a victim of poverty

Delene Thomas, 15, of Wakapoa, should be in school, but due to a prevailing financial crisis currently facing her family, she has had to drop out of school to assist her mother. There are five other...

Young writer launches money book

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Young writer launches money book

There were far more children than adults in the audience and a balance across the age divide on the programme as Sharryn Dawson’s Money Basics for Kids: Financial Literacy for Children was launched...

Bold new AIDS targets set for 2015

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bold new AIDS targets set for 2015

NEW YORK/GENEVA, —The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has welcomed the bold new targets set by world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS...

Guyanese teen’s death being ruled as drug overdose

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese teen’s death being ruled as drug overdose

Midland, US (www.mlive.com) — Midland police officials are continuing their investigation into the death of a 19-year-old Guyanese-born man. Lt. Gregory H. Kramer said police believe Alvin Persaud...

Relatives dissatisfied with “sloppy investigation” into taxi driver’s murder

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives dissatisfied with “sloppy investigation” into taxi driver’s murder

… N/A Taxi driver murder The relatives of former J&N Taxi Driver in New Amsterdam, Trevor Kissoon, want the law enforcement officials to stop the ‘pussyfooting’ and get to the bottom of...

Garden of Eden miner died of punctured spleen and kidney

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Garden of Eden miner died of punctured spleen and kidney

The Garden of Eden miner, 22-year-old Vernon Ronaldo, who was stabbed to death by a friend at a house at Garden of Eden died as a result of a perforated spleen and kidney. This is according to a post...

Overzealous cop shoots at construction workers

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Overzealous cop shoots at construction workers

Police are investigating an incident involving one of its ranks who probably thought that he was doing a good when he opened fire on two construction workers whom he apparently mistook for bandits....

WPA remembers Walter Rodney 31 years later

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on WPA remembers Walter Rodney 31 years later

Thirty-one years after Walter Rodney was assassinated “there is nothing here (in Guyana) that he fought for, says Andaiye, Member of the Friends of the Walter Rodney Commemoration Committee. Walter...

Maintenance works ongoing at Pirara, Meritizero

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Maintenance works ongoing at Pirara, Meritizero

Maintenance works are currently being executed at Pirara and Meritizero on the Linden to Lethem Road, says Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn. Owing to continuous rainfall in the...

Kwakwani residents get relief

Jun 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Kwakwani residents get relief

As the water level in Kwakwani remains high, efforts are being executed to provide shelter and support for the residents who have been badly affected by the recent flooding. The Ministry of...

To buy votes you have to buy minds too. It won’t work

Jun 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on To buy votes you have to buy minds too. It won’t work

Last Saturday morning, I went to the central office of GPL on Main Street. I was accompanied by my nephew. We went to pay after he was disconnected. I saw a queue outside the office, therefore it...

THE PNC BELONGS WITHIN THE PPP

Jun 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PNC BELONGS WITHIN THE PPP

The contemporary focus about power-sharing is all about the sharing of political power and not, as in the past, underpinned by an ideological programme. In effect, power-sharing has now become a...

Man hunt continues for prison escapees

Jun 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man hunt continues for prison escapees

– relatives being questioned, Surinamese authorities alerted Law enforcement officials are continuing the massive manhunt for four dangerous criminals who escaped from the New Amsterdam prison...

Watchman crushed by sand truck

Jun 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Watchman crushed by sand truck

A 55-yr old watchman was run over by a sand truck just metres from his place of work at the Baijnauth/Armagon Lumber Yard at No. 2 Village East Canje Berbice on Saturday. Ignatius Thomas called...

Most housing schemes in Berbice filled

Jun 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Most housing schemes in Berbice filled

– Region 6 Chairman Almost all of the housing schemes in the Berbice area have been filled. This is according to the Regional Chairman of Region 6, Zulfikar Mustapha. He said that he has been...

Venezuelan suspect hospitalised

Jun 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan suspect hospitalised

Bartica drug bust… The police are yet to locate the two businessmen who they say they have an interest in, with regards to the recent multi- million dollar drug bust at Batavia. According to...

WPA issues declaration on national reconciliation

Jun 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on WPA issues declaration on national reconciliation

Walter Rodney death anniversary… The Working Peoples’ Alliance (WPA) has issued a declaration on national reconciliation to mark the 31st death anniversary of historian and political activist Dr...

Public Works Ministry releases road building standards

Jun 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Public Works Ministry releases road building standards

In a step towards greater uniformity and quality, the Ministry of Public Works and Communications has prepared and released its own set of engineering standards. The standards were first discussed at...

Prime Minister Hinds, Granger attend Quaseeda competition

Jun 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Prime Minister Hinds, Granger attend Quaseeda competition

Yesterday Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, who is currently the acting President, joined members of the Anna Catherina Masjid and other guests, who participated in the annual Quaseeda competition. The...

Duo arrested in marijuana raid remanded

Jun 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Duo arrested in marijuana raid remanded

Two men who the police had detained during their successful drug raid in the mining town of Linden last Wednesday, appeared on Friday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown...

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Income tax thresholds

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The government has done it again. It has indicated that workers can look forward to an increased income tax threshold of $200,000 by the end of the decade. One Facebook comment hit the nail on the head. It urged the government to file for intellectual bankruptcy. Increasing the...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Churches as moral compass

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President Ali got that one right. Institutions such as churches have a duty to function as “society’s moral compass.” I couldn’t agree more with the president. Commend him. More commendations for Excellency Ali: “together let us find the soul of this...

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