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Armed bandits flee with only cell phone in Canje robbery

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandits flee with only cell phone in Canje robbery

Armed bandits inflicted a severe beating on a 51-year-old GuySuCo supervisor during a raid on his home, but they only managed to escape with a cellular phone. Krishendat Narine, called ‘Fella’,...

Women and Gender Equality Commission to scrutinise political parties’ manifestos

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Women and Gender Equality Commission to scrutinise political parties’ manifestos

Manifestos emanating from political parties contesting the upcoming National Elections would be scrutinised by the Women and Gender Equality Commission to ascertain the policies and programmes they...

Fracas outside disco leaves one nursing gunshot, stab wound

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fracas outside disco leaves one nursing gunshot, stab wound

– fight started over spilled drink One man is nursing a stab wound to the abdomen and gunshot to the eye, after a heated fracas inside a Sheriff Street night spot. The police in a press release...

WGEC recommends legislation for sexual harassment at place of work

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on WGEC recommends legislation for sexual harassment at place of work

After the completion of one year in existence this month-end, the Women and Gender Equality Commission (WGEC) will be presenting the National Assembly with its Year-end Report, which includes several...

Barbadian company among bidders for new access road to CJIA

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Barbadian company among bidders for new access road to CJIA

Eight (8) companies, including one from Barbados, have submitted bids to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), in response to a tender for the construction of a new access...

No report of any flood-related illnesses in Region Nine

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No report of any flood-related illnesses in Region Nine

…as more health personnel and medicine flown into Rupununi While residents of Lethem and its surrounding areas continue to battle flood waters, more relief is being deployed into the Rupununi by...

Thus spoke Zarathustra

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Thus spoke Zarathustra

I have been admonished countless times by the ordinary folk that I use words and terms they cannot understand. I admit guilt. This happens and is bound to happen when you are an academic and you...

Dramatic excerpts from Sukree Boodram’s life

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Stella Says Comments Off on Dramatic excerpts from Sukree Boodram’s life

Tomorrow evening at the Pegasus is the World Premiere of Sukree Boodram’s documentary, “Break Out,” which is about her brave and silent struggle to survive domestic abuse and alcoholism amidst...

GTUC slams private sector’s endorsement of ERC

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC slams private sector’s endorsement of ERC

– supports Corbin’s court move The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says that it supports the move by Robert Corbin, Leader of the Opposition, to have the court adjudicate the legality of...

Another drug seizure in Jamaica and even more silence

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another drug seizure in Jamaica and even more silence

Dear Editor, Once again the press has reported another large consignment of drugs being intercepted in Jamaica, from Guyana. This time 13 kilograms of cocaine worth approximately $77 million...

SN & the AFC are wrong about Jagdeo’s Middle East thrust

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on SN & the AFC are wrong about Jagdeo’s Middle East thrust

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News in its June 5 edition, and under the caption “Have Arab uprisings sunk Jagdeo’s Middle East overtures?”, seems bent on pushing the AFC position on the...

Agriculture under the PNC was innovative

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Agriculture under the PNC was innovative

Mr. Editor, Hydar Ally in his letter KN 6/5/2011 “The politics of food” skillfully inserted misinformation for political advantage and misrepresented the PNC record on agriculture. Reading his...

Renowned pianist Ray Luck to host workshop here next month

Jun 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Renowned pianist Ray Luck to host workshop here next month

Renowned pianist, Guyanese Dr. Ray Luck CCH, will conduct his annual International Piano Workshop in his homeland this year. Usually held in the island of St. Lucia, the four-day workshops include...

BILL GOES SHOPPING…FOR QUALITY (and don’t find it)

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Bill Cotton/Reform, Features / Columnists Comments Off on BILL GOES SHOPPING…FOR QUALITY (and don’t find it)

It was Citizen Kane who suggested to Bill in the Flatshop Cambio. So Bill went to sample Guyana Stores. What an experience; a Bad One. Bill has been into East German and Russian stores with more...

Minibus operators mock the law

Jun 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minibus operators mock the law

Dear Editor, Over the last two weeks, I read at least three letters in the dailies, regarding a very serious situation in Guyana, but which is being treated quite lightly. The situation is that of...

The PPPC record in Linden is appalling

Jun 07, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPPC record in Linden is appalling

The Editor, Amazement, dismay and a deep sense of betrayal were some of the emotions that I am sure came to the youths of Linden who would have read the article in Monday’s Stabroek News. That...

Chris Ram to meet GuySuCo CEO today on forensic audit

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chris Ram to meet GuySuCo CEO today on forensic audit

Local accountant, Christopher Ram, who has accepted an offer to audit the recently commissioned US$12.5M Enmore Packaging Plant, is expected to meet with officials of the Guyana Sugar Corporation...

Linden man believed executed on ganja farm

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Linden man believed executed on ganja farm

– cops still to recover body Police are searching for the body of a Linden man, who is believed killed execution-style Friday on a marijuana farm near the old Mackenzie airstrip at Ituni Road....

Convicted fugitive captured in Suriname with Guyana Prisons Officer

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted fugitive captured in Suriname with Guyana Prisons Officer

… both departed Guyana illegally About 13:30 hrs on Saturday, a Prison Officer attached to the Guyana Prison Service, Jaundoo, escorted convicted prisoner and fugitive businessman Paul Doerga,...

Food supplies, relief materials flown into Lethem

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Food supplies, relief materials flown into Lethem

– power restored to some areas, relief stations set up to provide potable water By Kristen Macklingam Government has taken a ‘hands-on’ approach in assisting the flood affected residents of...

Grenade thrown at sawmiller’s home

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Grenade thrown at sawmiller’s home

Police were yesterday still trying to ascertain who threw a grenade at the home of a well-known West Coast Demerara sawmiller. Kaieteur News understands that the device, identified as fragmentation...

Dem boys seh… GuySuCo can’t duck de audit

Jun 07, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… GuySuCo can’t duck de audit

De audit coming off. At least Guysuco meeting wid Chris Ram to talk bout it. Whole of last week dem boys sitting down and waiting fuh news bout de audit. Nobody was talking bout anything and it look...

Presidential Guard Service defends rank fingered in cocaine find

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential Guard Service defends rank fingered in cocaine find

The Office of the Head Presidential Guard Service has come to the defence of one of its ranks who was detained by police following the discovery of a small amount of cocaine during a routine stop and...

Marriott Hotel lists Guyana in four-year plan

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott Hotel lists Guyana in four-year plan

… but Gov’t remains silent Marriott Hotels and Resorts has announced plans to grow its flagship brand with 50 new hotels around the world, including one here in Guyana, but details about the...

Man killed on Soesdyke/Linden Highway in hit and run

Jun 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed on Soesdyke/Linden Highway in hit and run

– fate similar to father’s eight years ago In circumstances similar to his father’s death, a 24-year-old resident of the small Amerindian settlement, One Mile Waiakabrara, on the...

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Kaieteur Sports – The weather was not the only scorching thing this weekend as Jumbo Jet Events staged the first round of its Need for Speed Karting Championship at the 555 Speedway in...

Watch the PPPC like a hawk!

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

More money for Guyanese workers

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...

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