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Policeman granted bail on bribery allegation

Jan 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman granted bail on bribery allegation

Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday granted $50,000 bail to Cletus Azeem, a policeman who was charged with collecting inducement. It is alleged that on November 2, last, being an agent of the...

Olato Sam named Chief Education Officer

Jan 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Olato Sam named Chief Education Officer

Olato Sam, who served for three years as advisor to the Minister of Education, has been appointed to fill the post of Chief Education Officer. The position has been a thorny one for the Ministry...

T&HD rakes in $700M but spends $1.2B

Jan 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on T&HD rakes in $700M but spends $1.2B

Government ferries moved over 232,000 passengers and 30,000 vehicles between January 1, and December 14, last, the Transport and Harbours Department has said. According to General Manager, Kevin...

Police apologize to “Jumbie”

Jan 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police apologize to “Jumbie”

Four days after he was released from the Brickdam police lockups after he was arrested the Police Public Relations yesterday offered an apology to popular entertainer Lyndon Jones called...

Relatives yet to receive word from company

Jan 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives yet to receive word from company

Several weeks after a report blasting Pritipaul Singh Investments for its poor safety practices, survivors and relatives of dead crewmember, Orlon Munroe, are yet to hear anything from the seafood...

SHE LOVES HER JOB WHICH PAYS $129 PER HOUR

Jan 01, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SHE LOVES HER JOB WHICH PAYS $129 PER HOUR

A few days ago I met a young lady, immaculately dressed in her well-ironed and starched security uniform. We began a conversation and I discovered that she worked for a security firm, one of the many...

The year just passed has not been bad

Jan 01, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The year just passed has not been bad

The year has come to an end and as usual, at this time, I do a lot of introspection and retrospection. I think of what was and what could have been. I refuse to look at what I wrote this time last...

Army private gets 90 days for losing AK-47

Dec 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Army private gets 90 days for losing AK-47

Private K. Belfield was sentenced to 90 days in confinement after a court martial in a military facility by the Guyana Defence Force. Pte Belfield of Infantry Battalion, Base Camp Stephenson, was...

Dem boys seh…Jumbie nearly close down Brickdam

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jumbie nearly close down Brickdam

Dem had a big scare in de Brickdam lock-ups. A jumbie end up in de place and all dem prisoners get frighten. Dem boys seh that dem hear people calling fuh dem mother and some begging fuh come out and...

Shabazz’ New Year’s message to Guyana’s Footballers

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shabazz’ New Year’s message to Guyana’s Footballers

“The new Generation of Guyana players must come out from under the comfort of their mother’s bossom and go out into the football world and shape their fortunes.” This is the advice...

Keith Foster led BCB elected for another term

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keith Foster led BCB elected for another term

The cricketing community of the County of Berbice on Monday last expressed their total appreciation on the development and progress of the game in the Ancient County by re-electing the Keith...

Rusal Bauxite Company backs K&S for 5th year

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rusal Bauxite Company backs K&S for 5th year

Final to be streamed live on the internet Rusal Bauxite Company yesterday made their customary donation to the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation for the fifth consecutive year. Chief Financial...

Waiting time remains bugbear at public health facilities

Dec 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Waiting time remains bugbear at public health facilities

Although continuous efforts are being made within the public health sector to reduce patients’ waiting time, there are still occasions when it seems that waiting is imperative. There have been...

Police are overall MHA Inter Agency Domino champs

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police are overall MHA Inter Agency Domino champs

Following six rounds of exciting domino action between the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Guyana Fire Service (GFS) and the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) in the Ministry of Home Affairs Inter Agency...

Victim’s mother express frustration over probe

Dec 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Victim’s mother express frustration over probe

The mother of 29-year-old Jermaine Jones, who was stabbed to death at Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara, almost a month ago, is pleading with the police to ensure justice is served. Joylyn Simpson...

I repeat; “dance to Sarah Brightman tonight”

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I repeat; “dance to Sarah Brightman tonight”

In 2005, in my article for this time of the year, I suggested you ask the DJ to place Sarah Brightman’s phenomenal song composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, “The Perfect Year.” I repeated that call...

The PPP has always conducted contested elections by secret ballot

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP has always conducted contested elections by secret ballot

Dear Editor, Mr. Frederick Kissoon’s breathless fulminations are a marvel to behold. It is not the falsity of the conclusions based on analyses of manufactured “facts”, at least in relation to...

IDB approved 170 projects in 2010- President Moreno

Dec 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on IDB approved 170 projects in 2010- President Moreno

– Estimated $12.9 Billion spent The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a record number of 170 projects in 2010 totaling an estimated $12.9 Billion, as the entity continues to boost...

BCB Educational Award Scheme attracts sponsorship from RHTY&SC Cricket teams

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB Educational Award Scheme attracts sponsorship from RHTY&SC Cricket teams

For the fourth successive year the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) has maintained sponsorship of the Berbice Cricket Board Annual Educational Award Scheme. The Club’s Farfan...

Let’s be brave and make the change

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s be brave and make the change

Dear Editor, Since the announcement by Robert Corbin that he will not be the presidential candidate and the push by the Murray camp at the last General Council for a date by which the presidential...

Harbour Bridge requires over $900M injection in 2011

Dec 31, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Harbour Bridge requires over $900M injection in 2011

The aging Demerara Harbour Bridge, proving a major challenge for the government with increased traffic and maintenance, has forced its management to ask for in excess of $900M next year to carry out...

With a whimper…

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on With a whimper…

There is no doubt that we end the year not with a bang of optimism but with a whimper of despair. What could be more dispiriting than our year-end revelry being dominated by debates and protests over...

Trophy Stall/MYO Inter Jamaat Tapeball cricket starts tomorrow

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall/MYO Inter Jamaat Tapeball cricket starts tomorrow

15 teams set to battle for top honors Competition in the Trophy Staff sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) of Guyana Inter Jamaat 10 overs tape ball round-robin cricket competition is set to...

Guyanese need Faith

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese need Faith

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate Dr. Faith Harding on successfully launching her local presidential campaign at the Square of the Revolution entitled, ‘The Awareness Jam’. It is indeed...

Thanks for publishing my letters

Dec 31, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thanks for publishing my letters

Dear Editor, I must have penned those famous opening words (Dear Editor) thousands of times already. But here I am penning my final correspondence for this decade, 2010. It is here where I must use a...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – The two-day racing extravaganza that kicks off an action-packed month of motorsport starts today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Thomaslands venue...

Punctuality is now a problem in Georgetown Schools

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Every school day in the city, in almost every ward, you can see scores of school children – dressed in their uniforms – ambling to school after 9:00am. The casualness of these children suggests that punctuality is no longer important to them or to their parents. But it does...

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...

Keeping my day job advising Pres. Ali

Jun 20, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Because Pres. Ali needs the hand, I’m keeping my day job. Unpaid advisor to HE Ali. It’s a thankless gig. But for country and presidency, no sacrifice is too high. Guyana needs some standards. Plenty; with starting all over recommended. ...

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