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Shabeau Magazine honours Guyanese with Beauty Award

May 19, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Shabeau Magazine honours Guyanese with Beauty Award

Guyanese cosmetologist and beautician Pamela Dillon was the recipient of the coveted Shabeau Beauty Award when the Shabeau Magazine hosted its glamorous Style Weekend in Barbados recently. On the...

Police rank hospitalised after shooting self in leg

May 19, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Police rank hospitalised after shooting self in leg

A Police Corporal is currently hospitalized after he accidentally shot himself in the left foot yesterday. Reports are that the incident occurred at sometime around 14:30 hours at the Timehri Police...

Neighbourhood Policing in Berbice

May 19, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Neighbourhood Policing in Berbice

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Neighbourhood Police initiative has been dubbed a success in Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force. According to statistics, Berbice has the highest number of...

Joint Services destroy four ganja fields at Linden

May 19, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Joint Services destroy four ganja fields at Linden

A massive operation by members of the Guyana Police and Defence Forces over the weekend led to the destruction of six fields of marijuana in the Wisroc, Linden area. The operation took place between...

Freddie Kissoon column – Lie detector and electricity theft

May 19, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon column – Lie detector and electricity theft

The introduction of the polygraph test is going to open up President Bharrat Jagdeo and his Government to more ridicule in the entire social parameters of this territory. As you would have noticed, I...

o water problem at Number Fifty-One Village

May 19, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on o water problem at Number Fifty-One Village

CHESNEY, CORENTYNE – Divisional Manager of the Guyana Water Inc., Chris Cathro, said a water problem does not exist at Number Fifty-One Village on the Corentyne. On Wednesday, a team visited...

Tony Deyal column – HAVE A NICE DAY!

May 19, 2008 KNews Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Tony Deyal column – HAVE A NICE DAY!

It was one of those days. It could have been Labour Day, the holiday I believe best represents the Caribbean character and culture. Put simply, in every Caribbean country Labour Day is a public...

Region Six Mothers of the Year

May 19, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six Mothers of the Year

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYE – Laurie Ann Burnett, an employee of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company in New Amsterdam, has been adjudged Mother of the Year in Region Six. Her daughter,...

Peeping Tom – The man for the job

May 19, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – The man for the job

Do not be deceived by a cow. Despite being made of blood, skin, flesh and bones, it is an extremely sturdy animal, as many motorists have found out to their detriment. Even if you are driving at one...

Nabaclis library boosted by books from Benschop Foundation

May 19, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Nabaclis library boosted by books from Benschop Foundation

The Nabaclis Community Library on the East Coast of Demerara received a timely boost on Friday, thanks to the Benschop Foundation, which donated a quantity of books that will improve the dwindling...

Businessman’s body found in his car trunk

May 18, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman’s body found in his car trunk

The body of 52-year-old businessman Ganga Persaud was found in the trunk of his car, at around 06:30 hrs yesterday, in Eighth Street, Diamond Housing Scheme. He had apparently been strangled with...

Climate change threatens food security – – ECHO

May 18, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Climate change threatens food security – – ECHO

…Canada pledges far-reaching help The effects of what is described as global warning and climate change is really the loud distress cry of the earth, which seeks to draw attention to the huge...

Fire bombing attempt will not stop Carifesta – Minister Anthony

May 18, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Fire bombing attempt will not stop Carifesta – Minister Anthony

In wake of Friday night’s attack on his ministry, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony, has given assurances that Carifesta X will be hosted as scheduled and the episode will not...

GRDB moving to recover millions in rice export fees

May 18, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB moving to recover millions in rice export fees

By Leonard Gildarie Government’s regulatory body, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is attempting to recover more than $100 million in export revenues that have accumulated overtime....

West Bank Demerara youths targeted in peer educator workshop

May 18, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on West Bank Demerara youths targeted in peer educator workshop

Several youths, community and church leaders from the West Bank of Demerara were the main target group of a peer educators’ workshop. The two-day workshop which began yesterday at the Young Men’s...

The Roop Column – HOLY COW! – PPP vs. PNC – Stop the bickering

May 18, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Roop Column – HOLY COW! – PPP vs. PNC – Stop the bickering

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman Vision Guyana INTRODUCTION: This is a never-ending topic, but it is getting worse. This was a GINA Official Release this week: “PPP/C govt. response to global...

M-16 used in Campbellville attack

May 18, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on M-16 used in Campbellville attack

Gunmen, in last Wednesday night’s attack that left Arjune Narine Singh dead and three others wounded, had used the American-made M-16 assault rifle. Police say that they recovered some .556 spent...

Torture report still to be turned over 44 days later

May 18, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Torture report still to be turned over 44 days later

…report has lost all credibility — AFC Forty-four days after the announcement by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, that the report on the investigations into alleged...

The Sir Ronald Sanders Column – Dominica: Poverty and potential

May 18, 2008 KNews Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Sir Ronald Sanders Column – Dominica: Poverty and potential

By Sir Ronald Sanders Right now it would be difficult to convince any banana farmer in the Caribbean island of Dominica that the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), initialled between the European...

The AFC Column – Voices of Its Principles

May 18, 2008 KNews AFC Column Comments Off on The AFC Column – Voices of Its Principles

What about a polygraph test, Mr. President? By Khemraj Ramjattan Chairman – AFC The recent surge of demonstrations sponsored by the PNC, especially coming so soon after being paid $100 million,...

Still no response to Corbin from CARICOM chair

May 18, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Still no response to Corbin from CARICOM chair

…multi stakeholder petition in train Leader of the main opposition party Robert Corbin says that there has been no response to date by Chairman of the Caribbean Community, Hubert Ingraham,...

Concerning traffic and traffic lights – Purpose or Pretence?

May 18, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Concerning traffic and traffic lights – Purpose or Pretence?

By Rustom Seegopaul In the times leading up to the ICC Cricket World Cup in Guyana, the country was all abuzz about the traffic lights that were being given to the Government of Guyana by the...

Peeping Tom – So It is Written; So Shall It Be

May 18, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – So It is Written; So Shall It Be

Kaieteur News has nothing to fear from the new newspaper that is due to come on stream soon. Kaieteur News is not worried at all about another newspaper being published in Guyana. Those who in their...

Lloyd Griffith, from headmaster to blind advocate

May 18, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Lloyd Griffith, from headmaster to blind advocate

By Yannason Duncan He describes himself as “friendly and easy to approach,” but 59-year-old visually impaired Lloyd Griffith, of Suddie Village, Essequibo Coast, is a firm believer in the common...

Ravi Dev column – The dearth of theory

May 18, 2008 KNews Ravi Dev Comments Off on Ravi Dev column – The dearth of theory

One of the fallouts of the demise of Marxism as the dominant world-view of our political elites has been a dearth of alternative theoretical models to account for the political behaviour of our...

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Bermuda here for Rugby Americas North Men’s clash with Guyana today

Apr 25, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The National Park Rugby field will be a hive of activity today when the Guyana Rugby Football union (GRFU) host the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Men’s Competition clash between...

Bring it out of the office

Apr 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – She sat next to me in the minibus. We struck up a conversation easily. The conversation was friendly and respectful. Nothing else was involved! She wore a matching blouse and skirt, pastel in colour and very well-tailored. It fitted her quite naturally as if it were made for...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Excellency Irfaan on the Honourable Oneidge

Apr 25, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – For those who would believe, I have always held Excellency Irfaan Ali in special regard. For those taken aback, I hasten to add that there was some remodeling of ‘special’ and ‘regard’ for the president. Only fitting, I submit; fitting for...

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