KNews online hits surpass 100,000 daily
Recently, online readership for the Kaieteur News has soared past the 100,000 mark. And the number of hits recorded daily keeps increasing. Earlier this week the number of hits reached 131,000. This is record breaking.
Bouterse protected Roger Khan
- illegally travelled to Guyana several times – Dutch news President of Suriname, Desi Bouterse, had forged drug ties with convicted Guyanese drug dealer, Shaheed “Roger” Khan shortly before the latter was arrested in 2006 and taken to US to face charges. The Dutch-owned NRC and RTL Nieuws of Holland, Europe, reportedly has copies of [...]
Detective’s murder… Reputed wife leads cops to sledgehammer
Police investigating the murder of Detective Constable Igris Blackman have taken possession of a sledgehammer that was reportedly used to smash the policeman’s skull. Kaieteur News understands that on Friday detectives returned to the house at Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, which the dead cop shared with his reputed wife, Desiree Jeffers, and recovered the [...]
NICIL transfers public property to PM, Queens Atlantic, 28 others
Last year, the state-owned National Industrial, Commercial and Investments Limited (NICIL) handled an estimated 30 properties but no sale prices have been disclosed or monies transferred to Government’s Consolidated Fund. One property was transferred from GUYSUCO to Prime Minister Samuel A.A Hinds and Yvonne Z. Hinds jointly. This property is identified as Tract “B” Plantation [...]
Sophia father of five stabbed to death at his residence
A combination of long existing family feuds and dispute over personal properties led to the demise of 32-year old Shane Rodney, of Lot 68 Section A Sophia. The father of five was stabbed to death in his compound, allegedly by his neighbour who is identified as Roger Pilgrim. The man was stabbed twice, once in [...]
Wife dies, Digicel employee and family hospitalised after collision
(By Rabindra Rooplall and Abena Rockcliffe) Walter Denny, 40, of 78 Costello Housing Scheme, La Penitence, the driver of minibus BKK 642, lost his wife when his vehicle collided with HB 8626 driven by Wasim Ivan of 877 Section C Block Y Grove. Dead is Beverly Denny, 35. The collision occurred at the junction of [...]
Dem boys seh…Hold on to yuh underwear
Last week dem people tackle dem stalls at La Penitence market. All dem stalls was full because Christmas just done and some things didn’t sell. De stalls get demolish and de goods get removed. Dem boys seh that dem see trucks loading up and driving off because dem was certain that de stall holders was [...]
The man who built the Harbour Bridge Joseph Holder, A.A., is a ‘Special Person’
By Leonard Gildarie “I don’t have a problem with people considering me as that (a role model). But what I say to young people and especially young engineers, is that if you have to do something, do it well…it is the only way to do it.” There is an instance in one’s life where a [...]
Indonesia sends team to Guyana to check “Gayus” passport
Indonesian authorities have announced that they have sent investigators to Guyana to check the authenticity of passports which bear the likeness of convicted tax official, Gayus Tambunan and his wife, Milana Anggraeni. Indonesian news agencies yesterday quoted Chief Detective Commander, General Ito Sumardi, as saying on Friday that police had sent joint investigation teams to [...]
Education Officer’s son accused of sodomising three-year-old neighbour
Victim’s mother pressured to take compensation Life for a 30-year-old mother who resides on East Coast Demerara was normal prior to January 14, last, when her three-year-old son was sodomised by his 14-year-old neighbour. The child, who is not a Guyanese, would usually go over at the teen’s house to play. According to his mother, [...]
PPP candidates to ‘faceoff’ before Executive Committee in three weeks
Five senior members of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) who are vying to be the Presidential candidate in an historic race, are expected to present their case in as little as three weeks before the party’s upper hierarchy. Senior officials of the party, who asked not to be named, disclosed yesterday that the five [...]
Jagdeo rejected authentic African Organisation at IYPAD launch – PNCR
Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo reportedly rejected the call by the authentic African organisations in Guyana for a postponement until a mutually agreed upon “National Programme for the UN’s Year for People of African Descent” was accomplished. As such the call for a united programme was hypocritical and clearly political gimmickry, contended Ernest Elliot of [...]
All Singh at DCB elections
- January 28 set for legitimacy ruling The two breakaway factions of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) as ordered by Judge Rishi Persaud held their respective elections yesterday, at different venues. Attorney-at-Law Anil Nandlall, who appeared for Bissoondial Singh had asked for an adjournment, citing insufficient time to respond to an affidavit in answer issued [...]
Guyana going all out for morale boosting win against Netherlands Antilles
By Franklin Wilson in Suriname In Association with Fazia’s Collection, Len’s Craft Optical and Lifetime Reality With the local team out of the reckoning as regards to qualifying for the CONCACAF Under-20 finals, all that is left to play for now is pride. The word from the camp is that the Guyanese will be going [...]
Trinidadian remanded to prison for Guyanese woman’s murder
…Victim flown back to Guyana for burial The man accused of killing 41-year-old Patricia Duncan has been remanded to prison in Trinidad days after the incident. According to reports from the Trinidad Express, 46-year-old Christopher Toussaint appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court before Deputy Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington on Friday. Toussaint was charged [...]
Horses arrive to do battle as growth in sport continues
Samuel Whyte With the start of the 2011/2012 horse racing season just a mere week away, most racing Stables, owners, grooms and other connections have almost completed preparation for the start of what is expected to be an action packed time in the horseracing arena. With more horses being imported and bred a competitive season [...]
The time for change is now!
By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Leisure Inn, GSL, Queensway & Dave’s West Indian Imports (NY) Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Guyana’s poor showing in the three tournaments since winning the last Caribbean T20 title proves that [...]
Don’t promote students willy nilly — Education officials
Senior education officials within the Ministry of Education (MOE) have come down hard on school managers in Berbice for their ad hoc promotion of students to new grades. The officials expressed concerns that teachers seem not to be trying hard enough to ensure that students are promoted smoothly from one class to the next. Newly-appointed [...]
Drowned Guyanese twin laid to rest
Newsday, Trinidad- The pain of the loss of her twin sons who drowned in Mayaro last Sunday, was too much for Ramona Baldi to bear. As a result, she collapsed several times between their coffins during their funeral service on Friday at the New Testament Church of God, in Lengua, Princes Town. Baldi had to [...]
Selfishness is suffocating this nation!
Dear Editor, Thursday 20th January, 2011 started as any normal day with the usual home engagements prior to leaving for work on our very overcrowded, busy streets. However, two incidents occurred which removed the mundane normalcy, exposing more indirect normalities that I found frightening. The first incident occurred at the approach of the DHB from [...]
Rice farmers need their money
Dear Editor, What more can I say? When it’s the weather, it’s pricing and when it’s not that, it’s us farmers being put under pressure due to non-payment from the Mahaicony Rice Mill (MRL). We the rice farmers in Guyana sometimes face difficult moments like we are right now with such nonpayment. This is really [...]
Corbin should fade away in the interest of his party and country
Dear Editor, What is it about old, over-the-hill fighters that they don’t know when they’re beaten? We see it all the time with professional boxers, even with our own Terrence Ali; is it the money? Although I suspect in Robert Corbin’s case, it is the lucrative income and benefits he enjoys as the Leader of [...]
Impending general elections must be trigger process of development
By Michael Benjamin Guyanese, it would seem, are prepared to do almost anything to migrate to America. It matters not to them that they would be squatting in another country devoid of an identity; it matters not that their very existence would be fraught with danger as at any point they could be rounded up [...]
Narco agents come up blank after taking passenger off flight
Drug agents of the police anti narcotics unit came up blank yesterday when they detained an outgoing passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on a suspicion that he had swallowed cocaine. The passenger whose address was listed as Guyhoc Gardens, was about to board a LIAT flight to St. Lucia when he was [...]
Mr. Freddie Kissoon has sought refuge in a redefinition of oligarchy
Dear Editor, Wisely, rather than considering the issues raised in my response to him (“Who says organisation says oligarchy”: (Kaieteur News 18/01/11), Mr. Kissoon has sought refuge in a redefinition of oligarchy! He tells us that “When I use the word “oligarchy” to describe a government or a political party, I am not referring to [...]
