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Cell phones cripple 911

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Serious flaws exist with the system for making emergency calls to the police, with the most glaring resulting in crucial delays for assistance to persons living out of Georgetown. Kaieteur News has...

Charlestown triplets celebrate second birthday

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Charlestown triplets celebrate second birthday

“They will kiss you every minute of the day” – mother By Dale Andrews “At first it was hard, but if you get two days with them, you will want to have them all the time.” The words of...

After ten-year absence Gymkhana returns

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on After ten-year absence Gymkhana returns

Patriotic dogs! Horses playing musical chairs! Dogs nabbing trunkers in search and find exercises! Patrons can expect all this and much more when the Guyana Police Force presents Gymkhana at the...

Lewis has a responsibility to report illegal/unlawful activity — Police

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Lewis has a responsibility to report illegal/unlawful activity — Police

“If he wishes to do otherwise, and take the law and his security into his own hands, he may do so at his peril.” The Guyana Police Force yesterday responded to Lincoln Lewis’s queries regarding...

Guyana’s first Hydromet Chief dies in Australia

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s first Hydromet Chief dies in Australia

Mr Kenneth Evan Duke Potter, Chief Hydrometeorological Officer (Director) of the Guyana Hydrometeorological Service from 1965 to 1975, and Permanent Representative of Guyana with WMO from 1967 to...

Scooter winner deprived of prize

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Scooter winner deprived of prize

Neel Chandardadeo, who purchased a pack of Pall Mall cigarettes and won a scooter, is being denied his prize. Mr. Chandardadeo, of Melville Village, Wakenaam, said that on September 9 last, he...

Amerindian communities call for improved health services

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Amerindian communities call for improved health services

Residents of Malali, Upper Demerara, are somewhat concerned about the quality of health services that are available to them. Speaking to this newspaper, Toshao of the village, Wilbert Hall, noted...

Guyana observes Hindi Day

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Guyana yesterday observed ‘Hindi’ Day with a ceremony at the Indian Cultural Centre, where Guyanese were being urged to improve their Hindi vocabulary. Director of the Indian Cultural Centre,...

Psychiatric Ward murder…Results from investigation still to be released

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Psychiatric Ward murder…Results from investigation still to be released

Following the brutal killing of Natasha Vieira, who was murdered at the Psychiatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in August, an investigation was launched by the Ministry of...

GLU concerned over payment of municipal workers

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GLU concerned over payment of municipal workers

— Deputy Mayor claims plans on stream to bolster revenue base General Secretary of the Guyana Labour Union, Carvil Duncan has expressed immense concern over the continued delay by the Mayor and...

‘No Tricks, No Business’ comes to National Cultural Centre

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-aims to hilariously highlight unethical practices in society After delivering smashing performances at the Carifesta play ‘Legend of the Silk Cotton Tree’, writer/director Godfrey Naughton...

‘Grow More’ campaign successful

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Farmers capitalizing on prices While the recently launched ‘Grow More’ campaign has proven to be successful thus far, in terms of increased acreage and in the exports of non-traditional crops,...

Sugar workers wages dispute…

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Oral submissions on dispute presented Yesterday, oral submissions were made to the tribunal dealing with the wages dispute between the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the Guyana Agricultural and General...

Dispute continues over ownership of slain miner’s dredge

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Brother produces documents certifying ownership Miner and dredge owner Marlon Softleigh, 34, also known as Marlon Waddell, was chopped to death in Carico, in the North West District of Guyana, nearly...

Project Management body to be launched Oct. 31

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Project Management body to be launched Oct. 31

Members of the Board of the Trinidad and Tobago-based Project Management Institute Southern Caribbean Chapter (PMI SCC) arrived in Guyana on Friday, and from then to yesterday, promoted the...

Food for the Poor contributes to prisoner rehabilitation

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Food for the Poor contributes to prisoner rehabilitation

Over the years, Food for the Poor has been making a positive impact on the lives of many Guyanese in various areas vital to their development and existence. While they have impacted greatly in the...

Inter-County cricket…Demerara go down to Berbice at Blairmont

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Inter-County cricket…Demerara go down to Berbice at Blairmont

For the crickets pundits who watched defending champions Demerara’s ordinary performance in their win against traditional whipping boys Essequibo in Friday’s opening El Dorado inter-county...

Lady in the water

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Someone gutted pretty Yvette Lall like a fish, stuffed a crankshaft and a concrete slab into her stomach, then dumped her overboard… By Michael Jordan I really thought I had heard the last about...

Lethem and Linden roads’ plans to soon be implemented

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Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, has said that Cabinet has endorsed the Lethem Development plan and the Linden Road Development plan, after discussing the two presentations...

Digicel commemorates Caribbean Wellness and Fitness month

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel commemorates Caribbean Wellness and Fitness month

– 200 cyclists of all ages join the Georgetown Bike-A-Thon Georgetown, Guyana: Digicel, the leading mobile telecommunications provider in Guyana, held a Bike-A-Thon, at 10 locations...

GuySuCo is pressing on, tackling all challenges in securing the competitiveness of Guyana’s most vital economic sector

Sep 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo is pressing on, tackling all challenges in securing the competitiveness of Guyana’s most vital economic sector

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is compelled to respond to another political party, this time the PNCR, who along with the AFC is making irresponsible statements on the state of...

Sports Ministry football programme forges ahead

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Sports Ministry football programme forges ahead

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Inter-Block football competition is set to brake new ground today even though the Guyana Football Federation has pulled referees affiliated to the Guyana...

Govt. must take drastic action to protect all Guyanese

Sep 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Govt. must take drastic action to protect all Guyanese

DEAR EDITOR, It was most distressing reading the Wednesday edition of Kaieteur News, September 24th, ‘08, which reported that Nafeeza Yahya, my friend and colleague, was attacked in Port Mourant...

GCA’s 2nd division Beharry Cup cricket semi-final…TSC squeeze past MSC by one run in thriller, advance to final

Sep 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s 2nd division Beharry Cup cricket semi-final…TSC squeeze past MSC by one run in thriller, advance to final

If the batting of the Transport Sports Club (TSC) was terrible, the reply from the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) was even worse as TSC edged into the Georgetown Cricket Association’s Beharry Cup...

Once we justify criminality, the breeding ground for criminals will remain fertile

Sep 28, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Once we justify criminality, the breeding ground for criminals will remain fertile

DEAR EDITOR, I have been reading with interest the many opinions expressed by several interest groups and politicians to the effect that Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins et al should have been...

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Sir Clive Lloyd appointed to GCB as Special Technocrat

The pitfalls of a one-time cash grant

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – In this the golden age of Guyana’s new oil economy, expectations run high. Among... more