December 19, 2008 - Kaieteur News

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Jagdeo ‘satisfied’ with expenditure on drainage

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo ‘satisfied’ with expenditure on drainage

…will take over City Hall’s pumps and rehabilitate President Bharrat Jagdeo, mere hours after his return from a three-country tour yesterday, visited the pump station at Liliendaal, East Coast...

Man burnt to death in Charlestown fire

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man burnt to death in Charlestown fire

-Three children pulled from burning building A father of four yesterday perished in a fire, as residents tried their best to pull him from the burning building. He was identified as 46-year-old...

Husband sets wife, children ablaze

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Husband sets wife, children ablaze

– after dousing them with gasoline Up to late last night the police were still on the hunt for a West Coast Berbice man who reportedly doused his reputed wife and their two children with...

Barry Dataram released again

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Barry Dataram released again

In another twist in the Barry Dataram extradition case, Justice Ian Chang ruled on Monday that the businessman be released from custody. However, the authorities re-arrested him based on the granting...

Pregnant woman plunges through minibus window to escape robbers

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Pregnant woman plunges through minibus window to escape robbers

Passengers of a Route 42 minibus (BHH 6837) jumped out of the windows of the vehicle, yesterday, as two would-be hijackers took control of the bus, in an apparent bid to rob its operators. The...

Fisherman drowns in Kingelly canal

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Fisherman drowns in Kingelly canal

The Kingelly canal on the West Coast of Berbice has claimed the life of 32-year-old fisherman Aditya Singh. Singh perished in the waterway during a fishing expedition with two other relatives at...

Sookram & Sons sues Rusal for $100M

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Sookram & Sons sues Rusal for $100M

Deonarine Sookram, trading under the name A. Sookram & Sons General Contractors, has sued Rusal Bauxite Company claiming in excess of $100 million in damages for the breach of a contract....

Man, 23, killed in Stanleytown

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man, 23, killed in Stanleytown

Just as sunrise broke yesterday over Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara, a family was plunged into mourning as the body of 22-year-old Dexter Allen was discovered, just opposite his home. The victim had...

GT&T refutes $9B profit claim, alleges unfair hostility

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GT&T refutes $9B profit claim, alleges unfair hostility

Chief Financial Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), Yog Mahadeo, has refuted the contents of an article carried in Wednesday’s edition of the Kaieteur News, which...

M&CC workers may get 14% increase

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on M&CC workers may get 14% increase

Municipal workers may be eligible for a 14 per cent retroactive pay package based on the verdict of the recent compulsory arbitration process, which was brought into effect by the Ministry of Labour....

Akawini Primary School in need of trained teachers

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Akawini Primary School in need of trained teachers

…Minister Fox acknowledges problem as difficult to overcome The Akawini Primary School, sited some 46 miles up the Akawini River, is another of the many hinterland schools in need of trained...

The 2008 Digicel Caribbean Championships – A Huge Success

Dec 19, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on The 2008 Digicel Caribbean Championships – A Huge Success

The tournament dubbed the Caribbean’s World Cup has now officially ended with Jamaica coming out as the Champions. Digicel has reported that the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Championships was the best by...

Ithaca residents blame Region Five admin for koker collapse

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Ithaca residents blame Region Five admin for koker collapse

The collapse of the koker at Ithaca, West Coast Berbice, early Tuesday morning could have been avoided had the Region Five administration heeded villagers’ reports that the structure was damaged....

Suspect released on $100,000 station bail

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Suspect released on $100,000 station bail

Detectives have made no headway in solving the brutal murder of 25-year-old Shenese-Ann Richardson-Austin, and the only person that they had held, her estranged husband, has now been released from...

I Movement Super Six football tourney cancelled

Dec 19, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on I Movement Super Six football tourney cancelled

The I Movement Promotions Super Six football tournament set for the Bartica Community Centre ground has been cancelled. Promoter I Salam informed that the current rainy weather has left the Bartica...

18 complete initial phase to aeronautic engineers

Dec 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on 18 complete initial phase to aeronautic engineers

…graduate from Aircraft Maintenance Programme Eighteen students from Guyana, Suriname and different islands of the Caribbean, including three members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), graduated...

Sahadeo’s 10 overs Softball cricket in Wakenaam

Dec 19, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Sahadeo’s 10 overs Softball cricket in Wakenaam

Belle Plaine defeated Knight Riders by 40 runs in the final of the Toolsie Sahadeo’s General Store 10 overs softball cricket competition last Saturday at Belle Plaine in Wakenaam. Belle Plaine...

19th edition of the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament

Dec 19, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on 19th edition of the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament

Alpha United drub Cougars 10-1, Fruta Conquerors edge Rupununi By Michael Benjamin Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United, led by an Elton Browne 5 goal blitz in the 54th, 57th, 71st, 76th and 80th...

So – No more Internet Calls – Why?

Dec 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on So – No more Internet Calls – Why?

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Telecoms Issue 1: VOIP Guyana’s political framework as it relates to telecommunications industries is fully mercantilist and monopolistic and as a result stifles growth....

MCYS/NAPS host HIV/AIDS workshop for Lethem All Stars

Dec 19, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on MCYS/NAPS host HIV/AIDS workshop for Lethem All Stars

By Franklin Wilson The Lethem All Star football team, which lost a close battle to Fruta Conquerors in the Kashif & Shanghai match on Wednesday evening at the Plaisance ground, yesterday...

Axes in the rain

Dec 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Axes in the rain

The Parrot is not surprised at the way some local media houses report on particular issues. Very topical is the intense rainfall being experienced over the last few weeks. According to reports, this...

Women given Golden League boost

Dec 19, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Women given Golden League boost

Male and female athletes have been given an equal number of events in the lucrative 2009 Golden League series. The men’s events are the 100m, 400m, 3,000m 5,000m, 110m hurdles and javelin while the...

Is there a new Mark Benschop?

Dec 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is there a new Mark Benschop?

In one of my columns, I repeated a rumour that was circulating that Mark Benschop had agreed to a covenant for his release on treason charges. That bond would be that he would eschew active political...

Bharrat ban shoes from he press conference

Dec 19, 2008 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Bharrat ban shoes from he press conference

Couple weeks back Roger de Lunch man announce big and bold that de government would hold one giant party fuh all dem public servants. That woulda mean that somebody woulda buy gallons of licker and...

Courtland All Star to host 20/20 cricket competition

Dec 19, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Courtland All Star to host 20/20 cricket competition

Courtland All Star Cricket Club of Courtland Village on the Corentyne will stage a 20/20 cricket competition on Sunday and Monday December 21 and 22 at the area ground. Several teams from the Berbice...