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Corbin tables motion to suspend sale

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Corbin tables motion to suspend sale

Govt. shares in GT&T… The leader of the People’s National Congress reform has tabled a motion for debate in Parliament seeking to call on the Government of Guyana to appoint an objective...

If PNCR believes Vaughn’s testimony, then Waddell was a criminal

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on If PNCR believes Vaughn’s testimony, then Waddell was a criminal

– Donald Ramotar General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Donald Ramotar, says that if the People’s National Congress Reform believes the testimony of the witness in the Robert...

21 years of domestic abuse : Husband drops dead after drinking poison in police station

Aug 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 21 years of domestic abuse : Husband drops dead after drinking poison in police station

Twenty-one years of violent domestic abuse ended on Friday when Clarence Blair went to the Alberttown Police Station and even as the officers looked on, swallowed a quantity of formaldehyde from a...

An enthusiastic volunteer and contributor to youth development

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on An enthusiastic volunteer and contributor to youth development

Vanessa Valz is our ‘Special Person’ “Not everything is for money…voluntary work can be quite satisfying.” By Tusika Martin She is not as old or experienced as many of the other...

Guyana Watch completes 17th mission

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch completes 17th mission

Guyana Watch, a non-governmental organisation made up of mostly overseas-based Guyanese who have been bringing a team of doctors to Guyana for the past 17 years, has completed its mission for this...

Blood situation still critical

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Blood situation still critical

The situation at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is still critical. This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who in an invited comment to Kaieteur News yesterday...

Rotary targets library, school for Literacy Month

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Rotary targets library, school for Literacy Month

The Rotary Club of Georgetown undertook many projects last month. One of them involved donating furniture to educational institutions including the National Library. President Pradeep Samtani...

Peetah Morgan promises ‘a different side’ for Jamzone 2009

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Peetah Morgan promises ‘a different side’ for Jamzone 2009

The name Peetah Morgan is synonymous with the internationally renowned Morgan Heritage group that takes reggae vibes the world over with him as the lead singer. However while his group will not be...

Guyana Fashion Weekend needs sponsorship

Aug 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Fashion Weekend needs sponsorship

With the 2009 Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) set for August 22 at the Princess Hotel, (formerly Buddy’s International) organisers Sonia Noel and Artistic Director/Producer, Richard Younge, are...

Government seek another $2.8B from nation’s coffers

Aug 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Government seek another $2.8B from nation’s coffers

Mere months after the Finance Minister’s second largest ever budget was approved by the National Assembly, the Minister has approached the House to request that Parliament approve the release of...

Govt seeks to evict softball association from GTI ground

Aug 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Govt seeks to evict softball association from GTI ground

The days of the Guyana Softball Cricket Association may be numbered if the government has its way. The Education Ministry is seeking to evict the body from the place it called home since 1984. News...

Injunction halts Emancipation celebrations at Bushy Park

Aug 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Injunction halts Emancipation celebrations at Bushy Park

– organisers/promoter bawl as they lose over $1M Chaos broke out at Bushy Park, Parika yesterday and almost the entire area was full of remorse as citizens brooded over the fact that an...

Local Govt. Elections tainted if Bill is assented to – AFC

Aug 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Local Govt. Elections tainted if Bill is assented to – AFC

The Local Government Elections whenever they are held will be tainted if the Bill that was passed recently in Parliament is assented to. Raphael Trotman of the Alliance for Change said that the Bill...

Missing minibus conductor found in Mahaicony

Aug 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Missing minibus conductor found in Mahaicony

The 50-year-old minibus conductor who was reported missing has been found alive and well. Brahmanand Sookdeo, of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, was reported missing by his wife after he failed to...

Achieving human resource equity in health sector is priority – Health Minister

Aug 02, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Achieving human resource equity in health sector is priority – Health Minister

More than 60 percent of health care providers who are citizens of, and were trained in developing countries are today working in developed countries, said Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, on...

$4B to be spent on pharmaceuticals

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on $4B to be spent on pharmaceuticals

By Fareeza Haniff The Ministry of Health will be spending some $4 billion in the supply of medicines and drugs for this year. This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who noted...

Relatives can’t find arson suspect; police say they don’t have him

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives can’t find arson suspect; police say they don’t have him

Kurt Brown, one of the many suspects arrested in connection with the fire at the Ministry of Health, has finally being released from police custody. According to senior police officials, Brown was...

Destitute grandmother at wit’s end to support grandchildren

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Destitute grandmother at wit’s end to support grandchildren

While the primary focus at this time for many parents is on purchasing new school outfits and stencils for their children, it is unfortunately not so for 57-year-old, Dularie Sooklall, of Devonshire...

Linden IMC up in arms against Works Ministry

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Linden IMC up in arms against Works Ministry

…as the power saws topple age-old signs Chairman of the Interim Management Committee of Linden, Orrin Gordon, has expressed shock and anger, at what he describes as the highhanded manner in which...

Street lights at last!

Aug 02, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Street lights at last!

Dear Editor, On behalf of the residents of No 30 Village/ Brittania Village, West Coast, Berbice, I express sincerest gratitude to the powers that be for “fixing” the street lights that have been...

The dream that did not become a reality

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on The dream that did not become a reality

There are numerous persons that would give an ‘arm and leg’ to make life even just a little bit better for their family members. Parents, especially those who would have had a hard life as a...

It is a patriotic duty to combine our energies and rid ourselves of the common oppressor

Aug 02, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on It is a patriotic duty to combine our energies and rid ourselves of the common oppressor

Dear Editor, At last, all of the things that we in the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and others in the society had talked and written about and the suspicions we harboured about high officials in...

That’s it, I have had it!

Aug 02, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on That’s it, I have had it!

Dear Editor, I am totally fed up with the incompetence of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL). This is 2009; can we please have an efficient power supply? GPL continues to disrespect the Guyanese public...

Too late the hero

Aug 02, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Too late the hero

Dear Editor, Since Mr. Selwyn Vaughn, star witness for the Americans in the ‘Roger Khan’ saga, was able to work under ‘Roger Khan’ whom the Americans says was part of the Phantom Squad and...

Stabbed wife still hospitalised

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Stabbed wife still hospitalised

After being stabbed multiple times by her estranged husband, 39-year-old Sumintra Rampersaud still remains in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, in the High Dependency Unit....

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more