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Men crash boss’ truck, then tell police they were hijacked

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Men crash boss’ truck, then tell police they were hijacked

Two men who took their employer’s truck without permission, crashed it and then claimed that they were victims of an armed robbery. They came up with that report because they needed to cover their...

Woman disappears in Mazaruni boat mishap, feared drown

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman disappears in Mazaruni boat mishap, feared drown

Felicia Jack left her home two months ago for the interior, with the intention of raising enough money to support her 10-year-old daughter. She had indicated that she would have returned home today,...

Advocate for the welfare of the poor and needy

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Advocate for the welfare of the poor and needy

Leon Davis is a ‘Special Person’ “Being in an office all the time is not what I desire, rather it is being in the field assisting the poor and bringing smiles to their faces. That is my biggest...

First fire for 2010 strikes at Mahaicony

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on First fire for 2010 strikes at Mahaicony

The New Year got off to the worst possible start for a Central Mahaicony family whose house was completely destroyed by fire yesterday morning, leaving nine persons homeless. And the residents are...

Don’t get sick this year

Jan 03, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Don’t get sick this year

Is a new year but some people doing de same stupidness. Dem boys seh that is a surprise that some of dem still deh round. Dem claim that it got to be that de man above does protect children, fools...

Ramotar slams new anti-PPP attack

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar slams new anti-PPP attack

By Gary Eleazar General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Donald Ramotar, was yesterday swift in his condemnation of what he is calling the newest attack against the party. Ramotar was...

Bad weather disrupts landing of fibre optic cable in Guyana

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bad weather disrupts landing of fibre optic cable in Guyana

Bad weather in Suriname has disrupted work needed to be done before the landing of the fibre optic cable in Guyana, which promises to revolutionise the delivery of information and communications...

Baksh has ‘concerns’ about UG strategic plan

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Baksh has ‘concerns’ about UG strategic plan

Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, has concerns about the five year strategic plan of the University of Guyana, but he is not ready to make those concerns known just yet. Baksh told reporters that...

PNCR settles debt with City Hall

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR settles debt with City Hall

After several months of toing and froing between City Hall, Congress Place, and in at least one instance having the Government make a pronouncement, debt owed to the council has been paid. This was...

Guyana gold miners record 300,000 ounces gold

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gold miners record 300,000 ounces gold

– Jewelers warned to buy legally A 300,000-ounce gold production target for 2009 by small and medium-scale miners has been met but Government has warned that the industry will be going through...

Mothers get 60 New Year’s Day hampers

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mothers get 60 New Year’s Day hampers

At the time of the New Year’s Day presentation only seven babies were delivered but all babies present on January 1, 2010 received free Teddies hampers. There were four babies born at the time at...

Nadir: Shortage of skills, 450 vacancies not filled in 2009

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Nadir: Shortage of skills, 450 vacancies not filled in 2009

– Labour Ministry charged 116 employers The Ministry of Labour says that an estimated 450 vacancies advertised there could not be filled last year because of skills shortages. These include...

Seven New Year’s Day babies, mothers get Cheekies hampers

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Seven New Year’s Day babies, mothers get Cheekies hampers

For the 11th year, Ansa McAl Trading Limited continued its annual tradition of ushering in the New Year by honouring mothers of New Year’s Day babies with Cheekies hampers at hospitals around...

18-year-old critical after Old Year’s night accident

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 18-year-old critical after Old Year’s night accident

– driver in custody Sharmilla Ramdeo, the mother of 18-year-old Lakram Delima, is clinging to the hope that her son would fully recover from an accident which occurred on New Year’s Eve....

David Ramnarine heads police promotion list

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on David Ramnarine heads police promotion list

Police officer David Ramnarine heads the 2010 list of promotions of the Guyana Police Force. Ramnarine, a former senior superintendent is the only officer promoted to the rank of Assistant...

Prem Misir heads to India

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Prem Misir heads to India

The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Dr. Prem Misir, will be in India to present a paper on the theme “Leveraging Knowledge Networks: Global Ink” at the 8th Pravasi Bharatiya...

Drinking spree ends with death fall

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Drinking spree ends with death fall

A Wakenaam labourer was pronounced dead on arrival at the Wakenaam Cottage Hospital after he fell from a verandah at Meer Zorg Village, on the island. According to reports, 25-year-old Alvin Ramdass,...

2009 ended with road fatality in Berbice

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 2009 ended with road fatality in Berbice

NUMBER FIFTY-SEVEN VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – Police in Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force are probing the circumstances that led to the death of 28-year-old, Ravendra Roopnarine, of Number...

NIS pensioners get 6% increase, self-employed ceiling raised

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on NIS pensioners get 6% increase, self-employed ceiling raised

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has announced a six per cent increase for pensioners effective January 1, 2010. According to a notice in the Kaieteur News edition of January 1, 2010, the minimum...

Time now for upgraded hospital service – Corbin

Jan 03, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Time now for upgraded hospital service – Corbin

Now that it has been determined that it was negligence that led to the death of the late Minister within the Ministry of Education, Dr Desrey Fox, leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, Robert...

Cabinet Ministers to face media every week

Jan 03, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Cabinet Ministers to face media every week

– investments made, now time to deliver the goods – Dr Luncheon Government says that it is toying with the idea of bringing Cabinet Ministers to its weekly post-Cabinet press briefings to...

OPR promises answers later this month

Jan 03, 2010 knews News Comments Off on OPR promises answers later this month

As relatives of the late Hemchand Gopaul continue to mourn his death, they are yet to receive answers from the Guyana Police Force to questions about his death. Only last week, Mohamed Jameer, Head...

Hinckson guides DCC to exciting 20/20 win despite fifty from Singh

Jan 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hinckson guides DCC to exciting 20/20 win despite fifty from Singh

By Sean Devers Jamal Hinckson hit an undefeated 40 from 47 balls to guide DCC to an exciting last over victory against New Line Cavaliers in a feature 20/20 cricket match at the DCC ground yesterday...

Cellular phone battery may have led to Albouystown man’s death

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cellular phone battery may have led to Albouystown man’s death

The relatives of 23-year-old, Wendell Tappin, who was mercilessly chopped and stabbed to death in the streets of Albouystown, said his killers are heartless. There was no need for such drastic...

GCA holds ‘Building Sportsmen to be competent leaders’ workshop

Jan 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA holds ‘Building Sportsmen to be competent leaders’ workshop

Sessions for U-19 players today at GCC By Sean Devers The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) yesterday launched their 2-day ‘Building Sportsmen to be competent leaders’ workshop at the GCC...

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The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment

Peeping Tom… “The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment” Kaieteur News – The cries... more