December 20, 2010 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Nagamootoo shocked at PPP’s position on GAWU

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Nagamootoo shocked at PPP’s position on GAWU

“The threat by the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) to de-recognise the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) is intemperate and reckless.” This is according to...

Drunk urinating from verandah falls to death

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Drunk urinating from verandah falls to death

The usual Christmas preparations and celebrations for the Hinds family of Block 22 and Silvertown Wismar, Linden have been severely thwarted with the sudden and unexpected death of their relative...

Pastor in custody for beating wife

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pastor in custody for beating wife

The members of the Bell West Orange Heights Baptist Church were left without a church leader yesterday after their pastor was detained for allegedly subjecting his wife to a horrific beating. The...

Special Constable killed in hit and run accident

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Special Constable killed in hit and run accident

– driver nabbed hours later The Christmas plans of an East Coast Demerara family were shattered following the death of 42-year-old Special Constable Marva McNabb as a result of a hit and run...

Farmer pinned to death by tractor

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer pinned to death by tractor

How merry can this Christmas be for the Lall family? Just a few weeks after the shocking death of his seven-year-old daughter; Rohan Lall succumbed after being pinned down by the tractor he was...

Dem boys seh….Walhalla story telling

Dec 20, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Walhalla story telling

Last week dem boys hear that a group of people decide that dem would host a story-telling session. De people decide that dem would hold this thing at de seawalls because ‘Nancy story got to go near...

Relatives still awaiting word from company

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives still awaiting word from company

Trawler explosion… Prittipaul Singh Investment Inc. is yet to make contact with relatives of the survivors of the deadly trawler explosion. According to reports from relatives, company officials,...

Bauxite carrier gives Lindeners a scare

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bauxite carrier gives Lindeners a scare

A bauxite carrier bound for the Bosai wharf at Linden put a terrible scare in several residents after it lost control and veered dangerously close to the Wismar shore and remained stuck for...

Two cheat death after mining pit cave-in

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two cheat death after mining pit cave-in

Two gold miners cheated death last Wednesday when the walls of their pit caved in at Aurora, Mango Landing, Region Seven. According to reports coming out from the Region, the two miners, Ivor...

Supplementary Provisions illustrate budget deceit

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Supplementary Provisions illustrate budget deceit

– AFC While it is alright for the Government to spend monies from the Contingencies Fund and then seek approval after, the supplementary provisions that are sought for each year demonstrate the...

Alpha, Bakewell Topp XX, GDF & Santos record wins on busy day 3

Dec 20, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha, Bakewell Topp XX, GDF & Santos record wins on busy day 3

On the busiest day ever in the 21 year history of the Kashif & Shanghai Football Tournament, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United banged their way to a comprehensive 6-0 win over West Demerara’s...

Small crowd, big action as Champions Of Champions Boxing Tournament starts

Dec 20, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Small crowd, big action as Champions Of Champions Boxing Tournament starts

Travis Hall may have been a Golden Gloves champion in the USA but Keeve Allicock, representing the Harpy Eagles Boxing Gym (HE) demonstrated pluck and determination to overcome the United States...

Man hospitalised after severe beating

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man hospitalised after severe beating

A 39-year-old man has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was severely beaten by two men last Thursday. Abdul Rasheed of Lot 8 Sea View Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara,...

Woodpecker Products Junior Badminton tournament winners collect prizes

Dec 20, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Products Junior Badminton tournament winners collect prizes

The Woodpecker Products Annual Junior Christmas Singles Badminton Tournament officially concluded with its presentation of prizes which was held at the Guyana Olympic Association Headquarters on...

Gold with an all-comers record and silver for Guyanese swimmers in Trinidad

Dec 20, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gold with an all-comers record and silver for Guyanese swimmers in Trinidad

Guyana’s swimmers had an excellent 3rd night on Saturday at the Marlins Invitational Swim Meet in Trinidad. Jessica Stephenson achieved gold in a new all-comers record for the 50m breast. She...

Lawsuits against opposition a new form of censorship – GPP

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Lawsuits against opposition a new form of censorship – GPP

The Guyana’s People Partnership (GPP) finds the lawsuit filed by the Peoples Progressive Party’s possible presidential candidate, Donald Ramotar against the Chairman of the Alliance for Change...

Table Tennis is on the move

Dec 20, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Table Tennis is on the move

By Edison Jefford There is no doubt that in approximately five months, Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) President, Police Commissioner, Henry Greene has transformed the sport locally with...

Prisoners graduate from literacy programme

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners graduate from literacy programme

Twenty-two male and female inmates of the New Amsterdam Prison graduated last Tuesday from a three-month Literacy and Numeracy class which was held at the Prison Sports Club at Penitentiary Walk New...

Security in schools being strengthened – Minister Baksh

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Security in schools being strengthened – Minister Baksh

Although a security arrangement for schools is not included in the Ministry of Education’s existing Strategic Plan, Education Minister, Shaik Baksh said that it is in fact a very serious management...

‘Silence’ murder trial begins in Berbice High Court

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Silence’ murder trial begins in Berbice High Court

The murder trial of Gowkarran Ramdayal called “Silence” finally commenced in the Berbice High Court after an initial delay in which the judge had ordered a psychiatric evaluation of the accused,...

Education Ministry closely monitoring progress of Strategic Plan – Baksh

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry closely monitoring progress of Strategic Plan – Baksh

There is an ever growing need for parents to send their children to school if the Ministry is to achieve the targets set out in its Strategic Plan, said Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh. This is...

Spring tide to affect residents of low-lying areas

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Spring tide to affect residents of low-lying areas

The public is being advised to take all necessary precautions during the spring tide period of December 19, through December 27, 2010. The predicted tide indicates above normal levels for the...

Two cheat death after mining pit cave-in

Dec 20, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two cheat death after mining pit cave-in

Two gold miners cheated death last Wednesday when the walls of their pit caved in at Aurora, Mango Landing, Region Seven. According to reports coming out from the Region, the two miners, Ivor...

THE BRIDGE HAS OUTLIVED ITS ORIGINAL LIFESPAN

Dec 20, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE BRIDGE HAS OUTLIVED ITS ORIGINAL LIFESPAN

The government is spending over four billion dollars to expand the East Bank Public Road between Providence and Diamond. The money is being borrowed from the Inter American Development Bank and...

The facts. The reaction. The truth

Dec 20, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The facts. The reaction. The truth

Last Wednesday, at his press conference to discuss his complaint against Norway and the World Bank, Mr. Jagdeo once against personally attacked me. It comes with the territory so there should be no...