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Another Death Row inmate dies

Apr 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Another Death Row inmate dies

– wardens dress, handcuff body to hide the fact By Rabindra Rooplall A man who spent 21 years on Death Row and 26 years altogether in prison, succumbed in the Camp Street Prison Friday evening....

Man, 52, arrested 4 years after allegedly raping schoolgirl

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 52, arrested 4 years after allegedly raping schoolgirl

… freed, re-arrested There was some high drama on Friday at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court, before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo, when Muntaz Yassin, called, ‘Joe’52 of 149 Lusignan, East...

Forestry deal with India’s coffee maker raises questions

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Forestry deal with India’s coffee maker raises questions

…no permission for harvesting yet – GFC In what is being considered one of the largest local deals of its kind, Guyana has awarded some 1.8 million acres of forest lands to an Indian coffee...

Man attempts suicide after killing reputed wife

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A 42 year-old Timehri man is currently being monitored at the Georgetown Public Hospital because he attempted suicide after hacking his former reputed wife of eight years to death....

Nephrologist Prof. George Nicholson is a ‘Special Person’

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“I think I really saw things the way I did because of the way my father was at his profession…I decided that if I was going to be a doctor I would have to work rather hard, and it really meant me...

Dem boys seh…Bharrat done sell out Guyana

Apr 10, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bharrat done sell out Guyana

For couple months now dem boys notice that more and more de people of this country was losing property. Dem lose de land by de seawall, dem lose de land by Turkeyen, dem lose de land by Sanata, dem...

David Granger promises hope, revival and purposeful leadership

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(This is the first in a series of articles featuring the leading Presidential Candidates. This week David Granger details his plans to win the presidency and speaks candidly about the PNC’s losing...

I will not be complacent in election bid

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on I will not be complacent in election bid

– Ramotar Donald Ramotar, the People’s Progressive Party presidential candidate, yesterday told the first Party’s County Conference held at Cotton Field School, Essequibo Coast, that...

T&T company bids $816M for repairs to Hope sea defense

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on T&T company bids $816M for repairs to Hope sea defense

…bypass roads, piles and rip-rap works to be done A dangerous road turn at Hope, East Bank Demerara, which has been slipping into the nearby river, is set for major works. Bids were opened on...

Still no charge for cop two months later

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Still no charge for cop two months later

LBI fatal accident… Divisional Commander of the Police East Coast Demerara Division, Gavin Primo, has assured that the family of an LBI man, who was killed in an accident with a car driven by a...

Another gold miner stabbed to death

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another gold miner stabbed to death

With gold prices continuing to rise to record highs during last week, disorderly murders continue seeming unabated in the interior with the latest occurring on Friday night in the Pamela Backdam,...

New York family jailed for shooting death of Guyanese

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New York family jailed for shooting death of Guyanese

Schenectady, New York (Times Union) — The widow of bus mechanic Ganesh Ramgoolam, who was ambushed and gunned down on a city street in 2010, wept as she demanded answers from his killer and an...

PPP recommits to developing Essequibo

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PPP recommits to developing Essequibo

Committed to fulfilling each promise is another commitment by the PPP/Civic Government. It was again echoed by President Bharrat Jagdeo, on Friday. He was addressing the residents on the Essequibo...

Strangers squabble over property as M&CC demolish building

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Strangers squabble over property as M&CC demolish building

As the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) continues to clamp down on illegal structures and buildings. It is also targeting those that are health and safety hazards. The owners of a house situated at...

CHI looks to incorporate EMR to help improve operation

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CHI looks to incorporate EMR to help improve operation

By Sharmain Cornette Five years after introducing an invaluable service to Guyana, the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) is gearing to further improve its operation. And according to Chief Executive...

From the Diaspora…WHO MAKES A “BIG” MAN CRY

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…WHO MAKES A “BIG” MAN CRY

By Ralph Seeram It is Saturday morning and I am late for this article. I cannot find a topic. It should have been easy; the PPP has elected its Presidential candidate in Donald Ramotar, and it would...

17-year-old brain tumour victim needs public assistance

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 17-year-old brain tumour victim needs public assistance

Up to early last year Rayon Fredericks was living the life of a normal 16-year-old, preparing to write the CSEC examinations. But just as he was winding down his revisions something strange began to...

Defending champions Trophy Stall eliminated

Apr 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Defending champions Trophy Stall eliminated

-Big showdown on today at National Stadium Defending champions Trophy Stall were surprisingly beaten by Universal Solutions Tigers in their quarter-final matchup by 7 wickets yesterday, at the...

An apology

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on An apology

Carl McCurdy, whose vehicle was featured on page 10 of yesterday’s issue of Kaieteur News, was not being searched by the ranks. Yesterday, McCurdy explained that it was taken in 2008 while his...

Trio escape with life as intoxicated police rank threatens to kill

Apr 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trio escape with life as intoxicated police rank threatens to kill

Two teenagers and an adult are alleging that they were beaten senseless by police officers on a dam and barely escaped with their lives in Sophia, Thursday night. The victims Horace Paterlla, 17, of...

Do all banks have this system?

Apr 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Do all banks have this system?

Dear Editor, I thought that commercial banks by the nature of their business are supposed to be customer-friendly. However, I got a rude awakening when I visited the one of our local banks last week....

Team Xtreme going places

Apr 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Xtreme going places

First sponsor join ranks The newly formed motor racing team Xtreme is on a charted path and much is anticipated from this outfit, a first in Guyana. Using the motto “New exciting future of motor...

Mr. Lewis’ next letter should be an analysis of the sugar industry

Apr 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Lewis’ next letter should be an analysis of the sugar industry

Dear Editor, I would like to say “hear, hear”, to the letter by Mr. Lincoln Lewis on April 7 in SN in which he mentioned liberation theology and discussed the Trotman/Jagdeo episode at National...

Sarwan’s unbeaten double light up Bourda

Apr 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan’s unbeaten double light up Bourda

Stoll, Gajanand Singh & Vishaul Singh also hit tons By Sean Devers Thirty-year-old Test batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan lit up Bourda yesterday with a scintillating unbeaten double century as GCC...

How wise is this?

Apr 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on How wise is this?

Dear Editor, Scientists have been saying that the ocean level is rising and this will cause flooding of low lying coastal area. Recently, we have seen the devastating effect of the sea on Japan’s...

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The President’s pipe dream

Kaieteur News – The effusive optimism of President Irfaan Ali in proclaiming Guyana as poised to become a major manufacturing... more