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President pleads to Lindeners for normalcy in open letter

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on President pleads to Lindeners for normalcy in open letter

– says future of mining town in jeopardy President Donald Ramotar last night pleaded with Lindeners to return the bauxite mining town to a state of normalcy, as the community entered its fourth...

City Hall workers protest delay of July salary

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall workers protest delay of July salary

In what has become a norm, workers of City Hall yesterday picketed the Mayor’s office demanding their July month salary. Clarence Whitehead, Field Officer of the Guyana Labour Union, who was also...

Joint services set up base at Rockstone to provide safe passage through Linden

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Joint services set up base at Rockstone to provide safe passage through Linden

“We are looking stupid. We know that the people will resist but we may have to use some force if necessary. We can’t allow this to go on all the time,” Senior Joint Services official. The...

APNU vows Parliamentary boycott of Rohee

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on APNU vows Parliamentary boycott of Rohee

– wants int’l pressure applied for his removal The shooting is a serious matter…it is not something that could be easily swept under the carpet.” By Gary Eleazar Minister of Home...

Captured suspect in insurance executive’s murder refused bail

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Captured suspect in insurance executive’s murder refused bail

Clive Knight, the man fingered for the murder of insurance executive, Bert Whyte, was yesterday remanded to jail after making an appearance before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, at...

Kwame McCoy convicted for gun-butting man, fined $70,000

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kwame McCoy convicted for gun-butting man, fined $70,000

…AFC calls for his removal from OP, Rights of the Child Commission Information and Press Liaison to the President, Kwame McCoy, was yesterday found guilty of assault and threatening language after...

Kwame beg fuh go to jail

Aug 08, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Kwame beg fuh go to jail

In life, dem boys know that there are many choices. You can choose to drink and drive den face de judge. You can choose to stay home and don’t wuk den beg people fuh a raise. You can choose to show...

Morgan’s trip to Geneva charity event highlights fund raiser

Aug 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Morgan’s trip to Geneva charity event highlights fund raiser

Alika Morgan, reigning Caribbean champion in the 10-kilometer road race, trip to the annual Cubby Chase fund raiser at Geneva General Child Care Center was to throw her lot to a charity event out of...

Bids opened for major works in new Herstelling housing scheme

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bids opened for major works in new Herstelling housing scheme

A major project to construct roads, drains, structures and install a pure water distribution network at the new housing scheme at Plantation Herstelling South, East Bank Demerara, has attracted 14...

Lethem forced to buy expensive fuel from Brazil

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem forced to buy expensive fuel from Brazil

-as Linden situation taking heavy toll on hinterland regions Toshaos, particularly those from Regions Eight and Nine complained bitterly of the effects of the Linden unrest on economic activities in...

BCB and RHTYSC launch ‘School bags for Sports’ Project

Aug 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB and RHTYSC launch ‘School bags for Sports’ Project

The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) in association with the Special Events Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has launched a new project named ‘School bags for...

GGDMA objects to granting Amerindians rights to extensions to titled lands

Aug 08, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on GGDMA objects to granting Amerindians rights to extensions to titled lands

Dear Editor, It was with great consternation, that I read a letter, in the media, penned by Mr. Ashton Simon. Firstly I am curious to know in what capacity is Mr. Simon writing, since he is an...

Guns and Hate Crimes

Aug 08, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guns and Hate Crimes

Coming two weeks after James Holmes murdered 12 people and injured 51 others after opening fire in a cinema in Aurora, Colorado, US, during a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises”, the killing of...

Bartica police detain three after ammo found on speedboat

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica police detain three after ammo found on speedboat

Three men are now assisting the Bartica Police with investigations into the discovery of a box of ammunition yesterday afternoon in a passenger speedboat that had arrived from Parika. The red and...

Teams named for Jamzone T20 Masters Cup Tournament

Aug 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams named for Jamzone T20 Masters Cup Tournament

A number of top West Indies players have been identified to participate in this year’s Jamzone T20 Masters Cup Tournament which will be played on August 18 and 19, at the Guyana National...

Senior GCF official allegedly resigns

Aug 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Senior GCF official allegedly resigns

A senior Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) official is said to have resigned after Kaieteur Sport published last week what an inside source called malpractices within the federation; the General...

The buck stops at Rohee

Aug 08, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The buck stops at Rohee

Dear Editor, I read what Peeping Tom had to say about the inability to countermand an order that one does not know about and it just reinforced my conclusion the s/he is once again being an...

Linden killings…Legal official says rank who gave order, shooters should be charged

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden killings…Legal official says rank who gave order, shooters should be charged

If it is established that the Linden shootings were unjustified, all of the policemen who opened fire, as well as the one who ordered his colleagues to shoot should be charged. This is the...

Media needs to act fearlessly to rid Sport of shameless officials

Aug 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Media needs to act fearlessly to rid Sport of shameless officials

By Rawle Welch Shortly after watching the conclusion of the Women’s Olympic 100 metres final where Jamaican and defending champion Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce successfully retained her crown, a...

Fire destroys soldiers’ quarters at Timehri

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys soldiers’ quarters at Timehri

An early morning fire yesterday gutted the living quarters of the Colonel Ulric Pilgrim Cadet School which was located at Base Camp Stephenson, Timehri. According to a statement from the Guyana...

Teen with broken neck…Family wants answers from Fort Wellington Hospital

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teen with broken neck…Family wants answers from Fort Wellington Hospital

By Leon Suseran A West Berbice family wants answers immediately from the health care practitioners and staff of the Fort Wellington Hospital concerning the mysterious and tragic death of 17-year-old...

Armed bandits shoot, rob popular Canje contractor in early morning rampage

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandits shoot, rob popular Canje contractor in early morning rampage

A popular Canje contractor has been admitted into hospital after he was shot Tuesday night by heavily armed bandits who tracked him home. In the New Amsterdam Hospital is Rishi Singh called “Singh...

Breakthrough near in murder/rape probe of Woodley Park teen

Aug 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Breakthrough near in murder/rape probe of Woodley Park teen

– gang-rape suspected Police in West Berbice have detained two young men in relation to the murder and rape of 14- year-old Basmattie ‘Manda’ Moonsammy. Up to press time last evening, the...

It may be impossible to overcome the PPP’s psychology

Aug 08, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on It may be impossible to overcome the PPP’s psychology

The Government will introduce a motion to recover the amount of money the Parliament took away when it rejected budgetary allocations in some areas. The Government is asking for restoration of...

Agenda for rest of year set by BCB Special Events Committee

Aug 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Agenda for rest of year set by BCB Special Events Committee

The rainy weather has resulted in setbacks for the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) 2012 season as the Board has been unable to play any cricket on the field. This has been most disappointing for...

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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