January 20, 2014 - Kaieteur News

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Breaking news…

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking news…

The bodies of the missing pilot, Blake Slater and cargo loader, Dwayne Jacobs were recovered by Guyana Defence Force troops around 7:00hrs this morning among the wrecked Trans Guyana Airway’s 700...

Crashed aircraft spotted

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Crashed aircraft spotted

– GDF troops trekking to site Pilots of two Guyana Defence Force (GDF) helicopters spotted the wreckage of the Trans Guyana Airway’s 700 Cessna Caravan 8R-GHS about four kilometers...

NICIL earns $7B in 2012, paid only $1B to Govt.

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL earns $7B in 2012, paid only $1B to Govt.

…sold its shares in Berbice Bridge for $950M The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), headed by Winston Brassington, raked out almost $7B in profits for 2012 but paid...

APNU not buying Minister Rohee’s explanation of Harding’s injury

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU not buying Minister Rohee’s explanation of Harding’s injury

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has reiterated its No Confidence in Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee moreso in the context of the treatment of Colwyn Harding who suffered attacks by the...

Truck crushes E’bo three-year-old

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Truck crushes E’bo three-year-old

The Essequibo Coast has recorded its third road fatality in exactly three days, as a result of the death of a three-year-old Charity Housing Scheme toddler, who was crushed by a truck in front...

Fire destroys Regent Street business

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Regent Street business

Firefighters and police officers had a very heavy presence on the scene of a fire which gutted a building that housed the FullWorks Motor Spares and Auto Sales at Lot 152 Regent Road, Bourda...

Old Fort organises Greet and Meet session for its members

Jan 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Old Fort organises Greet and Meet session for its members

Considering the need to foster camaraderie among members, the recently-installed executive of Old Fort Hockey Club yesterday held a Greet and Meet session, at the Georgetown Cricket Club where a...

Thirteen officials successful as GBA referees/judges seminar concludes

Jan 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thirteen officials successful as GBA referees/judges seminar concludes

Four days of intense application in the intricacies of the trade came to a successful conclusion for 13 local amateur referees and judges when the curtains came down on the Guyana Boxing Association...

Regional Super50 preparations continue under lights

Jan 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 preparations continue under lights

Providence host practice matches tomorrow & Friday By Sean Devers The Guyana team preparing for the 2013 Regional Super50 Cricket tournament in Trinidad & Tobago from January 30 to February...

Fazal is new Satro SC chairman

Jan 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fazal is new Satro SC chairman

Sheik Fazal was elected chairman of the Satro Sports Club when the organisation held its Annual General Meeting on Friday evening last at Shalim Razack residence on the Essequibo river island of...

GCA looking to start season by month end – CC Chairman Massiah

Jan 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA looking to start season by month end – CC Chairman Massiah

Chairman of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Competitions Committee, Shaun Massiah told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that they are looking to resume their competitions by this month end weather...

Inspired Ivanovic stuns Serena in Melbourne

Jan 20, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inspired Ivanovic stuns Serena in Melbourne

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – An inspired Ana Ivanovic blew the race for the Australian Open women’s title wide open with a stunning upset of overwhelming favorite Serena Williams in the fourth round...

GPHC – Bettering staff performance for improved services

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC – Bettering staff performance for improved services

Towards ensuring that quality service is delivered by the entire staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), the institution’s administration is looking to strengthen and build the...

ASLFTS expanding programmes to meet needs of aviation industry

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ASLFTS expanding programmes to meet needs of aviation industry

Air Services Limited Flight Training School (ASLFTS) is gearing to introduce two new programmes that are aimed at having adequately trained personnel on the ground, monitoring flights. A company...

GBBS commences verification of devices

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GBBS commences verification of devices

– Consumers should have confidence in the accuracy of weights, measures Verification of measuring devices has commenced for the first half of 2014 and users of same are urged to submit theirs...

THE AFC’S CASE IS TOTTERING

Jan 20, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE AFC’S CASE IS TOTTERING

It was the Alliance for Change that highlighted the allegations about the sexual assault of a young man while he was in police custody, after it was published in the media. The AFC broke this news...

Inconceivable that a crab-infested foreshore was selected for this project

Jan 20, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Inconceivable that a crab-infested foreshore was selected for this project

Dear Editor, In a KN Article of Jan 18, it was reported that GPL’s Vreed-en-Hoop Power Plant is about 20% completed with an initial projected cost overrun of about US$8M. These unrealistic...

The rights of those in custody must be respected at all times

Jan 20, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The rights of those in custody must be respected at all times

Dear Editor, The function of the police is the protection of life and property and the preservation of peace, therefore citizen expect that the police function with the given ambit. However, recent...

Prof. Aronowitz did not use the quote attributed to him by Mr. Bisram

Jan 20, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prof. Aronowitz did not use the quote attributed to him by Mr. Bisram

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Bisram’s letter in KN of Jan. 7th titled: “ Persaud’s charges against Bisram disproved”. Mr. Bisram wrote: “The charge of Mr. Mike Persaud’s ‘Bisram’s...

THOSE RADIOACTIVE VEHICLES

Jan 20, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on THOSE RADIOACTIVE VEHICLES

Kaieteur News has again alerted the nation to an issue that should have occupied the attention of some local regulatory watchdog in the interest of public safety. For too long, appropriate and...

Guyana’s jungle a treacherous place for aviators

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s jungle a treacherous place for aviators

The pilot who crashed a Trans Guyana Airway’s Cessna Caravan in the Mazaruni is just the latest in a long list of aviators who have fallen victim to Guyana’s hazardous jungle territory. And in...

City Hall 2014 budget proposal in limbo

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall 2014 budget proposal in limbo

– As Town Clerk refuses to attend Statutory Meetings City Hall’s 2014 budget proposal remains in limbo as the rift between Town Clerk Carol Ryan Sooba and Councilors of Mayor and City...

Female drug dealer nabbed at back track crossing

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Female drug dealer nabbed at back track crossing

As the law enforcement authorities step up their campaign against drug dealers in Guyana, a female drug dealer was nabbed with a quantity of drugs on Wednesday last at an illegal backtrack...

Sibling scuffle turns bloody

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sibling scuffle turns bloody

A scuffle between two brothers on Saturday night turned bloody leaving one hospitalised and the other in police custody. Twenty-four-year-old Jason Benjamin is nursing a stab wound to the...

Finance Minister says APNU was invited to budget talks

Jan 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister says APNU was invited to budget talks

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has described as a blatant lie and publicity stunt, statements purportedly made by Opposition Leader David Granger, which claimed that his party was being...