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Our first shot at a Guyanese Christmas

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Our first shot at a Guyanese Christmas

… international volunteers tell their stories By Sunita Samaroo When most of us think of Christmas, we think of hours upon hours cozily spent with our closest ones. Images of the cleaning,...

What the DPP decision means for Guyana

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on What the DPP decision means for Guyana

The DPP is the custodian of justice. She is there to protect every citizen by ensuring that the law is applied fairly and evenhandedly. When a case is brought to her, she is supposed to study the...

AG ‘s Nandlall threat against KN…DPP action demoralizes staff – lawyer says

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AG ‘s Nandlall threat against KN…DPP action demoralizes staff – lawyer says

Days after a controversial decision that she could find no grounds to charge Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, for a shocking phone-call with a senior reporter of Kaieteur News, the Director of Public...

“I will never forgive or forget their evil faces” – sacked NBS CEO

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “I will never forgive or forget their evil faces” – sacked NBS CEO

Thirteen years to the day after he started working at the New Building Society (NBS), Operations Manager, Kent Vincent, reported for duties as normal. It seemed like just another day- May 31st, 2007....

Tuschen triple murder…Son held on to victim for father to finish him off

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tuschen triple murder…Son held on to victim for father to finish him off

Police are likely to charge the son of Jerome Franklyn, the man who hacked three persons to death early last Friday morning, after learning that he assisted his father to commit the heinous crime....

Marriott Hotel is the symbol of contempt for taxpayers’ $$$$…Brassington spends $1.7M to advertise unfinished Hotel

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott Hotel is the symbol of contempt for taxpayers’ $$$$…Brassington spends $1.7M to advertise unfinished Hotel

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) General Secretary, Joseph Harmon, stated that the Marriott Hotel currently under construction in Kingston, Georgetown, is not only one of the most crass...

Woman plunges to death off Harbour Bridge

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman plunges to death off Harbour Bridge

A woman climbed onto the rails of the Demerara Harbour Bridge and jumped into the deep waters just after noon yesterday. The woman remained unidentified up to press time. ‘Jane Doe’ was clad in a...

Mother of two killed by driver after shopping

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of two killed by driver after shopping

A 27-year-old mother of two was killed on the spot at around 14.30 hrs yesterday, after she was struck by a speeding driver on the Vriesland, West Bank Demerara public road. According to reports,...

De DPP got a new idea of what is threat

Dec 25, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De DPP got a new idea of what is threat

Some things does only happen in Guyana. Only in Guyana people can seh wha dem like and threaten to do wha dem want wid people once dem ain’t tell de person to dem face. That mean that a man can...

Unfair competition causes dip in business – says Gafsons’ Executive Chairman

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Unfair competition causes dip in business – says Gafsons’ Executive Chairman

…company awards long standing, loyal employees at dinner By Rabindra Rooplall Described as a man of integrity and honour by his staff, Executive Chairman of Gafsons Industries Limited, Sattaur...

CJIA expansion project…Timehri North residents prepared to defend property investments

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA expansion project…Timehri North residents prepared to defend property investments

Like the rest of Guyana, Timehri North residents have made preparations for the Christmas holidays notwithstanding the eventuality of their homes being bulldozed by the Public Works Ministry. These...

Caribbean Airlines surprising passengers with free trips

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines surprising passengers with free trips

As Caribbean Airlines celebrated the 12 days of Christmas, 23 lucky passengers were surprised with the gift of travel. From December 22 to December 25, 2014 and from January 1 to January 3, 2015, one...

Four die in two Berbice accidents

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Four die in two Berbice accidents

The number of road fatalities keeps skyrocketing as the year draws to a close. On Tuesday, four people died in two accidents that could have been avoided. Yonette Branch, a 16-year-old was in a car...

La Parfaite Harmonie fire …Teenage victim succumbs

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on La Parfaite Harmonie fire …Teenage victim succumbs

Three months after she was severely burnt in a fire at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, 16-year-old Shantel Callender succumbed to her injuries. The teenager died at the Georgetown Public...

“Whom, the Gods would destroy, they first make mad”

Dec 25, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on “Whom, the Gods would destroy, they first make mad”

Merry Christmas to all the readers of this column! A Merry Christmas is also extended to the Editor and Staff of the Kaieteur News, including the unsung persons who actually print the newspaper each...

GTU paying close attention to teachers’ attitudes

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GTU paying close attention to teachers’ attitudes

There is no question that the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) has been delivering on its mandate to train quality teachers suitable to educate the nation’s children. However, an evident...

Domestic violence seems unending

Dec 25, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Domestic violence seems unending

It would seem that the number of women killed as a result of domestic conflicts is increasing at a rapid rate. This is a trend that has been worrying the authorities for some time but precious little...

Vigilante murder accused want new Prosecutor

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vigilante murder accused want new Prosecutor

…as PI incomplete after almost two years Four prisoners languishing in jail facing murder charges are appealing to the Director of Public Prosecutions to appoint a new Special Prosecutor. They...

Another worker dies tragically at Bosai

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Another worker dies tragically at Bosai

Another Linden family was yesterday plunged into mourning, after a Bosai worker was killed on the job, this time in a horrific accident. The victim, Bertrand Pollard, 20, of Block 22 Wismar, Linden...

Christmas Message by His Excellency, Donald Ramotar

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas Message by His Excellency, Donald Ramotar

On behalf of the Government and my family, I extend best wishes to all Guyanese, here and in the Diaspora for a Merry Christmas. I take this opportunity to welcome all those who are coming home for...

Christmas Message by His Excellency, Donald Ramotar

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas Message by His Excellency, Donald Ramotar

On Christmas Day, 2014 the law is still an ass

Dec 25, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on On Christmas Day, 2014 the law is still an ass

I don’t care which law the brightest lawyer in the world cite to justify the Chief Justice’s decision that Carol Sooba can remain in office, that law is an ass. That law cannot be legal, moral...

Christmas Messages

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas Messages

People’s Progressive Party The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) extends Christmas Greetings to all Guyanese in particular, our Christian brothers and sisters on the festive season of Christmas...

An acting CJ, Chancellor leaves nation on a precipice – Greenidge

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on An acting CJ, Chancellor leaves nation on a precipice – Greenidge

– “they may feel beholden to the executive” Opposition parliamentarian, Carl Greenidge, is of the opinion that Ian Chang and Carl Singh acting in the posts of Chief Justice (CJ)and...

Decomposed bandit’s body identified as D’Urban Street man

Dec 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed bandit’s body identified as D’Urban Street man

The decomposed body of a man, who was discovered at the Good Hope Backdam on Wednesday, has been identified as 20-year-old Lassell Lambert of D’Urban Street, Lodge. The body was positively...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more