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Freddie Kissoon – One radio station sixty years ago

May 21, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon – One radio station sixty years ago

It is vitally important to the next generation that those who shaped the past should write about it. Three names come up; Ashton Chase, Janet Jagan and Eusi Kwayana. All three are in their middle...

Two dead, six injured in Mahdia collision

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Two dead, six injured in Mahdia collision

Two persons were killed yesterday morning and six injured on the Mahdia/Potaro Road, Region Eight, after a 4X4 and a route 72 minibus collided head on.

Suriname, Guyana sign anti-crime pact

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname, Guyana sign anti-crime pact

Illegal firearms, smuggling, piracy high on agenda…24-hour communication line open By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO, Suriname- Vowing to cooperate more closely in their fight against crime, Suriname and...

Two years after drug plan launched, Guyana remains cocaine transit point

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Two years after drug plan launched, Guyana remains cocaine transit point

…local seizures in 2007 three times higher than previous “Counter narcotics efforts are undermined by inadequate resources for law enforcement, poor coordination among law enforcement agencies,...

Man critical after pit bull attack in the city

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Man critical after pit bull attack in the city

Up to last evening, doctors were battling to save the life of a 30-year-old vagrant after he was mauled by three dogs said to be mixtures of the pit bull variety yesterday at Forshaw Street,...

Food security among key issues at COTED forum

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Food security among key issues at COTED forum

…27th special meeting a precursor to agro-investment forum The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) will today host the Twenty-Seventh Special Meeting on Agriculture and Food Security...

Corentyne businessman beaten, robbed

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne businessman beaten, robbed

Police on the Corentyne, in Berbice, are on the hunt for four bandits who relieved businessman Ishwarnauth Bisram of $720,000 on Monday night. Reports reaching this newspaper state that the...

Green kicks off China tour in Fuzhou

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Green kicks off China tour in Fuzhou

Mayor of Georgetown Mr. Hamilton Green, on Saturday, commenced a working trip to the People’s Republic of China, with his first port of call being Fuzhou City, in the Fujian Province, which shares...

Registration funds…

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Registration funds…

Appeal Court postpones decision The Appeal Court has postponed a ruling on whether the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) should proportionately allocate monies to the Parliamentary opposition...

Spreading the campaign

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Spreading the campaign

Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, yesterday presented a quantity of seeds, fertilizers, agro-chemicals and other planting materials to the Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline...

Bandits attack interior shop

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits attack interior shop

Bandits in the interior escaped with $175,000 and a quantity of raw gold after holding up a shop at Puruni, Mazaruni River, last Sunday. The bandits, all of whom were carrying guns, held up three...

Wholesalers face ban for hiking sugar prices

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Wholesalers face ban for hiking sugar prices

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) says that it will stop supplying sugar to anyone found unfairly driving up the price of the commodity. A company official indicated that even though the...

Aunt Ina is latest local centenarian

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Aunt Ina is latest local centenarian

Another Guyanese has achieved the cherished milestone of 100 years. She is Ina Holder, popularly called Aunt Ina, who celebrated her birthday yesterday as the guest of honour at a breakfast sponsored...

Partnership imperative in addressing deforestation – Jagdeo

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Partnership imperative in addressing deforestation – Jagdeo

The notion that global partnership is essential to implement a visionary strategy that combines sustainable forestry and the development of a low-carbon economy was emphasized by President Bharrat...

Mahaica rape/stabbing…

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica rape/stabbing…

Teen detained, Police seek husband Police in Mahaica have detained an 18-year-old for questioning into last Sunday’s rape and stabbing. Kaieteur News was reliably informed that the teen was picked...

WHA President calls for halt to domestic violence

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on WHA President calls for halt to domestic violence

…says WHO timid to tackle sexual abuse Domestic violence and sexual abuse, particularly of young children is one of the many issues that the new President of the World Health Assembly wants to see...

Supreme Court Registrar out of hospital

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Supreme Court Registrar out of hospital

Registrar of the Supreme Court, Sita Ramlal, has recovered from a bout of illness and is out of hospital. Chief Justice Ian Chang told Kaieteur News yesterday that the Registrar should be returning...

61st World Health Assembly

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on 61st World Health Assembly

Ramsammy advocates for global actions to increase life expectancy rate – Health Minister assumes presidency Global actions to improve health could result in no country having a life expectancy...

I exercised the right accorded me in the Constitution of Guyana

May 21, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on I exercised the right accorded me in the Constitution of Guyana

Dear Editor, I have been bombarded with calls from persons from the media fraternity in relation to a letter that has supposedly been sent to this forum from Mr. Prem Persaud, retired Justice of...

Brazil and Guyana – Two countries not known to each other

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil and Guyana – Two countries not known to each other

By Professor Aimberê Soares de Freitas (MSc in Public Administration – University of Sao Paulo) By Professor Aimberê Soares de Freitas (MSc in Public Administration – University of Sao Paulo)...

Freddie Kissoon – One radio station sixty years ago

May 21, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon – One radio station sixty years ago

It is vitally important to the next generation that those who shaped the past should write about it. Three names come up; Ashton Chase, Janet Jagan and Eusi Kwayana. All three are in their middle...

Freddie should hate the message and not the messenger

May 21, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie should hate the message and not the messenger

Dear Editor, I think columnist and letter writer Freddie Kissoon needs to be professional in his comments and responses on or about others. He should stick to issues and not personalities. Unlike...

Minibus operatives not authorised to increase fares

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus operatives not authorised to increase fares

– Ministry official There has been no hike in fuel prices on the local market hence there should be no authorised increase in minibus fares to any routes in an around the city. This disclosure was...

Remigrant duty free case…

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Remigrant duty free case…

Lawyers clash over interpretation of importation laws The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stated that remigrant Mohabir Ramsahoye was not entitled to a tax exemption on his vehicle as six months...

Man in court for forging Rohee’s signature

May 21, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Man in court for forging Rohee’s signature

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday released a Hadfield Street man on bail after he appeared in court for forging the signature of Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee. The accused...

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Sometimes the best of leaders fail

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Jimmy Carter’s presidency fell victim to global and domestic upheavals. His single term... more