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Homophobia fuels HIV pandemic – UNAIDS Country Coordinator

May 22, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Homophobia fuels HIV pandemic – UNAIDS Country Coordinator

-Erasing stigma should be a national response UNAIDS Country Coordinator for Guyana, Dr. Ruben del Prado, has said that homophobia is fuelling the HIV pandemic since persons with sexual differences...

Police will not allow PNCR to run amok in the city – Rohee

May 22, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Police will not allow PNCR to run amok in the city – Rohee

The law enforcement agencies will not stand by and allow the opposition People’s National Congress Reform to run amok in the city under the cloak of exercising their constitutional rights, said...

An opportunistic piece of writing

May 22, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on An opportunistic piece of writing

Dear Editor, Stabroek News (SN) Editorial of Sunday May 18th 2008 captioned “Normality” is opportunistic, anti-PNCR, against the interests of Guyanese, primarily of the impoverished people of the...

Digicel/Carib Sweet 16 KO Championship

May 22, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel/Carib Sweet 16 KO Championship

Sunburst Camptown & GDF to clash in final By Franklin Wilson Its now down to the final two games of the Digicel/Carib Sweet 16 knockout football championship and set to contest what is being...

Causing death driver granted bail

May 22, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Causing death driver granted bail

Saytoo, a 30-year-old minibus driver accused of causing the death of Ramand Prasad, was placed on $100,000 bail by Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty, yesterday, when he appeared at the Anna Regina...

Floodlights defeat Scottsburg United and Ganesh Singh & Brothers

May 22, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights defeat Scottsburg United and Ganesh Singh & Brothers

Despite all the rain throughout Saturday and Saturday night last, softball players from Berbice and Demerara took to the field and played two thrilling and fun filled matches at the Everest Cricket...

Georgetown, Fuzhou examine Digital City initiatives

May 22, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown, Fuzhou examine Digital City initiatives

Head of the Department of Information Technology, Waynewright Orderson, is in Fuzhou City in the People’s Republic of China holding discussions with senior officials of the Fuzhou Software Park...

Pay some more attention to our pensioners

May 22, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pay some more attention to our pensioners

Dear Editor, I wish to commend President Jagdeo on the very bold and encouraging measures he has taken to assuage the pressure of the high cost of living which Guyana is presently experiencing....

Nepalese soldier spends three months in Brickdam lock-ups

May 22, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Nepalese soldier spends three months in Brickdam lock-ups

After spending 95 days at the Brickdam lock-ups, Nepal national Kharka Bahadur Karki will finally be deported to his home country on Saturday. Karki was picked up by immigration authorities on...

Peeping Tom – This is A Disgrace to the PPP

May 22, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – This is A Disgrace to the PPP

A retired judge wrote a letter which was published yesterday in this newspaper. In that letter the respected gentleman observed that he has formed an opinion, based on reports concerning local...

First National Women’s cricket trial washed out

May 22, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on First National Women’s cricket trial washed out

Second set for today at Eve Leary By Sean Devers Torrential rain in the city yesterday left several streets in the capitol under water and washed out the first National women’s cricket trial match...

Response to Crime II

May 22, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Response to Crime II

“I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I was not poor, I was needy. They then told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. Then they told me underprivileged...

Family Awareness Exhibition advocates for happy families

May 22, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Family Awareness Exhibition advocates for happy families

The importance of the family life is being highlighted this week even as Family Awareness Week is being observed by the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a religious denomination. The observance...

Freddie Kissoon – Freedom and hypocrisy

May 22, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon – Freedom and hypocrisy

On Labour Day, in the GAWU contingent, there was a banner in support of Cuba. Then the GAWU leader in addressing the FITUG section of May Day celebration spoke glowingly of Cuba and wished Cuba’s...

Murtland Smith wins latest GNRA Handgun shoot

May 22, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Murtland Smith wins latest GNRA Handgun shoot

The Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) pulled off another successful handgun shoot at the Timehri ranges last Sunday, which attracted a total of 27 participants including ranks from the Guyana...

How many more will suffer from the jaws of pit bulls?

May 22, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on How many more will suffer from the jaws of pit bulls?

Dear Editor, Once again we read with horror of pit bulls attacking a man, tearing off his scalp. Only two days before Roopchand was mauled to death by pit bulls I wrote about a clear and present...

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...