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‘Child killers’ phenomenon a source of grave concern – AFC

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ‘Child killers’ phenomenon a source of grave concern – AFC

The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday said that there should be sociological study into the root cause of the phenomenon of child killers. According to party leader, Raphael Trotman, even if the...

Lawyer takes Elections Commission to court

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Lawyer takes Elections Commission to court

Attorney-at-Law Frank James has filed a court action on behalf of another lawyer, Clifton Mortimer Llewellyn John, seeking an order to have the Elections Commission put up for public scrutiny, lists...

GO-Invest lashes out at PSC on Sanata comments

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GO-Invest lashes out at PSC on Sanata comments

… if anyone is to apologize, it is Yesu Persaud A war of words has erupted between the Guyana Office For Investment (GO-Invest) and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) following a recent press...

Govt. still awaiting word on Roger Khan info

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Govt. still awaiting word on Roger Khan info

Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee says that he has not yet received a response from authorities in the USA to a request for information on allegations that the Guyana Government facilitated the...

NY-based Guyanese shot dead

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on NY-based Guyanese shot dead

A New York-based Guyanese was fatally shot in his vehicle last Sunday morning. Police say Ravi Bandhu, son of Guyanese politician Vishnu Bandhu, was apparently killed by his friend who also robbed...

Bound body in South… Woman was strangled

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bound body in South… Woman was strangled

A post mortem performed on the body of 82-year-old Margaret Sinjustin, who was found in her bed on Monday last in South Ruimveldt, has revealed that she died of manual strangulation. A 14-year-old...

IAC blasts ‘highly offensive’ Stabroek News cartoon

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on IAC blasts ‘highly offensive’ Stabroek News cartoon

– registers complaint with ERC The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) has registered its “strongest condemnation” of a cartoon published on page 6 in the Sunday Stabroek edition of June 15,...

Chopped Bartica woman can’t see colour anymore

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Chopped Bartica woman can’t see colour anymore

– assailant contacts her via cell phone from lock-ups After the horrific chopping incident, early last Sunday morning, that has left Simone Fiedtkou maimed and seriously injured, the victim...

Authorities seize illegal radio sets

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Authorities seize illegal radio sets

– taxi services, mining operations are main culprits Several two-way radios, which were in illegal operation, have been seized by the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) as that body...

AK-47 was slain soldier’s weapon : – other linked to Bartica, Lusignan and Triumph killings

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on AK-47 was slain soldier’s weapon : – other linked to Bartica, Lusignan and Triumph killings

One of the AK-47s recovered from the bodies of Cecil Simeon Ramsarran, 42, and Robin Julius Chung, called Chung Boy, 15, was the property of the Guyana Defence Force. The firearm was lost during an...

Lawyer’s clerk estate fraud case…

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Lawyer’s clerk estate fraud case…

Defendant requests extra time The female clerk of deceased attorney, Henry Desmond McKenzie-Agard, who is accused of embellishing his Will, swindling his savings and naming herself executrix of his...

THE AFC SHOULD SPEAK ITS PIECE

Jun 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE AFC SHOULD SPEAK ITS PIECE

There are persons within the Alliance for Change who held leadership positions in both of the main political parties at the time of the 2001 elections. Those leaders I believe would be extremely...

House to House Registration…GECOM’s credibility now questionable, voters’ list also jeopardised

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on House to House Registration…GECOM’s credibility now questionable, voters’ list also jeopardised

The Alliance For Change (AFC) Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, yesterday during a special press briefing, said that the party and its partner GAP-ROAR have been vindicated by the Guyana Court of Appeal...

Ron off the radio; Ron on the radio

Jun 19, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ron off the radio; Ron on the radio

Ron Robinson is a Guyanese institution. A likeable person, Ron has been around as long as the sun in Guyana. I remember doing a column on the last GuyExpo and I ended it with some praise for this...

Trade Barriers

Jun 19, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Trade Barriers

The recent publicity given to the efforts of the government in CARICOM to their quest for secure food security was in large part due to the calamitous rise in food prices across the globe and, of...

Log exports continue to decline even

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Log exports continue to decline even

Prices for Guyana’s log exports have seen marked improvements over the past month. However, there has been a decline in log export volumes over this period, according to an international report....

Time to take the steps so necessary to ensure our survival on planet earth

Jun 19, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Time to take the steps so necessary to ensure our survival on planet earth

DEAR EDITOR, With the mercury rising alarmingly in many parts of the country and hundreds in the north succumbing to the heat wave, we are slowly awaking to the phenomenon of ‘global warming’....

PSC condemns attack on National Cultural Centre

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on PSC condemns attack on National Cultural Centre

…says Carifesta an unmatchable opportunity Carifesta X provides an unmatchable opportunity to showcase the uniqueness of our culture and to share that culture with our partners in the Caribbean and...

Freddie says dictatorship, I say democracy

Jun 19, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Freddie says dictatorship, I say democracy

DEAR EDITOR, I do not agree with Freddie Kissoon calling the ruling PPP/C Government a dictatorship. Too often now he is starting to sound exactly like those who oppose everything Government does or...

Ministry unveils children’s home standards

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Ministry unveils children’s home standards

The Ministry of Human Services yesterday launched its minimum operational standards and regulations for childcare homes. The launch was held yesterday in the Savannah Suite of Le Meridien Pegasus...

Bartica stabbing accused remanded to prison

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bartica stabbing accused remanded to prison

Duncan Alleyne, the reputed husband of Simone Fiedtkou, appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle, answering charges of attempted murder. It is alleged that on Sunday 15 June, 2008,...

Charity Magistrate’s Court in need of immediate attention

Jun 19, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Charity Magistrate’s Court in need of immediate attention

DEAR EDITOR, I work just at the back of the court house in Charity, and I want to enlighten the public as to what is happening in and around that court house. Firstly, the building is in such a state...

Fathers – a prerequisite for Guyana entering a day of glory

Jun 19, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Fathers – a prerequisite for Guyana entering a day of glory

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the letter by Frank Fyffe, entitled, “Can Guyana ever be returned to its former glory?” (Kaieteur News, 08/06/14). I am open to enlightenment as to what aspect of...

Govt. withholds subventions to NDCs

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Govt. withholds subventions to NDCs

…wants plan of action on squatting, illegal structures Government has ordered that the annual subvention to the various Neighborhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) across the country be withheld until...

Family turns to court over lock-ups death

Jun 19, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Family turns to court over lock-ups death

Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday directed that an Order or Rule Nisi be issued to the presiding Magistrate/Coroner at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court to hold an inquest into the unnatural...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more