September 2008 - Page 11 of 49

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Unreasonable attacks on the voices of reason

Sep 25, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Unreasonable attacks on the voices of reason

DEAR EDITOR, I pen this letter to laud the courage of those Guyanese at home who steadfastly refused to be cowed into silence by threats against their well being, or the transparent and sophomoric...

CJIA squatter structures hazardous to both their occupants and the airport operations

Sep 25, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on CJIA squatter structures hazardous to both their occupants and the airport operations

DEAR EDITOR, I have noticed recently the Alliance For Change (AFC) as well as the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Region Four administration chairman has been clamouring for cheap...

Science Education

Sep 25, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Science Education

On the whole, the interest in studying the sciences – at all levels of our educational system – has been plummeting steadily since independence. At that time, most of the very brightest...

Buried truths have been unearthed

Sep 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Buried truths have been unearthed

If you were born at the beginning of 1992, you are sixteen years old. You are probably eligible to enter the University of Guyana. This means that you are mature enough to understand the contents of...

Uncle Freddie’s melting ice cream

Sep 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Uncle Freddie’s melting ice cream

I am worried about Uncle Freddie’s ice cream. During Carifesta he indicated that because of power failures he was forced to stop stacking up on this delicacy. I empathise with the professor. He has...

World leaders must move away from rhetoric

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on World leaders must move away from rhetoric

– President Bharrat Jagdeo tells UN Addressing the Sixty Third (63rd) Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday, President Bharrat Jagdeo pointed to the sternest test...

Lindo Creek investigations…War of words escalates

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Lindo Creek investigations…War of words escalates

The war of words over the investigation into the murders of eight miners at Lindo Creek, Berbice River, continued with attorneys for dredge owner Leonard Arokium describing police accusations that he...

Murder of Internet café owner…Wounded suspect turns self in

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Murder of Internet café owner…Wounded suspect turns self in

By Latoya Giles A prime suspect in the murder of internet café owner Desmond Davis turned himself in to the police, yesterday, even as an eyewitness to Monday night’s altercation claimed that the...

Unlikely that EPA will change despite President’s stance

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Unlikely that EPA will change despite President’s stance

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has written to the European Commission (EC) regarding President Bharrat Jagdeo’s intention to sign a “goods only” Economic Partnership Agreement...

Education sector secures further US$20M grant

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Education sector secures further US$20M grant

The education sector is expected to benefit from a US$20.5 M grant, which was solicited by Education Minister, Shaik Baksh, during a recent trip to Paris where he attended the Education For All Fast...

GTU agitated over change in payment of teachers’ allowance

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GTU agitated over change in payment of teachers’ allowance

– King An urgent Executive Council meeting has been scheduled for today by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to address what its leadership perceive as the negligence on the part of the...

Sales representative charged with bogus robbery report

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Sales representative charged with bogus robbery report

ALBION, CORENTYNE – Twenty-three-year-old Heera Bachan of Good Faith, Mahaicony, was placed on $500,000 bail when he appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate...

Five cases of rape, carnal knowledge in a week

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Five cases of rape, carnal knowledge in a week

– eyebrows raised over safety of women, minors According to police documents, in the space of a week, there have been five cases of rape and carnal knowledge, along with at least one attempted...

Accused snake thief lands in court

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Accused snake thief lands in court

Lall Persaud a\k Kasho, 43, of Three Friends village, who is accused of stealing a quantity of boa constrictors, property of hire car driver and wild life exporter, Mohammad Nazmul, was today placed...

Construction permit for Marriott Hotel hinges on EIA review

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Construction permit for Marriott Hotel hinges on EIA review

…55 days and counting for public scrutiny of document The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study that must be conducted before Adam Development/Urbahn Associates (ADUA) could commence the...

Skeldon Sugar Modernisation Project…If tests fail on Monday penalty may be implemented

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Skeldon Sugar Modernisation Project…If tests fail on Monday penalty may be implemented

…negotiations for power purchase agreement not completed as yet – Jackson Chief Executive Officer, Nick Jackson, has said that the new Skeldon Sugar Factory will be tested on Monday and if...

UG student survives vicious attack in Port Mourant

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on UG student survives vicious attack in Port Mourant

– one assailant held Two men attacked University of Guyana Berbice Campus Public Management Student, Nafeeza Yahya, at approximately 20:30 hours on September 17, last, as she made her way home...

IDB seeks to introduce mobile banking in Guyana

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on IDB seeks to introduce mobile banking in Guyana

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has issued a call for proposals to develop and implement mobile-banking systems for Unbanked people in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IDB has pledged...

No local Conservation International reporting awards this year

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on No local Conservation International reporting awards this year

…limited submission very disappointing – GPA President Conservation International will not be hosting its reporting biodiversity awards this year in Guyana. Coordinator of the activity, Ajay...

Court gets two versions of chopping incident

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Court gets two versions of chopping incident

Joel Small, 30, of 3550 Canal Place, South Ruimveldt Park, was yesterday remanded to prison for unlawful wounding when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle at the...

Police gymkhana returns to Eve Leary on Sunday

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police gymkhana returns to Eve Leary on Sunday

After an absence of close to 11 years, the police gymkhana returns to the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary this Sunday. The event will showcase the lighter aspect of several police divisions and...

Lincoln Lewis was never in hiding – GTUC

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Lincoln Lewis was never in hiding – GTUC

The Guyana Trade’s Union Congress (GTUC) has revealed that its former General Secretary, Lincoln Lewis has not gone in hiding after he claimed that his life is under threat. At a press conference...

Barefaced cell phone thief spared jail term

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Barefaced cell phone thief spared jail term

Andre Dharenpaul, of Lot 11 Coglan Dam, West Bank Demerara, allegedly stole one cell phone valued at $55,000 and $10,000 in cash from Newton Sylvie on September 20 last. Yesterday he appeared in...

No water, no lights say West Coast residents

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on No water, no lights say West Coast residents

Residents of Chateau’s Land in Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara have bitterly complained about the lack of basic services which they have not been receiving for the past fifteen (15) years....

Trained agricultural personnel needed in Kwebanna Village

Sep 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Trained agricultural personnel needed in Kwebanna Village

There are many plots of land in Kwebanna Village, Region One, which can be used for agricultural purposes but there are no trained personnel in the area to direct interested persons in the field....

PREV 9 101112 13 NEXT LAST

GPF arrests Presidential Guards by 48 runs as cricket action gets underway

No immigrant should feel safe in America today

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more