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Proposed solutions to the impending food crisis of Guyana

Sep 29, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Proposed solutions to the impending food crisis of Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Today it is advised by the Government of Guyana that all persons who have available land space in their yards should plant such with food crops. I see that sort of thing as undermining...

Skeldon Sugar Factory difficulties…EFFORTS MADE TO RECTIFY PROBLEMS

Sep 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Skeldon Sugar Factory difficulties…EFFORTS MADE TO RECTIFY PROBLEMS

…test-run will begin shortly – Site Representative The Skeldon Sugar Factory is back on schedule as efforts were made to rectify the problems that were experienced during test runs. Andrew Jin,...

A disease outbreak waiting to happen

Sep 29, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on A disease outbreak waiting to happen

DEAR EDITOR, The male sanitary facility of the M.V. Malali is not only a nuisance, but a definite public health hazard by all standards of public health measurements. My family and I travelled to...

Science Fair winners presented with prizes

Sep 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Science Fair winners presented with prizes

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE:- The winners of the first Science Fair organized by the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club were presented with their prizes last week. The activity was done in...

Guyanese Women in Development visits Amerindian Hostel

Sep 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese Women in Development visits Amerindian Hostel

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Guyanese Women in Development group last week made its annual trek to the Amerindian Hostel in New Amsterdam. The major focus of the visit was a mini-workshop....

How is justice dispensed in the courts of Guyana?

Sep 29, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on How is justice dispensed in the courts of Guyana?

DEAR EDITOR, September 17, 2008 was about the most confusing day in my life; and so as not to confuse you or anyone else, I will be very brief. I was in court in the Berbice Magisterial District,...

Weigh to go!

Sep 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Weigh to go!

For the past month or more, I have been concentrating on some very weighty matters. I do have a major legal issue; but that, while weighty, has been left to my lawyers to carry, hopefully to the...

Aditya Kids Trust Foundation records successful first year

Sep 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Aditya Kids Trust Foundation records successful first year

BATH SETTLEMENT, WEST COAST BERBICE – The Aditya Kids Trust Foundation has reported a successful first year in operation. At present, the group is working towards helping 12-year-old Ravie Dave...

What you get may be worse than what you have

Sep 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What you get may be worse than what you have

We should be grateful for what we have, because we do not know what we will get. These were the words of wisdom of a friend during a recent discussion we had about the state of affairs in our...

KISSOON’S BIG COAT OF ETHICS

Sep 29, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on KISSOON’S BIG COAT OF ETHICS

DEAR EDITOR, Some time ago, I asked your columnist Freddie Kissoon to desist from referring to me in his column. He did for a while, but now it seems he is at it again. I am now accused of cheering...

Robbery suspects refused bail

Sep 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Robbery suspects refused bail

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Robbery suspects Davidson and Desmond Isaacs were both refused bail on Friday at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court. Magistrate Chandra Sohan remanded the men to...

The hypocrisy of some people’s reasoning

Sep 29, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The hypocrisy of some people’s reasoning

DEAR EDITOR, Geraldine Smith, if that is the real moniker of the person penning the letter captioned “Let’s get the facts right before casting stones,” provides us with the classical example of...

Zardari, Zuma and zodiacal mysteries

Sep 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Zardari, Zuma and zodiacal mysteries

If billions of people had told me that Asif Zardari would have become the President of Pakistan, I would have waved them off as people who know nothing about politics. I read that he became President...

Ninjas and liberalization

Sep 29, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Ninjas and liberalization

Guyana is one of the longest surviving patients of the ministrations of the IMF/World Bank (International Financial Institutions – IFI’s). Signing on to their Economic Recovery Program in...

Cell phones cripple 911

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Cell phones cripple 911

Serious flaws exist with the system for making emergency calls to the police, with the most glaring resulting in crucial delays for assistance to persons living out of Georgetown. Kaieteur News has...

Charlestown triplets celebrate second birthday

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Charlestown triplets celebrate second birthday

“They will kiss you every minute of the day” – mother By Dale Andrews “At first it was hard, but if you get two days with them, you will want to have them all the time.” The words of...

After ten-year absence Gymkhana returns

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on After ten-year absence Gymkhana returns

Patriotic dogs! Horses playing musical chairs! Dogs nabbing trunkers in search and find exercises! Patrons can expect all this and much more when the Guyana Police Force presents Gymkhana at the...

Lewis has a responsibility to report illegal/unlawful activity — Police

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Lewis has a responsibility to report illegal/unlawful activity — Police

“If he wishes to do otherwise, and take the law and his security into his own hands, he may do so at his peril.” The Guyana Police Force yesterday responded to Lincoln Lewis’s queries regarding...

Guyana’s first Hydromet Chief dies in Australia

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s first Hydromet Chief dies in Australia

Mr Kenneth Evan Duke Potter, Chief Hydrometeorological Officer (Director) of the Guyana Hydrometeorological Service from 1965 to 1975, and Permanent Representative of Guyana with WMO from 1967 to...

Scooter winner deprived of prize

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Scooter winner deprived of prize

Neel Chandardadeo, who purchased a pack of Pall Mall cigarettes and won a scooter, is being denied his prize. Mr. Chandardadeo, of Melville Village, Wakenaam, said that on September 9 last, he...

Amerindian communities call for improved health services

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Amerindian communities call for improved health services

Residents of Malali, Upper Demerara, are somewhat concerned about the quality of health services that are available to them. Speaking to this newspaper, Toshao of the village, Wilbert Hall, noted...

Guyana observes Hindi Day

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana observes Hindi Day

Guyana yesterday observed ‘Hindi’ Day with a ceremony at the Indian Cultural Centre, where Guyanese were being urged to improve their Hindi vocabulary. Director of the Indian Cultural Centre,...

Psychiatric Ward murder…Results from investigation still to be released

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Psychiatric Ward murder…Results from investigation still to be released

Following the brutal killing of Natasha Vieira, who was murdered at the Psychiatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in August, an investigation was launched by the Ministry of...

GLU concerned over payment of municipal workers

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GLU concerned over payment of municipal workers

— Deputy Mayor claims plans on stream to bolster revenue base General Secretary of the Guyana Labour Union, Carvil Duncan has expressed immense concern over the continued delay by the Mayor and...

‘No Tricks, No Business’ comes to National Cultural Centre

Sep 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ‘No Tricks, No Business’ comes to National Cultural Centre

-aims to hilariously highlight unethical practices in society After delivering smashing performances at the Carifesta play ‘Legend of the Silk Cotton Tree’, writer/director Godfrey Naughton...

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Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more