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Runaway Essequibo teen found in Kitty

Oct 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Runaway Essequibo teen found in Kitty

After she ran away from home for approximately one week, 15-year-old Amrita Layne returned home to her parents, yesterday. The teen, who hails from 32 Sea Road, Golden Fleece, on the Essequibo Coast,...

Hogg Island man found dead in living quarters

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-police suspect suicide Police on the Essequibo Coast are awaiting a post mortem examination to determine the cause of death of a man who they believe may have committed suicide. Reports are that, on...

Chinese Ambassador presents Shuttlecocks to Badminton Association

Oct 29, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Chinese Ambassador presents Shuttlecocks to Badminton Association

The Guyana Badminton Association received a Quantity of Feather Shuttlecocks worth over $ 40,000 from Mr. Jun Jao Zhang, the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China on Monday last. The...

Workshop on SPS systems concludes

Oct 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Workshop on SPS systems concludes

Recognising the need to have a solid sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regime in place in order to effectively become a viable trading partner, Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and...

Cougar found dead in La Harmonie

Oct 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Cougar found dead in La Harmonie

Residents of La Harmonie, on the West Coast of Demerara, discovered a large cat which, they reported, was dead when it was discovered not far from their homes in the early hours of yesterday morning....

Vreed-en-Hoop NDC clears drains but creates another problem

Oct 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Vreed-en-Hoop NDC clears drains but creates another problem

The Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) of Best/Klien Pouderoyen, West Coast Demerara has continued with its exercises of cleaning and maintaining the drains along the public road, and has...

The family would benefit from celebrating Thanksgiving and Halloween Days

Oct 29, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The family would benefit from celebrating Thanksgiving and Halloween Days

Dear Editor, I believe the family, an institution on the brink of extinction, would benefit from the celebration of holidays like Thanksgiving Day, and even perhaps Halloween, in Guyana. We see today...

What archives?

Oct 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists 1

The Parrot has been following the recent developments with regard to Suriname seizing a Guyanese vessel and the use of the Corentyne River. Obviously, something is amiss. As Lorrie would say, “Ting...

Technology infusion

Oct 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Technology infusion

Introduction When we discuss technology in a broad sense, most of us view it from the context of artifacts. (The manufactured objects of technological design: cell phones, IPods, computers etc) One...

Now is the time for legal interpretations

Oct 29, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The SN Editorial of October 21st, 2008 asked a very important question: “What is behind Suriname’s military braggadocio?” The answer is competition for resources, power and...

GPL rationalization exercise…

Oct 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GPL rationalization exercise…

More workers face imminent separation As the Guyana Power and Light continues its rationalisation process, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Bharat Dindyal, has said that the separation of the...

‘Joe the Plumber’ at GPL

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If you have read my article, “Joe the Plumber on the Harbour Bridge,” for October 18, you would know that I have lifted the story of ‘Joe the Plumber’ from its American political milieu and...

The doldrums of negative politics

Oct 29, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The doldrums of negative politics

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. James McAllister’s letter to the editor published on the SN website, dated 17th October, 2008. I am in no position to comment on the central issue of Mr. Mc Allister’s...

PNCR charges against the GPF are baseless

Oct 29, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on PNCR charges against the GPF are baseless

Dear Editor, I respond to the recent statement issued by the PNCR in which it accused the Ministry of Home Affairs of justifying “the regular, unlawful arrests by the police of young men from...

Guyana/Suriname river tragedy…

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Crossing was illegal, hence no immediate formal search and rescue – Benn The route used by the ill-fated Sevi 2 recently, when six persons lost their lives, was illegal, hence there was no...

The Suriname Border

Oct 29, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on The Suriname Border

Our newspaper carried two articles and one letter recently on the Suriname Border issue. In Peeping Tom’s article, he/she did not quote the agreement or material on which he/she referred, but...

Berbice Diwali Motorcade

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Guyana/Suriname river tragedy…

Oct 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana/Suriname river tragedy…

Last Victim’s body found Henry Gonsalves, Roy Ramdass laid to rest The body of the last known missing person from the ill-fated passenger boat which sank in the Corentyne River last Friday has been...

Army questions woman, grenade-toting lieutenant

Oct 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Army questions woman, grenade-toting lieutenant

Top army officials yesterday arranged a confrontation between the Anira Street resident and the lieutenant who had allegedly threatened to bomb the woman’s home. Police also took a statement from...

Bent Street killing

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Suspect says accomplice slit driver’s throat over fare A prime suspect in the Sunday night murder of taxi driver Vibert Assanah, 58, is claiming that an associate slit Assanah’s throat during an...

Teen gets 61 years jail

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Escaped prisoner Theon Smith, 17, who also goes by several other aliases, was yesterday sentenced to 61 years’ imprisonment when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. Smith...

Barry Dataram saga…

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Lawyers, Attorney General make final arguments Attorneys-at-law Vic Puran and Glen Hanoman, the attorneys for Barry Dataram, and the Attorney General Doodnauth Singh made their final arguments...

Essequibo teen runs away from home

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The parents of 15-year-old Amrita Layne are pleading for her safe return home, after she left for school on Wednesday and never returned home. According to the teen’s mother, Dhanmattie Mohabir, of...

Barama yet to fulfill conditions under tax and duty concessions

Oct 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Barama yet to fulfill conditions under tax and duty concessions

Despite benefiting from tax and duty concessions, it is disappointing to note that the veneer plant to be set up by Barama Company Limited is yet to be installed, according to Minister of Agriculture...

Alpha successfully defend Cellink Premier League Championship

Oct 28, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha successfully defend Cellink Premier League Championship

Edge Sunburst Camptown on goals, both teams end with 30 points By Franklin Wilson The second annual Cellink Premier League Championship ended in classical style on Sunday evening when defending...

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Guyana’s silence represents a shocking neglect of its national interest

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Guyana has long championed the sanctity of territorial integrity and the rejection of aggression... more