November 2008

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Violence and women take centre stage at special forum

Nov 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Violence and women take centre stage at special forum

While there is a United Nations declaration concerning violence against women, much more needs to be done worldwide to have a convention to this effect, rather than a mere declaration, Justice...

The Government is right

Nov 26, 2008 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Government is right

A financial crisis is gripping the world, and in some countries, where the mere mention of certain policies that actually make sense was seen as criminal, there were the critics who said that these...

PUT THE FRENZY ON ICE

Nov 26, 2008 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on PUT THE FRENZY ON ICE

I enjoy this time of the year. Christmas is my favourite time of the year. Unlike some people, I do not have to wait until I get the “feelings”. I do not know what these “feelings” are that...

The atrocities by the Industry/UG minibus operators must stop

Nov 26, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The minibus operators plying the Industry/UG route are frustrating commuters. These minibus operators are demanding that passengers — both adults and school children (in uniforms) —...

Power outages plague West Coast Demerara

Nov 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Power outages plague West Coast Demerara

Residents fearful outages will stretch into Xmas Residents on the West Coast of Demerara have reported frequent power outages in the past few weeks, and have expressed their fear that the power...

Ending violence against women

Nov 26, 2008 knews Editorial 1

Yesterday marked the end of one year’s activities designed to support United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s multi-year UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign. Yesterday had been...

Plywood exports recover in third quarter despite gloomy projections

Nov 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Plywood exports recover in third quarter despite gloomy projections

Export volumes of plywood in the third quarter of 2008 have, according to international reports, recovered from the first two quarters, showing progressively greater export volumes. Plywood accounted...

The scourge of gender-based violence remains a reality

Nov 26, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The scourge of gender-based violence remains a reality

Dear Editor, The observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2008 is a reminder to all that the scourge of gender-based violence remains a reality in the lives of...

The Issues – Sugar workers’ wages & VAT

Nov 26, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Issues – Sugar workers’ wages & VAT

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA INTRODUCTION This week, the IMF Chief Economist, in speaking about the global financial crisis, said that the worst is yet to come and a lot of time is needed before the...

Motorcycle gunmen kill businessman during robbery

Nov 25, 2008 knews News 18

Victim’s father gives chase, shot at Gunmen on a motorcycle struck last night in the city, killing a businessman during a daring robbery at the popular Juice Power establishment in Middle Street....

Better Hope man stabbed to death on birthday

Nov 25, 2008 knews News 11

The birth anniversary of a 23-year-old Better Hope, East Coast Demerara contractor ended abruptly on Sunday night when he was stabbed to death in what appears to be a vendetta by former fellow...

Motorcycle gunmen kill businessman during robbery

Nov 25, 2008 knews News 4

December rains have begun

Nov 25, 2008 knews News 2

Farmers and residents living in low-lying and vulnerable areas are being asked to take precautions against flooding, as the December/January rains have begun. Recent satellite pictures and...

GLU, M&CC wage issue arbitration to commence today

Nov 25, 2008 knews News 2

The compulsory arbitration process intended to resolve the deadlock status of wage negotiations between the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) and the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown is...

Sanitised verasion of torture report still to be released

Nov 25, 2008 knews News 3

President Bharrat Jagdeo announced to the public, following repeated calls by several sections of society for the release of the ‘Torture Report,’ that he would release a sanitised version of...

UG late registration fee kicks in today

Nov 25, 2008 knews News Comments Off on UG late registration fee kicks in today

Students hoping to participate in classes at the University of Guyana Turkeyen campus this semester, who have not yet completed the process of registration, will from today be required to pay a late...

Man gets lengthy remand for illegal gun in police car

Nov 25, 2008 knews News 4

Dennis Rampersaud was yesterday denied his pretrial liberty when he made his first court appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton. He pleaded not guilty to being in possession of a .32...

Too early to contemplate adjusting electricity rates – Official

Nov 25, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Too early to contemplate adjusting electricity rates – Official

It is too early to adjust any tariff rates for electricity provided by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), according to a senior GPL official, who said that there was also still the issue of its 2008...

Importers will have hassle-free Christmas

Nov 25, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Importers will have hassle-free Christmas

Commissioner of the Customs and Trade Administration of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), retired Colonel Chabilall Ramsarup, yesterday said that there should be no problems during the Christmas...

Gunmen flee empty-handed after victims put up fight

Nov 25, 2008 knews News 1

A young man from Wayakabra, on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, took a bullet to the face, but ensured that two bandits — one armed with a handgun — left empty-handed after they attacked his home, at...

GCC Under-21 ladies strike Gold in Trinidad

Nov 25, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GCC Under-21 ladies strike Gold in Trinidad

The Georgetown Cricket Club’s under-21 indoor ladies hockey team surprised all in attendance by taking the Gold medal in the recently concluded Magnolias Indoor Hockey Tournament played in...

Teams for Inter-Guianas Games selected

Nov 25, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Teams for Inter-Guianas Games selected

Dr. Anthony meets with officials /media With the second segment of the Inter-Guianas Games just under a week away, all the teams scheduled to participate are in full preparation mode according to an...

GTU holds emergency meeting over Schools’ C/ships

Nov 25, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GTU holds emergency meeting over Schools’ C/ships

– official results may not be released By Edison Jefford Chinua Achebe’s book, “Things Fall Apart”, comes to mind whenever the 2008 National Schools’ Championships is conceived since,...

Morgan, Gardner, D’Andrade shine at Suriname Marathon

Nov 25, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Morgan, Gardner, D’Andrade shine at Suriname Marathon

– athletes prepare to close season overseas Distance star Alika Morgan made an impressive debut when she won the female version of the fifth Suriname Marathon while Llewellyn Gardner claimed...

Ministry host Day of sports at Hosororo

Nov 25, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Ministry host Day of sports at Hosororo

The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports hosted a successful Day of sports at the Hosororo School ground last weekend. The event, which was organised and sponsored by the ministry, saw two business...

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The politics of appointment

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(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

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(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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