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Ask the DJ to play Sarah Brightman tonight

Dec 31, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ask the DJ to play Sarah Brightman tonight

My article for December 31, 2005 was titled, “Dance to Sarah Brightman’s ‘The Perfect Year’ tonight.” Brightman is definitely one of today’s female singers with the greatest reach. She...

Berbice River Bridge toll ridiculous

Dec 31, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Berbice River Bridge toll ridiculous

Dear Editor, The joy of having the Berbice River Bridge has gotten the better of me. I, like many commuters, know what it is like to wait for crossing. However, my joy turned into a nightmare when...

Year of challenges, but we overcame the hurdles – Klass

Dec 31, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Year of challenges, but we overcame the hurdles – Klass

– past experiences will see changes in 2009By Rawle Welch President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass described the past year as a challenging one where the Body had to...

VAT is an extra burden to income tax payers

Dec 31, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on VAT is an extra burden to income tax payers

Dear Editor, Without doubt, Guyanese were fooled into believing that the cost of living was going to drop at the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT). This is yet to be seen. Initially, the...

A sweet ending

Dec 31, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on A sweet ending

The Parrot is in a reflective mood as 2008 comes to an end; today is the last day. The year can be described in so many ways by various people. Economic pundits have been seen describing it on...

Yesterday or 16 years?

Dec 31, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Yesterday or 16 years?

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA INTRODUCTION: One would think listening to the President at the opening of the Berbice Bridge that it was like yesterday the PPP came into Government. He talked about the...

An acceptable social structure must be based on individual conscience

Dec 31, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on An acceptable social structure must be based on individual conscience

Dear Editor, I totally agree with Mark Da Costa (letter on Sunday, 28th) in his conclusion that no successful social theory can be constructed, but I would like to propose what I believe is the real...

This generation must break away from the baggage of the past and look resolutely ahead

Dec 31, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on This generation must break away from the baggage of the past and look resolutely ahead

Dear Editor, I see that we in this country are back at what we do best: scapegoating. This debilitating practice is so deeply embedded in our political psyche that not even the President of the...

The fight continues against heavy rainfall

Dec 31, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The fight continues against heavy rainfall

As the New Year dawns there is a lot going on in the lives of the people, particularly those in the rural areas and in the shadow of the East Demerara Water Conservancy. The above normal rains have...

Year-end Musings

Dec 31, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Year-end Musings

Tonight, another year would have ended and we would be remiss if we do not look back and reflect on what might have been done so that our lives could have been improved just a little more. And we...

All leaders must be asked to account

Dec 31, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on All leaders must be asked to account

Dear Editor, There seems to be an uprising to wake up or remove Mr. Robert Corbin. Some said Corbin did not do too badly, given what he was up against; some focus on the failures under his...

IRRELEVANCIES

Dec 31, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IRRELEVANCIES

I saw a most amazing thing in yesterday’s Guyana Chronicle. A letter captioned GUYSUCO responds to Kaieteur News on Skeldon factory was signed by Observer. Now if this is GUYSUCO responding to...

Holistic approach needed to tackle situation –Erskine

Dec 31, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Holistic approach needed to tackle situation –Erskine

As prisoners continue to find more innovative ways of creating weapons in the prisons, prison officials are even more determined to bring the situation under control. Director of Prisons, Dale...

Three weeks test run costs $140M in fuel

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Three weeks test run costs $140M in fuel

The Guyana Sugar Corporation has spent a lot of money on fuel just to test-run the New Skeldon Modernisation Plant. The cost of fuel to test-run the new factory was astronomical. During the three...

Legislation approved for mayoral elections

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Legislation approved for mayoral elections

… as house agrees to postpone Local Govt. elections again By Gary Eleazar Despite staunch opposition and attempts to amend a proposed amendment to the Local Authorities (Election) Amendment Bill,...

GT&T signs US$60M deal in Suriname

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GT&T signs US$60M deal in Suriname

…‘lightning-speed’ broadband service by 2010 By Tusika Martin In a courageous move yesterday the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company signed off a US$60M deal with Surinamese...

Local police want Albouystown man

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Local police want Albouystown man

Local police have issued a wanted bulletin for 55-year-old Reginald Rodrigues following a bust in Canada that involved some 76 kilos of cocaine. According to a police release, Rodrigues’s last...

No Crime Stoppers programme a shame

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on No Crime Stoppers programme a shame

– “the private sector has to get this thing up and running” – Minister of Home Affairs Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee is unhappy with the non-implementation of the Crime...

“US$3 million in lost revenue is irrelevant” – GuySuCo

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on “US$3 million in lost revenue is irrelevant” – GuySuCo

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has said that the US$3 million lost in revenue at the Skeldon Modernisation Factory during a test-milling operation was never budgeted for, nor was the money...

Bartica speedboat operators lower prices

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bartica speedboat operators lower prices

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, yesterday met with the executive of the Bartica-Parika Speedboat Owners’ Association and announced a decision taken to reduce the price...

City Hall collects $53M in taxes from Govt.

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on City Hall collects $53M in taxes from Govt.

– municipal workers likely to be paid today Government’s payment of $53M to City Hall, representing its rates and taxes for the last quarter of this year, is expected to boost the...

Post mortem to help confirm lepto death

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Post mortem to help confirm lepto death

The Ministry of Health is relying on an autopsy to confirm whether the recent death of a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was as a result of leptospirosis. Minister of...

Prisoners would go to the extreme to escape – Rohee

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Prisoners would go to the extreme to escape – Rohee

The use of cellular phones in the prisons is becoming very worrying for security officials, as it seems prisoners are going to the extreme to smuggle phones and other devices into the prisons to...

Dochfour residents cry out for help

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Dochfour residents cry out for help

After 21 days of enduring flood waters and the risk of water-borne diseases, residents of several East Coast Demerara villages say they have reached breaking point, and are calling on the...

An apology to Joe Fernandes

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on An apology to Joe Fernandes

Joe Fernandes, whom the police arrested during their investigations into the Guysuco payroll heist at Wales two months ago, was never charged. In fact the police released him a few days after the...