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Joint Services kill three

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Joint Services kill three

– fourth man, girlfriend captured Three members of the gang that was believed to have carried out a spate of brazen robberies at Bartica and outlying communities were shot dead yesterday...

Hand in Hand loses $1.9M to Stanford

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hand in Hand loses $1.9M to Stanford

A leading insurance company in Guyana says it has lost nearly $1.9 million in pension funds after investing with Texas financier R. Allen Stanford. Spokesman Hewley Nelson says the “Hand in...

Woman seeks to marry death row prisoner

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Woman seeks to marry death row prisoner

– believes he is innocent By Michael Jordan A death row inmate and his girlfriend may exchange wedding vows this year in the Georgetown Prison – if officials from the Ministry of Home...

High Court grants injunction against Stanford All Star cricketer

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on High Court grants injunction against Stanford All Star cricketer

– overseas-based Guyanese claim fraud in property dispute While Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford is awaiting his possible date with the court, one of his beneficiaries is engaged in a...

This Week’s ‘Special Person’ is Winfield James

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on This Week’s ‘Special Person’ is Winfield James

“In those days, when we put out a float it was a spectacular creation, and even the individual costumes were well put together. These days what you have are a lot of skimpy outfits with not...

Security guard murdered in Mabura

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Security guard murdered in Mabura

On Friday last a security guard, Mineo Holder, 38, attached to Demerara Timbers Limited in Mabura, was murdered at approximately 19:00 hours. Holder’s body was discovered in the doorway of...

Woman robbed, sexually assaulted in Bachelor’s Adventure

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Woman robbed, sexually assaulted in Bachelor’s Adventure

Early yesterday morning, a woman from Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara, was robbed by a man armed with a handgun, before he sexually assaulted her. According to the police, the victim...

Children’s Mashramani Competition concludes with satisfying performance

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Children’s Mashramani Competition concludes with satisfying performance

The 2009 Children’s Mashramani Competitions concluded on Friday at the National Cultural Centre with the costume segment described as very impressive by many who attended. As stated by Mash...

BK International launches 2K9 Mash Band

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on BK International launches 2K9 Mash Band

With a simple and brief ceremony on Thursday BK International officially announced the display of its costumes. BK International Director, Gail Tiwari, said that the company is pleased to be...

Guyana’s economy is poised on a one-legged stool

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s economy is poised on a one-legged stool

– AFC leader By Tusika Martin Guyana’s economy is precariously poised on a ‘one-legged stool’, Alliance for Change leader Raphael Trotman told the National Assembly on Friday, referring to...

Health Ministry poised to combat dengue threat

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health Ministry poised to combat dengue threat

– Minister Ramsammy — Private health facilities urged to report suspected cases Guyana, like the region of Latin America and the Caribbean, is currently under a dengue threat, thus the...

A mother’s struggles with triplets bear fruit

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on A mother’s struggles with triplets bear fruit

By Yannason Duncan Their innocent smiles and their identical resemblances would certainly warm any hearts but, disguised by their pretty smiles, life for triplets Rada, Rosaria and Reenica continue...

One woman’s Valentine’s Day wish

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on One woman’s Valentine’s Day wish

Valentine’s Day, which was recently celebrated here in Guyana and all over the world, is for most people one of the most romantic days of the year. Many look forward to this day with joyful...

‘Parents being misled by GTU’

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Parents being misled by GTU’

Berbice High School protest… – Min. Baksh The parents of the students who were involved in the protest action at the Berbice High School on Friday are being misled by the Guyana Teachers’ Union...

Trade and Tourism Ministry empowered rural folk in 2008

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Trade and Tourism Ministry empowered rural folk in 2008

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, has said that despite many challenges last year there were many accomplishments. He said that this year his Ministry will further advance...

Germans assisting Guyana with Protected Areas

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Germans assisting Guyana with Protected Areas

Representatives of the German Bank KfW were recently in Guyana as the Bank continues to support Guyana’s efforts to establish a National Protected Areas System (NPAS), even as the government pushes...

Adaptation Fund could boost Caribbean’s climate change status

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Adaptation Fund could boost Caribbean’s climate change status

In the race against the fallout from climate change, developing countries, such as those of the Caribbean, could soon see themselves ahead, thanks to the Adaptation Fund. Jeffrey Spooner, who...

Obamas’ stories are for liberty, justice and equality

Feb 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Obamas’ stories are for liberty, justice and equality

Dear Editor, Contrary to commentators, race is and has been a constant theme in Barack Obama’s life, campaign and presidency. Obama uses race to reference pride, struggles and progress. During his...

Kayode McKinnon’s AIDS awareness run was truly inspiring

Feb 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Kayode McKinnon’s AIDS awareness run was truly inspiring

Dear Editor, I saw the passion in his eyes as he explained his reasons for feeling the need to run 40 miles of the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, in an effort to bring awareness to the plight of young...

Guyana’s development under PNC unquestionable

Feb 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s development under PNC unquestionable

Dear Editor, John Da Silva’s insistence that the country decayed under the PNC and improved under the PPP is inaccurate. Space doesn’t permit a full account of development under the PNC. The PNC...

Non-renewal of Josh Ramsammy’s tenure was not due to Bursar’s salary

Feb 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Non-renewal of Josh Ramsammy’s tenure was not due to Bursar’s salary

Dear Editor, I did not want to continue the exchange with Dr. Nanda Gopaul on the reason for the non-renewal of Dr. Josh Ramsammy’s pro-chancellorship at UG because we both made our points. Matters...

Ram’s superfluity continues

Feb 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Ram’s superfluity continues

Dear Editor, I refer to Christopher Ram’s letter of February 21, 2009 of SN, with the caption: “Most of major issues were avoided.” Should there not be a ‘the’ in the caption? I am merely...

The dark veil of wealth

Feb 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The dark veil of wealth

Dear Editor, As the dark veil is being lifted from the plaque of some of the biggest corporations in the world, there is a constant revelation of stark, rotten, putrid and decomposed dishonesty,...

Soldiers for the Republic

Feb 22, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Soldiers for the Republic

On the eve of the commemoration of the thirty-ninth anniversary of our attainment of Republican status, at the opening of the GDF Annual Officers’ Conference at Camp Ayanganna, some bold...

GOA honours outstanding sports personalities

Feb 22, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GOA honours outstanding sports personalities

– Kaieteur Sports’ Franklin Wilson among awardees The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) honoured several outstanding sports personalities for their contribution to sports within the ambits of...