February 2009

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Robeson Benn should be fired for wasting $$B on substandard roads

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Robeson Benn should be fired for wasting $$B on substandard roads

“This Government offers a hodge podge of road and bridge projects but has failed to recognise that the role of roads and bridges is to be the infrastructural basis of, and contribute to, the...

Guyana to assist Trinidad with security for Summit of the Americas

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana to assist Trinidad with security for Summit of the Americas

As Trinidad and CARICOM prepare to host the Summit of the Americas in April, Guyana is among several other CARICOM countries that will be assisting with the security arrangements. The summit which...

Cheddi Jagan and history’s truths

Feb 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Cheddi Jagan and history’s truths

Next Sunday in Berbice, in Port Mourant, PPP leaders will gather to observe the death anniversary of Cheddi Jagan. Sugar workers, fishermen, housewives and many others from the working class of...

NSC Mash Badminton tourney continues

Feb 22, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on NSC Mash Badminton tourney continues

The National Sports Commission Mashramani Junior Singles Badminton tournament continued on Friday at the Queen’s College Courts with the Under 15 & 17 Singles Events. Several players recorded...

RHT Pepsi ‘A’ advance to final, Scotsburg reaches semis

Feb 22, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on RHT Pepsi ‘A’ advance to final, Scotsburg reaches semis

A brilliant all round performance by Berbice under-17 player, Terrence Madramootoo piloted Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ into the final of the Gilgeous Pawn Shop twenty20 competition. Madramootoo...

The Giant House Spider (Tegenaria duellica)

Feb 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Giant House Spider (Tegenaria duellica)

The Giant House Spider is a member of the genus Tegenaria and is a close relative of both the infamous Hobo spider and the Domestic house spider. The bite of this spider species, according to...

Guyana’s legislation inadequate to prevent TB spread — Health Minister

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s legislation inadequate to prevent TB spread — Health Minister

Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has said that the existing quarantine legislation that is in place to control the spread of Multi-Drug-Resistant (MDR) tuberculosis cases is inadequate....

Contract for highway lights to Timehri approved

Feb 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Contract for highway lights to Timehri approved

– Ogle airport, electricity, social sector contracts also given green light Cabinet on Tuesday approved a contract to the value of $137.6M to facilitate the installation of highway lights to...

Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club host family fun day today

Feb 22, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club host family fun day today

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club, which is committed to the development and advancement of Motor Sport in Guyana and the Caribbean, is hosting an family fun day today from 1:00 pm, at...

CARICOM Integration – but wait, what about elections? Part 1

Feb 22, 2009 knews Clarence E. Pilgrim, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CARICOM Integration – but wait, what about elections? Part 1

By Clarence E Pilgrim In order to achieve the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) final objective of political union, there need to be an environment of public confidence in the functioning of...

Limitations in budgetary process for Opposition MPs expertly concealed

Feb 22, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Limitations in budgetary process for Opposition MPs expertly concealed

By AFC Vice-Chairperson, Sheila Holder, MP As I sat through the gruelling hours of the parliamentary debates on the 2009 budget it dawned on me that the long hours I had to endure night after night...

NIS invests $6B in Clico – Luncheon

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NIS invests $6B in Clico – Luncheon

An estimated $6B (US$30 million) of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Fund is invested in the operations of Clico (Guyana), but the Scheme is not worried about the security of the funds, Cabinet...

CANU busts cocaine shipment through GPO

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CANU busts cocaine shipment through GPO

… sender uses fake ID, disappears The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit is hunting a man who presented himself to the Guyana Post Office as Anand Singh to ship three kilogrammes of crack cocaine...

Students, parents lock teachers out, police intervene

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Students, parents lock teachers out, police intervene

QUEESTOWN, NEW AMSTERDAM – ‘We want Miss Jeanne back!’ and ‘We must learn. No Miss Jeanne – No school!’ were written on some of the placards carried by students of the Berbice...

Delay in overseas surgery lands eight-year-old in hospital

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Delay in overseas surgery lands eight-year-old in hospital

The surgical operation for eight-year-old Amelia Etwaroo of 42 Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara, has been declared a matter of immense urgency, since the child’s life is very dependent on it. ...

JP, woman held for sexually abusing 13-year-old girl

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on JP, woman held for sexually abusing 13-year-old girl

A Justice of the Peace and a 28-year-old woman are in police custody following allegations that they sexually abused a 13-year-old girl. Ranks from the Grove Police Station swooped down on the...

Crime Chief refuses to return miner’s millions

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Crime Chief refuses to return miner’s millions

… despite order from DPP Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rutherford’s Holdings Inc., Neville Rutherford, has brought a court action against Attorney General Charles Ramson and Crime Chief...

Cell phones, ‘jukas’, ganja, condoms found in dorms of ‘dangerous’ inmates at G/town Prisons

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cell phones, ‘jukas’, ganja, condoms found in dorms of ‘dangerous’ inmates at G/town Prisons

by Michael Jordan Police recovered cell phones, makeshift knives, marijuana, and even condoms in a dormitory that houses dangerous inmates during a pre-dawn raid yesterday at the Georgetown Prison....

Ramotar defends Government borrowing

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ramotar defends Government borrowing

…as PNCR Chief Whip dismisses budget as visionless By Gary Eleazar People’s Progressive Party’s General Secretary, Donald Ramotar, in his presentation to the National Assembly yesterday,...

Opposition parties squandered golden opportunities to examine policy agenda – Dr. Ashni Singh

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Opposition parties squandered golden opportunities to examine policy agenda – Dr. Ashni Singh

By Tusika Martin In a dramatic presentation, Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh yesterday wrapped up the week-long debate in the National Assembly on the 2009 budget. Throwing hard and low blows at...

Berbice businessmen look to Bridge toll change

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Berbice businessmen look to Bridge toll change

Businessmen from three chambers of commerce say they are optimistic that there will be a change in the current toll structure for crossing the recently commissioned Berbice River Bridge. The...

Guyana to host regional police conference after 13 years

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana to host regional police conference after 13 years

Come May 11 through May 15 the Guyana Police Force will be hosting the 24th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown. The...

Health Minister defends operations at GPHC

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health Minister defends operations at GPHC

Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, defended the operations at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) during a fiery debate in the National Assembly Thursday afternoon. According to...

‘Mauby water’ and spiked hands greet Irfaan Ali’s Budget contribution

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Mauby water’ and spiked hands greet Irfaan Ali’s Budget contribution

By Neil Marks His overreaching gestures and political platitudes threatened to overshadow his plausible arguments for job creation in the housing sector and provision of potable water to unserved...

PNCR sees need for hinterland police divisional relocation

Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR sees need for hinterland police divisional relocation

Police Commissioner Henry Greene said that the separation of the largest police division in the country, E&F Division, and the relocation of its headquarters are under active consideration. The...

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The PNCR and the power-sharing fairy tale

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(Kaieteur News) – When it comes to shared governance, the historical evidence suggests that the party’s commitment to sharing power is limited to talk. The PNCR does not practice what it preaches. When the PPP/C is in office, the PNCR discovers the virtues of inclusive governance,...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

Guyana Development Bank Board

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(Kaieteur News) – Just as I suspected. A Guyana Development Bank board of directors that fits the PPP mold perfectly. Some names that ring a certain way. Some faces from barren places. A dash of color. People in whom the party, the government, have confidence that they could see a cow,...

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