February 2009

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Republic Bank reports record profit for 2008

Feb 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Republic Bank reports record profit for 2008

…assets total $84.9B Republic Bank yesterday published, for the benefit of its shareholders, its unaudited last quarter financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008. It revealed...

More stalls demolished in Soesdyke

Feb 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on More stalls demolished in Soesdyke

Workmen under orders from the Ministry of Public Works swooped down with police escorts and demolished some stalls located at the junction of the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The workers demolished three...

GT&T to sell minutes to Internet cafés for overseas calls

Feb 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GT&T to sell minutes to Internet cafés for overseas calls

The recent feud between the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company and Internet café owners all across Guyana may have found some solution, as the phone company has reportedly had high...

Second kidney transplant recipient talks about his pre-transplant challenges

Feb 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Second kidney transplant recipient talks about his pre-transplant challenges

Nine years ago, when Winston George was diagnosed with renal failure, his life took a turn he never catered for. Two years after being diagnosed, George, who became the nation’s second kidney...

Jagdeo consults Corbin on reconstituted Integrity Commission

Feb 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo consults Corbin on reconstituted Integrity Commission

President Bharrat Jagdeo has said that, to the best of his knowledge, the Leader of the main opposition party has been consulted on the members of the Integrity Commission. He said that the new...

New regulations for GPHC

Feb 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New regulations for GPHC

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) wants members of the public who are seeking to access the services in the Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre Building to do so by using the East...

Motorcyclist dies in Crabwood Creek accident

Feb 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dies in Crabwood Creek accident

A motorcyclist who lived at Crabwood Creek was killed on Friday evening on the Crabwood Creek Public Road following a collision with another motorcyclist. Reports are that 20-year-old Ramesh...

M&CC ups the ante against littering

Feb 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on M&CC ups the ante against littering

In amplifying its call for citizens to desist from littering the environment, the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) has already, for this year, successfully prosecuted a number of...

Budget 2009

Feb 08, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Budget 2009

Tomorrow, the Minister of Finance will present the Budget of the Government for the year 2009. Over the past few years, we have presented an overview of the Budget process and its premises, to assist...

Air Traffic Controllers strike action was badly handled

Feb 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Air Traffic Controllers strike action was badly handled

Dear Editor, It appears as though we, a “democratic society”, have resorted to archaic, draconian and the most uncivil manner of settling disputes of any kind in our nation. The handling of the...

Arjoon, Fraser win respective categories

Feb 08, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Arjoon, Fraser win respective categories

By Rawle Welch Caribbean Under-13 Squash champion Victoria Arjoon (+12) recovered from a set down to defeat giant killer David Fernandes (+12) 15/17, 15/12, 15/13 to capture the Open category as play...

Is the new speedboat code all inclusive?

Feb 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is the new speedboat code all inclusive?

Dear Editor, Do I support sheds for speedboats? It is an issue for the Ministry implementing the new code and speedboat operators; being prone to life in the tropics is what I am used to. There are...

The saga of the missing teens

Feb 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The saga of the missing teens

Dear Editor, The saga of the ‘missing teens’, in previous editorials, should not be allowed to go unnoticed, and does remain a case of great concern when pondering the profound weight of human...

Guyana must focus on harvesting and processing/ storing the invaluable Antelope grass

Feb 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana must focus on harvesting and processing/ storing the invaluable Antelope grass

Dear Editor, Recently, I have been noticing several media reportages which describe the Antelope grass as a “major weed problem in Guyana”. One publication mentioned that the agricultural experts...

Ministries moving aggressively to have sports in schools

Feb 08, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ministries moving aggressively to have sports in schools

–says Anthony as NSC launches basketball championships By Edison Jefford Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony informed that his ministry and the Ministry of Education are moving...

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New DCB executive body holds first meeting

Feb 08, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on New DCB executive body holds first meeting

According to a release from the body, the newly elected members of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) held their first meeting on February 3 at the Everest Cricket Club, less than two weeks after their...

BackYARDE Bacchanal

Feb 08, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on BackYARDE Bacchanal

The Parrot loves the countryside. The lots are fairly large allowing for more than adequate yard space with the most commonly used part being the backyard. Backyard activities in the countryside vary...

GABA elections should be all about empowerment of the boxers

Feb 08, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GABA elections should be all about empowerment of the boxers

By Michael Benjamin As local amateur boxers prepare to cast their ballots that decides their leader for the next four years it is imperative that they give careful thought to their imminent needs and...

The Baccoo speaks

Feb 08, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There is madness in the air because the motorists seem incapable of heeding the obvious warnings. They are rushing pell mell into danger as though they want to be in the books as having caused an...

Alpha earn draw against Pele

Feb 08, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha earn draw against Pele

Play Western Tigers tonight Alpha United came from behind to earn a draw with Pele when the two teams clashed on Friday evening at the GFC ground as the former continues preparations for the...

GCA to stage Development Symposium today

Feb 08, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA to stage Development Symposium today

The Cricket Development Committee of the Georgetown Cricket Association will be holding a Cricket Development Symposium today at the Demerara Cricket Club starting at 14:00 hrs. Today’s event will...

Is the Caribbean financial services sector asleep?

Feb 08, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Is the Caribbean financial services sector asleep?

By Sir Ronald Sanders The threat to the financial services sector of the Caribbean is growing everyday and is becoming more evident in reports by media who have swallowed hook, line and sinker that...

CPHA refuses to disclose name of developer

Feb 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CPHA refuses to disclose name of developer

It is now approximately five months since the residents of Subryanville have been trying to get to the bottom of the situation as it relates to the construction of a proposed three-storey commercial...

Let’s fight for what is right

Feb 08, 2009 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Let’s fight for what is right

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, Vision Guyana OVERVIEW: While in DC this week I was able to get just a glimpse of President Obama. He was very busy working with leaders of Congress and the Senate...

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Should Guyana build a small refinery?

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(Kaieteur News) – The public discourse, thus far, on a refinery for Guyana asks some legitimate questions about cost, management, financing and commercial risk. But it makes a fundamental analytical mistake of evaluating the proposed Guyanese refinery as though its purpose were to become another...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability Pt 1

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(Kaieteur News) – Great to see Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, taking control. Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Regional Executive Officers, and assorted others summoned to a session with the new Minister for Virtue and against Vice. Dr. Jagdeo is the best man for that job. He knows the...

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