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Health Ministry boosts stock of deworming medication

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health Ministry boosts stock of deworming medication

As the Ministry of Health continues with its deworming exercise in the country, the Seventh Day Adventist Church, as part of its commitment to that programme, has donated of 18,000 doses of...

Calls for ‘breakthrough’ at UN Forum on Forests

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Calls for ‘breakthrough’ at UN Forum on Forests

“We must achieve a breakthrough in this Forum,” Boen M. Purnama (Indonesia), new Chairman of the United Nations Forum on Forests, has emphasized in reference to its task of moving the landmark...

Cleon Grant Memorial Volleyball set for Sunday

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Cleon Grant Memorial Volleyball set for Sunday

Rollers Volleyball Club of New Amsterdam in collaboration with the Grant family will tomorrow stage the fourth Annual Cleon Grant Inter Club Memorial Volleyball competition at the GTM court, at Lad...

Ivan Madray passes on

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ivan Madray passes on

Berbice Cricket Board extends sympathy Former British Guiana, Guyana and West Indies middle order batsman and leg break bowler Ivan Madray who played two Tests against Pakistan in 1957-58 played his...

Guyana Bar upbeat about time limit legislation

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Bar upbeat about time limit legislation

President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), Teni Housty, says that GBA supports any effort aimed at enhancing the machinery through which justice is administered in Guyana. His comment came in the...

US Ambassador touts aid packages to Guyana

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US Ambassador touts aid packages to Guyana

United States Ambassador to Guyana, John Jones, said that the recently concluded Summit of the Americas was a very successful one but cannot say as yet what Guyana will benefit from it. Mr. Jones is...

Let better sense prevail

Apr 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Let better sense prevail

By Rawle Welch The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) and the management of female distance athlete Alika Morgan have both been caught in an entanglement caused by the apparent lapse they made to...

Divide and trade

Apr 25, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Divide and trade

There has been some publicity in the state media on the invitation proffered by President Obama during the side meeting of the recently concluded Fifth Summit of the Americas to the Heads of...

Courier services take flak for diminished service

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Courier services take flak for diminished service

In light of complaints against local courier companies, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, yesterday held a meeting to address the issues. Minister Prashad said that there...

We care and that is why we continue to fight to save the NBS

Apr 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We care and that is why we continue to fight to save the NBS

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Concerned Members of the New Building Society, I write in response to the statement of the directors of the Society carried in yesterday’s Kaieteur News. While...

Unity among unions to be emphasised on May Day – Duncan

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Unity among unions to be emphasised on May Day – Duncan

There is need for unions to forge a sense of unity if the rights of the working class population are to be adequately represented, said General Secretary of the Guyana Labour Union, Carvil Duncan,...

Carnal knowledge accused walks free

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Carnal knowledge accused walks free

A 12-member jury yesterday unanimously found carnal knowledge accused, Kenroy Fraser, not guilty. After approximately one and a half hours of deliberation the jury returned to say that after...

If I had only known

Apr 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on If I had only known

DEAR EDITOR, Noise nuisance seems to be the order of the day in some areas. In Enterprise, on the East Coast of Demerara, residents know no peace and quiet, all day there is the sound of a ransome...

Globe Trust, Clico (Guyana) have something in common

Apr 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Globe Trust, Clico (Guyana) have something in common

There should be a commission of inquiry into CLICO (Guyana) and since the government supports an investigation, the onus is on the government and particularly the President of Guyana to use the...

We need to put this question of drainage in the proper context

Apr 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We need to put this question of drainage in the proper context

Dear Editor The letter written by Charles Sohan titled, “The City needs a plan of action quickly to deal with flooding” is useful, and provides helpful information for, the Council, citizens, the...

Decent, honest, hard-working Americans fought for freedom

Apr 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Decent, honest, hard-working Americans fought for freedom

I was appalled by a line in Peeping Tom’s article on Thursday in dealing with the Freedom of Information Act. The writer observed that; “Freedom of Information does not improve public access to...

Security measures at magistrates’ homes should be physical and electronic

Apr 25, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Security measures at magistrates’ homes should be physical and electronic

DEAR EDITOR, Let me first state that I am in support for any increase in security which will reduce the incidence in crime. However, I am following this story in the newspapers since it happened. In...

New approach to addressing mental health – Health Minister

Apr 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New approach to addressing mental health – Health Minister

A paradigm shift looms within the public health sector as it relates to the way mental health services are offered to the general public. According to Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, mental...

Parliament passes law to make judges work

Apr 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Parliament passes law to make judges work

By Gary Eleazar The National Assembly yesterday unanimously agreed that the Time Limit for Judicial Decisions Bill was long overdue and was born out of a lack of diligence in the Judiciary. The Bill...

NBS denies bailing out CLICO

Apr 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NBS denies bailing out CLICO

Public statements being made by ‘concerned members’ of the New Building Society are described as slanderous, libelous, misleading and mischievous. The Board of Directors of the company, in a...

Taxi dispatcher shot, driver robbed

Apr 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Taxi dispatcher shot, driver robbed

Bandits shot a 17-year-old taxi service dispatcher at around 20:00 hrs last night in Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, after robbing a driver he was with of a gold band, ring and $8,000 in cash. Emmett...

Refined money laundering legislation complete

Apr 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Refined money laundering legislation complete

By Gary Eleazar The Parliamentary Special Select Committee that was tasked with refining the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter the Finance of Terrorism Bill has completed its job. The report was...

Shoplifter filmed in action

Apr 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Shoplifter filmed in action

Eulex Cosbert, a city resident, did not cater for security surveillance cameras when she traveled to the Ancient County to conduct her shoplifting trade at a New Amsterdam supermarket. The woman, of...

Man slashed with champagne glass, attackers remain free

Apr 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man slashed with champagne glass, attackers remain free

A woman said that she will not rest until she sees justice is served for an incident involving her bother, who was seriously wounded on Monday last at Bartica. On Monday last, some time around 1:30...

Bad luck lands ganja trafficker in jail

Apr 24, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bad luck lands ganja trafficker in jail

A Middle Road, La Penitence man was jailed for three years by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Fifty-year-old John Barker pleaded guilty to...

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Social media reporting is a double-edged sword

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Social media has undoubtedly changed how we share and receive information. It has made... more