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Customs officers strike in Suriname

Apr 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Customs officers strike in Suriname

…affect border crossings Industrial action by Customs officers in Suriname has effectively shut down the operations of the Moleson Creek Ferry and other legal crossings on its borders with Guyana...

Greater cooperation needed between Guyana, other South American states – Min. Persaud

Apr 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Greater cooperation needed between Guyana, other South American states – Min. Persaud

There is need for greater cooperation between Guyana and other South American states, particularly in the area of food and bio-diesel production, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, said during...

Pompey competes on Penn’s World All–Star team

Apr 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Pompey competes on Penn’s World All–Star team

– ran fastest split on 4x400m anchor leg Guyana’s Aliann Pompey continued her fertile form when she sprinted to the fastest split time on the World All–Stars team at the 2009 Penn’s Relay...

Berbicians to make annual trek to Highbury for Indian Arrival

Apr 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Berbicians to make annual trek to Highbury for Indian Arrival

A spokesman for the Berbice Branch of the Indian Cultural Committee (ICC) has said it is making arrangements to accommodate a bigger crowd of visitors to its annual Indian Arrival Day programme at...

Annie’s Playmate among outstanding horses at Mahaicony Meet

Apr 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Annie’s Playmate among outstanding horses at Mahaicony Meet

Royal Champion, Tropical Passion also impressive In front of a packed house and in conditions made heavy due to overnight and early morning rain, a number of horses came good to score big wins on a...

TRIPS to generate new Compliance certificates

Apr 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on TRIPS to generate new Compliance certificates

Come Monday all of the Guyana Revenue Authority’s Compliance certificates will be computer generated using the Total Revenue Integrated Processing System (TRIPS). The Certificates will now take...

More questionable legislation tabled, says Opposition

GT&T lauds its administrative professionals

Apr 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GT&T lauds its administrative professionals

The role of administrative professionals employed at Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), has been lauded by management. The tribute came as part of activities to mark a week of...

Guyana Model Search auditions continue countrywide

Apr 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Model Search auditions continue countrywide

Well the auditions for the 2009 Guyana Model Search and Stylists Designers Portfolio has from all accounts sizzled at every location. Auditions were hosted on Friday and Saturday in Georgetown,...

PUC consumer outreach in full swing

Apr 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PUC consumer outreach in full swing

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has been visiting various communities across the country in an effort to receive feedback on the quality of service provided by the various utilities, namely...

The time has come for child victims to be heard before it’s too late

Apr 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The time has come for child victims to be heard before it’s too late

Dear Editor, A 17-year old girl has apparently been charged for murder. This is not the first, and sad to say, may very well not be the last of such an occurrence. Many of our youths are suffering...

Enmore under a new threat

Apr 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Enmore under a new threat

Dear Editor, Away from the CPGs in the area working with the police to battle the increasing number of drug users in Enmore, a new menace has surfaced. A number of young men with fancy vehicles and...

Support works to prevent flooding in Mahaica

Apr 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Support works to prevent flooding in Mahaica

Dear Editor, I have been a resident of Mahaica for more than 40 years and have never witnessed the massive infrastructure work currently being undertaken by the MMA to secure vulnerable flood prone...

CLICO car drives wedge between mother, son

Apr 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CLICO car drives wedge between mother, son

A Mitsubishi Lancer worth some $2.7M, which was won as the 2006 GuyExpo’s gate prize by Ravindranauth Puran, has landed both him and his mother, Savitri Puran, in the High Court. This court action...

Ms. Mc Dougall’s report ignored the many advances the country has and is making

Apr 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Ms. Mc Dougall’s report ignored the many advances the country has and is making

Dear Editor, Some years ago, when I was president of the Guyana Consumers Association, I was invited to a meeting at the UNDP in Brickdam where I met the head at that time, Mr. Richard Olver, other...

Will the communist motif survive?

Apr 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Will the communist motif survive?

With the passing of Mrs. Janet Jagan, the ideological founders of the PPP are now all gone. There is still Mr. Brindley Benn but he is not active inside the PPP. This brings up the question as to...

GREEN IS GOOD AND SO TOO IS UNIFORMITY

Apr 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GREEN IS GOOD AND SO TOO IS UNIFORMITY

Georgetown is a dying city. There is little at this stage which can be done to restore it to its former health and glory, as one of the loveliest little wooden cities in the world. Under the PNC,...

IMF: Reform or Recalcitrance

Apr 29, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on IMF: Reform or Recalcitrance

Even though the IMF mission is to assist countries in financial straits, its modus operandi is so draconian that its clients inevitably concluded that the “cure” was worse than the disease. We in...

Why do men behave the way they do?

Apr 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Why do men behave the way they do?

Dear Editor, The ongoing national discourse on the subject of domestic violence seems to be side-stepping a very important part of that issue. Up until now there seems to be no serious effort to look...

15 Customs Officers slapped with 202 charges

Apr 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 15 Customs Officers slapped with 202 charges

…from conspiracy to defraud to fraudulent conversion A whopping 202 charges have been leveled against 15 of the Customs Officers attached to the Guyana Revenue Authority for their alleged...

McLean, Ramlal charged with forgery, conspiracy

Apr 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on McLean, Ramlal charged with forgery, conspiracy

Registrar of the Supreme Court, Evelyn Sita Ramlal, and former Major General of the Guyana Defence Force, Norman Mc Lean, were yesterday slapped with a number of indictable counts of conspiring to...

Corbin medivaced to New York

Apr 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Corbin medivaced to New York

After two days of medical attention at the Woodlands Hospital and at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) respectively, leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, was...

Takatu Bridge not open, says Foreign Affairs Minister

Apr 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Takatu Bridge not open, says Foreign Affairs Minister

– vehicles blocked from entering, leaving Guyana Police at Lethem have erected barriers to block vehicular traffic from entering Guyana via the Takatu Bridge. This move comes in the wake of an...

Guyanese woman dies after house explodes in Queens, NY

Apr 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman dies after house explodes in Queens, NY

…family demands answers The family of a Guyanese mother killed last Friday in an explosion at a house in Queens, New York, is demanding answers from Con Edison, the company which supplies...

Mind your own……business!

Apr 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mind your own……business!

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