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GRPA initiates debate on acceptable social behaviour

Apr 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GRPA initiates debate on acceptable social behaviour

The recent proliferation of murders and other decadent behaviour in the Guyanese society has raised the ire of law-abiding citizens, who are now calling on responsive action from the government and...

Renowned Kathak dancer, Tumri singer for IAC melas

Apr 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Renowned Kathak dancer, Tumri singer for IAC melas

Renowned Kathak dancer Mahua Shankar and Banaras Tumri diva Kamud Diwan will headline the melas to be hosted by the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) in celebration of the 171st anniversary of the...

Mr Ramjattan has missed the point

Apr 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr Ramjattan has missed the point

Dear Editor, I refer to the AFC Column in Kaieteur News on 05-04-09, written by Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan. I was reluctant to respond to Mr. Ramjattan’s article because he set out to prove a point...

The effects of, and solution to migration of skilled labour

Apr 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The effects of, and solution to migration of skilled labour

Dear Editor, Your caption titled “The concepts of ‘brain gain’ and ‘brain circulation’ remain unclear” to my previous letter relating to the migration of skilled human capital did not...

Some questions for Mr. Robert Badal

Apr 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Some questions for Mr. Robert Badal

Dear Editor, It was interesting to read Mr. Robert Badal’s letter featured in SN on 6th April 2009 and titled, “Not a party to Court proceedings initiated by NICIL”. The Government of Guyana,...

Traffic police accuse city police of collusion with Route 32 buses

Apr 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Traffic police accuse city police of collusion with Route 32 buses

A senior officer in the ‘A’ Division Traffic Department and a high level City Constabulary rank are at odds, following the arrest of several Route 32 (Georgetown/Parika) minibus operators and the...

Local Government controversy erupts again

Apr 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Local Government controversy erupts again

The work of the Joint Task Force on Local Government Reform has been thrown into uncertainty again, with the main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) claiming that the government...

‘Clarence Ellis doing disservice to Africans’

Apr 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Clarence Ellis doing disservice to Africans’

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Clarence Ellis’ letter in Kaieteur News on April 6, 2009, with the title “Mc Dougall Report is an exceptionally good analysis of the social situation in Guyana.” The...

Minister Manickchand’s semantic evasion

Apr 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Minister Manickchand’s semantic evasion

I do not read anything written by Minister Priya Manickchand. I don’t want to hear anything this lady has to say about the abuse of women by men. The attitude of this Minister to domestic abuse is...

Irregularities are deeply entrenched in the system of awarding contracts

Apr 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Irregularities are deeply entrenched in the system of awarding contracts

Dear Editor, I support fully the pronouncements of President Jagdeo that contractors must be penalized for failure to deliver contracts on time and that Government decision-makers can also fall under...

Trigger happy driver pleads guilty to manslaughter

Apr 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Trigger happy driver pleads guilty to manslaughter

Clement Bailey, who is accused of shooting and killing a young barber at a nightspot in 2007, yesterday pleaded guilty to a lesser count of manslaughter. Bailey’s trial was fixed for commencement...

GOOD JOB, MR SATTAUR!

Apr 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GOOD JOB, MR SATTAUR!

I got a call on Tuesday from someone who wanted to inform me that he had seen an advertisement from the New Building Society, a private entity, appearing in the Guyana Times newspaper, but which did...

Political chatter

Apr 09, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Political chatter

Of recent, the chattering classes have once again begun obsessing about “power sharing”, “shared governance” and other such political devises. They all presume radical changes in our system...

Arson survivor seeks to build new house

Apr 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Arson survivor seeks to build new house

One day after she was attacked, and had her house burnt down by her former reputed husband, Bernadette Jackson, a 52-year-old ex-army rank, explained to this newspaper that she is feeling somewhat...

Jagdeo did assure 2000 policy holders

Apr 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo did assure 2000 policy holders

Globe Trust liquidation… – Christopher Ram By Gary Eleazar President Bharrat Jagdeo during a recent press briefing told media operatives that he never gave a guarantee to the policy holders...

Identify recipients of CLICO sale of bonds

Apr 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Identify recipients of CLICO sale of bonds

– PNCR motion Determine whether there were related party dealings and/or the misuse of insider information that led to the speedy dissipation of the $2.6B received by Colonial Life Insurance...

One-armed man goes berserk

Apr 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on One-armed man goes berserk

…stabs ex-lover, burns her house, turns knife on self Bernadette Jackson, a 52-year-old ex-army rank, was stabbed twice in her neck last evening, by her former reputed husband, 65-year-old Clinton...

Woman douses younger lover with hot oil

Apr 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Woman douses younger lover with hot oil

A woman who is said to be in her 40s is currently in police custody after she openly admitted to dousing her 29-year-old lover with boiling oil. Around 03:00 hours yesterday 29-year-old Keith Cox, of...

Man stabs friend, 61, over romantic attachment to wife

Apr 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man stabs friend, 61, over romantic attachment to wife

Alfred Hope, 61, of 37 Norton Street, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara, is counting his lucky stars after he was attacked, yesterday, and stabbed by a man who had accused him of being...

Greene gets three-year extension as Top Cop

Apr 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Greene gets three-year extension as Top Cop

Commissioner of Police Henry Greene has been granted three more years as head of the Guyana Police Force, ostensibly because of the administration’s confidence in his tenure. Greene reached the age...

South Ruimveldt youth charged with Geddes Grant N/A robbery

Apr 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on South Ruimveldt youth charged with Geddes Grant N/A robbery

– operation was planned in Stanleytown house The suspect in last Thursday’s robbery of two staff members of the New Amsterdam Branch of Geddes Grant (Guyana) Limited has fingered a Berbice...

President’s College to transfer staff

Apr 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on President’s College to transfer staff

– funding not available, some employees to pay for meals Approximately 30 persons on the auxiliary staff of President’s College are slated to be transferred from the institution to the...

GRA sets up tax sites in G/town

Apr 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GRA sets up tax sites in G/town

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has set up three tax sites in Georgetown, to educate and sensitize the public on the importance of filing their tax returns. These sites will be functioning until...

Incest accused remanded

Apr 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Incest accused remanded

A 53-year-old man, of Karawab, Lower Pomeroon River, who admitted to police officials on the Essequibo Coast that he impregnated one of his nine children, a 16-year-old, who is carrying his child,...

We may not be top contenders, but I expect a few medals – AAG President

Apr 08, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on We may not be top contenders, but I expect a few medals – AAG President

President of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) Assistant Superintendent Colin Boyce told the media that while he knows that Guyana will not be top contenders to secure the most medals due to...