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Govt. continues to commit to the working class people

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Govt. continues to commit to the working class people

Dear Editor, The development of this country is heavily weighted on the hands of the working class people. In order to keep the momentum of growth moving forward, Government continues to commit to...

Special Olympians gear up for swimming competition

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Special Olympians gear up for swimming competition

Members of the differently able community are scheduled to showcase their skills at an aquatic meet organised by the National Sports Commission (NSC). The event, the annual Independence Swimming...

Lions tame Tigers in Victoria Inter-Block football

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Lions tame Tigers in Victoria Inter-Block football

– Timehri action underway Mid Section Lions came from behind to beat Belfield Tigers 2-1 in a keenly contested encounter, as play in the annual Ministry of Culture sponsored Inter- Block...

James’s AK-47 not linked to crime scenes

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on James’s AK-47 not linked to crime scenes

Ballistic tests carried out on an AK-47 assault rifle recovered during a Haslington, East Coast Demerara raid last Saturday has revealed no match at any other crimes scenes. This was revealed by...

Haslington raids…Woman charged over magistrate’s stolen laptop

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Haslington raids…Woman charged over magistrate’s stolen laptop

– slain bandit’s accomplice remanded Two of the persons detained in last Saturday’s raid on the East Coast of Demerara which led to the recovery of two weapons and a laptop computer that...

The Westminster System in Guyana has been destroyed

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The Westminster System in Guyana has been destroyed

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Eric Phillips’ letter, “The Westminster System imprisons Guyana” (SN17/04). The Westminster System works quite well in India, Canada, South Africa, Trinidad, Jamaica...

Regal XI defeat Wolf’s Warriors for title

May 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Regal XI defeat Wolf’s Warriors for title

Regal XI defeated Wolf’s Warriors and carted off the $25,000 top prize when the Memorex Enterprises Countrywide 15 overs Softball Cricket Championships culminated. The winners also earned the first...

The police must not permit this to happen

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The police must not permit this to happen

Dear Editor, From 1992, when the PPP/Civic was elected democratically to legal and legitimate office, the PNC and its spokespersons and sympathizers embarked on a continuous propaganda campaign, on a...

The stranger next door

May 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The stranger next door

As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and...

What a waste of productive hours

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on What a waste of productive hours

Dear Editor, I accompanied my friend to the GRA licence office last Friday, May 15. He went there to purchase a 2009 road licence for his car. When we arrived, my friend had to join a line outside...

Berbice Commander visits Chesney residents

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Berbice Commander visits Chesney residents

Commander of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force, Assistant Commission George Alexander Vyphuis met with residents of Chesney Village, in Albion, yesterday. This visit came in the wake of...

Domestic abuse and male culture

May 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Domestic abuse and male culture

Dear Editor, I am a father, husband, grandfather and like most Guyanese males, despite our good intentions based on the script of responsibilities the culture has handed us for the last 10,000 years,...

Increasing Literacy

May 20, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Increasing Literacy

This newspaper has long been a booster of the Ministry of Education’s efforts to raise the standard of literacy in our schools. Literacy has been important in the development of societies for...

Sewage madness and the hopelessness of a government

May 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sewage madness and the hopelessness of a government

Do you know that Georgetown has 24 sewage stations (pumping stations) and at the moment only three are working? There are two in Charlestown and one at the junction of Camp and Regent Streets. Of...

Caricom should be proud of regional diplomatic efforts – says Elisabeth Harper

May 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Caricom should be proud of regional diplomatic efforts – says Elisabeth Harper

The development of Foreign Policy Coordination Strategy by the Member States of the Caribbean Community must be regarded as one of the achievements of which Caricom can be justly proud. This is...

Bandit shot dead as luck runs out

May 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bandit shot dead as luck runs out

– recovered AK-47 was missing army weapon After eluding capture for several months while creating fear in the several East Coast Demerara communities, luck finally ran out on notorious...

Two Guyanese found dead in T&T dump

May 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two Guyanese found dead in T&T dump

Anguished relatives consoled each other on Sunday after being told that two young Guyanese men were found murdered in central Trinidad. The bodies of 28-year-old Narad Sookoo and 22-year-old Vinod...

Caribbean Water Operators seek regional partnership

May 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Caribbean Water Operators seek regional partnership

– Minister Irfaan Ali cites losses, aging infrastructure among challenges Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, yesterday underscored the need for inter-agency cooperation to develop...

Chesney reels from gunmen’s deadly assault

May 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Chesney reels from gunmen’s deadly assault

CHESNEY VILLAGE, ALBION – The residents of Chesney Village on the Corentyne are still trying to come to grips with Saturday night’s reign of terror. Yesterday some of them condemned the slothful...

Miner accuses police of corruption

May 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Miner accuses police of corruption

– seeks audience with Commissioner After learning about a boast that the police will be paid off, a city businesswoman is convinced that that is exactly what happened after investigators...

Another inmate escapes from NOC

May 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Another inmate escapes from NOC

Even as Police on the Essequibo Coast continue their hunt for the two inmates of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), another managed to escape from the facility. However, that escape was short-lived....

Minister Ramsammy demits WHA office

May 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Minister Ramsammy demits WHA office

Having served for the past year as President of the 61st World Health Assembly (WHA), Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, yesterday demitted the prestigious office. His stint came to an end at...

Region’s Nat’l Security Ministers meet in Suriname this week

May 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Region’s Nat’l Security Ministers meet in Suriname this week

CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement will meet in Suriname this week to discuss ways to boost the regional agenda for crime and security as they seek to step up the ongoing...

Help on the way to fight coconut worm infestation

May 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Help on the way to fight coconut worm infestation

Coconut farmers in the Pomeroon area are expected to get some relief this week as it relates to the massive infestation of the ‘coconut worm’ which is known to eat the blades of the coconut palm...

Patentia stabbing suspect still at large

May 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Patentia stabbing suspect still at large

Up to press time yesterday the suspect in Saturday night’s murder on the West Bank of Demerara was still at large. This newspaper was told that the police, yesterday, conducted a search in parts of...

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The PPPC does not practice political inclusion

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) has mastered the art of political rhetoric.... more