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Forever lamenting suicides

May 14, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Forever lamenting suicides

Once again in the month of May, around Arrival Day, the Minister of Health has chosen to pronounce on the public health issue of suicide in Guyana. As we surmised last year, it was probably because...

PLANTAIN CHIPS ARE BACK

May 14, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PLANTAIN CHIPS ARE BACK

There are certain things that are happening in Guyana that suggest that we have a problem with income distribution. Interestingly, these developments are occurring at a time when the economy is...

Guyana, US sign pact to trace illegal weapons

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana, US sign pact to trace illegal weapons

Guyana has joined 18 other countries in the region with the capability to trace the origin of illicit firearm following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday at the Ministry of Home...

CGX to begin drilling for oil next year

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CGX to begin drilling for oil next year

Drilling for oil on the off shores of Guyana and Suriname will commence next year, President and Chief Executive Officer of CGX, Kerry Sully said yesterday. During a press conference yesterday, Sully...

CANU rank charged for perverting witness in Colin Mack trial

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CANU rank charged for perverting witness in Colin Mack trial

An investigating officer attached with the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit was yesterday charged and placed on $75,000 bail after he tried to pervert the course of justice. Thirty-six-year-old Antonio...

NCN suspends ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NCN suspends ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur

Chief Executive Officer of the National Communications Network (NCN), Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur, has been suspended with immediate effect for failing to carry out a decision made by the Board of...

Canadian couples busted with $40M in cocaine

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Canadian couples busted with $40M in cocaine

Police Narcotics Agents operating at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, yesterday busted four Canadians who allegedly had 9.9 kilograms of cocaine stashed in the false bottoms of their...

Ithaca murder accused remanded

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ithaca murder accused remanded

Ithaca murder accused Gladstone Williamson was yesterday charged with killing a 31-year old plantain chip vendor – Gertrude Edwards, of Lot 282 Ithaca Main Road, West Bank Berbice and formerly...

Zeelugt, Tuschen suffer water woes

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Zeelugt, Tuschen suffer water woes

The residents of Zeelugt and Tuschen have been without water since last November. They say that the water stopped coming through their taps and upon inquiring of the reason from the water...

THAG wants more promotion for Guyana in the Caribbean

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on THAG wants more promotion for Guyana in the Caribbean

Local tourism operators who attended the recently concluded ‘Re-Discover the Caribbean’ Trade Show in Barbados are of the view that there needs to be more promotion of Guyana in the Caribbean....

UG student secures $550,000 bail for Mc Doom road death

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on UG student secures $550,000 bail for Mc Doom road death

Eighteen-year-old University of Guyana student, Priscilla Jagnandan, of 2811 Youth Place, South Ruimveldt Gardens, was yesterday placed on $550,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson,...

GPHC overwhelmed by suicide attempts

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPHC overwhelmed by suicide attempts

…five reported in two days, one dies Over the past two days the staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s Accident and Emergency Unit has been overwhelmed with the number of attempted...

RPA pressure group seeks revamped industry

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on RPA pressure group seeks revamped industry

The Rice Producers’ Association Action Committee at a recent press conference, said that following an order granted by Justice Winston Patterson, to stop the Guyana Rice Producers Association...

Works underway on new international submarine cable

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Works underway on new international submarine cable

Chief Financial Officer of Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T), Yog Mahadeo, says that preparations are ongoing for the landing of a new international submarine cable to Guyana....

Dr. Ramsammy comes out in support of Alaei Brothers

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dr. Ramsammy comes out in support of Alaei Brothers

In his capacity as Minister of Health, and President of the World Health Assembly, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has joined other health professionals around the world in urging the Government of Iran to...

Enmore brothers seek help for open heart surgery

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Enmore brothers seek help for open heart surgery

Kids First Fund is seeking the help of the public to send two brothers for heart surgery in India. The boys, Yogesh Das, 7, and Kumar Singh, 4, of Lot 651 17th Street Foulis, Enmore, East Coast...

Nurse chopped during robbery

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Nurse chopped during robbery

Karen Persaud, a female nurse, attached to the Suddie Public Hospital, who was robbed over the weekend and subsequently chopped on her left index finger, sustaining a wound to her left hand, has...

16-year-old remanded for cocaine trafficking

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 16-year-old remanded for cocaine trafficking

A 16-year-old, of Charlotte Street, Lacytown, was denied his pretrial liberty by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, yesterday. On April 23, last, the teen...

Businessman accused of deliberately driving vehicle to injure woman

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Businessman accused of deliberately driving vehicle to injure woman

A Long Island US-based businessman is facing the court for allegedly driving his vehicle in a manner to deliberately cause injury to Zalima Deen, the wife of his brother-in-law. The businessman,...

COTED to review CSME tomorrow

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on COTED to review CSME tomorrow

Guyana will be hosting the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to examine matters related to the implementation of the Caricom Single Market and Economy...

Courts Pee-Wee U-11 soccer tournament launched

May 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Courts Pee-Wee U-11 soccer tournament launched

Holding true to its motto, ‘Adding Value Everyday’, Manager of Courts Guyana Inc, Lester Alvis in delivering the feature address at yesterday’s launching of the Guyana Football Association...

Teachers in limbo at Diamond Secondary

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Teachers in limbo at Diamond Secondary

Some teachers attached to the Diamond Secondary School, East Bank Demerara, are calling on the Board of Directors of the school to inform them of their official position at the institution ever since...

Hikers ‘A’, GCC Tigers qualify for gold medal round

May 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Hikers ‘A’, GCC Tigers qualify for gold medal round

– Degenerates, Hikers ‘B’ clash to decide 2nd Div. champions Hikers ‘A’ extended their lead in the men’s First Division Pool after a sound 10-4 thrashing of Western Dragons last...

Jamaican jailed for drug trafficking

May 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Jamaican jailed for drug trafficking

Keisha Ann-Marie Piggott, a 25-year-old Jamaican, was jailed for four years and fined $2.4M after she pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics, yesterday. On May 11, last, at the Cheddi Jagan...

GTTA mulls French League participation

May 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GTTA mulls French League participation

– National Cadets team to be selected The Guyana Table Tennis Association is mulling participation in the French Table Tennis League for its senior male players, while a meeting is to be held...

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more