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Jingle & Song semifinal, a satisfying spectacle

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jingle & Song semifinal, a satisfying spectacle

GT&T’s Cellink, on Sunday, concluded the semifinal segment of its 2009 Jingles and Song Competition, at the Theatre Guild. To a house packed to overflowing 15 semifinalists took the stage. Ten...

GWI to get tough on businesses

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to get tough on businesses

Drastic measures are ‘in the pipeline’ to deal with the owners of business entities that have failed to comply with the admonition of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to put in place grease...

Guyana Softball and Windball Cricket Association tourney : BOG advance to third round

Jul 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Softball and Windball Cricket Association tourney : BOG advance to third round

The Bank of Guyana (BOG) squeezed past Enmore to advance to the third round of the Guyana Softball and Windball Cricket Association (GS&WCA) 15-15 Tapeball cricket competition following the...

Stop the violence against women now!

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Stop the violence against women now!

Dear Editor, Today, domestic violence is becoming more public; and relates to women, men and children; however, mostly women are victims. Guyana recently experienced an upsurge in domestic violence,...

Prakashji’s so-called friends

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Prakashji’s so-called friends

Dear Editor, Yet again another one of Prakashji’s so called friends is trying to cash in on his good name. I read with dismay, the article Mr. V. Bisram wrote on Prakashji’s success as an...

Global response to H1N1 virus analysed at high-level meeting

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Global response to H1N1 virus analysed at high-level meeting

In order to analyze the international response to the epidemic and carry out a balance of the lessons learnt since the detection of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, a high-level meeting was held earlier...

Good macroeconomic and agriculture initiatives

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Good macroeconomic and agriculture initiatives

Dear Editor, The recent economic shocks have consolidated and mutated into ‘an evil leviathan’ motivated to destroy the economies of countries. It has proved itself that no country is immune to...

Deadline passes for acquisition of motor vehicle licences

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Deadline passes for acquisition of motor vehicle licences

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday announced the end of the deadline for the acquisition of motor vehicle licences. The July 15 deadline was the last, after the original deadline was...

Carping against remittances is brainless

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Carping against remittances is brainless

Dear Editor, It is distasteful to see people like Gerhard Ramsaroop and others writing against a financial source for development; and I am still trying to comprehend their reasoning behind their...

City Hall is not a normal entity to investigate – Burrowes

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall is not a normal entity to investigate – Burrowes

By Sharmain Cornette The nature of the operations at City Hall, prior to the engagement of a Commission of Inquiry, had in fact left open the entity doors for what was described by Commissioner of...

PNCR has not made an unequivocal statement condemning the removal of the Honduran President

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on PNCR has not made an unequivocal statement condemning the removal of the Honduran President

Dear Editor, The PNC’s penchant for violence and elections rigging has certainly not diminished in any way whatsoever. Recent developments within that Party vis-à-vis the election for the...

Judiciary is very deficient in dealing with matters of State- Corbin

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Judiciary is very deficient in dealing with matters of State- Corbin

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, has said that “the Judiciary itself is very deficient in dealing with matters of the State.” According to Corbin, it was one of...

The tourism industry needs help

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The tourism industry needs help

Dear Editor, Guyana has a great combination of breathtaking and fascinating tourist destinations. One of the more exposed attractions is the Kaieteur Falls. It has been recognised far and wide as the...

Parents seek assistance to find runaway teen

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Parents seek assistance to find runaway teen

The parents of 14-year-old Sunita Latcham are desperately seeking the assistance of the public to have the runaway teen return home. Latchman, while her mother Kavita was preparing for an outing on...

Roaming cows a threat to drivers

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Roaming cows a threat to drivers

Dear Editor, The police force has taken up harsh but correct measures to curb the behaviour of drivers that disregard the law. This must be commended and encouragement is given to continue the great...

In the Diaspora, in the river of Babylon, in the mind of Nietzsche

Jul 16, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on In the Diaspora, in the river of Babylon, in the mind of Nietzsche

I had a chat some months ago with Christopher Ram and I expressed my anger at what women’s activist and one of the former shining stars of the Working People Alliance, Sister Andaiye, has become....

That 20 per cent in GT&T

Jul 16, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on That 20 per cent in GT&T

The decision by the Guyana Government to sell its 20 per cent share in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has caused some stir in the society, particularly at the level of the...

THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW

Jul 16, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW

It is NOT true that the President of Guyana is above the law. It is NOT true also that the President of Guyana, once sworn into office, cannot be removed other than for mental incapacity. While the...

Berbice prisons inmates enjoy Food for the Poor initiative

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice prisons inmates enjoy Food for the Poor initiative

The concern for the welfare of inmates at the New Amsterdam Prisons after they would have completed their respective sentences has driven the administration of the Food for the Poor (FFP) to initiate...

PNCR to approach House to block sale

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR to approach House to block sale

Govt. shares in GT&T… Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, has said that his party will be moving to the National Assembly in an attempt to have the...

$154M sluice incomplete

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on $154M sluice incomplete

After 14 months… It’s been more than a year since the construction of the De Willem river drainage sluice valued at $154m began in region three. Now while it is yet to be completed apparently...

GT&T parent company declines to buy Govt. shares

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T parent company declines to buy Govt. shares

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s parent company has rejected the offer to buy Government’s 20 percent shares in the telephone company. A source yesterday stated that Atlantic...

Manu Durant shot by gunman

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Manu Durant shot by gunman

Doctors were today battling to save the life of popular Kitty resident Manu Durant, after he was shot at close range behind the left ear by a lone gunman outside a night club. According to reports,...

Cop petitions High Court to quash assault charges

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cop petitions High Court to quash assault charges

Attorney at law Basil Williams has moved to the High Court seeking an order, staying permanently, the criminal charge brought against a Police Constable since December 13, 2005. The matter was filed...

Guyana,Venezuela gearing to appoint new Good Officer

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana,Venezuela gearing to appoint new Good Officer

Guyana and Venezuela are getting ready to appoint a new representative of the United Nations (UN) to restart negotiations on a border dispute over Essequibo. This is according to the Director General...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more