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Questions for the CARICOM HEADS

Jul 03, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Questions for the CARICOM HEADS

Guyana, the Caricom nation that needs to be in the spotlight of the Caribbean Community because of the increasing concretization of elected dictatorship in this land, is now on the front page of the...

No coup acceptable

Jul 03, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on No coup acceptable

Just before the sun rose over Honduras on Sunday 28th June, some three hundred army troops surrounded the home of President Manuel Zelaya and gave him a stark choice: surrender or be shot. He...

Globalization limiting Caribbean integration

Jul 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Globalization limiting Caribbean integration

Dear Editor, The World Trade Organisation (WTO) exploits globalization solely to the advantage of the developed world; globalization has fast become the principal ‘exploitation’ instrument of the...

Glitzy opening marks Caricom 30th meeting

Jul 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Glitzy opening marks Caricom 30th meeting

…but protesters hold sway It was a red carpet affair last evening at the National Cultural Centre to mark the opening of the 30th Heads of Government conference, which will continue at the...

Honduras to remain suspended from OAS until Zelaya’s return – Secretary General

Jul 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Honduras to remain suspended from OAS until Zelaya’s return – Secretary General

Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) José Miguel Insulza yesterday told local and regional media operatives that the forum will only recognize ousted President Manuel...

Dwindling Commonwealth budget underscores need for civil society support

Jul 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dwindling Commonwealth budget underscores need for civil society support

“I’m not asking for money, I’m asking for partnerships.” – Secretary General With a budget that has been declining over the years the Commonwealth Secretariat has committed itself to...

Gun, ammo found in Tucville Squatting Area

Jul 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Gun, ammo found in Tucville Squatting Area

A man who claimed that he was just visiting his friend’s house is now in police custody following the discovery of an illegal firearm and a quantity of ammunition in the property, yesterday. The...

Agriculture Market Information Service launched

Jul 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Agriculture Market Information Service launched

Farmers and consumers countrywide can access real time market prices with the establishment of the Agriculture Market Information Service. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration...

Break and enter accused must post $200 000 bail, each

Jul 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Break and enter accused must post $200 000 bail, each

Myrtland Paul, Clive Bullen, and Randell Singh were each sent on $200 000 bail when they appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to face charges of breaking and entering,...

PCA Chairman to visit Moruca

Jul 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PCA Chairman to visit Moruca

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), Justice Cecil Kennard will be at Santa Rosa in the Moruca District next week Saturday July 11th, 2009 to speak about the role of the PCA and to...

IS THIS HOW IT IS DONE?

Jul 03, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IS THIS HOW IT IS DONE?

I have noticed that some policemen driving around in their fancy vehicles are stopping cars on the road and instead of approaching the driver with whatever requests they have, are sitting in their...

Caller claims to have missing US citizen

Jul 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Caller claims to have missing US citizen

– asked relatives for $1.6M Relatives of US citizen Kwame Rumel Jobronewet confirmed yesterday that they received a call from someone who claimed to have the 67-year-old man, now missing for...

Aircraft skids off runway

Jul 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Aircraft skids off runway

Passengers in a Roraima Airways plane got a scare when the aircraft skidded off the runway near Kurupukari, some four hours drive from Lethem at around 10:00 hours yesterday. Kaieteur News...

CARICOM summit opens today

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM summit opens today

The 30th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be declared open today at the National Cultural Centre against the backdrop of the 20th anniversary...

Barbados not in breach of any Treaty obligations

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados not in breach of any Treaty obligations

– PM Thompson By Gary Eleazar Barbadian Prime Minister David Thompson is adamant that the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas does not, as a matter of law, provide for unrestricted freedom of...

Guyanese receives Canada’s highest civilian award

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese receives Canada’s highest civilian award

Guyana-born banker Winston Shyam Liaquat Kassim was presented with the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honour for lifetime achievement. Her Excellency the Right Honourable...

Canadian drug mules… One undergoes surgery to remove cocaine pellets

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian drug mules… One undergoes surgery to remove cocaine pellets

One of the two Canadians who were under guard at a city hospital to have cocaine pellets removed was still hospitalized up to press time yesterday. This newspaper was told that the woman was forced...

Trend of disparity involving millions continues

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Trend of disparity involving millions continues

– Auditor General’s Report A trend of a disparity involving several million dollars as it relates to the revenue handed over to the Ministry of Finance by the Customs and Trade Administration...

Sanctions are not Commonwealth culture-Secretary General

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Sanctions are not Commonwealth culture-Secretary General

The Commonwealth Secretariat does not impose democratic principles on member states. However, the grouping encourages the adoption and the internalization of good governance practices by its member...

GRA revamps licencing, tax collection system

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GRA revamps licencing, tax collection system

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Khurshid Sattaur, has admitted that although the Licence Revenue Department is managed by the GRA, for a number of years that department was...

Spurned man commits suicide

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Spurned man commits suicide

A 31-year-old Mon Repos man succeeded in killing himself yesterday after two attempts when he found out that his young lover had left him for another man. Gaisham Sugrim, 31, was discovered by...

Switzerland cancelled trip… OP erred

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Switzerland cancelled trip… OP erred

– Dr. Luncheon Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, yesterday admitted that the President’s public relations department erred by not releasing information that...

Who civilized and who is de snake?

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Who civilized and who is de snake?

By Michael Benjamin Around 14:00hrs yesterday, several young men came upon a giant anaconda nestling in the grass in the vicinity of Delph Avenue, Campbellville. Recognising that there was a chance...

Culture Ministry gets new PS

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Culture Ministry gets new PS

Executive Director of the President’s Youth Award of the Republic of Guyana, Alfred King, has been appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport. King is replacing...

Over 400 patients seen at Parika by overseas medical team

Jul 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Over 400 patients seen at Parika by overseas medical team

As an overseas medical team wrapped up a two-day medical outreach programme in Parika on Tuesday, more than 400 people accessed the team of medical practitioners. According to head of the Mission,...

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