July 2009

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Works Minister, Top Cop clash over Govt reserve

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Works Minister, Top Cop clash over Govt reserve

…public interest outweighs private agenda – Robeson Benn Despite orders by Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, not to stop hire car drivers from parking at the head of the UG access road,...

Semi-finalists to be decided tonight

Jul 26, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Semi-finalists to be decided tonight

Guinness/GFA/MCY&S/NSC Futsal The final four places in the inaugural Guinness/Georgetown Football Association/Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission Futsal competition...

Scores flock Patentia school for Guyana Watch clinic

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Scores flock Patentia school for Guyana Watch clinic

75-year-old Bissoondai, of Patentia walked out of the Patentia Primary School all smiles yesterday, her hands full with free medication for her many ailments, including hypertension. She was among...

Laboratory of Excellence breaking new ground one year later

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Laboratory of Excellence breaking new ground one year later

As the most modern health facility in Guyana, the National Public Health Reference Laboratory, strategically situated at the corner of Thomas and New Market Streets, has been breaking new ground in...

Reifer exudes confidence ahead of first Digicel ODI

Jul 26, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reifer exudes confidence ahead of first Digicel ODI

Roseau, Dominica: West Indies captain, Floyd Reifer, says that his side will learn from the mistakes they made in the Digicel Test Series and bounce back in the Digicel One Day International Series...

GCF President declines comment on Bentley issue

Jul 26, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF President declines comment on Bentley issue

Cyclist, lawyer may consider legal recourse By Edison Jefford President of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Hector Edwards declined to comment on the Jude Bentley furore ushering in a season of...

GASP holds another successful interactive session

Jul 26, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASP holds another successful interactive session

The Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP,) held another interaction session yesterday morning at the Old Guyana National Service Sports Complex, and registered another favourable turnout. In...

New Ministry of Health to go to US$3M complex

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on New Ministry of Health to go to US$3M complex

Plans scrapped for Ministry of Labour; contractor to be fired The Ministry of Health which two Fridays ago lost its Brickdam, Georgetown head office to fire is to be relocated to the US$3M complex...

You are free to protest; don’t break the law

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on You are free to protest; don’t break the law

Police Commissioner to three Musketeers: “Police headquarters is a place where well armed men with ammunition are…We don’t want any weapon to go off accidentally and something to happen to...

Stranded Jamaican rescued by kind hearted Guyanese family

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Stranded Jamaican rescued by kind hearted Guyanese family

Despite his traumatic ordeal, a 27-year-old Jamaican is expressing his gratitude to a Guyanese family who provided him with food and shelter when he needed it most. Harvey Anderson was taken in by a...

Man who killed lover’s mom charged

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man who killed lover’s mom charged

Hamraj Rambachan, the Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara man who stabbed his girlfriend’s mother to death, was yesterday formally charged with murder and remanded to prison. Rambachan, 23, was not...

Honduras coup reveals fragility of Latin American democracy

Jul 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Honduras coup reveals fragility of Latin American democracy

By Odeen Ishmael The fragility of democracy in Latin America was revealed late last month when the democratically elected President of Honduras, José Manuel Zelaya, was ousted by the army and exiled...

Guyanese will face severe hardships, despite increase in salaries – PNCR

Jul 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese will face severe hardships, despite increase in salaries – PNCR

While public servants are likely to get an increase in wages and salaries, the vast majority of the Guyanese people will continue to face severe economic hardships. This is according to Leader of the...

Police raid West La Penitence house for suspects in Health Ministry fire

Jul 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police raid West La Penitence house for suspects in Health Ministry fire

…arrest sleeping teen By Latoya Giles The relatives of 19-year-old Clayton Westford, of 7 West La Penitence are pleading with members of the Guyana Police Force to conduct better investigations...

The current University of Guyana debate

Jul 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The current University of Guyana debate

Dear Editor, The current debate in the Guyanese press on the question as to whether the University of Guyana (UG) should emphasise teaching or research, is a question as old as the medieval...

Simple behaviour changes can help shift the culture of alcohol use

Jul 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Simple behaviour changes can help shift the culture of alcohol use

Dear Editor, Within the last week, we have seen some of the most horrific acts of domestic violence resulting in murder. In addition, there are other reports of injuries sustained as a result of...

$140M Ophthalmology Centre commissioned

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on $140M Ophthalmology Centre commissioned

President Bharrat Jagdeo commissioned the first specialized Ophthalmology Centre in the Caribbean and Latin America, yesterday, at Port Mourant, Berbice. The Ophthalmology Centre is expected to...

Let us not fall prey to falsity and perceptions

Jul 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Let us not fall prey to falsity and perceptions

Dear Editor, I recently stumbled upon an article written by Dr. Bertie Ramcharran in the SN on July 23, 2009 about inclusive governance in Guyana. Dr. Ramcharran seems to be presenting Guyana as if...

165 youths complete five-day Police youth Camp

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on 165 youths complete five-day Police youth Camp

By Mondale Smith One of the nations top performers at the grade six assessment exams said, “I like technology and having my parents do everything for me, but this camp gave me an...

Presenting macroeconmic variables as if the world is static

Jul 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Presenting macroeconmic variables as if the world is static

Dear Editor, Today, critics see loans and general financial aid as an end in themselves, but instead, they should be seen as means to build on resource capacity. And then the critics tend to present...

Will the brutality ever end?

Jul 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Will the brutality ever end?

Dear Editor, Justice is a fundamental virtue that renders to another what rightfully belongs to him. A trial with adequate evidence provided is subjected to anyone suspected of criminality. However,...

Expo and Trade fair earns kudos for Berbice Chamber

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Expo and Trade fair earns kudos for Berbice Chamber

ALBION, CORENTYNE – Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Captain Gerry Gouveia, lauded the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce for its contributions to society. At the time he was...

GT&T shares should not be sold

Jul 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on GT&T shares should not be sold

Dear Editor, The government wants to sell its shares in GT&T, but I see in the newspapers GT&T contributed $43 billion since 2000, paying nothing less than $200 million a year, and up to last...

Homo homini lupus

Jul 26, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Homo homini lupus

“Homo homini lupus” – “man is a wolf to man” – is a Latin phrase that has come down to us from the Roman playwright Plautus (300BC). It succinctly summarises a view of man that sadly...

Roraima Airways introduces new aircraft

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Roraima Airways introduces new aircraft

Roraima Airways has increased its’ local fleet of airplanes to with the latest addition of an Islander to its fleet. Yesterday, a number of local media operatives were afforded the opportunity of...

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Watch the PPPC like a hawk!

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(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

More money for Guyanese workers

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...

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