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GDF Board vets potential recruits

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GDF Board vets potential recruits

In an effort to ensure that the organization is not infiltrated by criminally-minded elements the Guyana Defence Force Recruitment Board is currently in the process of vetting potential recruits for...

Endorsement of an illegal operation

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Endorsement of an illegal operation

Dear Editor, I voice my disgust at what I feel is an abuse of power or something like a government official showing blatant disregard for the people and the country as a whole. I made mention of...

Mystery illness strike again in Region One

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mystery illness strike again in Region One

It has been almost two months and health officials have been unable to determine the causative agent of the death of about six residents of Region One. The most recent death was reported yesterday...

GRA forces honest businesses to do the wrong thing

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on GRA forces honest businesses to do the wrong thing

Dear Editor, I have observed that GRA’s audit teams comprise many young graduates of UG who hardly have an appreciation of how business works. Neither do their non graduate staff. Thus, audits take...

Dynamic poetry competition successfully completes second year

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dynamic poetry competition successfully completes second year

While some have opined that poetry is a dying art form on the local shores, at least one church is ensuring that this remains a mere opinion, if not a myth. The second annual Dynamic Poetry...

Noise nuisance at Grove, E. B.D

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Noise nuisance at Grove, E. B.D

Dear Editor, I am a very old and sickly citizen who resides in Grove, East Bank Demerara. Our village was once a very peaceful neighbourhood, which I useed to enjoy and that’s how it is supposed to...

M&CC commences litter prevention programme in Lodge

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on M&CC commences litter prevention programme in Lodge

With a US$75,000 grant from the Japanese Government, the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown was yesterday able to commence an initiative which is geared at reducing the problem of litter in the...

GPL needs to get its act together

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on GPL needs to get its act together

Dear Editor, I read your news article on the GPL prepaid issue. First, let me say you were fair and balance and of course first in bringing us the news. Like most Guyanese I looked at all the news...

Cock- eye politics can retard progress

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Cock- eye politics can retard progress

Dear Editor, The government of Belize has moved with alacrity to renationalise its telecommunications sector to protect its national interests, according to Prime Minister Dean Barrow. The amazing...

Corbin snubs PSC dinner invite

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Corbin snubs PSC dinner invite

“…I will not sit and be pontificated upon by President Jagdeo” The Leader of the Opposition, Robert Corbin, has refused an invitation by the Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC)...

Norman Browne: An AFC Embarrassment

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Norman Browne: An AFC Embarrassment

Dear Editor, Readers were subjected to a comical little response to my ‘AFC in a Pickle’ from someone hiding behind the name of Norman Browne. The man insinuates that he is a qualified Spin...

‘Fuzzy headed’ response

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Fuzzy headed’ response

Dear Editor, Any right thinking Guyanese would be appalled at Mr. Kwame McKoy’s “fuzzy headed” response to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s article. I am not very surprised by this state of affairs,...

Residents rescue missing 4-year-old

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Residents rescue missing 4-year-old

Police arrest suspected kidnapper After three weeks of unbearable anxiety and uncertainty about her 4-year-old daughter’s whereabouts, a Leonora, West Coast Demerara mother was yesterday able to...

Orealla gears for Heritage celebrations despite controversy

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Orealla gears for Heritage celebrations despite controversy

The Arawak community of Orealla in the Berbice River, which has been declared the country’s Amerindian Heritage village of 2009, is gearing up for the celebrations despite controversy over its...

Police and their crimes

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Police and their crimes

Dear Editor, Congratulations are extended to the officers who investigated and charged the four police ranks for the missing money from the Essequibo River heist. While there might be a few good...

What has race got to do with it?

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on What has race got to do with it?

Dear Editor, Within the context of nationhood, race should not be an equation for any consideration, especially for leadership of the nation because in the final analysis we are a Guyanese people and...

One dead, another critical as motorcycle slams into bus

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on One dead, another critical as motorcycle slams into bus

Forty –five year-old Steve Abel, of 85 North Melanie, East Coast Demerara, succumbed to massive head injuries early yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Abel was involved in...

Arrogance and contempt of Mr. Nandalall

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Arrogance and contempt of Mr. Nandalall

Dear Editor, I note Mr. Anil Nandlall’s latest response in trying to defend his position in the debate as to whether a magistrate in a preliminary inquiry can reject a confession statement. I have...

Is this evil? The revelations of Moses Nagamootoo

Aug 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is this evil? The revelations of Moses Nagamootoo

The first time I met Dr. David Dabydeen was at a small party at Moses Nagamootoo’s house. I was the only one in the crowd that was not drinking. I hate alcohol, any form of it. I was bored so I...

Why no Office of the Ombudsman

Aug 29, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Why no Office of the Ombudsman

The Office of the Ombudsman has not been filled for years. This is one of the constitutional offices in the country and it is often held by a retired judge or someone of equal qualification. The job...

WAS A RANSOM PAID?

Aug 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WAS A RANSOM PAID?

We must all be relieved and happy that the girl who was reportedly kidnapped has been returned to her family. But both the girl and her relatives have an obligation to inform the public whether any...

Hypocrisy abounds in the AFC

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Hypocrisy abounds in the AFC

Dear Editor, The leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman, was forced out of the PNCR a few years ago. This was the result of internal wrangling within the Party’s leadership....

No local govt. election in 2009 confirmed – Dr. Luncheon

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on No local govt. election in 2009 confirmed – Dr. Luncheon

The perceived inability of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to host local government elections in 2009 was confirmed with the secretariat announcing their annual vacation extending from...

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