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IGG B/ball team intensify preparation

Oct 08, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on IGG B/ball team intensify preparation

Touring 12-man outfit named The national junior basketball team that will compete at the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) in neighbouring Suriname intensified their preparations under Coach, Robert Cadogan...

Man appears in court for unlawful assault

Oct 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man appears in court for unlawful assault

Jermaine Wishart, of 21 ‘E’ Field Sophia, appeared in court yesterday charged with unlawfully assaulting Ivor Welcome on Sunday last while tending to his cows. According to Wishart in his plea of...

I advanced no argument that Dr Misir should abort due process or the rule of law

Oct 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on I advanced no argument that Dr Misir should abort due process or the rule of law

Dear Editor, This is my last communique on this issue, and it is intended once and for all to demonstrate Marrisa Lowden’s blind flight along the border of my comments, rather than following the...

PAHO host 3-day workshop on Childhood Illnesses

Oct 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PAHO host 3-day workshop on Childhood Illnesses

The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Ministry of Health yesterday commenced a three-day Sub-Regional Training Course on Integrated Management for Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) at the...

Encourage more clubs

Oct 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Encourage more clubs

Dear Editor, Your story on the Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO) clubs in schools was refreshing. Just look at all the rubbish around our school yards and other compounds. Many...

Lindeners must wake up to these clear cases of injustices

Oct 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Lindeners must wake up to these clear cases of injustices

Dear Editor, Jocelyn Morian wrote recently, thanking whoever was responsible for the work being done on the Linden – Ituni-Kwakwani Road. Well, that road, has been in bad condition for several...

Guyana an elected dictatorship?

Oct 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana an elected dictatorship?

Dear Editor, In a recent column, Freddie Kissoon asked whether Dr. Randy Persaud, “will leave me alone…Randy will be the Government’s answer to Freddie Kissoon. I have no problem with...

Man charged for Barama dredge murder

Oct 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man charged for Barama dredge murder

Sherlock Allick, 19, of Station Street, Matthews Ridge, was remanded to prison yesterday after he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer the charge of murder. On...

Open letter to the Auditor General

Oct 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Open letter to the Auditor General

Dear Auditor General, Recently the media has reported on a number of issues suggesting that there is fraud, waste, abuse and corruption involving public officials and public accounts. Specifically,...

Trio pickets Public Service Commission

Oct 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Trio pickets Public Service Commission

The lawns of the Public Service Commission (PSC) attracted a picketing exercise yesterday. The exercise was engaged as a public effort to retaliate the non-appointments and failure on the part of...

Is this a new form of progress and development?

Oct 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is this a new form of progress and development?

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Randy Persaud’s letter captioned “Guyana on the Move” in the press recently. Randy Persaud in his letter is measuring progress and development by the amount of...

Ministry unaware of allegations by West Dem teachers

Oct 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ministry unaware of allegations by West Dem teachers

Fox says there’s no evidence to support Minister within the Ministry of Education, Desrey Fox, has said that she is unaware of the allegations made by teachers of the West Demerara area. According...

Attorneys for Guyanese terrorist suspect want evidence suppressed

Oct 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Attorneys for Guyanese terrorist suspect want evidence suppressed

Attorneys for Russell DeFreitas, the Guyanese terrorist suspect, are requesting that all statements and items seized by investigators in the case to be suppressed. They claim that American amendments...

Guyana continues to make tremendous progress under the visionary leadership of Jagdeo

Oct 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana continues to make tremendous progress under the visionary leadership of Jagdeo

Dear Editor, October 5th, 2009 marks 17years since the return of democracy and free and fair elections in 1992. Integrity was returned to our ballots, which have since been counted at the place of...

Randy’s rancorous randannite

Oct 08, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Randy’s rancorous randannite

Dr. Randy Persaud, employed by the Office of the President, has written a long letter in the Stabroek News (“Contrary to what the newspapers report Guyana is on the move,” SN, Oct 6) in which he...

Dr Ramsammy slams PAHO, GAVI for ‘politicking’ over vaccines

Oct 08, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dr Ramsammy slams PAHO, GAVI for ‘politicking’ over vaccines

Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has called for the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) to resolve their issues as soon as...

Is the perception of these charges not greater than the reality?

Oct 08, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is the perception of these charges not greater than the reality?

Dear Editor, Firstly, on the premise that the report on Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) stealing power is true and that Kurshid Sattaur did say that he will “deal with them (GPL)”. I think Sattaur...

THE MEDIA IS MISSING THE ISSUE

Oct 08, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MEDIA IS MISSING THE ISSUE

Taxpayers’ monies are going to be used to complete the Casique Hotel located behind the former Buddy’s International Hotel. That venture was supposed to have been completed in time for Cricket...

The likely shortage of money

Oct 08, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on The likely shortage of money

The pace of development is often slowed by the flow of money. In Guyana, more often than not, the money comes from the revenue collected by the government. This money is in the form of foreign aid...

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EBDCA/D&R Construction 40-Over Cricket Competition continues

Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more