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Exploitation of the fear vote in Guyana

Oct 10, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Exploitation of the fear vote in Guyana

Dear Editor, It seems that the politicians are at it again to exploit a gullible electorate in pursuit of their own selfish aims. A campaign seems to be underway in the media to confuse the...

What goes for one will go for all-Benn

Oct 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on What goes for one will go for all-Benn

In an attempt to save his Kissing Bridge at the Double Day Hotel at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, Harry Ram Bhola, yesterday prepared numerous items of communication and dispatched them to the...

Several private schools ordered to stop SBAs

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Several private schools ordered to stop SBAs

Several private schools have been ordered to stop doing School Based Assessment (SBA) as the regional examinations body tightens up on its monitoring process. The decision comes at the time when the...

Works Ministry destroys hotel entrance, garden

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Works Ministry destroys hotel entrance, garden

By Gary Eleazar The Managing Director of the Double Day Hotel, located at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo, Harryram Bhola, is peeved at the actions of the Ministry of Transportation and Public...

Govt. is discriminating in Ads distribution

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Govt. is discriminating in Ads distribution

…Guyana Times obviously aligned to them – Corbin The Government is discriminating in the distribution of advertisement to a company (Guyana Times) that is obviously aligned to them. This is...

Guyana’s rice industry disorganised, yields far too low

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s rice industry disorganised, yields far too low

(By: Brushell Blackman) The Project Coordinator for the Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR) Dr Edward Pulver has raised serious doubts about the nature of research work in the rice...

Canadian High Commission distances itself from scam

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Canadian High Commission distances itself from scam

The Canadian High Commission has distanced itself from the recent scam involving a tour coordinator who tricked 42 Guyanese of millions of dollars by promising them a trip to Canada. Canadian High...

EU gives Guyana $27B cushion to compensate for sugar price cuts

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on EU gives Guyana $27B cushion to compensate for sugar price cuts

European Ambassador to Guyana Geert Heikens has reacted to statements by the local Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud that Guyana would begin losing US$35M per year from October 1, last. On...

Dem Boys Seh… Do something real

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dem Boys Seh… Do something real

When a lady get baby, de father does hold up de baby wid pride and show off to he friends like if is he mek it. Dem boys seh that dem ain’t mind because in life de father did have an input. He got...

Fire service benefits from Ministries donation

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fire service benefits from Ministries donation

The Guyana Fire Service received one of two packages from the Ministry of Home Affairs, yesterday, at the National Park. The cost of this ‘package’ is $318M and comprised three water...

32 year old vendor needs public assistance for heart surgery

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 32 year old vendor needs public assistance for heart surgery

Bharat Nankishore has been working all his life with his mother as a grocery vendor. It was last year August “in the market” that the 32 year old began feeling a severe burning pain around his...

Rotarians fete senior citizens

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Rotarians fete senior citizens

Timber truck accident claims one, porter injured

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Timber truck accident claims one, porter injured

An early morning accident at Butukari on the Essequibo River, has left one man dead and another seriously inujured. The dead man is 28-year-old Clive Bharrat, of Good Hope, Essequibo Coast. He was...

Illegal house lot buyers face penalties

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Illegal house lot buyers face penalties

People who have illegally purchased house lots have a chance of legally owning that piece of land, government announced yesterday. According to Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, a system has...

PNCR decries PPP rule after 17 years

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR decries PPP rule after 17 years

…Guyana is a failed economic state – PNCR – MP PNCR Member of Parliament, Keith Scott, yesterday told members of the media that the People’s Progressive Party has failed to bring...

PSC recognizes Canadian High Commissioner

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PSC recognizes Canadian High Commissioner

The Private Sector Commission of Guyana (PSC) took the time yesterday to recognise the newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Francois Montour, by presenting a plaque of appreciation...

Do something real

Oct 09, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh Comments Off on Do something real

When a lady get baby, de father does hold up de baby wid pride and show off to he friends like if is he mek it. Dem boys seh that dem ain’t mind because in life de father did have an input. He...

Rice millers will have to pay farmers within 42 days

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Rice millers will have to pay farmers within 42 days

…new proposed legislation Government says new legislations will ensure that rice farmers are paid within 42 days by millers. Additionally, millers will not be granted a licence to operate unless...

GPOC commemorates “World Post Day”

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPOC commemorates “World Post Day”

The Guyana Post Office Corporation will be commemorating “World Post Day” today along with 190 other postal administrations across the world. Various activities have been planned in observance of...

Word of Kwame’s return sparks picketing exercise

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Word of Kwame’s return sparks picketing exercise

“I am responsible for making the Kwame/Julius tape,” admitted Mark Benschop, Head of the Benschop Foundation yesterday when he along with three others picketed the Human Services and Social...

Rice industry receives state of the art equipment

Oct 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Rice industry receives state of the art equipment

Price causes raised eyebrows On Wednesday, the rice industry received a Laser Land Leveller and a John Deere tractor from the government to improve rice cultivation. The two pieces of equipment were...

THE PANHANDLING ECONOMY

Oct 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PANHANDLING ECONOMY

When the global financial crisis hit last year, the President of Guyana promised that Guyana would formulate a national response so as to build a firewall to protect us from the effects of the...

Several titles to be decided today in QC Badminton tourney

Oct 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Several titles to be decided today in QC Badminton tourney

The Queens College Annual Lower and Upper School Boys and Girls Singles Badminton Tournament continued on Wednesday at the Queens College Badminton Courts with several finalists decided. Those...

Hikers ‘A’, GCC ‘B’ maintain top spots

Oct 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Hikers ‘A’, GCC ‘B’ maintain top spots

Hikers surged ahead in the Men’s ‘A’ division last Wednesday evening with another 3-0 beating of Old Fort as the Banks Night Hockey Championships continued at Thirst Park. Earlier in the...

Football Referees receive timely donation of shirts from New GPC Inc.

Oct 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Football Referees receive timely donation of shirts from New GPC Inc.

When members of the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) officiating in the ongoing Guyana Football Federation Super League take the field this Sunday, they will be resplendently outfitted in aqua...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more