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Businesses have integral role in climate change – ECHO

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Businesses have integral role in climate change – ECHO

The notion that the lack of environmental stewardship has occasioned climate change has been embraced by the Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO), an entity which has been lobbying for...

Dictatorship inevitably loses rationality, logic and commonsense

Oct 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dictatorship inevitably loses rationality, logic and commonsense

The philosophical approach to human nature is that it doesn’t follow scientific laws. Science has predictability and determinism components to it; human behaviour does not. Nevertheless broad...

National blood drive had passed 5,100 units

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on National blood drive had passed 5,100 units

Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy is still optimistic that of the 10,000 units of blood targeted to be collected per year, at least 80 per cent will be achieved by year end. During an interview,...

GUYEXPO IS A BIG LIME!

Oct 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYEXPO IS A BIG LIME!

It is never kind to have to put down a local initiative, especially one that draws tens of thousands of Guyanese each day. However, it is important that those behind this grand event also accept...

GRA clears air on electricity theft claim

Oct 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on GRA clears air on electricity theft claim

Dear Editor, I am disappointed that the Kaieteur News has accused the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) of stealing electricity without conducting a proper investigation. I am surprised that this media...

Health crucial to overall development of children

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health crucial to overall development of children

Through its recently launched Policy Document on School Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, the Ministry of Education is well geared to disseminate requisite information to all institutions of learning....

TCL, TGI moves to Court against Guyana again

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on TCL, TGI moves to Court against Guyana again

…wants CCJ to hold country in contempt Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) and its subsidiary TCL Guyana Inc. (TGI) yesterday filed an application in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) against the...

We have no concern for the preservation of our heritage

Oct 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We have no concern for the preservation of our heritage

Dear Editor, The anniversary of the Cubana Air Disaster is upon us. The State media over the weekend reported on ceremonies held in Barbados and remarks made by the Guyana representatives in that...

Our October Revolution?

Oct 07, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Our October Revolution?

October 5 is a historic day for Guyana; occasioned by the General Elections of 1992 that were held on that date. Previous elections – from 1968 – had been described in terms ranging from...

One out of every three Guyanese migrating – UNDP report

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on One out of every three Guyanese migrating – UNDP report

Two out of three qualified persons leave Guyana has an emigration rate of 33.5 percent, and most among those are the country’s university graduates, the 2009 Human Development Report, which was...

Pit bulls cripple cane thief

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Pit bulls cripple cane thief

A man who yesterday attempted to steal sugar cane from a yard on Lombard street, Georgetown, was attacked by two pit bulls and had to be rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital. According to the...

Degutted bodies to be exhumed

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Degutted bodies to be exhumed

The remains of the three crew members of the Island Princess are expected to be exhumed some time later today. Sources close to investigations told this newspaper that ranks are expected to visit the...

Father leaves suicide message… Have a good life princess

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Father leaves suicide message… Have a good life princess

A 53-year-old maintenance worker hanged himself in a hotel bathroom yesterday after leaving a text message to his 13-year-old daughter. Michael Rodrigues, of Pere Street, Kitty, texted his daughter...

Former Chief Magistrate, colleague, picket OP

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Former Chief Magistrate, colleague, picket OP

The Office of the President was the scene of yet another picketing exercise yesterday, this time by former Chief Magistrate Juliet Holder-Allen and a colleague. Bearing placards stating:...

Kwame/Julius sex tape… Police investigations still inconclusive – Dr Luncheon

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Kwame/Julius sex tape… Police investigations still inconclusive – Dr Luncheon

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, yesterday updated media operatives on the investigations into the sexually laced tape conversation that has surfaced between someone believed...

Guyana commissions $700M Doppler system

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana commissions $700M Doppler system

… No more inaccurate weather reports A $700M state-of-the-art weather station has been launched and authorities say that Guyana will soon be able to go online on the internet and check...

Government denies “political interference”

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Government denies “political interference”

Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, yesterday told members of the media that the recent allegations by former High Court Judge, Jainarayan Singh, are...

US Embassy discusses human rights with GDF

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy discusses human rights with GDF

The United States Defence Institute of International Legal Studies recently held a two-day seminar for members of the Guyana Defence Force. The seminar addressed issues of Human Rights and...

Govt. takes over Casique Palace and Banquet Hall

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. takes over Casique Palace and Banquet Hall

…will sell when construction is over-Dr Luncheon By Gary Eleazar The government as well as the owners of the Casique Palace and Banquet Hall has entered into an agreement wherein the government...

Chris Ram now a lawyer

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Chris Ram now a lawyer

Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram, was admitted to the Bar yesterday by Chief Justice, Ian Chang. Mr. Ram had completed his Certificate of Legal Education at Hugh Wooding Law School earlier this...

Two nabbed after market break-in

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Two nabbed after market break-in

Two teenagers are in police custody after two stalls in the Bourda Market were broken into early yesterday morning. According to sources, the teens who were said to be 16 and 18 years old were...

ERC conferences end, new rounds to begin

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on ERC conferences end, new rounds to begin

Since the commencement of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) neighbourhood conferences, the commission has engaged approximately 1,000 Guyanese in all the regions of Guyana. At all of these...

Health Ministry struggles with space

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry struggles with space

Approximately two months after fire destroyed the main office of the Ministry of Health, Brickdam, the Ministry is still struggling with a space issue. This is according to Health Minister, Dr....

Fires account for nine deaths so far this year

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Fires account for nine deaths so far this year

Nine persons have lost their lives in fires so far for this year. Figures released by Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, in a message to mark Fire Prevention Week, indicated that this year, to...

All new cane fields designed for mechanical harvesting-CEO

Oct 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on All new cane fields designed for mechanical harvesting-CEO

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Errol Hanoman, in an invited comment has conceded that while there is a shortage of cane harvesters in the sugar industry, the...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more