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NDIA remains open to constructive criticism

Nov 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on NDIA remains open to constructive criticism

Dear Editor, I have read with interest a letter in SN dated November 17th, 2009, titled, “The possibility of a Flagstaff-Mahaica route to take off floodwaters from the conservancy is now being...

Do the right thing Mr. President

Nov 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Do the right thing Mr. President

Dear Editor, I have been following the recent development in relation to the sale of a building on 93 Duke Street, Kingston. I feel compelled to write this little note to alert the President of this...

Javed Alli elected President of Young Warriors FC

Nov 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Javed Alli elected President of Young Warriors FC

Young Warriors Football Club (YWFC) based at Uitvlugt on the West Coast, will now be headed by Businessman Javed Alli. Alli was elected President of the Club when they held their Annual General...

Low-Carbon Development Strategy and diesel emissions

Nov 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Low-Carbon Development Strategy and diesel emissions

Dear Editor, With respect to the ‘low-carbon development strategy’ fever presently on the airwaves and local events, I would like to take the opportunity to raise an issue that has been ignored...

Fraser bowls Rest team to victory against E’bo

Nov 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Fraser bowls Rest team to victory against E’bo

Permaul grabs 5-98 as Berbice hunt win against Demerara By Sean Devers Former Guyana under-19 pacer Keyron Fraser took 5-40 to bowl the Rest team to an emphatic innings and 49 runs victory over...

This approach to governance is purely based on a tit-for-tat mentality

Nov 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on This approach to governance is purely based on a tit-for-tat mentality

Dear Editor, At a time when the ruling party, the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) and Government of Guyana is exposed for what it is, it has launched a vicious public relations campaign...

Act I, Scene II: Enter Norway

Nov 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Act I, Scene II: Enter Norway

The Guyanese people have come to know a little bit about Norway since it was announced that Norway will buy carbon credits from us. Before this, little was known of Norway among the ordinary folks of...

Governmental Entropy

Nov 20, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Governmental Entropy

It is propounded as a general law of science that the universe as a whole is tending towards a greater state of entropy. In our laymen’s terms it simply means that notwithstanding all the complex...

Amerindians would manage funds from forest they pledge – Independent review team

Nov 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Amerindians would manage funds from forest they pledge – Independent review team

Any funding mechanisms for revenues from forests which they may seek to be part of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) would be managed by the indigenous people themselves. This is highlighted...

Gunmen beat, rob magistrate

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Gunmen beat, rob magistrate

By Dale Andrews Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond was literally left battered and bruised when four masked gunmen held her up on a lonely stretch of road in Mahaicony and relieved her of cash jewellery...

Magistrate forced to leave baby in car for hours

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate forced to leave baby in car for hours

By Leonard Gildarie Workers at a Georgetown Magistrates’ Court have expressed anger and indignation over the working conditions of a magistrate who is forced each day to leave her year-old...

There is some level of corruption – Donald Ramotar

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on There is some level of corruption – Donald Ramotar

“If we continue to bury our heads in the muck which is now evident, we leave exposed the most vulnerable parts of our anatomy for further violation and abuse” – GAP/ROAR While...

GWI sewage main breaks

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GWI sewage main breaks

Yesterday, quick action by the Guyana Water Inc and their contractors save residents on Hadfield Street and Winter Place from being affect by sewage which overflowed in the area. Some time after...

GPL restores power to some city facilities

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GPL restores power to some city facilities

– but City Hall still in darkness The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) yesterday restored power to the municipals abattoir and to the Kitty and Liliendaal Pump Stations but left the City...

AFC defends uncensored publication of torture victim in Dossier

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on AFC defends uncensored publication of torture victim in Dossier

…victim will come to realize he is an advocate for change – Trotman Alliance for Change (AFC) Leader, Raphael Trotman, yesterday defended his party’s approval of the use of the...

Is Guyana’s forest really worth US$580 million annually?

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Is Guyana’s forest really worth US$580 million annually?

…Independent reviews cites serious concerns about value of Guyana’s forests An independent review of the consultation process of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) has cited serious...

Gouveia defends use of helicopter suggestions

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Gouveia defends use of helicopter suggestions

Managing Director of Roraima Airways, Captain Gerry Gouveia, is taking issues with the pronouncement by the Guyana Defence Force team leader of the Kaieteur Falls body recovery mission, Capt Sheldon...

GENACIS survey to be done

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GENACIS survey to be done

GENACIS survey to be done A Gender Alcohol and Culture International Study (GENACIS) is a survey which will be conducted in 2000 homes in Guyana, but will only be done in Regions Four and Six. The...

Dem boys seh… Each govt got dem own price

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Each govt got dem own price

When you get gift all of a sudden dem cheap but when you got to buy de same thing de price does be high, high. De other day de Chinese give Guyana a gift of more than 100 generators and some other...

Knife-wielding bandits relieve Kaieteur News staffer of car, cash

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Knife-wielding bandits relieve Kaieteur News staffer of car, cash

Kaieteur News layout artist, Osafo King, had a most horrifying experience Tuesday night. Knife-wielding bandits stuck him up and relieved him of his car, his cellular phone, US$200 and some...

Police up against spate of robberies

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police up against spate of robberies

While law enforcement officers in Region Two are struggling to combat the recent spate of break and enter that has been plaguing the Essequibo Coast. The real problem lies in the fact that there are...

Cumberland Market vendors call for removal of their roadside rivals

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cumberland Market vendors call for removal of their roadside rivals

CUMBERLAND, EAST CANJE – “We don’t want road shoulder vending! When they come and sell out there, people buy from them and gone; nobody come in the market anymore and we are the ones paying.”...

Region Six steps up preparation for rainy season

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Region Six steps up preparation for rainy season

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Region Six is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to minimize flooding. According to Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha, the administration expended $95 million for Capital...

Mother of two walks away with $1.9M

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mother of two walks away with $1.9M

Mother of two, Shoba Harrichand, is the latest Courts Stash of Cash winner. She walked away with $1.9M, yesterday. Harrichand recently bought a sofa and rug valued in excess of $180,000 from the...

Muslims to observe Eid ul Adha on November 27

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Muslims to observe Eid ul Adha on November 27

The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana yesterday reported that the month of Zul Hijjah 1430 AH commenced on Wednesday. As a result the festival of Eid ul Adha will be commemorated on Friday...

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No immigrant should feel safe in America today

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more