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Simels gets 14 years

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Simels gets 14 years

Former Roger Khan Attorney-at-law, Robert Simels, has been sentenced in a New York City Court to 14 years in prison for threatening witnesses in a drug-trafficking case. A Brooklyn jury found Robert...

Postpone the fence, pay sugar workers-Corbin

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Postpone the fence, pay sugar workers-Corbin

“Though of relative importance, the allocation of $22M to extend a fence at Camp Groomes should be used instead as an emergency payment to the sugar workers since the Guyana Sugar Company (GuySuCo)...

US$25M request illustrates kleptomaniac nature of Govt. – Trotman

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US$25M request illustrates kleptomaniac nature of Govt. – Trotman

Kleptomania is described as an obsessive impulse to steal regardless of economic need. A person suffering from this condition is termed to be a kleptomaniac and is the choice word used by Leader of...

Contractor got $6.5M to patch potholes along 200 metre road – Faerber

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Contractor got $6.5M to patch potholes along 200 metre road – Faerber

In his experience as a road contractor there has been the construction of a road at Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara, said Regional Chairman, Julius Faerber. He was commenting on the contractor...

Dem boys seh… Nuff people nervous

Dec 05, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Nuff people nervous

Dem boys get really nervous de other night. Was sentencing time fuh de American lawyer who defend Roger Khan and one of de men who coulda send Roger to jail fuh de rest of he life. Roger tek de best...

President commissions $65M Diamond well

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on President commissions $65M Diamond well

By Brushell Blackman President Bharrat Jagdeo commissioned a new well at the New Diamond Housing Scheme to the tune of $65M yesterday. The facility will serve 4,000 residents and can accommodate a...

Hunter reports finding remains of missing 10-year-old

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hunter reports finding remains of missing 10-year-old

..but subsequent search comes up empty A search party failed to find the remains of 10-year-old Ricky Jainarine who disappeared on August 11, last, while in the company of his father, Jainarine...

Salesman charged for faking robbery

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Salesman charged for faking robbery

Police have charged a 37-year-old driver/salesman from Pritipaul Singh Investments for allegedly attempting to steal $200,000 from his employer by pretending that bandits had abducted and robbed him....

ERC hosts successful conference at City Hall

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ERC hosts successful conference at City Hall

With the aim of gaining more community participation in the issue of security, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) through community outreaches has been soliciting public support. Its most recent...

Former GDF Major walks free after time served

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Former GDF Major walks free after time served

– judge says no to deportation After more than three years in US custody on drug related charges, former Guyana Defence Force Major, David Clarke, was released yesterday on time served by Chief...

Hunter reports finding remains of missing 10-year-old

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hunter reports finding remains of missing 10-year-old

..but subsequent search comes up empty A search party failed to find the remains of 10-year-old Ricky Jainarine who disappeared on August 11, last, while in the company of his father, Jainarine...

NBS concerned members moving to Parliament… Want society to be made into company, fall under BOG

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NBS concerned members moving to Parliament… Want society to be made into company, fall under BOG

A number of concerned members of the New Building Society (NBS) say that they are contemplating a motion made in Parliament to change the society into a company and have it regulated by the Bank of...

‘Battle of the Sexes’ on tonight

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The Classique Dance Company is set to dazzle the minds of dance enthusiasts with a production at the National Cultural Centre this evening. The high energy production titled ‘Battle of the Sexes’...

More than 2,500 Skill Certificates issued to date

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on More than 2,500 Skill Certificates issued to date

Between 2007 and October 2009, a total of 2576 Skills Certificates have been issued in accordance with the Free Movement of Skills agreement. This is according to the Free Movement Committee, a...

The David Clarke verdict, a gargantuan humiliation for President Jagdeo

Dec 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The David Clarke verdict, a gargantuan humiliation for President Jagdeo

There isn’t a person that I have spoken to since Roger Khan pleaded guilty who believes the American Government will not move against key leaders in the Government of Guyana. From the time Khan...

Guyana Manufactures and Services awards 12 companies and individuals

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Manufactures and Services awards 12 companies and individuals

Even as the world is witnessing one of the most severe global recessions in the post-war period that has affected many countries in varying degrees, foreign trade and foreign direct investments...

Concerned for passengers who use public transportation

Dec 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Concerned for passengers who use public transportation

Dear Editor, I am very much concerned for the safety and rights of passengers who use minibuses as a means of transportation, as my wife Jermin Abrams (Clarke) is now nursing a broken arm due to an...

Fisherman vows never to return to seas after pirate attack

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fisherman vows never to return to seas after pirate attack

A fisherman who spent most of his life at sea to make a living for his six children has vowed never to return to sea for fear of his life. Within the last month, Adydia Chatterpaul and his four other...

Surround yourself with only what you know and you will never grow

Dec 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Surround yourself with only what you know and you will never grow

Dear Editor, Ehi Aimiuwu says that Tiger Woods is a “nothing but a symbol of Black inferiority” (GC Dec 4th). Aimiuw seems to think this true because Woods separated “himself from his people”...

Education, as we know it, is quickly losing its value

Dec 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Education, as we know it, is quickly losing its value

Dear Editor, I read Mr. Suseran’s letter of 4th December in which he reminded us about the problems that the education system faces. He even suggested that police officers be in...

Three Berbice post offices under renovation

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Three Berbice post offices under renovation

-rental spaces garner Corporation $60M annually Three Berbice post offices are being refurbished as the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) moves to improve its services. The three are located at...

Four-year-old out of ICU

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The four-year-old child who was struck on Mandela Avenue, on Sunday night was removed from the Intensive Care Unit, of the Georgetown Hospital, yesterday. According to relatives of Latifa Rodney, the...

In support of Dr. Joey Jagan on scientific polls

Dec 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on In support of Dr. Joey Jagan on scientific polls

Dear Editor, I support Dr. Cheddi (Joey) Jagan Jr.’s view (KN Dec 3) that opinion surveys (called polls) must be scientific. In Guyana, I use the scientific method for the NACTA polls and have been...

We must never lose sight of the importance of liberty

Dec 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We must never lose sight of the importance of liberty

Dear Editor, Let me take time out to wish the members and Executives of the People’s National Congress Reform every success at the party’s General Council Meeting scheduled to be held today. This...

AFC joins call for immediate reinstatement of RUSAL workers

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on AFC joins call for immediate reinstatement of RUSAL workers

The Alliance For Change yesterday called for the immediate reinstatement of the dismissed workers of the Guyana Bauxite Mining Company, the resumption of the Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) and for...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more