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The Ministry of Labour must be held accountable to discharge its mandate

Dec 28, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Labour must be held accountable to discharge its mandate

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article, “Union urges govt. intervention in impasse with bauxite company” in SN, December 26, 2009. The Ministry of Labour has the lead role and...

Humane gesture to start 2010

Dec 28, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Humane gesture to start 2010

Dear Editor, It is evident that we all have got our battles to attend and by taking sometime out to make a difference, goes a mile or longer. This is a call to Mr. Roshan Khan (RK’s Security) and...

There is a lot wrong

Dec 28, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a lot wrong

Dear Editor, The PPP Government have shown us time after time that they have no idea of what things are right and what things are wrong for them to practice in the lives of the people that they are...

THE PRICE MUST BE RIGHT

Dec 28, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PRICE MUST BE RIGHT

The conclusion of the summit in Copenhagen must not dash this country’s hope of developing a low carbon economy. On the contrary, the failure of the UN conference should force the government and...

Will the workers and the weather be constantly blamed?

Dec 28, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will the workers and the weather be constantly blamed?

Dear Editor, Our thanks go out to Minister Persaud for recognising our needs and rights and ordering GuySuCo to pay our paltry back pay before Christmas. Of course the management has issued a face...

We seem to have gone into a plastic madness

Dec 28, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on We seem to have gone into a plastic madness

Dear Editor, If people are going to enjoy the holidays, then please do so with restraint and some prudence. No I am not talking about the alcohol binge that occurs around this time but the huge...

The stories go on

Dec 28, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The stories go on

I don’t pay attention to the poisonous bile the little dictators write and say about me. I will stop writing when they prove me wrong. Instead of vomiting up their miasma and spreading in on the...

Noise nuisance in our society

Dec 28, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Noise nuisance in our society

Dear Editor, Our society has become a place of constant noise in various parts of our country, but the police do nothing about it. I wonder if a bill was past in parliament about noise nuisance, then...

CHECKS AND BALANCES

Dec 28, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on CHECKS AND BALANCES

American spelling leaves me spell bound. If you do a spell-check on “cheque” the word gets redlined and you get “check”. Well, the British banks just did a check on the...

Development

Dec 28, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Development

President Jagdeo’s articulation of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) earlier this year, has sparked quite a debate on the issue of development itself. This is very positive and exemplifies...

19 babies came on X-Mas day in G/T

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on 19 babies came on X-Mas day in G/T

As the world was celebrating Christmas Day 2009, on December 25, 19 bundles of joy made their grand entry into the world, most of them at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The first baby, a boy, was...

Body found with 66 stab wounds

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Body found with 66 stab wounds

Residents of Lethem, Rupununi, were greeted on Christmas morning by the sight of the body of a man lying in a pool of blood at the approach to the Takatu Bridge. The man who police say is Marcus Paul...

Basil Bradshaw is a special person

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Basil Bradshaw is a special person

From national sprinter to broadcaster By Edison Jefford His voice was known before his personality. Basil Bradshaw did not know that he was setting himself up for a rewarding career in the fourth...

Coloured rice, pepper pot and bread, two cigarettes and sweets

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Coloured rice, pepper pot and bread, two cigarettes and sweets

Prisoners given Christmas day treat… After a whole year of eating rice and boiled provisions with black tea, inmates at the Georgetown Prison were given a special treat on Christmas Day. The...

Dem boys seh…Dem big people cry

Dec 27, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem big people cry

On Christmas Day some big man cry fuh break dem heart. Dem had to peep through bars and watch people laughing and dancing pun de road outside dem cell. Every other day dem woulda tek the scene fuh...

Two police ranks under close arrest

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Two police ranks under close arrest

Vehicle seizures from Desrey Fox’s home: Two ranks of the drug enforcement unit of the police at Lethem have been placed under close arrest for an illegal car seized from the home of former...

Nine Christmas babies get Teddies Hampers

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Nine Christmas babies get Teddies Hampers

Parents of nine babies born on Christmas Day at the Georgetown Public Hospital and at Medical Arts Hospital received gifts from Teddies representatives. At the Georgetown Hospital, the first...

Rice farmers complain over delayed payments

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmers complain over delayed payments

Officials will today start meeting irate rice farmers and millers across the country after complaints over payments. According to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, yesterday, the Guyana...

Army veterans, senior citizens remembered, feted at luncheon

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Army veterans, senior citizens remembered, feted at luncheon

The Christmas season certainly brings out the spirit of love and giving. It also brings into sharper focus the plight of the less fortunate who have given their best years in defense of the freedoms...

Pumps consuming huge amount of fuel, regions want more money

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Pumps consuming huge amount of fuel, regions want more money

Irrigation of El Nino-hit farmlands… By Leonard Gildarie As the effects of El Nino dry conditions continue to take its toll, officials says that hundreds of gallons of fuel are being expended daily...

$$M recouped, smuggling at a controllable level

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on $$M recouped, smuggling at a controllable level

– GRA The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said that it has reduced smuggling to a “controllable level”, and recouped millions in revenue from interceptions and raids this year....

Guyana’s fossil fuel pursuit no contradiction

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s fossil fuel pursuit no contradiction

– Jagdeo Guyana’s pursuit of fossil fuel whilst pursuing a Low Carbon Development Strategy is no contradiction. This is the opinion of Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo who, during a Christmas Eve...

Carib Soca Monarch plans ‘on track’

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Carib Soca Monarch plans ‘on track’

Even as the focus is on the festive season, plans are almost complete for the staging of the Carib Soca Monarch 2010 Mashramani competition. A source from within the Carib Beer Soca Monarch planning...

President distributes gifts to kids in Sophia, GPHC paediatric ward

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on President distributes gifts to kids in Sophia, GPHC paediatric ward

Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo on Christmas Day distributed presents in Sophia, Greater Georgetown, where he was met by a large number of children who were up early and eagerly awaiting their gifts,...

Jamzone goes international for 2010

Dec 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jamzone goes international for 2010

– US $15,000 prizes up for grabs “Jamzone will mark its 10th anniversary in 2010 and we have planned a series of activities to celebrate those successful years of adding to the development of...

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