January 2010

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Ramotar slams new anti-PPP attack

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar slams new anti-PPP attack

By Gary Eleazar General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Donald Ramotar, was yesterday swift in his condemnation of what he is calling the newest attack against the party. Ramotar was...

Bad weather disrupts landing of fibre optic cable in Guyana

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bad weather disrupts landing of fibre optic cable in Guyana

Bad weather in Suriname has disrupted work needed to be done before the landing of the fibre optic cable in Guyana, which promises to revolutionise the delivery of information and communications...

Baksh has ‘concerns’ about UG strategic plan

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Baksh has ‘concerns’ about UG strategic plan

Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, has concerns about the five year strategic plan of the University of Guyana, but he is not ready to make those concerns known just yet. Baksh told reporters that...

PNCR settles debt with City Hall

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR settles debt with City Hall

After several months of toing and froing between City Hall, Congress Place, and in at least one instance having the Government make a pronouncement, debt owed to the council has been paid. This was...

Guyana gold miners record 300,000 ounces gold

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gold miners record 300,000 ounces gold

– Jewelers warned to buy legally A 300,000-ounce gold production target for 2009 by small and medium-scale miners has been met but Government has warned that the industry will be going through...

Mothers get 60 New Year’s Day hampers

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mothers get 60 New Year’s Day hampers

At the time of the New Year’s Day presentation only seven babies were delivered but all babies present on January 1, 2010 received free Teddies hampers. There were four babies born at the time at...

Nadir: Shortage of skills, 450 vacancies not filled in 2009

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Nadir: Shortage of skills, 450 vacancies not filled in 2009

– Labour Ministry charged 116 employers The Ministry of Labour says that an estimated 450 vacancies advertised there could not be filled last year because of skills shortages. These include...

Seven New Year’s Day babies, mothers get Cheekies hampers

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Seven New Year’s Day babies, mothers get Cheekies hampers

For the 11th year, Ansa McAl Trading Limited continued its annual tradition of ushering in the New Year by honouring mothers of New Year’s Day babies with Cheekies hampers at hospitals around...

18-year-old critical after Old Year’s night accident

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 18-year-old critical after Old Year’s night accident

– driver in custody Sharmilla Ramdeo, the mother of 18-year-old Lakram Delima, is clinging to the hope that her son would fully recover from an accident which occurred on New Year’s Eve....

David Ramnarine heads police promotion list

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on David Ramnarine heads police promotion list

Police officer David Ramnarine heads the 2010 list of promotions of the Guyana Police Force. Ramnarine, a former senior superintendent is the only officer promoted to the rank of Assistant...

Prem Misir heads to India

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Prem Misir heads to India

The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Dr. Prem Misir, will be in India to present a paper on the theme “Leveraging Knowledge Networks: Global Ink” at the 8th Pravasi Bharatiya...

Drinking spree ends with death fall

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Drinking spree ends with death fall

A Wakenaam labourer was pronounced dead on arrival at the Wakenaam Cottage Hospital after he fell from a verandah at Meer Zorg Village, on the island. According to reports, 25-year-old Alvin Ramdass,...

2009 ended with road fatality in Berbice

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 2009 ended with road fatality in Berbice

NUMBER FIFTY-SEVEN VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – Police in Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force are probing the circumstances that led to the death of 28-year-old, Ravendra Roopnarine, of Number...

NIS pensioners get 6% increase, self-employed ceiling raised

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on NIS pensioners get 6% increase, self-employed ceiling raised

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has announced a six per cent increase for pensioners effective January 1, 2010. According to a notice in the Kaieteur News edition of January 1, 2010, the minimum...

Time now for upgraded hospital service – Corbin

Jan 03, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Time now for upgraded hospital service – Corbin

Now that it has been determined that it was negligence that led to the death of the late Minister within the Ministry of Education, Dr Desrey Fox, leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, Robert...

Cabinet Ministers to face media every week

Jan 03, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Cabinet Ministers to face media every week

– investments made, now time to deliver the goods – Dr Luncheon Government says that it is toying with the idea of bringing Cabinet Ministers to its weekly post-Cabinet press briefings to...

OPR promises answers later this month

Jan 03, 2010 knews News Comments Off on OPR promises answers later this month

As relatives of the late Hemchand Gopaul continue to mourn his death, they are yet to receive answers from the Guyana Police Force to questions about his death. Only last week, Mohamed Jameer, Head...

Hinckson guides DCC to exciting 20/20 win despite fifty from Singh

Jan 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hinckson guides DCC to exciting 20/20 win despite fifty from Singh

By Sean Devers Jamal Hinckson hit an undefeated 40 from 47 balls to guide DCC to an exciting last over victory against New Line Cavaliers in a feature 20/20 cricket match at the DCC ground yesterday...

Cellular phone battery may have led to Albouystown man’s death

Jan 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cellular phone battery may have led to Albouystown man’s death

The relatives of 23-year-old, Wendell Tappin, who was mercilessly chopped and stabbed to death in the streets of Albouystown, said his killers are heartless. There was no need for such drastic...

GCA holds ‘Building Sportsmen to be competent leaders’ workshop

Jan 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA holds ‘Building Sportsmen to be competent leaders’ workshop

Sessions for U-19 players today at GCC By Sean Devers The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) yesterday launched their 2-day ‘Building Sportsmen to be competent leaders’ workshop at the GCC...

The Baccoo speaks

Jan 03, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There is going to be some measure of calm, especially on the streets, because some people are going to exercise that bit more care and caution. However, in two instances motorcyclists are going to...

Kashif and Shanghai extravaganza:The organizers should pay attention to their detractors

Jan 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kashif and Shanghai extravaganza:The organizers should pay attention to their detractors

By Michael Benjamin Eight days of pulsating football which included four preliminary matches, four quarter-finals and two semi-finals was culminated with the final and the third place playoff when...

Workers shouldn’t be used to settle personal score

Jan 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Workers shouldn’t be used to settle personal score

Dear Editor, It was good to read former Chief Labour Officer (CLO), Mohamed Akeel’s letter “A recommendation is not binding” (Kaieteur News 31/12/2009). The former CLO made a case for GAWU and...

2000-2009: A Decade of Caribbean Decline – Part 2

Jan 03, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on 2000-2009: A Decade of Caribbean Decline – Part 2

By Sir Ronald Sanders In part one of this commentary I argued that 2000 to 2009 has proven to be a decade of decline for the countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). This...

2010: THE YEAR OF OPPORTUNITY

Jan 03, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on 2010: THE YEAR OF OPPORTUNITY

The PNCR extends New Year Greetings to all Guyanese at home and abroad. In his New Year Message, the Leader of the PNCR and Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Robert H. O. Corbin, MP, expressed the hope...

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