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The punishment must fit the crime

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The punishment must fit the crime

Dear Editor, Two news items caught my eyes last week both of them shocking and disgraceful. The first was captioned, “Sisters 9, 8 and 7 reveal shocking details of sexual molestation” and...

DON’T KNOW JACK

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on DON’T KNOW JACK

In every country there are words and phrases the natives, including the media, take for granted until some stranger asks, like Denise Plummer the Calypsonian, “What is this?” I grew up with the...

In Search of Excellence

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on In Search of Excellence

Officials continue to bemoan the penchant of so many of our trained personnel to head for overseas greener pastures. We all wish that this practice could be reversed since we all know to our cost how...

Gunmen shoot two in Grove robbery

Feb 21, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Gunmen shoot two in Grove robbery

Shortly after 19:00 hours last night, five gunmen descended on the business place of the Gopauls. At the time the proprietor, the elder Gopaul was about to close the business place he operates at 157...

Another high-paid GuySuCo contractor to go

Feb 21, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Another high-paid GuySuCo contractor to go

– more than 100 defects discovered at new Skeldon factory Another high-paid contractor of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is in line to be sacked, according to GuySuCo officials as the...

Guyana’s first casino opens

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News 1

By Leonard Gildarie It had all the looks and glamour of a Las Vegas style-setting and the “oohs” and “ahhs” of some media workers said it all. Guyana’s first ever casino opened its doors...

Dem Boys seh… Is not everybody congratulate Bharrat

Feb 21, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Boys seh… Is not everybody congratulate Bharrat

De other day dem boys was at de Police Officers Conference when dem see Bharrat look like he vex when people call he Doctor Jagdeo. In de fuss place de programme fuh de occasion had Dr Bharrat Jagdeo...

Children’s Road parade offers colourful, topical spectacle

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Children’s Road parade offers colourful, topical spectacle

(By Mondale Smith) Sparkling, colourful, topical, relevant and cute were among the words used to describe the Children’s Road March, yesterday, when the nation’s tots, teens and young adults from...

Another Guyanese priest in hot water

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Another Guyanese priest in hot water

Milwaukee Archbishop, Jerome Listecki, on Tuesday defended his handling of a sexual assault allegation against a La Crosse priest while he was bishop there, saying he had no choice but to side with...

Lethem food vendor killed in road accident

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem food vendor killed in road accident

Lethem, in the south of Guyana, recorded its first road fatality for the year when 67-year old Malcolm Goodrich was struck down by a speeding car on the access road to the international crossing on...

Municipal Day Care revellers raise Mash spirit

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Municipal Day Care revellers raise Mash spirit

The Mashramani spirit was in full swing on Friday when the Georgetown Municipal Day Care Services set in motion their annual Road March which has over the years been deemed an ‘energetic...

Sugar Cake girl, Fiona, is Chutney Queen

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar Cake girl, Fiona, is Chutney Queen

Fiona Singh, who rose to fame as a member of the Sugar Cake Girls entertainment group, was adjudged Chutney Queen early yesterday morning despite strong competition from Mahendra Ramkellawan who...

Woman died from cardiac arrest consistent with poisoning

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman died from cardiac arrest consistent with poisoning

… Guyanese found dead in T&T An autopsy performed on Maria Ward’s body on Friday revealed that she died from cardiac arrest consistent with poisoning. Reports out of the twin-island...

No takers yet for Govt. shares in GT&T

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on No takers yet for Govt. shares in GT&T

…administration responsible for warding off investors – official There are still no takers for the 20 per cent shares that the government holds in Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company...

Mother dies in Suriname car accident

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mother dies in Suriname car accident

Receiving a phone call thrice a week, especially from Suriname, was most comforting for the Williams family. However, an incoming call from Suriname last Tuesday, shortly after noon was not one that...

Vehicles using the Botanical Gardens on Mash Day will be charged

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Vehicles using the Botanical Gardens on Mash Day will be charged

Persons wanting to park their vehicles and motorcycles in the Botanical Gardens on Tuesday during Mashramani Celebrations will have to pay. According to the National Parks Commission, which manages...

Patrick Fredericks: a teaching legend at Queen’s College

Feb 21, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Patrick Fredericks: a teaching legend at Queen’s College

By Dale Andrews No one has two fathers, but in most cases there are always persons other than your biological father who would have a profound effect on your life. One of those persons for me was...

IAST director receives Canadian research award

Feb 21, 2010 knews News Comments Off on IAST director receives Canadian research award

Director of the Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (IAST) and eminent Guyanese Professor, Dr. Suresh Narine, has been awarded one of two $1.25M Ontario Research Chairs in Green Chemistry...

Learning Centre gears to further development

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Learning Centre gears to further development

The Lusignan-Good Hope Learning Centre, which was officially commissioned on July 4, 2009, was built to assist the development of literacy among the population to give children a chance to fight...

Dataram released on station bail

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dataram released on station bail

…Top Cop fails to comply with High Court order Yesterday, lawyers for Barry Dataram discontinued their motion in the High Court before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire and the man was released...

In 2011 we can halt the rot

Feb 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on In 2011 we can halt the rot

Dear Editor, The first shock is the nature of the event as reported in the Kaieteur News article of 18 February, 2010, “Sisters 9, 8 and 7 identify abusers”, awesome in its evil, brutality and...

Bitter melon touted as a treatment for diabetes

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bitter melon touted as a treatment for diabetes

The idea of people being able to grow their own medicine in their own backyards is being touted as a local reality. With almost 68 different helpful compounds, bitter melon locally known as...

Taxi driver stabbed four times

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver stabbed four times

A 48-year-old taxi driver was yesterday morning stabbed four times in the abdomen by a man of unsound mind. Aubrey Mc Kennon, of Haslington, East Coast Demerara, was up to press time in the Intensive...

GNBS consultation/discussion on noise nuisance

Feb 21, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on GNBS consultation/discussion on noise nuisance

Dear Editor, A public consultation/discussion on “noise nuisance”, was hosted by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) on Tuesday 16th, February in the town of New Amsterdam for the...

No street lighting for Soesdyke/Linden Highway – Benn

Feb 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on No street lighting for Soesdyke/Linden Highway – Benn

There will be no street lights erected along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway in the foreseeable future, according to Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn. Benn made this disclosure during...