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Our transport system reeks of indiscipline and hostility

Feb 16, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Our transport system reeks of indiscipline and hostility

Dear Editor, I refer to a recent article in the print media where a Magistrate fined a taxi driver for being abusive to a passenger. Bravo, Your Worship! The public transport system in Guyana...

The Constitution does not discriminate between Guyanese living at home or abroad

Feb 16, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The Constitution does not discriminate between Guyanese living at home or abroad

Dear Editor, I refer to the article written by Freddie Kissoon, (February 14, 2010) captioned: Giving permanent foreign Guyanese the right to vote is morally horrible. In his article, Mr. Kissoon...

Housing of the CIA office in Castellani House building

Feb 16, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Housing of the CIA office in Castellani House building

Dear Editor, The verbal furore that the decision to house the offices of the soon to be established Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the compound of the Castellani House is very puzzling and the...

Reducing violence in schools

Feb 16, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Reducing violence in schools

Dear Editor, There is of course no single legal offence of ‘violence’. Various statutes and common law allow for the offences ranging from common assault (which may involved no more than...

Rights and the rule of law are paramount in the determination of any activity

Feb 16, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Rights and the rule of law are paramount in the determination of any activity

Dear Editor, In any decent and civilized society, rights and the rule of law are paramount in the determination of any activity, be it social, economic or political. All Guyanese, including President...

The effects of the ‘New World Order’

Feb 16, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The effects of the ‘New World Order’

Dear Editor, In the past, the order of the male dominated world was fueled by man’s ‘adventuristic’ nature, competitiveness and the need to earn to support their progeny. Men were the...

Cash transactions must be curtailed

Feb 16, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Cash transactions must be curtailed

Yesterday, Scotia Bank launched a menu of measures designed to aid small businesses as opposed to micro-businesses. These measures included credit cards for businesses, chequing accounts for the...

Valentine’s Day outing ends in tragedy for Linden family

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Valentine’s Day outing ends in tragedy for Linden family

– One dead, four hospitalised What started out as a Valentine’s Day outing for a Linden family ended in tragedy as one woman is now dead and four others including a toddler are hospitalised....

Man stabbed to death on Stabroek Square

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabbed to death on Stabroek Square

– row over stolen cell phone may have triggered killing A stolen cell phone may have been the motive behind the murder on Saturday night of 24- year old Sophia resident, Gregory Stewart, called...

Dem boys seh…..Some people was lonely this Valentine

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…..Some people was lonely this Valentine

Valentine come and gone and some people suddenly know how lonely life can be. Bharrat sit at home and de only flower he get was from Kwame. Dem had some gyal who did want to go and sport wid he...

Schools under siege

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Schools under siege

– violent students with ‘rambo’ knives, ice-picks terrorise teachers Armed with ‘Rambo’ knives, ice-picks and an assortment of sharpened implements, violent students are holding some...

Dr Van-West Charles calls for reform on approving expenditures

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dr Van-West Charles calls for reform on approving expenditures

Former Parliamentarian and Government Minister, Dr. Richard Van West Charles is of the opinion that the manner in which monies are approved for expenditure in the National Assembly has to change. Dr....

City Council willing to handover Kitty Market to developers

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City Council willing to handover Kitty Market to developers

Kitty Market has long been an eyesore and a threat to life and limbs of those who ply their trade as well as passersby to the point that it was deemed derelict by many. Yet it remains untouched. But...

Woman killed by overturned truck near Mahdia

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman killed by overturned truck near Mahdia

An 18-year-old woman perished after she was crushed by an overturned truck on the road to Mahdia on Saturday. Tenisha Jones whose address is listed as Last Entrance, North Ruimveldt reportedly died...

Agri-official slams PNCR rice industry statement

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Agri-official slams PNCR rice industry statement

…says $35M spent in Region Two since advent of El Nino condition A senior official within the Agriculture Ministry, speaking on the condition of anonymity has deemed the comments by People’s...

Several attracted to Health Ministry’s ‘Test of Love’

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Several attracted to Health Ministry’s ‘Test of Love’

By early afternoon on Saturday, more than 131 persons had already been tested for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as part of a testing activity orchestrated by the Ministry of Health, through...

Bandits hit Popeyes $1.2M

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hit Popeyes $1.2M

Two men armed with guns descended on the popular Popeyes Chicken and Seafood outlet on Vlissengen Road around 23:15 hours on Saturday and robbed the entity of $1.2M in cash. According to sources, the...

Man claims injustice was delivered by court

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man claims injustice was delivered by court

Birley Wilson, 50, of lot 34 South Ogle Railway Line, East Coast Demerara, is claiming that an injustice was done to him and his family following the dismissal of a traffic matter at the Sparendaam...

10 through to Mash Calypso finals

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 10 through to Mash Calypso finals

– Teneshia DeFraitas takes second title, wins Aids competition Die hard fans of calypso reveled in five sweet hours of the music as the Semi final of the Calypso Mash Showdown, 2010, jerked and...

MMC vehicle smashes into electrical poll

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on MMC vehicle smashes into electrical poll

An out-of-control vehicle, belonging to the MMC Security Services severed two electricity poles on Water Street Kingston at 00:30 hours yesterday. While the accident resulted in a section of Kingston...

Guyanese in Trinidad jail seeking clemency for 1985 murder

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese in Trinidad jail seeking clemency for 1985 murder

A Guyanese who is serving a life sentence in Trinidad is seeking clemency for his involvement in the murder of a businessman in the Twin-Island Republic 25 years ago. The prisoner, Jainarine Persaud,...

Banks DIH launches rich shimmering quality costumes

Feb 15, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH launches rich shimmering quality costumes

(By Mondale Smith) After being out of the Mashramani Float parade for four years Banks DIH is back in the play with a bang. On Friday evening the company officially launched its rich mostly red and...

Guyana face another defeat despite Bishoo’s second 5-wkt haul

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana face another defeat despite Bishoo’s second 5-wkt haul

By Sean Devers in Berbice “Barbados show Guyana love on Valentines’ day” was how Barbadian journalist Ezra Stuart described the strange decision by Barbados not to enforce the follow-on...

‘Fishy’ Williams tops field as RBC takes top 3 spots

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Fishy’ Williams tops field as RBC takes top 3 spots

By Franklin Wilson Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams rode a smart and well calculated race to emerge as the best from a field of 31 starters in the inaugural Cell Smart/Digicel sponsored HIV/AIDS Awareness...

Greene beaten at AAG Development Meet Two

Feb 15, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greene beaten at AAG Development Meet Two

Fraser, Ageday impressive in sprint events Though it is still early in the 2010 Season and athletes may still be doing strength training it was clear yesterday that the once indomitable national...

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A psychological profile of a control freak

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Imagine an official who believes he’s the last bastion of sanity in a world of incompetence.... more