March 2010

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Seven pumping stations completed to date

Mar 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Seven pumping stations completed to date

– Works on another four to commence Monday – Project Engineer The rehabilitation of the Georgetown sewerage system is currently 36 percent completed – off by a negligible two percent....

We need to open up the competition to Caribbean Airlines

Mar 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to open up the competition to Caribbean Airlines

Dear Editor, I have noted the Secretary of the Cabinet, Dr Roger Luncheon’s remarks about the exploitation to which we Guyanese have been subjected to by Caribbean Airlines. Dr Luncheon was...

Domestic violence is our concern

Mar 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Domestic violence is our concern

Dear Editor, Reading of the ordeal of Roxanne Goodman in a publication of Kaieteur News, dated March 8, 2010, caused me to speculate and supposed many others as to how many occasions did this woman...

Defendants given three weeks to respond

Mar 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Defendants given three weeks to respond

The respondents in the compensation/punitive damages case against Attorney General of Guyana, the Commissioner of Police, and the two ranks implicated in the torture, Sergeant Narine Lall and...

Kissoon is off colour

Mar 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon is off colour

Dear Editor, I am sincerely glad that there is someone who has a name like ‘Kissoon’ who highlights the African Guyanese dilemma. It is a step in the right direction in helping to heal racial...

Colonial ways must be phased out for improved City Council – Oscar Clarke

Mar 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Colonial ways must be phased out for improved City Council – Oscar Clarke

By Sharmain Cornette It may very well be the fault of the education system that many people are still acting and thinking as colonials even today. This assertion was made recently by General...

Ramkarran should be PPP/C presidential nominee

Mar 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramkarran should be PPP/C presidential nominee

Dear Editor, It seems as if at least three persons will vie for the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) nomination for next year presidential race for the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. They...

The Constitution gives the right to all Guyanese wherever they live to vote

Mar 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Constitution gives the right to all Guyanese wherever they live to vote

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned, “What a political flip-flop!” which was published in Kaieteur News on 9 March, 2010 and written by Cheddi Joey Jagan Jr. Dr Jagan often defends his...

Parents and victims: The injustices of life

Mar 10, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Parents and victims: The injustices of life

How can you compare two parents, one of which was never known in this world, had no proper education, remained obscured and hardly did anything significant or nationally known in their own country,...

I am pinning my hopes on Moses Nagamootoo to rescue us

Mar 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am pinning my hopes on Moses Nagamootoo to rescue us

Dear Editor, I comment on a recent development I read of in one of the dailies – the story about Moses Nagamootoo readiness to serve as our party’s next presidential candidate in the general...

Police nab ‘Snake Eye’

Mar 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab ‘Snake Eye’

– was wanted for brutal cutlass attack on reputed wife Police yesterday nabbed a 46-year-old suspect who was wanted for brutally attacking his reputed wife with a cutlass last Friday morning....

HUMILITY IS A REVOLUTIONARY VIRTUE

Mar 10, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HUMILITY IS A REVOLUTIONARY VIRTUE

Monday’s column reflected on the values of Che. This was intended not just as a critique against the commercialization of his image but also as an introduction to today’s column which asks what...

Remembering Cheddi Jagan

Mar 10, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Remembering Cheddi Jagan

It is hard to believe that it has been thirteen years since Dr Cheddi Jagan passed on. Maybe it’s because he is so much in the news. During the last year there has been an extensive debate in the...

Is there a national plan being pursued for the rice industry?

Mar 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a national plan being pursued for the rice industry?

Dear Editor, I find it rather strange that the weather is being used as the scapegoat for the poor performance in the sugar industry in 2009, but simultaneously is the main reason being used by the...

Two companies owe coffers $12B in taxes

Mar 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Two companies owe coffers $12B in taxes

– GRA urged to reduce risk of fraud Two companies owe the Guyana Revenue Authority in excess of $12B in taxes but complex court cases may see no monies coming into the treasury for a while. In...

Kwame McCoy under investigation again

Mar 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Kwame McCoy under investigation again

“Nobody is afraid of anybody!” This was the response of Divisional Commander George Vyphuis in response to a query about the police investigation into what appears to be yet another case of abuse...

Post mortem shows woman was stabbed ten times

Mar 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Post mortem shows woman was stabbed ten times

– slashed on hands while warding off attack Forty-seven-year-old Uswattie Persaud fought desperately for her life before her attacker plunged a kitchen knife ten times into her body in the Bel...

Gold declarations plunge 40% in January

Mar 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Gold declarations plunge 40% in January

Miners have expressed worry over the state of the industry as declaration to the Guyana Gold Board plunged by 40 per cent for January alone and a loss of confidence among miners is being blamed....

Dem boys seh…Waterfalls boss man want money

Mar 09, 2010 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Waterfalls boss man want money

Muslims don’t pay pilgrimage to graves because dem seh that it against de religion. Dem celebrate de life of de person but not his death. However, in Guyana some of dem Muslim had to go. But dem go...

Cyclist killed on Pouderoyen Public Road

Mar 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Cyclist killed on Pouderoyen Public Road

A male pedal cyclist of Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, was pronounced dead on arrival at the West Demerara Regional Hospital after he was struck by a motor car. Reports are that the...

Private facilities recognise upsurge in diarrhoeal infections

Mar 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Private facilities recognise upsurge in diarrhoeal infections

The local health sector has been battling the problem of diarrhoeal infections, a state of affairs that has been observed in both the public and private sectors. This newspaper learnt recently that...

CARICOM leaders have tough agenda in Dominica

Mar 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on CARICOM leaders have tough agenda in Dominica

When Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) gather in Roseau, Dominica on Thursday, Haiti and the Community’s continued support to the French-speaking Member State, the Region’s...

Trespassers damage canal embankment at Mahaica

Mar 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Trespassers damage canal embankment at Mahaica

In an effort to save almost 8000 acres of rice, the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary/Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA) and the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) have started...

Barbados-based Guyanese accuses LIAT of price-gouging

Mar 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Barbados-based Guyanese accuses LIAT of price-gouging

Marlena Headley-St Hill, a Guyanese resident in Barbados, is calling on the relevant authorities to properly investigate the services which are being offered by Leeward Island Air Transport (LIAT)...

Sophia teen to represent Guyana at Int’l Quranic Competition

Mar 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Sophia teen to represent Guyana at Int’l Quranic Competition

Quinton Antonio Rahim of Sophia will be representing Guyana at the Kuwait International Quranic Competition for memorisation and recitation of the Holy Quran. The competition begins March 10 and...

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(Kaieteur News) – The ExxonMobil Under-18 Football Championships will continue on October 30 and 31, with fixtures scheduled across six districts as teams battle for regional honours and places in...

The King comes to a colony that never quite became free

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(Kaieteur News) – The King’s official visit to Guyana is an occasion for ceremony, the polishing of old silver and the remembering of a history that we might otherwise prefer to leave undisturbed. There will be speeches about friendship, partnership and the enduring bonds between our two...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Jagdeo’s PPP: PNC sensation, WIN, raw realities Pt I

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(Kaieteur News) – PPP General Secretary, Cde Bharrat Jagdeo, showed again that he is one step ahead of the crowd. A PPP-PNC Xmas card. A neat package of joy. Has the potential to give hope, generate inspiration. Maybe even heal some long-festering national wounds. On the surface, what...

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