May 2010

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Some public officials still to clear advances

May 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Some public officials still to clear advances

More than a month has passed since President Bharrat Jagdeo issued a directive to the Finance Ministry to ensure that officials clear their conference advances or face the embarrassment of having...

UG offers three more degrees in Health Sciences

May 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on UG offers three more degrees in Health Sciences

At least three new degree programmes have been added to those currently being offered at the University of Guyana. The Registrar of the University, Vincent Alexander, in a recent interview noted that...

Gold Cup 2nd staged kicks off today in T&T

May 10, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gold Cup 2nd staged kicks off today in T&T

‘Lady Jags’ confident ahead of Barbados clash Guyana’s flagship female football team ‘Lady Jags’ is a positive unit going into game one of the Second Round of the CONCACAF Gold...

Attitude of some nurses leaves a lot to be desired

May 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Attitude of some nurses leaves a lot to be desired

– GNA Nurses are important and may even be considered an indispensable asset to a thriving health sector; hence every effort must be engaged to ensure that the nursing service is provided by...

Gayle’s 98 send India packing

May 10, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gayle’s 98 send India packing

Windies win by 14 runs to keep title hopes alive By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Leisure Inn & Carib Beer Skipper Chris Gayle staged a one-man fight against the Indian bowlers...

Mental Hospital patient floors maid

May 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mental Hospital patient floors maid

Corporal charged with Assault Forty nine-year Rural Corporal Rishi Ram Samaroo called ‘Tractor’ was on Friday sent on his own recognizance by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before...

Amateur boxer, Stephan Gouveia, disciplined by GABA

May 10, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxer, Stephan Gouveia, disciplined by GABA

Amateur boxer Stephan Gouveia has been handed a two month suspension from all activities held under the auspices of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) following the first meeting of the...

New ILO Global Report on Child Labour

May 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on New ILO Global Report on Child Labour

– Re-energised Global Action needed Amid growing concerns over the impact of the economic downturn, the International Labour Office (ILO) has warned in a new study that efforts to eliminate the...

‘Lady Jags’ confident ahead of second round of Women’s World Cup Qualifying Games

May 10, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Lady Jags’ confident ahead of second round of Women’s World Cup Qualifying Games

Following victories over Suriname and St Vincent and the Grenadines in the first round of the of FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifying Games in Georgetown, Guyana recently, the Guyana Lady Jags enter...

A special Mother’s Day gift

May 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on A special Mother’s Day gift

A few mothers got special presents yesterday as they received their tiny, squirming bundles of joy at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. According to the Midwife-in-charge of the Post Natal...

New ILO Global Report on Child Labour

May 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on New ILO Global Report on Child Labour

– Re-energised Global Action needed Amid growing concerns over the impact of the economic downturn, the International Labour Office (ILO) has warned in a new study that efforts to eliminate the...

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Alert ranks of the Guyana Police Force apprehended these drivers after they were caught driving up the wrong way on Saffon Street, a designated one way road. .

Reckless police driving causes accident

May 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Reckless police driving causes accident

Reckless driving by police ranks is being blamed for this accident on Saturday involving a police vehicle and a parked minibus on Mandela Avenue. According to eyewitnesses, the minibus, PJJ 3602, was...

Nursing Council has qualms about proposed Nurse Practitioners Bill

May 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Nursing Council has qualms about proposed Nurse Practitioners Bill

Although plans are apace by the Ministry of Health to put in place a Nurse Practitioners Bill by next year, the auspicious legislation in its current form does not find favour with the Guyana Nursing...

Edinburgh murder suspect still on the run

May 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Edinburgh murder suspect still on the run

EDINBURGH, BERBICE – Rooplall Boodhoo is the main suspect in the murder of her daughter, 31-year old Lilowtee Seeram called ‘Pinky’. He scarred Lata Inderdeo for life and is now on the run –...

Bandits strike at West and West Coast Demerara

May 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits strike at West and West Coast Demerara

Bandits struck on the West Coast of Demerara on Saturday night, robbing a family at gunpoint. The robbery occurred at Uitvlugt at around 20:00 hours, during which Krishnadat Ramroop, 30, and his...

Kwakwani residents deserve better

May 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kwakwani residents deserve better

Dear Editor, Sometimes I try to remain silent on issues that affect my community, but find it extremely difficult. I would want to wait for the appropriate forum at the community level to highlight...

Theory and practice retard growth of criminological wisdom

May 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Theory and practice retard growth of criminological wisdom

Dear Editor, Though criminologists largely dismissed the ideas of the classical school early in the century, neither legislators nor police administrators seem to have lost faith in the classical...

Who is responsible?

May 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is responsible?

Dear Editor, Can President Bharrat Jagdeo or the Attorney General, Charles Ramson appoint someone to oversee the Land Deeds and Land Transfer Department? Why is it taking so long to process...

PICKPOCKETS ON THE LOOSE!

May 10, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PICKPOCKETS ON THE LOOSE!

We are fast approaching the stage where a name change for our country will become necessary. Unless the executive lawlessness that is prevailing in our land is brought to an end, we may find...

Kissoon’s suggestion will not win the opposition any support

May 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon’s suggestion will not win the opposition any support

Dear Editor, In his column of May 4, Freddie Kissoon suggested that PNC and Opposition Leader Mr. Robert Corbin “got conned” by President Jagdeo in not pursuing violent militant...

Sexual offence, continuing disrespect and the success of fascism in Guyana

May 10, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sexual offence, continuing disrespect and the success of fascism in Guyana

It takes just commonsense, not erudite learning, exceptional intellectual talent, mental acumen, but simple commonsense to know that if you do not protect your dignity, show respect to yourself and...

‘Diseased’ economic freedom

May 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Diseased’ economic freedom

Dear Editor, Every year, we see the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal economic freedom scorecard, the so-called Index of Economic Freedom; and every year, people not in support of the PPP/C...

GOLDING THE LILY

May 10, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on GOLDING THE LILY

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. If wishes were airplanes, beggars would fly – most likely on Air Jamaica where the champagne flights and friendly flight attendants were legendary....

Motherhood and the Pill

May 10, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Motherhood and the Pill

Through some quirk of fate, yesterday happened to be both Mothers Day and the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill – the first medication that could be prescribed for perfectly healthy...

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

Sep 08, 2026

…GDF, Police and Monedderlust march to three points By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Defending champions Slingerz Football Club and former champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC maintained...

When wealth becomes a god

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to return for some life lessons. So, on my return to his temple, I went looking for him. I found him sitting in exactly the same state in which I had left him: peaceful, unhurried and completely unimpressed by the frantic movement...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Mohamed must rethink, refine himself

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Here I am again. The Hon Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to have an epiphany. A radical renovation of his thinking and carriage is now compulsory. He must stop seeing himself as the Leader of the Opposition (OL); a man going places. He must see himself...

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