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Govt. mulls special facility to support fisheries sector

Jun 30, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mulls special facility to support fisheries sector

“I am prepared to do something that is similar to what we have done for housing and for the single-parent households,” President Bharrat Jagdeo told participants and other attendees of the...

Dogs in politics. Dogs of politics.

Jun 30, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dogs in politics. Dogs of politics.

Let me relate to you two political episodes in which I was involved last year, one of which caused me to be livid and my emotions were about to rage out of control, the other was when my disgust was...

Peeping Tom wants something from Uncle Tom

Jun 30, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Peeping Tom wants something from Uncle Tom

Dear Editor, I have just read your piece in the Kaieteur News of 28th June, 2010, on page 9, re- the United States TIP 2010 report. It seems that Peeping Tom is begging Uncle Tom for something. What...

Improved internet services long overdue

Jun 30, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Improved internet services long overdue

Dear Editor, The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) will make history July 1 (tomorrow) by launching its High Speed DSL service. I must point out though that the “free upgrade”...

Return to slavery

Jun 30, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Return to slavery

Dear Editor, I have penned this missive with the hope that it will stimulate some form of discussion. Freddie Kissoon’s article (29-06-10), have prompted me to send this. It is my firm belief that...

Introducing a condom with a bite

Jun 30, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Introducing a condom with a bite

While the world has been glued to their television sets to watch the World Cup in South Africa, 30,000 condoms are being passed out in that country. However, these condoms are not like any condoms...

The tragedy of Kissoon, Andaiye, Westmaas, Abrams, and Trotman

Jun 30, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The tragedy of Kissoon, Andaiye, Westmaas, Abrams, and Trotman

Dear Editor, Much has already been said about what happened at the Guyana Institute for Historical Research conference last Saturday at the National Library. I suppose everyone has something to...

A DYING TOWN

Jun 30, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A DYING TOWN

The creation of two thousand additional house lots aback of Providence in a soon-to-be established housing scheme, signals the beginning of the end for Georgetown. There is no way, given the...

Ruling class racist ideology is back in vogue in Guyana

Jun 30, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ruling class racist ideology is back in vogue in Guyana

Dear Editor, Of late, many are calling for Guyana’s Obama to step forward. Such a frequent and sad refrain is most informative in helping us to reflect on the state of our very racially divided...

$100M disappears, no paper trail found, $137M not properly verified

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $100M disappears, no paper trail found, $137M not properly verified

– Parliamentary body recommends Forensic Audit for Ministry of Health Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly, Ms. Volda Lawrence, yesterday recommended a...

World Bank’s Amaila Falls comment angers Govt.

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank’s Amaila Falls comment angers Govt.

The comment by World Bank Country Representative, Giorgio Valentini, that the World Bank was never approached to finance the Amaila Falls hydro project has drawn a strong reaction from Finance...

Aspiring pilots, doctors among Grade Six Top Performers

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Aspiring pilots, doctors among Grade Six Top Performers

They come from varied backgrounds, but this year’s top achievers in the Grade Six Assessment have some things in common – they worked hard, but were not deprived of the joys of childhood. Top...

Gaskin mounts second court challenge against Amaila Falls road contract

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gaskin mounts second court challenge against Amaila Falls road contract

Ramon Gaskin has moved, once again, to the High Court to challenge for a second time to quash Government’s decision to award a $15M USD contract to Synergy Holdings Inc. for the design and building...

Dem boys seh… Kwame and Jason sharing CN statement

Jun 29, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Kwame and Jason sharing CN statement

Some people does try really hard to get in trouble and then beg fuh help. Somebody get hold of all de statements in de Sharma case and dem decide to share dem out. People get de statements and wonder...

City’s mayor survives close no-confidence vote

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City’s mayor survives close no-confidence vote

– PNCR Councillors also unhappy By Leonard Gildarie Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, yesterday survived a no-confidence vote moved against him by Councillor Ranwell Jordan, a former mayor...

Cop in Patentia schoolboy shooting death tried for murder

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cop in Patentia schoolboy shooting death tried for murder

The police constable from the La Grange Police Station, who was implicated in the shooting to death of schoolboy Kelvin Fraser, was yesterday charged with murder. Thirty-year-old Quacy John of lot...

Aging sniffer dogs blamed for drug lapses

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Aging sniffer dogs blamed for drug lapses

Sniffer dogs are being blamed for airport security lapses in Guyana, where police said yesterday that their canines are too old or not skilled enough to detect drugs stuffed inside suitcases. Police...

20-year-old woman missing in interior

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on 20-year-old woman missing in interior

– mother receives reports that she was murdered The mother of a 20-year-old woman is hoping that the reports of her daughter’s death in the interior are false. Sandra Etwaroo told Kaieteur...

Inter-Religious Organisation condemns Gay and Lesbian Film Fest

Jun 29, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Inter-Religious Organisation condemns Gay and Lesbian Film Fest

Bishop Juan Edghill, yesterday, in his capacity as Public Relations Officer of the Inter Religious Organisation, spoke out against the ongoing Gay and Lesbian film festival being staged by the...

All Grade Six students to get secondary education

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on All Grade Six students to get secondary education

– Girls outperform boys again The Georgetown education district came out on top at this year’s Grade Six Assessment, an exam which qualifies students to move on to secondary education....

Forged vehicle number plates send policemen to jail

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Forged vehicle number plates send policemen to jail

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday refused to grant bail to two policemen who allegedly helped to forge a license plate number for an unlicensed foreign vehicle. Police Constables...

One year after legs severed… Disabled seaman still awaits court date

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on One year after legs severed… Disabled seaman still awaits court date

One year and six months after his legs were severed in a trawler mishap, seaman Russel Cornelius, is still awaiting a date when his case will be heard in the High Court. Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes,...

Guyana calls for clarity on World Bank’s forest money release

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Guyana calls for clarity on World Bank’s forest money release

– cites changing goalposts, benchmarks as concerns The Government yesterday called on World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) to ensure that there is even-handedness in the...

Motorcyclist dies after crashing into open door of parked vehicle

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dies after crashing into open door of parked vehicle

A 23-year-old motorcyclist lost his life on Sunday night after he rode into the open door of a parked minibus. At the time he was heading home on his motor Chappy. Lakeraj Kushera, of 450 Good Hope,...

Reptile flows through Berbice tap

Jun 29, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Reptile flows through Berbice tap

New Amsterdam, Berbice- A housewife of Nurseville, a community located on the outskirts of New Amsterdam, last Thursday, got the shock of her life as she was doing her daily chores. As she returned...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more