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PSC meets Kuwait’s investment representatives

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PSC meets Kuwait’s investment representatives

Guyana’s private sector is exploring business opportunities with Kuwait, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has disclosed. A high-level group, part of a delegation that came on Monday with Kuwaiti...

Dem boys seh…Guyana got a visiting president

Jul 22, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Guyana got a visiting president

Last night dem boys turn on dem TV and dem hear that Guyana got a visiting President. In dem other country de President live deh and he always meeting wid he people. But lo and behold, de Guyana...

Emotional service precedes burial of Assistant Supt. Murray

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Emotional service precedes burial of Assistant Supt. Murray

– police barred from attending funeral in uniform Police Assistant Superintendent, Ivelaw Murray, was laid to rest yesterday following a simple yet emotional funeral service at the Glory Light...

22-year-old delivers triplets outside GPHC

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 22-year-old delivers triplets outside GPHC

It’s been said that every birth is a miracle. For 22-year-old Tricia Persaud a better description of the events of Tuesday night may be hard to find. The young woman who was bearing triplets went...

New garbage trucks for Linden

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on New garbage trucks for Linden

The garbage collection system in Linden, which for a long time had been severely challenged by inadequate equipment, was recently boosted with the purchase of two new compactor trucks at a cost of...

IDB approves US$118 million in grants for Haiti

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on IDB approves US$118 million in grants for Haiti

– power, water services, roads targeted The Inter-American Development Bank yesterday approved grants totaling $118 million for Haiti to improve electricity and water services in...

GGDMA consults with Mahdia miners on relief fund

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GGDMA consults with Mahdia miners on relief fund

The executive members of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) on Monday last met with the residents of Mahdia to discuss with them, how the monies donated by the association...

Berbice police in major drug bust, net 34 kilos of Compressed marijuana

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice police in major drug bust, net 34 kilos of Compressed marijuana

Police in East Berbice on Wednesday made a major drug haul which netted over 80 pounds of compressed marijuana. At about 07:00 hours yesterday, ranks acting on information conducted a search of a...

18 companies vie for Ram & McRae Business Report awards

Jul 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on 18 companies vie for Ram & McRae Business Report awards

The first ever Award in Guyana directed at a company for its performances as it relates to its annual report is underway. The Ram and McRae initiative which coincides with that entity’s 25th...

Chris Ram seeks to modify New Building Society Act

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Chris Ram seeks to modify New Building Society Act

Chartered accountant Christopher Ram will today be invoking a clause of the New Building Societies Act that the Minister of Finance is seeking to have amended in Parliament. Bill no. 7/2010 which was...

‘Sponge Bob’ remanded for attempting house break

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Sponge Bob’ remanded for attempting house break

Odell Beresford, called ‘Sponge Bob’, has been remanded on a charge of being charged with attempting to commit a felony. The accused made his appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates Court...

Jagdeo gets special treatment in Venezuela

Jul 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo gets special treatment in Venezuela

President Bharrat Jagdeo traveled to Caracas, Venezuela, yesterday, to a ceremonial welcome following which he engaged in talks with his counterpart, Hugo Chavez, at the Venezuelan President’s...

No foul play suspected in fiery death

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on No foul play suspected in fiery death

As police in the West Demerara district continue their investigation into the fire at Canal Number Two, which left a 62-year-old woman dead, there is no suspicion of foul play. Commander of the...

US$370M is a lot of money to be unaccounted for

Jul 22, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on US$370M is a lot of money to be unaccounted for

Dear Editor, To quote from page 27 of the 2006 PPP/C Manifesto, “The PPP/C will continue to build on its solid track record of strengthening accountability, transparency and good governance”....

A few hours at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on A few hours at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre

– only Cuban Doctors working By Rabindra Rooplall After many complaints from patients who visit the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, Kaieteur News decided to investigate some of the complaints....

Clerical sex-abuse scandal

Jul 22, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Clerical sex-abuse scandal

Dear Editor, An impartial reading of reactions in the media to the clerical sex-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church shows that, consciously or unconsciously, the writers are applying double...

Kamla’s party heading for massive local govt. victory

Jul 22, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Kamla’s party heading for massive local govt. victory

Dear Editor, For the first time in its history, the ruling UNC (and its coalition partners branded the Peoples Partnership) is heading for a massive victory in a local government election in...

21-yr-old motorcyclist hospitalized after crashing into cow

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 21-yr-old motorcyclist hospitalized after crashing into cow

Marcus James, 21, of Tucber Park, is in a critical condition at the New Amsterdam Hospital following an accident with a cow in the vicinity of Main and Alexander Streets, New Amsterdam around 23:30...

Government seizes control of Belle Vue co-op

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Government seizes control of Belle Vue co-op

-sale of repossessed lands questioned By Leonard Gildarie Government has seized control of a West Bank Demerara cane farmers’ cooperative following complaints that lands were repossessed and then...

The closing days of the Bharrat Jagdeo regime

Jul 22, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The closing days of the Bharrat Jagdeo regime

Dear Editor, In the closing days of the Jagdeo regime, Guyanese are being daily bombarded with further disgusting descents in its standards of public behaviour. The macabre statement by the Local...

Why render useless the very tool needed to fight corruption, crime and poor governance

Jul 22, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Why render useless the very tool needed to fight corruption, crime and poor governance

Dear Editor, Observation is made of the campaign to dictate to the PNC with no regard or respect for the PNC’s rules. It seems that there is no end to those who stay from afar and who believe that...

Understanding the principles of the GRA

Jul 22, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Understanding the principles of the GRA

Dear Editor; Permit me to express my profound gratitude to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for its continuous efforts in collaborating with the Ministry of Education to facilitate training to work...

Proposed GAP/ROAR AIDS motion is counter-productive – National AIDS Committee

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Proposed GAP/ROAR AIDS motion is counter-productive – National AIDS Committee

The GAP/ROAR motion to be debated in the National Assembly today is ill-informed, dangerous and ultimately counter-productive, says the National Aids Committee. Regardless of what motivated this...

Plastic bottle generators must recycle all products

Jul 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Plastic bottle generators must recycle all products

– Solid Waste Management says Legislation may be needed A presentation to the recent Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition held in Jamaica stated that the government of Guyana must...

The facts are not on the PPP’s side

Jul 22, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The facts are not on the PPP’s side

Dear Editor, “In recent years, racial incitement to sustain a predatory political culture in Guyana continues to be at the top of the distortionists’ propaganda list”. This excerpt was quoted...

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