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Darts action set for Mark’s Club tonight

Oct 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Darts action set for Mark’s Club tonight

Cash incentives are up for grabs in two categories, Open Singles and Draw Doubles, when Darts action continues tonight at Mark’s Darts Club 72 Brummel Place Stabroek, from 20.00hrs. Central...

One year later: UG top student jobless

Oct 29, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on One year later: UG top student jobless

Dear Editor, It has taken me one year to break my silence. I attempted to pen these lines many times, but deferred, hoping for the best, but I can no longer hold my peace. I did not even tell my...

Caricom’s Featherbedding

Oct 29, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Caricom’s Featherbedding

Here we are with the end of 2010 pretty much drawing nigh, and after the obligatory meetings, workshops, consultations and other talkshops, we have a “Regional Food and Nutrition Security Policy...

Cuban-trained Guyanese doctors: An old scandal

Oct 29, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Cuban-trained Guyanese doctors: An old scandal

No one in this wide world can lecture to me about the crisis in education delivery when a country’s economy slumps and money vanishes. I am in my 25th year as a university lecturer and I saw (and...

THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT ALL

Oct 29, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT ALL

Make no mistake. The government is not short of money. It is awash with public funds extracted from the taxpayers of the country. Whatever the need, money can be found. Except that there are some...

Mr. Kwayana never made ‘daily’ visits to my home

Oct 29, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Kwayana never made ‘daily’ visits to my home

Dear Editor, I was in Guyana when I read Vassan Ramracha’s letter (Kaieteur News of Sunday 03 October 2010) in which I am named as the Assistant Secretary to Dr. Cheddi Jagan’s PPP Council of...

A genuine attempt at selecting the best possible presidential candidate

Oct 29, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on A genuine attempt at selecting the best possible presidential candidate

Dear Editor, The recent decision by the PNCR General Council to delay the adoption of the procedures in which to identify its presidential candidate appears to be a good one, and a genuine attempt at...

General Marine Open 15/15 Softball cricket starts Nov. 07

Oct 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on General Marine Open 15/15 Softball cricket starts Nov. 07

The General Marine 15/15 Softball Tournament, which will be run by the Guyana Floodlights Cricket Association in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport, starts next week Sunday...

The Ministry of Human Services and its sexual violence plans

Oct 29, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Human Services and its sexual violence plans

Dear Editor, I read in the print media of plans by the Ministry of Human Services to launch a National task force on sexual violence. I believe this plan of has come about as a result of the brutal...

There was never a vote of conscience on the issue of sexual orientation

Oct 29, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on There was never a vote of conscience on the issue of sexual orientation

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle of 23 October, 2010, reported that Minister Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett presented the Universal Periodic Review reports and assorted documents to the National...

Smith’s House declared champs

Oct 29, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smith’s House declared champs

Smith’s House with a total of 341 points was declared champions when the New Life Ministry School held its Inter House Athletics Championships recently, at the Carifesta Sports Complex.They beat...

The one laptop per family initiative

Oct 29, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The one laptop per family initiative

Dear Editor, Whenever I think about this initiative, I wonder if there is not a better way to ensure the masses become literate in the use of computers. This letter is not to take a knock at the...

Brazil murder probe leads to Chevy car being seized near Lethem

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Brazil murder probe leads to Chevy car being seized near Lethem

Authorities in Lethem, Region Nine, have seized a Brazilian-registered car that was suspected to be involved in a murder investigation. While details of the murder, said to have occurred last week in...

Survivor recovering well, police await PM results

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Survivor recovering well, police await PM results

Shawn De Souza, one of the two survivors of last Tuesday’s deadly Charlestown cutlass attack, is said to be recovering well at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Up to press time yesterday De Souza...

Post mortem inconclusive, samples taken for testing

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Post mortem inconclusive, samples taken for testing

A post mortem examination conducted on Charlene Amsterdam has failed to uncover what really caused the woman’s death. The former nurse, who was attached at the Georgetown Public Hospital, died last...

Citizens mount protest over Neesa Gopaul’s death

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Citizens mount protest over Neesa Gopaul’s death

Approximately three weeks after the discovery of Neesa Gopaul’s partially decomposed body several public-spirited citizens, said to be members of the People’s National Congress Reform, PNCR,...

Rex McKay files motion to jail GCC execs

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Rex McKay files motion to jail GCC execs

Prominent lawyer, Rex McKay, S.C., has filed a motion of contempt to have three executive members of the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) jailed for allowing loud music to be played at the Bourda ground...

Dem boys seh…Ramson mouth stick pun president

Oct 28, 2010 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Ramson mouth stick pun president

De Attorney General is a man who like to be by heself. When he wukking he by heself and when he relaxing away from home he like to be by heself. De only thing is that he forced to be alone. Dem boys...

City Constable arrests aggrieved man in M&CC compound

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on City Constable arrests aggrieved man in M&CC compound

The sale of a truck to the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) was reportedly the basis of a physical altercation between an officer of the City Constabulary and the vendor yesterday. The...

GEA observes National Energy Week

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GEA observes National Energy Week

Under the theme “Working to Secure a Clean Energy Future for Guyana” the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) will be hosting its National Energy Week during the period October 25 to October 31, 2010....

CC Nicholson Hospital now has doctors

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on CC Nicholson Hospital now has doctors

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Regional Administration Health Sector, has lauded efforts to proper facilitate and maintain a quality of standard at the Dr CC Nicholson Memorial...

‘Trigger man’ picked out during ID parade

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on ‘Trigger man’ picked out during ID parade

An eyewitness to the killing of Guyana Power and Light security boss, Clifford Peters, has positively identified the alleged trigger man behind Peters’s death a year ago. The suspect, known as...

M&CC introduces new measures to improve revenue collection

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on M&CC introduces new measures to improve revenue collection

New measures will be introduced at the commencement of next year to help improve the revenue collection of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown. The measures which come as part of the...

Buxton Health Centre gets facelift

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Buxton Health Centre gets facelift

The Buxton Health Centre, located on the East Coast of Demerara was recently renovated after being sponsored with $1.5 M, an allocation by President Bharrat Jagdeo through the Ministry of Health....

Companies look to confront IT fraud, other risks

Oct 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Companies look to confront IT fraud, other risks

Internal auditors of public and private sector agencies are meeting in Georgetown to confront risks to their entities, including IT fraud. More and more companies in Guyana are moving to computerise...