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Power and money (and sex and rape of course) in Guyana

Oct 28, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Power and money (and sex and rape of course) in Guyana

It is rational behaviour when rulers ignore societal stultification and tell their citizens that positive glows surround the nation. That is the task that they must perform. They have no other...

This is the story of faith

Oct 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on This is the story of faith

Dear Editor, A miracle is considered to be a fortuitous occurrence, a statistically unlikely but beneficial event according to definition. All religions from time to time have laid claim to such...

The truth has too many legs Joey!

Oct 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The truth has too many legs Joey!

Dear Editor, I had intended to pen this letter some days ago but my computer crashed and I have been out of commission since. When I saw Joey Jagan’s letter in SN of October 6th 2010 labelled,...

Not too many teachers are participating in the EMPC

Oct 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Not too many teachers are participating in the EMPC

Dear Editor, The Education Ministry has over the years trained many teachers through the Education Management Certificate Programme (EMCP) to function in the capacity as active leaders in the school...

Drs. Ramsammy and Ramsarran should resign or be dismissed

Oct 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Drs. Ramsammy and Ramsarran should resign or be dismissed

Dear Editor, WPA believes that now the Health Minister Leslie Ramsammy has finally come around to accepting responsibility for the failure of the state’s medical services to provide a sufficiently...

Is this not a betrayal of congress decisions?

Oct 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Is this not a betrayal of congress decisions?

Dear Editor, Mr. Hydar Ally in a letter in the SN captioned “A misrepresentation of the facts” published on October 6, 2001 stated that Lionel Peters is bent on “misrepresenting the facts...

Gregory Isaacs’s musical career was exemplary

Oct 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Gregory Isaacs’s musical career was exemplary

Dear Editor, The reggae fraternity has lost another potent and distinctive voice in the death of Gregory Isaacs. After launching his music career in the late 60s, Gregory toiled during the very...

‘Unsavory characters’ prowling the National Park

Oct 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Unsavory characters’ prowling the National Park

Dear Editor, I am a habitual jogger in the National Park and noticed that a lot of dedicated working persons frequent there for their morning workouts. One morning, during this week while jogging I...

The scourge of domestic abuse

Oct 28, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on The scourge of domestic abuse

Last week, another woman succumbed to domestic violence. Her abusers did not take her life but certainly, by their actions, they drove the woman to suicide. The woman, a retired head teacher, took a...

Man goes berserk, kills two in chopping spree

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man goes berserk, kills two in chopping spree

– Two injured By Jenelle Carter and Kristen Macklingam Just around mid-morning yesterday a man went berserk at Howes and Russell Streets in Charlestown, chopping four persons, in a savage...

G/T & Vreed-en-Hoop stellings up for sale

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on G/T & Vreed-en-Hoop stellings up for sale

– Dr Luncheon Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon says that the Government is exploring the option of private investors repairing the now dilapidated Vreed-en-Hoop and...

GRA officers on bail, one back on the job

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GRA officers on bail, one back on the job

Blackmail plot… Three of the detained customs officers who were arrested following a blackmail plot have been released on $100,000 station bail each, as investigations continue. The three officers...

Gold miner dies in cave-in

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miner dies in cave-in

A 39-year-old gold miner was killed yesterday during a mishap at Mahdia. Police have identified the victim as Randy Simon of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. According to one report, Simon was...

Dem boys seh….GRA got nuff spies

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….GRA got nuff spies

Now-a-days dem boys got to be careful because dem have cameras all over de place. Imagine GRA does put camera to spy pun people. Dem put cameras at de airport fuh spy pun people smuggling drugs; dem...

Plywood production up 25% before Barama’s closure

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Plywood production up 25% before Barama’s closure

– Sugar price up 75% but production poor – Eggs plunge, tilapia increases 300% Plywood production for the first eight months of this year rose sharply by 25%, as compared to the same...

Failure of aged converters, feeder problems led to outages

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Failure of aged converters, feeder problems led to outages

– GPL The failure of both converters at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL)’s Sophia station led to a power transfer deficiency and as such they could not convert the 50 Hertz power to 60 Hertz,...

IMF report captures ‘disturbing truth’ about developments in C’bean

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on IMF report captures ‘disturbing truth’ about developments in C’bean

Why has growth in the Caribbean been so low over the last 20 years? Has debt significantly hindered it? And what are the policies that could help boost economic performance and better prepare the...

Emphasis placed on promoting rehab services

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Emphasis placed on promoting rehab services

…as Int’l Occupational Therapy Day is observed Heightened awareness is in order to help promote occupational therapy, as International Occupational Therapy Day is observed today. And the...

UG’s Student Records Management System likely by March

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on UG’s Student Records Management System likely by March

By March 2011, the University of Guyana hopes to have its Student Records Management System – or SRMS – up and running at full steam. This is according to Registrar of the University, Vincent...

C’tyne woman died from excessive bleeding

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne woman died from excessive bleeding

A post mortem conducted on 21-year-old Yogeeta Bishram on Monday at the New Amsterdam Hospital revealed that she died from excessive bleeding. Government pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh performed the...

Inquest finds lorry driver responsible for child’s death

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Inquest finds lorry driver responsible for child’s death

The inquest which was conducted at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court by Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton into the 2001 death of eight-year-old, Troy Hughes, of 49 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam,...

Mansell Foundation fêtes seniors citizens

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mansell Foundation fêtes seniors citizens

There was plenty to eat and drink, and the sound of oldies filled the air, setting a euphoric atmosphere at the Banks DIH Thirst Park Meeting Hall Sunday afternoon. The event was the annual senior...

Driver on bench-arrest

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Driver on bench-arrest

Baby dies in locked car… Ms. Mayfield Fraser, the woman in whose care two-year-old Radain Wilson was left when he succumbed in a locked car, has reportedly been arrested. This newspaper was told...

GCCI slams errant importers

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI slams errant importers

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday slammed errant importers who are granted Permits for Immediate Delivery (PID) by the Guyana Revenue Authority and have in the past...

Another drug mule nabbed at CJIA

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Another drug mule nabbed at CJIA

Yet another United States-bound passenger has been arrested after being nabbed while trying to smuggle cocaine out of Guyana. This newspaper was told that the 24 year-old suspect was intercepted at...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more