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Former national rugby player supports school programme

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former national rugby player supports school programme

In its drive to keep the production of players at a high level, the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) continued its development programme with sessions being conducted on the West Demerara....

Woman critical after hit by Canter truck

Nov 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman critical after hit by Canter truck

Gretha Lewis, 60, of 243 Cemetery Road, Mocha Arcadia was struck down by a canter truck at Camp and Barrack Streets yesterday, and is listed as critical in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the...

First National DPN General Assembly set for Friday

Nov 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on First National DPN General Assembly set for Friday

Established under the umbrella of a National Disabled Persons Network (DPN) which is headquartered in Georgetown, there are six Regional Disabled Persons Networks designed to look at the concerns of...

Little girls for sex toys?

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says 1

I recently posed this question on my Facebook page: It is my opinion that men who seek relations with young girls actually just want the sex without the rest of what comes with a grown woman like a...

Guyana needs the light of Diwali

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs the light of Diwali

Dear Editor, As we celebrate Deepavali or Diwali much is said about its significance to Hindus. It is said to signify the victory of good over evil. Additionally, the lights that illuminate Hindu...

Jagdeo gives free Kaieteur Falls tickets to Caribbean millionaires

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Jagdeo gives free Kaieteur Falls tickets to Caribbean millionaires

When I was a boy growing up on D’urban Street, Wortmanville, I had a disturbing view of the sport of motor-racing. To me it was not only a rich man’s hobby but there was a comparative ring of...

Canada-Guyana Partnership training programme underway

Nov 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Canada-Guyana Partnership training programme underway

The High Commission of igh Commission of Canada on Monday announced the launching of a certificate-based training programme by the Canada-Guyana Partnership for Community Planning Project 2009-2010,...

Wealth disparity cauldron

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Wealth disparity cauldron

Ever so steadily – and insidiously – there is developing in our country a tale of two societies: one super rich and the other desperately struggling to keep their heads above the water of...

Synergy Holdings Inc. – A Fraud!

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Synergy Holdings Inc. – A Fraud!

Dear Editor, I think that your readers would like to know about the company that our government has awarded US$15.4 million to for the building of the access road to the Amaila Falls Hydro Project....

“One teacher cannot teach 100 students”

Nov 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on “One teacher cannot teach 100 students”

Parents shut down Bagotville Primary in protest Parents of students attending the Bagotville Primary School on the West Bank of Demerara, yesterday staged a protest and shut down the institution,...

AFTER MR. JAGDEO, WHAT?

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AFTER MR. JAGDEO, WHAT?

The United States has a problem. Guyana may not hold any major strategic importance at the moment, but it has been a model client state of the IMF and World Bank, and under the PPP, has run one of...

An objection to a stated claim

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on An objection to a stated claim

Dear Editor, M. Maxwell in his letter (Stabroek News, October 30, 2010) took objection to a point I made in my letter of October 27 to the effect that the PNC’s record in terms of agricultural...

They are coming to exploit us

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on They are coming to exploit us

Dear Editor, Across Guyana today we see a multitude of call centres popping up because multinationals are seeking cheaper labour. We are happy that these companies are coming to aid in the already...

Regardless, some have a yearning to help Guyana

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Regardless, some have a yearning to help Guyana

Dear Sir, I observed that of recent, over the past two years or so, a certain newspaper would not publish anything I wrote that is critical of the government and country, and another would not...

Hospital deaths and poor pay

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hospital deaths and poor pay

Dear Editor, It’s ironic that the Minister of Health would rush to Berbice and commend the staff of the hospital there for the performance of their duties in regards to the twelve lives that were...

Man found dead on Carifesta Avenue identified

Nov 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man found dead on Carifesta Avenue identified

The unidentified man that was found dead on the parapet in front of the National Park, on Carifesta Avenue, last Sunday, has been identified as 38-year-old Jules Waaldijk of Second Street, Turkeyen,...

An appeal for our future generation

Nov 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on An appeal for our future generation

Dear Editor, We the undersigned seek assistance for our dear school which is going to the gutter. We the teachers of Lower Corentyne Secondary School are highly perturbed over the current...

Ministry withdraws letters to QC teachers

Nov 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry withdraws letters to QC teachers

… Neesa Gopaul issue continues Following extensive talks with the Minister of Education over the weekend, the Guyana Teachers’ Union has managed to get the letters issued to three teachers of...

Skyvan front wheel flies off

Nov 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Skyvan front wheel flies off

The army’s Skyvan lost its nose wheel on Sunday while landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. According to the Guyana Defence Force yesterday, no one was injured. A short army statement...

Finance Ministry still can’t get its finances straight

Nov 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Ministry still can’t get its finances straight

… AG Report 2009 highlights longstanding discrepancies The Auditor General’s (AG) Report of 2008 highlighted the inability of the Ministry of Finance to handle its own finances. The 2009 report...

Trotman’s Freedom of Info Bill “weak, a cut-and-paste job” – Govt.

Nov 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman’s Freedom of Info Bill “weak, a cut-and-paste job” – Govt.

Leader of the Alliance For Change, Raphael Trotman, has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly to seek to have his Freedom of Information Bill debated before the end of this month, but...

Survivors trek nine hours through dense jungle

Nov 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Survivors trek nine hours through dense jungle

… Canje River ambush killing Survivors of a brutal attack that left a 33-year-old Berbice woodcutter dead, reportedly trekked nine hours through jungle-like area to report the matter. Among the...

Dem boy seh… Dem starve Greedy Guts Kwame

Nov 09, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boy seh… Dem starve Greedy Guts Kwame

Everything is a presentation. Robert of Agriculture decide that Leslie of Health got to get good food to help feed de nation. Well dem boys want to know how Robert get suh big if he wasn’t eating...

Police arrest rice milling employees

Nov 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police arrest rice milling employees

Police hauled in two staffers of the Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL) after the company reportedly refused to hand over its records to auditors yesterday. Scores of rice farmers have accused MRL of owing...

Child Care keeps 14-year-old Enmore girl

Nov 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Child Care keeps 14-year-old Enmore girl

… child was drugged, raped by neighbour The Child Care and Protection Agency has decided to take custody of a 14-year-old girl for fear of what could happen to her, given that her alleged rapist...