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DOCOL recruits expert to investigate mishap

Nov 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on DOCOL recruits expert to investigate mishap

Demerara Oxygen Company Limited (DOCOL) has recruited an expert to investigate the circumstances surrounding the recent accident in which three employees were injured at the company’s operations...

Schools’ C/ships preparation well on stream

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Schools’ C/ships preparation well on stream

– countdown to event starts as Districts send in teams Officials from the Ministry of Education, Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the corporate community converged at the National Stadium...

Head teachers critical to secondary school improvement – Education official

Nov 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Head teachers critical to secondary school improvement – Education official

“Head teachers must play a critical role in ensuring that the educational objective within the public education system is achieved. In no way would I like you to underestimate the impact that you...

Political campaign strategies must address position on domestic violence

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Political campaign strategies must address position on domestic violence

It goes without saying that as the election season gets into full swing, any party that does not have domestic violence at the top of its campaign blueprint should not be considered as a viable...

Women’s art to be showcased at National Library

Nov 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s art to be showcased at National Library

– Artists Association seeks to generate wider interest Through the Guyana Women’s Artists Association the work of local women artists is poised to be promoted through an exhibition set to...

The Int’l between Guatemala and Guyana is a welcome upliftment for our national footballers

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Int’l between Guatemala and Guyana is a welcome upliftment for our national footballers

Dear Editor, The Guyana and Guatemala November 17 International clash in Georgia, Atlanta is a welcome upliftment for the National Football Team. The Georgia encounter will represent the second...

Last fling with the devil

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Last fling with the devil

When you are a commentator who wishes for the birth of new leadership in your country, you feel a sense of relief as time turns its pages and you come near to the moment of judgement. That moment is...

Car strikes man riding out of rum shop

Nov 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Car strikes man riding out of rum shop

A man yesterday rode out of a rum shop into the path of a vehicle and despite efforts by the driver to avoid the collision the ‘drunk’ was still struck. The driver of the vehicle told this...

BHARRAT GIVE DEM $30,000 NUH!

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BHARRAT GIVE DEM $30,000 NUH!

Guyana does not need a Champion of the Earth. It needs a Champion of the Working Class. This week our Champion of the Earth showed that he has the potential to become a Champion of the Working Class...

There is no transparency on Hope Canal project

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no transparency on Hope Canal project

Dear Editor, In an article that appeared recently in the newspapers, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud reported that finally excavation work on the proposed Hope Canal will eventually begin on...

Getting it right about the Cuban-trained doctors

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Getting it right about the Cuban-trained doctors

Dear Editor, Come on Mr. Freddie Kissoon, your intention is so obvious. Let us break it down so everyone reading can understand. Twenty nine new medical doctors, well Cuban-trained are now injected...

Leonora police are proving to be disappointments

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leonora police are proving to be disappointments

Dear Editor, It seems as if the officers of Leonora Police Station like to be in the limelight. On Saturday October 30, around 7pm a volunteer counselor heard someone shouting for help near her home...

AFC Musical Chairs?

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on AFC Musical Chairs?

The news that Mr Raphael Trotman has declined his party’s nomination to be considered for the Prime Ministerial candidacy in tandem with Mr Khemraj Ramjattan, who had secured the Presidential spot,...

Cops collect more of slain bank employee’s clothing

Nov 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cops collect more of slain bank employee’s clothing

Still seeking to identify her killer, police have collected more clothing belonging to slain bank employee Sheema Mangar more than a month after she was robbed and killed. A police official confirmed...

Defending the action of a rice farmer

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Defending the action of a rice farmer

Dear Editor, In response to the article, “Is this a case of a person being the law unto himself” I personally know that “man”, because he happens to be my father, who is a very dedicated rice...

The evidence of performance is clear in Linden

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The evidence of performance is clear in Linden

Mr Editor, Henry Jeffrey can be assured that my understanding of Guyana, its history, politics and political economy is delicate enough to allow me to examine and interpret the impact that people...

The behaviour was inappropriate

Nov 03, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The behaviour was inappropriate

Dear Editor, With regards to the letter written by Navindra Persaud claiming that the AFC should respect Carrington’s right to contest any political office, this is a letter written with, as usual,...

IDB funds programme to resurrect Amerindian culture at Mainstay

Nov 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on IDB funds programme to resurrect Amerindian culture at Mainstay

Under the theme ‘Mainstreaming Cultural Diversity in the livelihood of the residents of Mainstay/Whayaka, the Mainstay Village Council in Region Two launched a community development project on...

NAMILCO highlights benefits of local product

Nov 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on NAMILCO highlights benefits of local product

National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) formally introduced its ‘Creamed Wheat-Up’ at the South Road Nursery School’s clinic yesterday. The children were gathered with their parents,...

Call for more value-added services in forestry sector

Nov 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Call for more value-added services in forestry sector

One of the country’s premier furniture makers has called for more value-added services in the forestry sector as housing demand increases. As a matter of fact, says Mohabir Singh, Managing Director...

Jagdeo, Corbin heading to Barbados for State funeral

Nov 03, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo, Corbin heading to Barbados for State funeral

President Bharrat Jagdeo is heading to Barbados for the State funeral of the late Prime Minister David Thompson. Mr Thompson would be buried today after a funeral service at the Kensington Oval in...

GRA fires five Customs Officers

Nov 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GRA fires five Customs Officers

– three for luxury cars scam Three Customs Officers mired in a scam to evade taxes for two luxury cars were yesterday dismissed by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). Another two were...

East Coast family robbed of millions

Nov 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on East Coast family robbed of millions

– beaten, terrorised by bandits A family of seven was beaten and terrorised in the wee hours of Sunday, after four armed bandits descended on their two-storey home at lot 24 Third Street,...

Bungling bandits steal mail from delivery worker

Nov 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bungling bandits steal mail from delivery worker

– thought it was pension money Two armed robbers apparently made a mistake yesterday, believing that their haul was cash intended for pensioners at the local post office at Grove, East Bank...

Man charged with two murders

Nov 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with two murders

… Charlestown chopping spree William Lyte, 42, of Stevedore Housing Scheme, the man accused of chopping two neighbours to death and severely wounding two others, was yesterday arraigned at the...

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National B/Ball team departs for Suriname today

Poverty does not come with a lifetime warranty

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When the national discussion segues to poverty reduction, it resurrects the age-old debate... more