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Prominent engineer questions transparency of Hope Canal project

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Prominent engineer questions transparency of Hope Canal project

– NDIA claims considered hollow For several years now the Hope Canal project has been touted as an absolute necessity and a panacea for the many drainage and irrigation problems that plague the...

Jagdeo’s offer to Chinese not provided for in law

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s offer to Chinese not provided for in law

– Robert Corbin President Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent statement as it relates to the granting of work permits and automatic citizenship to Chinese Nationals living in Guyana for a specific period...

Cell phones, improvised weapons, drugs found

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cell phones, improvised weapons, drugs found

Massive search at Camp Street Prison… A massive search of the Georgetown Prison yesterday to help clamp down on the illegality unearthed a number of prohibited items being possessed by prisoners....

Beaten teacher on life support

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Beaten teacher on life support

Eight days after she was beaten with a cutlass, Nursery School Teacher Shaundell Warwick remains unconscious and her condition has apparently worsened. The mother of two was transferred yesterday...

Stabroek vendors to recommence activities today

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Stabroek vendors to recommence activities today

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday held a series of meetings, which can be described as successful, with the Stabroek market vendors in order to regularise activities there. The meetings came in...

Mother pleads for return of abducted four-year-old daughter

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mother pleads for return of abducted four-year-old daughter

Ishwantie Persaud, the mother of missing four year-old Sandy Seeratten of lot 94 Logwood, Enmore East Coast Demerara, is pleading with the general public to assist in locating her daughter who she...

Child Protection Agency removes children from abusive home

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Child Protection Agency removes children from abusive home

The Child Protection Agency of the Ministry of Human Services along with the Guyana Police Force swooped down on a house at Free and Easy Village, Wakenaam Island and removed four children from the...

Five arrested after drug raid on Highway

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Five arrested after drug raid on Highway

An unlicensed 12 gauge single-barrel shotgun with two matching cartridges and 44.5 kilograms of dried cannabis sativa (marijuana) were found during a police drug eradication operation at Swan,...

Battered woman blames government official’s relative for attack

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Battered woman blames government official’s relative for attack

Twenty year old Stephanie Broomes is fearful for her life since she believes that the beating she received last Friday evening was prompted by her ex lover, who is a close relative of a Senior...

Guyana begin defence of Caribbean T20 title tonight

Jan 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana begin defence of Caribbean T20 title tonight

Jamaica keen to repeat 2008 semi-final success By Sean Devers in Antigua In association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Leisure Inn, Guyana Stores Limited, Queensway & Dave’s West Indian Imports...

Children’s Legal Aid Project handling fewer cases

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Children’s Legal Aid Project handling fewer cases

Statistics from the Children’s Legal Aid Project has revealed that for last year, 73 children were interviewed relating to criminal offences and 38 for civil matters. The figures represent a...

Ahmad returned as ECB President

Jan 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ahmad returned as ECB President

Wakenaam’s Sheik Ahmad was re-elected as president of the Essequibo Cricket Board when the body held its Biannual General meeting yesterday at the Cricket boards hostel at Anna Regina on the...

National Park deemed unfit for Sevens team preparations

Jan 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Park deemed unfit for Sevens team preparations

– Stadium only other option As the Guyana Sevens team continue preparations for the upcoming IRB International Series in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Team Director Mike McCormack speaking with...

Several African Organisations not consulted by Govt.

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Several African Organisations not consulted by Govt.

UN’s Intl. Year for People of African Descent… At the bequest of several African organisations throughout Guyana, the largest African groupings met on Saturday last to discuss the Guyana...

Govt. attempting political hijacking of the UN Year for People of African Descent

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. attempting political hijacking of the UN Year for People of African Descent

– PNCR The PNCR at its weekly press briefing on Friday at Congress Place has accused the PPP/C regime of seeking to use the “Year for People of African Descent” for political and...

Repairs completed on Good Hope Bridge

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Repairs completed on Good Hope Bridge

– still an inconvenience to residents The main access bridge to the Good Hope Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, commonly called the “Kissoon Bridge” is finally accessible as repair works...

Diamond Tarmac still not serving its purpose

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond Tarmac still not serving its purpose

Over one year ago, Government had inked contracts to establish market tarmacs in rural areas to ensure that itinerant vendors and others who would “casually” vend on the roadways would be given...

Equity in medical services essential to the reduction of poverty – Dr Ramsammy

Jan 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Equity in medical services essential to the reduction of poverty – Dr Ramsammy

Almost $100M was made available last year by the Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Health as financial support to persons requiring medical services. This measure, according to Minister of...

Speculating on the Corbin factor in a possible Jagdeo-Corbin partnership

Jan 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Speculating on the Corbin factor in a possible Jagdeo-Corbin partnership

Dear Editor, In my previous letter, I started by focusing on speculations about coalitions and partnerships being formed to unseat the criminally corrupt and inept Jagdeo government and its equally...

GuySuCo is marred by poor leadership

Jan 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo is marred by poor leadership

Dear Editor, On 25th June 2001, President Jagdeo signed an MOU with the World Bank, on the Government of Guyana Modernization Strategy and policy framework for the sugar sector. One of the issues,...

This appointment gives the appearance of a conflict of interest

Jan 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on This appointment gives the appearance of a conflict of interest

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the recent appointment of Dr. Steve Surujbally as Chairperson of the Guyana Livestock Development Autrhority (GLDA). I believe both the Government and Dr....

The festive season was fun for some women, but for many not

Jan 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The festive season was fun for some women, but for many not

Dear Editor, The joy and festivities of the Christmas season is now over, a new year has dawned and many sincere prayers have been whispered, new resolutions made and wishes for a new beginning, that...

We need genuine democracy at party and national levels

Jan 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need genuine democracy at party and national levels

Dear Editor, An interesting letter in Kaieteur News of January 8th, by Narendranath Loknauth titled “Ramotar is the right man for the job” has caught my attention. Mr. Loknauth wrote:...

Why shouldn’t PPP members select the presidential candidate through democratic principles?

Jan 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why shouldn’t PPP members select the presidential candidate through democratic principles?

Dear Editor, It is no secret that Guyana is longing for new and innovative leadership. While I maintain that the PPP has been hijacked by those who choose personal vendetta and personal gain instead...

Safeway Supermarket, Stabroek Market Square and fascism in Guyana

Jan 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Safeway Supermarket, Stabroek Market Square and fascism in Guyana

In late 2004, I made the argument on this page that the PPP Government was incorporating fascist arrangements in the exercise of power. In that same year, my academic colleague, Dr. Rishi Thakur,...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more