February 2011

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Paradise continues to be lost

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Paradise continues to be lost

When I read the Saturday editorial for this newspaper about Guyana having a higher level of development than Malaysia fifty years ago, my mind went back to a conversation I had with the editor of the...

Continuous rain halts proceedings in city courts

Feb 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Continuous rain halts proceedings in city courts

Incessant rainfall from Wednesday night to yesterday morning forced a cancellation of proceedings at two Magistrate’s Courts in the city. Magistrates Geeta Chandan-Edmonds and Chandra Sohan,...

Yassen was never manager of GEC

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Yassen was never manager of GEC

Dear Editor, Allow me to inform Freddie Kissoon that Yassen was never the manager of the then Guyana Electricity Corporation (GEC). He was the Chairman of the Board of Directors, as such the tailor...

Kyte-John tipped to lead GNA

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kyte-John tipped to lead GNA

AGM set for February 27 Hyped as the leading candidate to replace incumbent President Dr. Maxine Parris-Aaron at the helm of the Guyana Netball Association (GNA), Attorney-at-Law Kim Kyte-John on...

Laptop Plunder

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Laptop Plunder

“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!” We doubt that even Sir Walter Scott could have conceived the tangle our government lackeys not only wove, but actually got...

Jean-Claud Duvalier’s return is an insult to all Haitians

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jean-Claud Duvalier’s return is an insult to all Haitians

Dear Editor, There can be no other fitting expression than the one used in your Editorial of Thursday January 20th, 2011 to describe the actions of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claud Duvalier’s...

A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT

Feb 11, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT

The PNCR has disappointed. Faced with an opportunity to show that the party has democratised more than its competitors and is now a liberal organisation, the PNCR floundered. The party’s nomination...

Triumph wins COP Table Tennis Competition

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Triumph wins COP Table Tennis Competition

Former national player Patrick Triumph rolled back the years when he defeated all and sundry to come out triumphant in the Commissioner of Police, Henry Green sponsored Table Tennis competition which...

Seawall boys cop Wakenaam Domino Association title

Feb 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seawall boys cop Wakenaam Domino Association title

Seawall boys overcame Underdog and Southpole in the final round to capture the Wakenaam Domino Association trophy at Amit Ramnarine residence in Good Success recently. Seawall boys marked 79 games...

Berbice boxers gear up for 5th annual Inter-Gym tournament

Feb 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice boxers gear up for 5th annual Inter-Gym tournament

Berbicians can expect a night of fistic fury when Orland ‘Pocket Rocket’ Rogers and Jeff Roberts present the 5th edition of the annual Inter-Gym boxing tournament at the Scott School Ground, New...

Laptop project manager barred from interviews

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Laptop project manager barred from interviews

… office shifts from OP The government continues its refusal of a full disclosure on the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Project, for which $1.8 billion in tax payers money will be spent this year,...

GDF Coast Guards committed to stand trial

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GDF Coast Guards committed to stand trial

The three ex-Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsmen charged with the murder of Bartica gold dealer, Dweive Kant Ramdass, were yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court. The trio,...

Guyana issued passports to jailed Indonesian tax official

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana issued passports to jailed Indonesian tax official

Indonesia’s National Police has confirmed that five falsified Guyana passports bearing photos of tax graft convict Gayus H. Tambunan, his wife Milana Anggareni, and their three children, were made...

Commander Vyphuis airdashed to Trinidad hospital

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Commander Vyphuis airdashed to Trinidad hospital

Divisional Commander of the Police ‘A’ Division, George Vyphuis, was air-dashed to Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday for treatment following his collapse last week. Assistant Commissioner Vyphuis...

Three arrested after midday robbery

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three arrested after midday robbery

Three men are in police custody following the brazen robbery at the Beauty and Home System on Camp Street yesterday midday during which Daniel Joseph was robbed of $1.3 M. According to a police press...

Man linked to Hague murder held with pistol at roadblock

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man linked to Hague murder held with pistol at roadblock

…was held with grenade, transported killer, never charged Police on the West Coast of Demerara have arrested a taxi driver, who was found in possession of an illegal .32 automatic pistol on...

Dem boys seh…Computer people forced into hiding

Feb 10, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Computer people forced into hiding

When people spray Baygon roach does run and hide. Dem who get ketch does dead. Well de way de Waterfalls paper expose de computer thing was like Baygon and cockroach. All of a sudden dem reporters...

Scotiabank seize man taken for terrifying ride

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Scotiabank seize man taken for terrifying ride

A 60-year-old repossession officer attached to the Bank of Nova Scotia was last Tuesday taken for a terrifying ride along East Bank Demerara when he tried to repossess a vehicle on behalf of the...

Women’s Gender Equality Commission benefits from UK donation

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s Gender Equality Commission benefits from UK donation

The British High Commission on Tuesday donated two computers and one printer to the Women’s Gender Equality Commission with the aim of further boosting the skills and services offered by the...

M&CC continues campaign against illegal structures

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC continues campaign against illegal structures

As the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) continues its campaign to eradicate illegal structures from the parapets of Government reserve areas, yesterday, a group of M&CC officials led by...

Disregard UK lotto winnings text message – GT&T

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Disregard UK lotto winnings text message – GT&T

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) is warning its mobile phone customers to disregard text messages that speak of lottery winnings overseas. It is all a scam, officials advised...

Joe Singh named as new GGMC’s Chairman

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Joe Singh named as new GGMC’s Chairman

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), Major General (rtd), Joe Singh, has been named to head up the under-fire Guyana Geology and Mines Commission...

Seven homeless after fire guts Sophia home

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Seven homeless after fire guts Sophia home

Seven persons, including a single mother and her three children, are now homeless after a fire destroyed their Sophia, Georgetown home. Seema Singh, a single mother, lived in the house with her three...

Policeman knocks down motorcyclist, victim dies

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman knocks down motorcyclist, victim dies

Doodnauth Persaud, 23, of lot 2 Block 1 Sherry Plot, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, became the latest road fatality after he was hit off his CG motorcycle by a car driven by a policeman on...

Prisoner alleges police brutality at East La Penitence lockups

Feb 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner alleges police brutality at East La Penitence lockups

Denise Munroe, of La Grange, West Bank Demerara, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to answer to the charge of damage to...

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