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Donor spending for HIV/AIDS sees significant decrease

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Donor spending for HIV/AIDS sees significant decrease

Although the world has changed fundamentally since the historic commitments to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to HIV/AIDS, the recent global economic crisis has resulted in a significant...

THE OBAMA DOCTRINE – Cultural diplomacy and humanization in American foreign policy

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE OBAMA DOCTRINE – Cultural diplomacy and humanization in American foreign policy

Dear Editor: Please allow me to revisit several pieces I wrote on a paradigm shift in American foreign policy from one of imperial conquest to one of humanization, thanks to President Barack Obama....

Minister calls for new panel to examine Town Clerk applications

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Minister calls for new panel to examine Town Clerk applications

The appointment of a new Town Clerk at City Hall will have to be put on hold with the proposal of Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Kellawan Lall, to have a new panel be...

I ‘discovered’ Adam Harris’s column

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on I ‘discovered’ Adam Harris’s column

Mr Editor I have just ‘discovered’ Mr Adam Harris’s column, written in clear, easy style, which lends itself readily to rapid reading. I am not wholly surprised that he is from the...

Operational research to be promoted at 56th CHRC conference

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Operational research to be promoted at 56th CHRC conference

Geared at promoting the use of operational health research which can be used to guide medical practice, the plans for the 56th Caribbean Health Research Council (CHRC) conference slated for April...

Some comments about the education system

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some comments about the education system

Dear Editor, It will be remiss of me not to make comments on article “The Strategic Plan Responsible for Increases in CSEC: English, Mathematics passes – Education Ministry” S.N. Feb 9, 2011. I...

Freddie is overreacting, as usual

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Freddie is overreacting, as usual

On Monday, in a column that was characteristically nasty, Freddie Kissoon demanded an apology from me for missing the overall “nuance” of his now infamous column in which he insisted the...

President Bharrat Jagdeo needs to look in the mirror

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Bharrat Jagdeo needs to look in the mirror

Dear Editor, As a patriotic citizen of Guyana I am very concerned about President Bharrat Jagdeo’s behaviour as he addressed persons perceived to be PPP supporters at the ceremony recently held at...

GPHC admits to bed scarcity

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC admits to bed scarcity

While management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) admits to a shortage of beds in the Male Surgical Ward, there is the insistence that patients and relatives understand that...

Those castles were eyesores

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those castles were eyesores

Dear Editor, I read the Article ‘Republic Park castle mysteriously demolished’ (KN, 27/03/2011) with wry amusement. It is a recognised fact that in many neighbourhoods our brothers and sisters...

Health Ministry strives for 100% TB detection by 2015

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry strives for 100% TB detection by 2015

An ambitious goal of 100 percent detection rate in all regions by 2015 has been set by the Ministry of Health as part of its plan to address the scourge of tuberculosis. This is according to Senior...

If the PPP wins, opposition groups should ponder their future

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on If the PPP wins, opposition groups should ponder their future

At the time of writing, I haven’t done any research on the topic of changing governments through the electoral process around the world since 1992. I follow world politics closely so I am going to...

Rejecting an ‘unfounded’ attack

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rejecting an ‘unfounded’ attack

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in the March 28, 2011 edition of the Kaieteur News entitled ‘Group wants Norway to delay payment to Guyana’. The Office of Climate Change (OCC) is quoted as...

Responsibility of Journalism

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Responsibility of Journalism

(In light of some recent events, we repeat this editorial from four years ago to reiterate our commitment towards privileging facts over opinions not based on facts in journalism.) Almost a century...

One detained as cops seek two GRA staffers

Mar 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on One detained as cops seek two GRA staffers

As police on the East Coast of Demerara continue their investigation into the alleged car theft involving an employee of the Licence Revenue Office (LRO), they have made one arrest. This newspaper...

HOLD THE SURPRISE!

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HOLD THE SURPRISE!

Just after the big cocaine bust in Jamaica, said to have originated in Guyana, one top official indicated that the country would be surprised when they learn who the person behind the shipping was....

Housewife beaten unconscious in Melanie robbery

Mar 30, 2011 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Housewife beaten unconscious in Melanie robbery

Two bandits severely beat a 56-year-old housewife to unconsciousness before ransacking her Melanie Damishana Public Road, East Coast Demerara home, and making off with an undisclosed amount of cash...

OP approves US$583,375 payment for spy equipment Co.

Mar 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on OP approves US$583,375 payment for spy equipment Co.

The Office of the President has approved the payment of US$583,375 to a United States of America company reportedly for the provision of intelligence gathering equipment. The payment which was...

High profile criminals fight in jail

Mar 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on High profile criminals fight in jail

– Former Buxton gang member stabbed during prison brawl A prison brawl between two high profile inmates, yesterday, has left one of them seriously wounded .Kaieteur News understands that...

National swimmer turned gunman attacks relative at Old England

Mar 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on National swimmer turned gunman attacks relative at Old England

A Siberien (Old England) woman said she is now scared to death after a man unsuccessfully tried to break down the door to her home, and later shot out the windows to a vehicle that was parked in the...

Patients forced to share bed in GPHC

Mar 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Patients forced to share bed in GPHC

Patients and their relatives yesterday criticised the pathetic condition of the Male Surgical Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where there seems to be not enough beds. Men...

Swindler nabbed in sting

Mar 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Swindler nabbed in sting

By Rabindra Rooplall After swindling countless young ladies of their monies by pretending to be in a position to hire them or land them a job in the city, the perpetrator known as “Troy” was...

Unattended lighted gas stove guts Stewartville home

Mar 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Unattended lighted gas stove guts Stewartville home

Three persons were left homeless after fire razed a wooden building at Stewartville Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara after midday yesterday. According to one of the occupants of the home, Rohanie,...

Dem boys seh… Some people got plans fuh thiefing money

Mar 29, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Some people got plans fuh thiefing money

Dem boys know wha wrang wid de country. Everybody want lead and nobody don’t want follow. Everybody want sit down and give instructions and nobody don’t want wuk. That is why so many people...

Royston King for Town Clerk sparks heated Council debate

Mar 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Royston King for Town Clerk sparks heated Council debate

Failure on the part of Minister of Local Government, Kellawan Lall, to appoint Royston King as the substantive Town Clerk of the Georgetown Municipality was high on the agenda yesterday when the...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more