April 2011

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The prevalence of domestic violence is alarming

Apr 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The prevalence of domestic violence is alarming

Dear Editor, There is a problem in this country. This problem frankly, has been here for far too long! Not enough is being done to counter it, and because of this, this nation will never see its true...

Life is bigger than our problems

Apr 08, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Life is bigger than our problems

I decided to bring my mother-in-law and sister-in-law with me on this month’s trip to Guyana. My mother-in-law’s birthday is this weekend and I thought it would be nice for her to celebrate here...

Mr. Ramkarran lacks political courage

Apr 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Ramkarran lacks political courage

Dear Editor, Last month I wrote a letter in which I talked about Ralph Ramkarran and Moses Nagamootoo and their prospects in the presidential selection process in the PPP and in SN blog section for...

Five students benefit from 5th Edmond Mc Quarrie Trust Fund

Apr 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Five students benefit from 5th Edmond Mc Quarrie Trust Fund

Five Grade 5 students of the Courtland Primary School based in the rural village of Courtland, Fyrish on Sunday last received $50,000 worth of educational and hygiene materials from the Rose Hall...

West Indies need to emulate the way the Indians play

Apr 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on West Indies need to emulate the way the Indians play

Dear Editor, Congratulations are in order to India for its victory in the World Cup final in Mumbai. The team played extremely well during the entire tournament and are worthy of the cup. West Indies...

Reintroduce religious education in schools

Apr 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reintroduce religious education in schools

Dear Editor, I recently read in the press that two school girls ages 11 and 13 were found to be pregnant. Twenty years ago news such as this would have shocked the people of this country, but today...

Colin Woolford responds to Harry Gill

Apr 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Colin Woolford responds to Harry Gill

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to Harry Gill’s letter dated 2011-04-07, in your letter column. Harry is my friend on face book. He sent me pictures and a political song which he said he...

If Govt refuses, Norway will provide details on projects

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on If Govt refuses, Norway will provide details on projects

The Alliance for Change on April 1, met with Norway’s Environment Minister, Erik Solheim, and his team during his visit to Guyana to express their concerns. The meeting was described as very...

Scores stranded as Route 42 minibuses demand fare increase

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Scores stranded as Route 42 minibuses demand fare increase

By Rabindra Rooplall Hundreds were left stranded along East Bank Demerara (EBD) and in the city after route 42 minibuses (Georgetown to Timheri) converged at the empty lot next to the National...

Thieves hit B/V Post Office

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves hit B/V Post Office

Police on the East Coast of Demerara are faced with another break and enter at yet another post office in the Division. This newspaper was told that some time during the course of Tuesday night...

Controversy surrounds baby death

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Controversy surrounds baby death

By Latoya Giles The Georgetown Public Hospital has again come under criticism following the death of a baby girl, last Friday, April 1. The young distraught parents, Tiffanie Leacock and Sherwin...

Teenager drowns in ‘Blacka’

Apr 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Teenager drowns in ‘Blacka’

A North Ruimveldt Multilateral student, Stephen Didajhar, 14, of 24 James Street, Albouystown, who went for a swim was found dead in a pond called the “Blacka” at Durban Backlands, yesterday. At...

Con artist swindles landlord

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Con artist swindles landlord

A scam artist that calls himself Dr. Persaud has caused some landlords to hold their heads in despair. According to one of the victims of the scam, 82-year-old Donald Lawrence, of 85 Gordon Street,...

Dem boys seh…Is nuff people watching Uncle Freddie

Apr 07, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is nuff people watching Uncle Freddie

De whole of Guyana singing de song about one step forward and four steps backward. In this day and age Guyana back to load shedding after GPL did promise that when dem put in de new equipment...

US nominates Ambassador to Guyana

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on US nominates Ambassador to Guyana

Washington, US– U.S. President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate D. Brent Hardt, the current Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Barbados and the Eastern...

Decomposing body found at Triumph

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposing body found at Triumph

Relatives of 55-year-old Mohan Singh of 45 Side Line Dam, Agriculture Road Triumph, East Coast Demerara, yesterday, stumbled upon his decomposing body. Lalita Singh, the dead man’s niece, told this...

Frequent use of antibiotics could cause superbugs to develop

Apr 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Frequent use of antibiotics could cause superbugs to develop

Washington — Public health experts warn that medical science could return to an era when doctors had no tools against infection, and they want the public to help prevent that. Anti-microbial...

Barama looks to supply local plywood market by June

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Barama looks to supply local plywood market by June

Barama Company Limited, located at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, is aiming to restart its plywood operations to facilitate the local market by June. It also is hoping to ensure that exportation...

Mason found dead in Conservancy

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mason found dead in Conservancy

All speculations about foul play being involved in the death of 23-year-old Junior Mc Callum have been put to rest following a post mortem examination. On Sunday last, Mc Callum, of Westminster...

Bartica Regatta 2011 officially launched

Apr 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Bartica Regatta 2011 officially launched

… delegates pay courtesy call on Minister The programme for the Annual Bartica Easter Regatta has officially been launched. Yesterday, the nine delegates competing for the Miss Regatta title paid a...

Shoddy works damage vendor’s stocks

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Shoddy works damage vendor’s stocks

Maylene Singh, a vendor in the La Penitence Market allegedly lost some $118,000 in stock as a result of increased rainfall percolated through the roof of the market and subsequently flooded her...

$300M scrap metal stranded on wharves

Apr 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on $300M scrap metal stranded on wharves

– workers protest trade ban at PM’s offices By Leonard Gildarie Almost 200 containers of scrap metal valued $300M are stranded at the city wharves as Government for the third time since 2007...

Stabroek Rotary awards Ithaca Literacy Group

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Stabroek Rotary awards Ithaca Literacy Group

Last Wednesday, the Rotary Club of Stabroek presented an award to the Ithaca Literacy Group at its weekly club meeting. The Berbice group won the award for promoting public values. The presentation...

Barnwell, Bishoo in new-look Windies T20 squad

Apr 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell, Bishoo in new-look Windies T20 squad

No place for ‘big name’ players Davendra Bishoo and Chris Barnwell are the only Guyanese in the West Indies squad for the lone Digicel T20 International against Pakistan at the Beausejour...

Princess Hotel supports ITTF Level I Coaches’ Course

Apr 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Princess Hotel supports ITTF Level I Coaches’ Course

Princess Hotel extended its support to the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Level I Coaches’ Course in the form of sponsorship. United States of America-based Course Conductor,...

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The end of the Lula era

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(Kaieteur News) – The elections in Brazil have turned out to be more than electing a government. The first round, concluded on Sunday, has effectively signalled the end of an era and the changing of an age in the region. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at age eighty, finished second to Flávio...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

MV Barima tragedy -would have handled differently

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(Kaieteur News) – Things could have been different. I would have made allowance. But when it was the same stink and dutty story with the MV Barima tragedy, there was only one road left. In the late hours of that fateful Saturday night of July, those early hours of Sunday morning, the little...

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