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There are more questions than answers

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are more questions than answers

Dear Editor, How petty can the PPP get. Imagine them asking Winston Felix to explain his alleged phone conversation with someone. But before he answers, or even attempts to answer, the...

Political immaturity driving the President’s pension squabble

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political immaturity driving the President’s pension squabble

Dear Editor, Voters in Guyana should ask the question as to how come the President’s pension is now a matter of concern. There was some almost inaudible noise when the National...

Government’s propaganda machinery nears climax

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government’s propaganda machinery nears climax

Dear Editor, The propaganda machinery of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is nearing its climax. As the election climate heats up, so too is the distortion and...

Brazilian Embassy clears air as AFC protest Governor’s actions

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian Embassy clears air as AFC protest Governor’s actions

The Brazilian Embassy says that the visit of the Governor of the State of Roraima, José de Anchieta Junior to Lethem, last weekend, was in no way to campaign for the incumbent Peoples’...

GTUC condemns PPP/C campaign tactics

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC condemns PPP/C campaign tactics

General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis on behalf of the Union has condemned what is being described as the administration’s “politics of lies, half...

Ranks requested to submit ID numbers is nothing new – police

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ranks requested to submit ID numbers is nothing new – police

There is nothing sinister about ranks of the Guyana Police Force being asked to submit their national identification numbers. This is according to a senior officer of the force in response to...

First batch of laptops handed out

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on First batch of laptops handed out

By Latoya Giles President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday handed out the first batch of netbook computers under the One Laptop Per Family Programme at the National Cultural Centre. In his feature...

MMZ/ De Kinderen access bridge still not replaced

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on MMZ/ De Kinderen access bridge still not replaced

…eight months after promise Several months have passed and residents of the Meten-Meer-Zorg sideline dam (West Coast Demerara) have been left without a sturdy bridge which would allow...

GT&T’s Blackberry launching set for Friday

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T’s Blackberry launching set for Friday

-promises low prices, faster browsing By Leonard Gildarie The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) is gearing to launch its Blackberry Service on Friday with “affordable”...

Fifty signboards erected on #63 Beach

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fifty signboards erected on #63 Beach

….as UCCCI concludes school competitions The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (UCCCI) has installed two beach preservation billboards and fifty (50) ‘clean beach’ signs. One billboard...

$200M-plus bids opened for GPHC supplies

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $200M-plus bids opened for GPHC supplies

Bids for seven contracts by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and valued more than $200M for critical supplies and services, were opened yesterday at the National Procurement...

New IDB poverty reduction fund…NGOs can now apply for up to US$1.5M

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New IDB poverty reduction fund…NGOs can now apply for up to US$1.5M

Guyanese Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are now each eligible for up to US$1.5M of funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to help reduce poverty. The IDB has issued a call...

Police nab driver who fled accident scene

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab driver who fled accident scene

Shortly before 19:00hrs yesterday, police on the West Bank of Demerara reportedly apprehended a man believed to be the driver who fled an accident scene on Monday night after two lads were...

David Daniel Grimmond observes 103rd birthday!

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on David Daniel Grimmond observes 103rd birthday!

David Daniel Grimmond celebrated his 103rd birthday yesterday, with the gift of a true Christian function and a birthday cake, in the presence of his family and fellow church members. Born on...

CARICOM youth development goals endorsed by Suriname

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM youth development goals endorsed by Suriname

Suriname’s Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Paul Abena,, has endorsed the CARICOM Youth Development Goals (CDYGs) and accompanying Youth Development Action Plan (CYDAP) as a step...