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Woman dies at GPHC, delayed treatment blamed

Jan 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woman dies at GPHC, delayed treatment blamed

…after low potassium, paralysis diagnosed A Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara, mother of one succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) around 11:00 hours yesterday after...

Crabwood Creek shooting leaves two critical

Jan 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Crabwood Creek shooting leaves two critical

….gang said to have escaped to Suriname By Leon Suseran A group of men (reports indicate about four) on the Upper Corentyne area is on the run after executing a well- coordinated shooting early...

Sugar production increased by 16,000 tonnes in 2011

Jan 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar production increased by 16,000 tonnes in 2011

…Albion produces more than Skeldon Several technical problems continued to plague the sugar sector in 2011. However, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was able to reap an increase of...

Granger formally takes up office of Opposition Leader

Jan 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Granger formally takes up office of Opposition Leader

By Gary Eleazar Brigadier (ret’d) David Arthur Granger, formerly of the Guyana Defence Force, who campaigned in the run up to the last elections as Presidential Candidate for A Partnership for...

The contradiction of the economy

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The contradiction of the economy

Guyana is a contradiction of sorts. On the one hand there are reports to the effect that some sixty per cent of the population live in poverty with half of that number living in abject...

The youths of Guyana: Who should they respect?

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The youths of Guyana: Who should they respect?

There has sprung up a very vibrant youth movement, “Youth Coalition for Transformation.” This group has kept the torch of street protest burning. One hopes that the flames are never extinguished....

AN ICON PASSES ON !

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AN ICON PASSES ON !

This past week no less than seven persons expressed concern to me about the construction of a railing around the eastern and northern perimeters of the Bank of Guyana. Most pedestrians...

Dem boys seh…Khurshid got some stupid people

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Khurshid got some stupid people

When stupidness was sharing some people tek all. And these same people wukking at Khurshid office. Dem boys want fuh know how dem can mek suh much money. A man go to de GRA office fuh...

No factor ought to be proffered in validation of any unethical practice in corrupt institutions

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on No factor ought to be proffered in validation of any unethical practice in corrupt institutions

Dear Editor, The first paragraph of my last letter on the need for another approach to policing should have read “I am of the firm view that hardly anyone who knows me can argue...

Let Region #9 reflect the new PPP/C dispensation of merit rather than party loyalty

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let Region #9 reflect the new PPP/C dispensation of merit rather than party loyalty

DEAR EDITOR, Region #9 is an administrative region that voted overwhelmingly in favour of the PPP/C. It is expected that this vote of confidence will be amply rewarded by the...

Say yes to a clean and healthy Georgetown

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Say yes to a clean and healthy Georgetown

Dear Editor, It is with great pain and anguish that I am forced to pen these few lines on the state of our garden city or should I say garbage city. The youth arm of APNU is marching...

Guyana has two Olympic qualifiers in athletics

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana has two Olympic qualifiers in athletics

By Edison Jefford Guyana so far has two Olympic qualifiers in athletics with Aliann Pompey and Winston George both qualifying to compete in the 400m at the London Games. The two athletes have...

Keen second phase of Caribbean T20 in the making

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keen second phase of Caribbean T20 in the making

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Following the completion of the first phase of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, the focus now turns to Kensington...

LABA U-23 C/SHIP…Retrieve raiders show supremacy in 58-51 win over VV Royals to take c/ship

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA U-23 C/SHIP…Retrieve raiders show supremacy in 58-51 win over VV Royals to take c/ship

Bulls claim third with exciting 56-55 win against Kings Retrieve Raiders showed their prowess by delivering another exciting 58-51 victory over the Victory Valley Royals beating them in...

Ninvalle applauds AAG President for taking the baton

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ninvalle applauds AAG President for taking the baton

With numerous improvements made to sports in Guyana, Parliamentary Secretary, Steve Ninvalle applauded the Athletics Association of Guyana President, Mr. Colin Boyce, for taking up the baton...

GRFU announces team for Las Vegas Invitational Sevens Series

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GRFU announces team for Las Vegas Invitational Sevens Series

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has announced the names of the National Sevens Team to compete in the Rugby USA, Las Vegas Invitational Sevens which will be played from February...

CFU signals commitment with multiple initiatives

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU signals commitment with multiple initiatives

Wilson appointed to Football Committee Kingston, Jamaica: The Caribbean Football Union’s (CFU) Normalisation Committee demonstrates its commitment to reuniting, restructuring,...

Anthony Augustin out to avenge close loss to Mitchell Rogers as ProAm boxing resumes

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anthony Augustin out to avenge close loss to Mitchell Rogers as ProAm boxing resumes

He sports a slightly chubby frame but packs a terrific wallop in both fists. Despite suffering mixed fortunes in several ProAm boxing cards Anthony Augustin is still a force to be...

Significant revenue$$$ lost from gold leakages

Jan 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Significant revenue$$$ lost from gold leakages

–new Ministry attempts to harness logging, mining, emerging oil sectors By Leonard Gildarie Corruption, the speedy processing of land concessions, and new ways to tackle the...

Payment for Lindo Creek remains described as flawed financial oversight

Jan 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Payment for Lindo Creek remains described as flawed financial oversight

By Gary Eleazar It is a flawed financial oversight system that has allowed the Guyana Police Force to pay more than $32M to store the remains of those killed in the Lindo Creek Massacre without...

Banks DIH records $4B profit in 2011-Chairman

Jan 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH records $4B profit in 2011-Chairman

– Subsidiary Citizen Bank profit after tax was $805.0M Beverage giant Banks DIH has announced that the company has recorded a profit before tax of G$4.036B in 2011 compared to G$3.081B in...

Ukranian man slits Guyanese wife’s throat in NY

Jan 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ukranian man slits Guyanese wife’s throat in NY

– As woman’s daughter watches A Ukrainian man yesterday slit the throat of his Guyanese wife at their Queens, New York home, while the woman’s nine-year-old daughter watched. Dead is...

Guyanese schoolgirl plunges to death in UK

Jan 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese schoolgirl plunges to death in UK

– Brother doesn’t believe suicide reports In what news reports said was an apparent suicide, a Guyanese schoolgirl who cherished hopes of becoming a lawyer, dropped to her death over...

Chief of Staff makes pitch for more women soldiers

Jan 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chief of Staff makes pitch for more women soldiers

Chief of Staff Gary Best says that he believes that the Guyana Defence Force, had an excellent year in 2011. Commodore Best made this comment at the Annual Cadets Day, which was held at Camp Sipu,...

50% of women experience domestic violence in relationships – Statistics

Jan 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 50% of women experience domestic violence in relationships – Statistics

– Includes psychological abuse, battery, murder, and rape by partners By Rabindra Rooplall Of the more than 60 percent of women who were involved in a relationship or union, 27.7 percent...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more