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Newly- trained mediators to boost Berbice judiciary

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Newly- trained mediators to boost Berbice judiciary

By Leon Suseran Berbice is now fully- equipped with 25 mediators who were specially trained over the past week in the skill of mediating. The batch graduated on Friday at the Little Rock Suites after...

From the Diaspora… FIRE THIS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS NOW

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora… FIRE THIS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS NOW

By Ralph Seeram On my recent visit to Guyana, I made it a point to question some fellow Guyanese on their thoughts on justice in Guyana. It was certainly not a scientific survey, but never the...

Kuice Sharma Soloman youngest Region Ten chairman

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kuice Sharma Soloman youngest Region Ten chairman

Today Kuice Sharma Soloman at the tender age of 32 ought to be a very proud young man having achieved a position that most of his peers could only dream about. On Wednesday last, Soloman was...

Amaila Falls Hydro

Jan 29, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Amaila Falls Hydro

The road to the Amaila Falls Hydro-Electric Project (pun intended) has been a long and harrowing one. And it still has not been completed – neither the road nor the project. We do not even have the...

Father disappears with toddler

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Father disappears with toddler

Child was once abandoned A father is being accused of running away with his child whom he once abandoned. The child, three-year-old, Shemory Thorne, was left in the custody of his aunt,...

UG to set up Confucius Institute to teach Chinese

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG to set up Confucius Institute to teach Chinese

The University of Guyana is working towards establishing a unit to teach the Chinese language and culture, Vice Chancellor Lawrence Carrington announced Friday. To make this possible, the...

University of Peace Study produces Clinical Psychology graduates

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on University of Peace Study produces Clinical Psychology graduates

The University of Peace Study recently turned out its first batch of Clinical Psychology graduates. The two-year course concluded last November. It started with over 30 students,...

Stepfather “brutally” beats toddler

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Stepfather “brutally” beats toddler

A Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, man is calling for a thorough investigation into the “brutal” beating of a two-year-old child by his stepfather. The man, Ram Sahai, who is a member of...

Miracle baby turns two

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Miracle baby turns two

Despite being given a lifespan of six months, little Kenneth Prince of Lot 79 Supply, Mahaica, is now two years old and leading a normal life. He celebrated his birthday on January 16, last....

Woman arrested on eight-year-old warrant

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woman arrested on eight-year-old warrant

Danwattie Ramdyal, a lactating mother of two, is currently in prison after police said an arrest warrant was issued for her. The 27-year-old was arrested on Friday by a female police rank at...

Supreme Court arson accused to know fate next Friday

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Supreme Court arson accused to know fate next Friday

The five men accused of setting fire to the Supreme Court and attempting to murder some policemen of Georgetown’s main police station in November 2009 will know their fate this Friday. The...

Decision to be made in Tiffany Clarke murder PI

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Decision to be made in Tiffany Clarke murder PI

The prosecution has closed its case against Tiffany Clarke, the young woman accused of stabbing to death her lesbian lover, Sonobia James. In light of this, James may very well learn her fate...

Government Pathologist testifies in Stewartville trial

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Government Pathologist testifies in Stewartville trial

Thirty-four-year-old Vishnu Santie was shot seven times about his body and died as a result of those multiple gunshot injuries, according to Government Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul...

Convict found with drugs in jail, fined

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Convict found with drugs in jail, fined

Stephen Julian, 18, called “Ring Neck” who was last year convicted on a charge of manslaughter and is serving a sentence of seven years, was on Friday fined $10,000 or a further...

Police block ‘Fip’ Motilall from removing equipment

Jan 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police block ‘Fip’ Motilall from removing equipment

…ignore High Court order Lawyers for Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall, the contractor at the centre of the US$15.4M Amaila Falls access road, yesterday informed Chief Justice Ian Chang...

$210M fraud unearthed at NDIA

Jan 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $210M fraud unearthed at NDIA

-workers protest wages, late payments Amid reports of a $210 M fraud at the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Drainage and Irrigation Department, workers yesterday staged a protest...

Suriname cops capture Guyanese wanted for fireman’s killing

Jan 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname cops capture Guyanese wanted for fireman’s killing

Surinamese authorities have captured a Guyanese wanted for the Christmas Eve’s day murder of Berbice fireman, Delon Collins. Suriname’s online Daghblad Suriname yesterday said that Sohan...

UG’s archaic governance structure must be replaced

Jan 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG’s archaic governance structure must be replaced

– low salaries also a major issue, says outgoing Vice Chancellor The problem of underpaid staff is a major issue facing the University of Guyana, but its archaic...

WHAT A JOKE!

Jan 28, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT A JOKE!

Having failed to establish that there is a crisis in local cricket, the government is not attempting to create one. The latest move of the government-imposed IMC of naming its own national...

Dem boys seh…Sam and Donald mekking fashion statement

Jan 28, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Sam and Donald mekking fashion statement

Some people like dress up. Sam is a peaceful man but when is de occasion he does dress up. De other day was Chinee New Year. Dem had a great occasion wid dancing and speech and nuff...

A societal canker

Jan 28, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A societal canker

Child molestation is not new to the society. In the past they went largely unreported because the society was so embarrassed that such people actually lived between them. Societies at...

Mr. Ramjattan’s analysis of the role of Third Parties in race-based politics is interesting

Jan 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Ramjattan’s analysis of the role of Third Parties in race-based politics is interesting

DEAR EDITOR, The Chairman of Alliance for Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan has made an interesting analysis of the role of Third Parties in race-based politics which needs to be discussed...

We must establish a military academy worthy of international accreditation

Jan 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must establish a military academy worthy of international accreditation

Dear Editor, I am prompted to write this letter after reading the headline, “Strengthening army to depend on economy” (SN, January 20, 2012). I firmly believe that the military...

Such spiteful behaviour puts us off visiting Guyana

Jan 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Such spiteful behaviour puts us off visiting Guyana

Dear Editor, I read Mr Harry Gill’s Open Letter to Minister Clement Rohee and was appalled. As a former frequent overseas traveller – I have not travelled for the past three...

The concerns about the HPV vaccine are justifiable

Jan 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The concerns about the HPV vaccine are justifiable

Dear Editor, I paid scant interest in the current matter regarding the issuance of the anti-cervical Cancer vaccine – Gardasil. My interest was aroused when I read the article...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more