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Conservancy reaches threatening level

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Conservancy reaches threatening level

– Govt. forced to release water Residents of the Upper East Coast Demerara region are bracing themselves for what could be some harsh times, following the decision to open the...

Twenty homeless after fire guts Timehri apartments

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Twenty homeless after fire guts Timehri apartments

Approximately 20 persons are homeless after a fire of unknown origin gutted a nine-apartment building at Hill Top, Second Street Timehri last evening. The fire that destroyed the...

Cane cutter gets 12 years for killing lover

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cane cutter gets 12 years for killing lover

A 42-year-old cane cutter who admitted to killing his former lover in a moment of jealousy was yesterday jailed for 12 years after appearing in the Berbice High Court before Justice...

Child molestation probe…Imam’s lawyer writes police

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Child molestation probe…Imam’s lawyer writes police

The case against Imam Nizam Alli, who is accused of sexually molesting seven boys, has taken an interesting twist as investigators have now ascertained that the suspect was in Guyana when it...

UG lecture rooms padlocked as protest intensifies …..

Feb 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG lecture rooms padlocked as protest intensifies …..

-lecturers plan “sit-in” today Pull quote: “We are teaching people virtually. We need about $3m to get the research centre together, our issues are so large and the government is...

The combined opposition is playing a self-destructive game

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The combined opposition is playing a self-destructive game

There are two persons yesterday who spoke to me on the trap the PPP is setting for APNU and AFC in the tripartite talks. They are valuable personalities that both opposition parties...

Dem boys seh…Money deh fuh lick dog

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Money deh fuh lick dog

Guyana got money like sand. When people seh that de country poor, dem lie. Imagine a man gone to India pun he own private business and de government give he US$20,000 fuh he pocket...

RAIN OR NO RAIN

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RAIN OR NO RAIN

It does not matter how many investments were made in the past years on the drainage and irrigation systems in Guyana. As long as you have the incessant downpours that Guyana has been...

To attack or not: Iran

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on To attack or not: Iran

It is all very surreal. In a very matter-of-fact mode, the very prestigious US journal “Foreign Affairs” by the Council on Foreign Relations dedicated its current issue to: “The Iran...

Kissoon’s firing from UG is contrary to academic principles

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon’s firing from UG is contrary to academic principles

Dear Editor, Two months after the general elections which gave the PPP its first minority government in 19 years, some of its members have relegated the party to a new low by firing...

Much is being done for diabetics

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Much is being done for diabetics

DEAR EDITOR, As the Canadian physicians who are collaborating with the Ministry of Health in the Guyana Diabetic Foot Project, we would like to respond to the important editorial of...

Some queries for NIS

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some queries for NIS

Dear Editor, Over the years, the National Insurance, based on the Government’s Award would pay that increase to all National Insurance Pensioners. I am reliably informed...

Freddie Kissoon replies to the publisher’s note

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon replies to the publisher’s note

Dear Editor, It is incredible that someone reading my last Sunday column could read into it any reference to the Kaieteur News and what pay I receive for my KN columns. There is...

This case of sexual molestation is abhorrent

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This case of sexual molestation is abhorrent

Dear Editor, I am deeply disturbed after reading about the horrific incident that transpired with the young boys who were molested in the heart of my community and from all appearances...

Corporal punishment and the Rights of the Child

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corporal punishment and the Rights of the Child

Dear Editor, I would like to refer to an article in Demerara Waves entitled “Teacher who badly flogged boy sent on leave”. The article raises two key issues; the public exposure...

Unchanged views about GPL

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unchanged views about GPL

Dear Editor, I am grateful to see a reply from GP&L in yesterday’s Kaieteur News, but that has not made me change my views. In the reply, the power company said that penalties for...

A challenge to Vishnu Bisram

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A challenge to Vishnu Bisram

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram’s reply to my concerns about the way the government is dealing with the Specialist Hospital to be built misses the central issue. The writer, Mr. Bisram,...

Guyana goes all out for Olympic qualifiers

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana goes all out for Olympic qualifiers

-Three sprinters depart for HPTC in Jamaica By Edison Jefford Three of Guyana’s most promising senior sprinters departed today for a five-month stint at the International Association...

Come rain or sun Race Meet on this Sunday – GMR&SC

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Come rain or sun Race Meet on this Sunday – GMR&SC

Come rain or sun the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Race Meet scheduled for this Sunday, at the South Dakota Circuit will definitely take place and fans are being urged to...

Amateur boxing to focus on women’s development this year

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxing to focus on women’s development this year

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association will be placing emphasis on the development of women’s boxing this year. GABA president Steve Ninvalle informed that the association’s Technical...

Flying Ace Cycling Club holds annual awards ceremony

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Ace Cycling Club holds annual awards ceremony

The Flying Ace cycling club of Berbice will on Saturday 4th February hold their 11th annual presentation and awards ceremony at the New Amsterdam Town Hall beginning at 19hrs. The club will...

Reap the fruits from the Scotia Bank/Pepsi School Football Academy – says Wilson

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reap the fruits from the Scotia Bank/Pepsi School Football Academy – says Wilson

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President ag., Franklin Wilson, visited the Scotia Bank/Pepsi School Football Academy coaching course at the Ministry of Education Sports Club ground on...

Berbice Amateur Basketball Association plans to be more active in 2012

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Amateur Basketball Association plans to be more active in 2012

With sponsorship being one of the major stumbling blocks in 2011, the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association still had some success in the foregoing year according to its President Kirk...

National senior and junior chess champions awarded

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on National senior and junior chess champions awarded

National Senior Chess Champion Taffin Khan and his junior counterpart Suhai Feng were recently awarded for their outstanding performance in the 2011 GEDDES GRANT / SEVEN SEAS and SASHA CELLS...

Joint Parliamentary opposition wades in on cricket impasse

Feb 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joint Parliamentary opposition wades in on cricket impasse

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) have sounded their collective voices in the ongoing cricket impasse between the Government of Guyana and the...