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UG impasse… GTUC urges adherence to laws and rules

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG impasse… GTUC urges adherence to laws and rules

The Guyana Trade Union Congress has taken umbrage at a letter written by the UG Vice-Chancellor, Professsor Lawrence Carrington to senior UG academic, Dr. Patsy Francis over the present industrial...

Mentally challenged woman abducted and used as sex slave

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mentally challenged woman abducted and used as sex slave

A mother is pleading for more police intervention into the alleged abduction and gang rape of her 23-year-old daughter. The 23- year- old, who is mentally challenged, was used as a sex slave...

An agenda must have a time frame

Feb 05, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on An agenda must have a time frame

There seems to be unfolding an optimistic period since the last general elections. The newly elected Speaker of the House, Mr. Raphael Trotman told the press that he plans to engage the...

B Division Commander warns new police ranks against abuse of power and authority

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on B Division Commander warns new police ranks against abuse of power and authority

Twenty- five young police recruits were added to the Guyana Police Force on Friday after they graduated from Course 25-B at the Felix Austin Police College (FAPC) at Adventure on the...

A Jasmine for a Gardener premiers Saturday

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on A Jasmine for a Gardener premiers Saturday

Mahadeo Shivraj’s A Jasmine for a Gardener, premiers in New York this Saturday. The film, written by Churaumanie Bissundyal, is Shivraj’s second movie after “Till a find a place.”...

Ashni Singh seeks Parliament’s approval for some $5.6B

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ashni Singh seeks Parliament’s approval for some $5.6B

…money was already used from Contingency Funds in 2011 Two months into the New Year and even before the administration details its 2012 budget, the Finance Minister is looking to have the new...

Govt. resists disclosing Sithe Global Hydro-power contract

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. resists disclosing Sithe Global Hydro-power contract

…PM Hinds says wait until financial closure, “We have said a lot along the way” Bruce Wrobel, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sithe Global, the developers contracted by the Guyana...

Lindeners brave rains to cheer on children’s Costume and Dance Competitions

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lindeners brave rains to cheer on children’s Costume and Dance Competitions

Even incessant rainfall on Thursday could not stop the mammoth crowd that converged at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground from thoroughly enjoying the Children’s Mashramani Costume and...

Gold smuggling…GGMC to establish Lethem checkpoint

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gold smuggling…GGMC to establish Lethem checkpoint

Government has announced its intentions to establish a Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) office at the Takutu River crossing to help prevent smuggling of gold and other minerals into...

Patients not satisfied with treatments received at the Malaria Clinic

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Patients not satisfied with treatments received at the Malaria Clinic

Staff at the Malaria Clinic, located at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) seemed to be overwhelmed with the number of persons who have been visiting the facility recently for malaria...

GPHC commits to improving ambulatory service

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC commits to improving ambulatory service

Sustaining serious injuries during a road accident or any life threatening incident may no longer be a death sentence, given the plans apace to expand and enhance the ambulatory service...

Manniram Prashad to head new Gaming Authority

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Manniram Prashad to head new Gaming Authority

Former Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad will now be heading the new Gaming Authority Board for which Cabinet has given its approval. This was announced by Home Affairs Minister...

ADDRESSING ISSUES OF SOCIAL EQUITY IN GUYANA

Feb 05, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ADDRESSING ISSUES OF SOCIAL EQUITY IN GUYANA

By Khemraj Ramjattan For the first time in half a century, Guyana has an opportunity to develop broad-based consensus on issues of social equity in our country. The tripartite composition of...

From the beginning I knew there was no place for an independent mind

Feb 05, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on From the beginning I knew there was no place for an independent mind

I thank Dr. Henry Jeffrey, former PPP Minister, for his supportive analysis against my dismissal from UG (“PPP/C regime axed Kissoon simply because it believed it could,” Stabroek News,...

The Yellow-faced Parrot

Feb 05, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Yellow-faced Parrot

The Yellow-faced Parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops), also formerly known as the Yellow-faced Amazon, is the only species of the genus Alipiopsitta. It is a Neotropical parrot (tribe Arini), and was...

Corpse in a strange blue car

Feb 05, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Corpse in a strange blue car

– Did a woman plan and execute this cold-blooded murder? By Michael Jordan No one saw when the blue car, PEE 587, entered Eighth Street, Diamond Housing Scheme, on the night of May 16,...

Life in this here United States

Feb 05, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Life in this here United States

I have lived in Guyana almost all my life and I have seen the naked desire in the eyes of people whenever someone mentions New York or Canada. There have been a belief that New York or Canada are the...

BULLYISM!

Feb 05, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BULLYISM!

The decision of the government of Guyana to call in the Guyana Police Force to investigate the affairs of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is a clear act of political vindictiveness. The...

The Caribbean: Not so gay

Feb 05, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Caribbean: Not so gay

By Sir Ronald Sanders On the Caribbean island of Barbados, with a population of about 250,000 people, approximately 3,426 persons are living with HIV, and the Minister of Health, Stephen...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 05, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The rains are going to unleash some ungodly things on a small community. The residents are not immune to snakes nor are they unduly afraid. However, a particularly large reptile in the...

Yvonne Mbozi remembered

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Yvonne Mbozi remembered

by David Granger Yvonne St. Clair Mbozi, née Granger, former Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, died on 22nd January 2012, aged 79 years. The eight decades from 1932...

ImmigrationTALK: Prosecutorial Discretion in Removal & Detention Cases

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK: Prosecutorial Discretion in Removal & Detention Cases

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Recently, John Morton, Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), issued two new memoranda giving guidance and encouraging the expanded...

From the Diaspora…HEY FREDDIE, TRY THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR A JOB

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…HEY FREDDIE, TRY THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR A JOB

By Ralph Seeram I once worked in Wall Street as a Network Technician for a company that was owned by Reuters. Of course, everybody knows Reuters as a news service, but most of the company’s...

Scotia Bank employee stabbed in bus, robbed of Blackberry

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Scotia Bank employee stabbed in bus, robbed of Blackberry

A Bank of Nova Scotia Bank employee was stabbed and robbed while travelling home in a Route 47 minibus on Friday afternoon. Police are yet to apprehend the perpetrators. The man who was...

Norway funds could start trickling in

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Norway funds could start trickling in

The initial release of the forest-saving funds from Norway to Guyana could be released shortly, ending a long struggle, characterized by prolonged fretting on the international stage by former...

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GUYSUCO’s problems are political not managerial

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The sugar industry has been for centuries Guyana’s agricultural backbone. Yet, its struggles... more