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CARICOM Chief warns “no more business as usual”

Mar 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM Chief warns “no more business as usual”

….says change must start from the top By Gary Eleazar in Suriname With the exception of Belize, Grenada and Haiti, the Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday met in Suriname at the...

AFC slams Amaila Falls road contract as con job

Mar 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC slams Amaila Falls road contract as con job

-considering impeachment for corrupt public officials The Alliance For Change (AFC) is currently examining the country’s laws to explore the possibilities of impeaching government officials for...

$Father of three stabbed to death in Holi Day fracas$

Father of three stabbed to death in Holi Day fracas

Mar 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Father of three stabbed to death in Holi Day fracas

What was supposed to be all fun and play, turned out deadly yesterday when a man who objected to partaking in the Phagwah Day activities stabbed another man to death in the city. Dead is 41-year-old...

GPL moving against Bill Direct Exec over massive $180M owed

Mar 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPL moving against Bill Direct Exec over massive $180M owed

– GT&T suspends payments’ arrangements By Leonard Gildarie Four months after the state-owned power company Guyana Power and Light Inc. dropped Bill Direct as one of their collections’...

Toddler killed by speeding car in Front Road accident

Mar 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Toddler killed by speeding car in Front Road accident

A three year-old boy was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital minutes after he was struck down in front of his home yesterday morning. According to reports,...

Holi Reflections

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Holi Reflections

Yesterday, all the major political parties sent out “Holi” messages, which our newspaper dutifully published. But each of them managed to sneak in a political message. It is not that we...

When an ambulance itself becomes a medical patient

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When an ambulance itself becomes a medical patient

I got a call from Gerhard Ramsaroop at 5.45 A.M. on Phagwah morning that Enmore cane cutters were on strike and we should go and talk to them. It was a bad time to call. I went to bed on Phagwah...

GLENN LALL SMELLS A RAT

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GLENN LALL SMELLS A RAT

Do we need the proposed Marriott-branded hotel that the former government had in mind? Is such a project feasible given the many existing hotels and the poor occupancy that they enjoy at present? One...

Dem boys seh…Thieves tek over de Police Force

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Thieves tek over de Police Force

All de time dem boys was wondering how a man does pick who he want as he front man. And dem boys don’t mean de man who walking in front of he or de one who wining up in front of he. De front man is...

“The principle of proportionality as contemplated by the Constitution”

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on “The principle of proportionality as contemplated by the Constitution”

DEAR EDITOR, I read with some bemusement of the government, peopled exclusively by PPP/C members and supporters, seeking the intervention of the Courts on the basis that the “Composition of the...

Remember to include persons with disabilities

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remember to include persons with disabilities

DEAR EDITOR, It is ironic that the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) on Monday March 5, 2012, launched the new building code at a venue that is disability unfriendly. This venue, the Guyana...

A Departure Order is different from a Deportation Order

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Departure Order is different from a Deportation Order

DEAR EDITOR, It has been brought to my attention that the Immigration Officers (Police) at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and police officers at the CID Georgetown Headquarters, are...

Intellectual deceit and simplistic analysis

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Intellectual deceit and simplistic analysis

DEAR EDITOR, Nigel Hinds engaged in intellectual deceit claiming Granger would have won the election using the US system (“Under US election guidelines, Granger would have won the presidency”,...

We are unhappy with Mr. Granger’s TIP statements

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are unhappy with Mr. Granger’s TIP statements

DEAR EDITOR, The Aishalton Village Council has noted with great discontent, statements made by the leader of the Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Mr. David Granger, that were...

GuyOil / Tradewind Tankers True Champions Volleyball Tournament…Semi-finals on tomorrow

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GuyOil / Tradewind Tankers True Champions Volleyball Tournament…Semi-finals on tomorrow

The long delayed GuyOil / Tradewind Tankers True Champions Volleyball Tournament is set to resume tomorrow with semi-final action, at the National Gymnasium, starting from 16:00 hrs. The tournament...

GFA Powerade-sponsored U-13 Academy recommences tomorrow

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA Powerade-sponsored U-13 Academy recommences tomorrow

With its primary aim of providing the opportunity for children between the ages of 11-13 years to become proficient in the basics of football, the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Powerade...

Fitzgerald, Madhoo share spoils

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitzgerald, Madhoo share spoils

Sudesh Fitzgerald and Rosetta Hiralall edged the pair of Norman Madhoo and Christopher Amyan 2/1 in the Draw Doubles of the Guyana Darts Association-organised Tournament which was played on Wednesday...

New ‘Saints Hockey Club’ formed

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on New ‘Saints Hockey Club’ formed

Past and present students of the St. Stanislaus College have continued the school’s long and proud hockey tradition, by taking the bold step of creating Guyana’s newest Hockey Club. The...

Athletic coach dreams big

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletic coach dreams big

Launches Athletic Academy Sports Medicine Centre In 1994, Wayne Walcott, a qualified athletic coach, led by an ambition to heighten the fortunes of local athletes, travelled to Rio de Janiero, Brazil...

Day of fun envisaged as Georgetown Turf Club stages Gymkhana

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Day of fun envisaged as Georgetown Turf Club stages Gymkhana

After a somewhat lengthy absence from the scene, the executives of the Georgetown Turf Club, Mocha EBD, will return to the fray with a grand gymkhana scheduled for their East Bank facility on Sunday...

Garraway, James, Ageday and Fraser qualify easily for CARIFTA Games

Mar 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Garraway, James, Ageday and Fraser qualify easily for CARIFTA Games

By Juanita Hooper Tevin Garraway, Stephan James, Chavez Ageday and Davin Fraser qualified easily yesterday afternoon at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, Kingston, when the Athletics...

Human Services Minister declares ‘zero tolerance’ on domestic violence

Mar 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Human Services Minister declares ‘zero tolerance’ on domestic violence

Despite the realisation that there may be some flaws in the justice system as it relates to addressing the issue of domestic violence, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer...

Prices skyrocket in face of severe cement shortage

Mar 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Prices skyrocket in face of severe cement shortage

The ongoing industrial action at the Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) headquarters in Trinidad is now having a direct impact on the Guyanese market. Distributors, wholesalers and retailers of this...

Ramotar keen on “practical programmes” to accelerate CARICOM integration

Mar 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar keen on “practical programmes” to accelerate CARICOM integration

Head-of-State Donald Ramotar is looking to have the current 23rd Intercessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads in Suriname yield practical programmes and policies that will improve and accelerate the...

Bourda Market vendor shot during robbery

Mar 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bourda Market vendor shot during robbery

A Bourda Market pepper vendor who interrupted a ‘robbery in progress’ late Wednesday night is in a serious but stable condition after being shot in his abdomen. The man, Saheed King, 30, of...

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Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more