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Gunmen flees after shooting North Ruimveldt man

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen flees after shooting North Ruimveldt man

A 41-year-old North Ruimveldt man was shot in his left arm Monday night and there are now questions whether the nearby police outpost that was commissioned last Friday is serving its purpose. Injured...

Thieves cart off $2M in items from RHTY&SC

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves cart off $2M in items from RHTY&SC

…club’s programme severely affected Burglars broke and entered the office of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) twice during the past couple of days. According to...

Fourth Country Progress Report on HIV drafted

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fourth Country Progress Report on HIV drafted

By Latoya Giles Key stakeholders were yesterday provided with a synopsis of the Fourth Draft on the Country Progress Report on HIV. Dr Shanti Singh, Programme Director for the National AIDS Program...

Five homeless in early morning Bartica fire

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Five homeless in early morning Bartica fire

A family of five is now homeless at Bartica as fire suspected to be of an electrical origin completely destroyed the wooden two- storeyed building at Lot 26 Fifth Avenue...

Recruitment of part-time teachers being encouraged by Education Ministry

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Recruitment of part-time teachers being encouraged by Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education is on a mission to encourage public schools not only to embrace but to incorporate the concept of substitute and part-time teachers in the system with a view of...

Missing ‘Hauraruni’ teen found

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Missing ‘Hauraruni’ teen found

After four weeks of being missing, the teenager who ran away from the Hauraruni Girls’ Home on the Linden Soesdyke Highway has finally been found. The girl’s sister told Kaieteur News that...

Waste management workers should be vaccinated for Hepatitis B

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Waste management workers should be vaccinated for Hepatitis B

– Many workers do not wear protective garments Many persons involved in the waste management sector do not wear protective garments- putting themselves at risk of contracting dangerous...

Complaints Authorities in place to address unsatisfactory action by Police

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Complaints Authorities in place to address unsatisfactory action by Police

Inaction or unsatisfactory action on the part of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) could be reason enough for members of the public to lodge complaints with the Police Complaints Authority or the Office...

Police issue wanted bulletin for Mazaruni Prison Escapee

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police issue wanted bulletin for Mazaruni Prison Escapee

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for 30-year-old Nigel Misidgain who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison a little over a week ago. This is after efforts by police from Bartica, in...

Rampaging Kuru Kuru teen burglars refused bail

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rampaging Kuru Kuru teen burglars refused bail

Two teenagers, who went on a burglary rampage in the Soesdyke/Linden Highway area, were yesterday remanded to jail. Eighteen-year-old Javon Crawford called “Big Fish” of First Street, Kuru Kuru;...

Man refused bail for Venezuelan’s death

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man refused bail for Venezuelan’s death

The alleged murderer of Venezuela-based Guyanese Jose Ramalho (previously reported as Ramon Valenzuela) was yesterday remanded to jail after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-...

Suspects in Eccles execution released on station bail

Mar 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Suspects in Eccles execution released on station bail

The two men who were detained for questioning into the killing of Diamond businessman, Leonard Mahadeo, have been released. This publication was told that the men were released from police custody...

$300M facility installed to manage GPHC waste

Mar 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $300M facility installed to manage GPHC waste

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is now equipped to sterilize 300 kilogrammes of infectious waste daily – waste that would have otherwise been harmful to both human health and the...

Rohee declares loss of confidence in Ramnarine

Mar 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee declares loss of confidence in Ramnarine

– calls on Brumell to discipline him The heated verbal battle between Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee and outspoken Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine has risen to new...

When your heart’s on fire, smoke… oops, sorry, dust gets in your eyes

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When your heart’s on fire, smoke… oops, sorry, dust gets in your eyes

Every mature citizen in this world has a repertoire of songs, each one of which is attached to a memory which is invoked once the song is heard. For me the group, The Platters, bring back strong...

GET THIS MATTER OVER WITH AND DONE!

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GET THIS MATTER OVER WITH AND DONE!

While it could be part of the strategy of the government to bog the opposition parties into debating trivialities and non-issues, thus avoiding the larger issues such as those controversial...

Dem boys seh…De PPP getting a fancy hotel

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De PPP getting a fancy hotel

De Marriott is a PPP project. De Rat tell de whole world suh. He seh that de project is a Public Private Partnership agreement. Right away Uncle Donald buy into de project because he is de...

Looking back and giving back

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Looking back and giving back

Increasingly, Guyanese who left these shores years ago are looking back. For many years now, there were those who kept sending money for their relatives because they believed that times were...

Ramnarine’s name should not have been on the cheque

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramnarine’s name should not have been on the cheque

Dear Editor, I refer to your article ‘Rohee dismisses call for audit of police $90M’ (SN march 16, 2012) for which I was intrigued by the fact that the cheque allocated to buy food...

Some suggestions pertaining To Diabetes

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some suggestions pertaining To Diabetes

Dear Editor I read in KN (March 19, 2012) about white rice and juices affecting blood glucose in diabetics. It is true that refined/processed foods are more likely to be high in...

That call for a new global order

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on That call for a new global order

Dear Editor, The late Dr. Cheddi Jagan, whose life and works are celebrated by members and supporters of the People’s Progressive Party in the month of March, had been a strong...

Blaming a machine

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Blaming a machine

Dear Editor, I visited one of the ATM machines at the Camp Street Branch of Republic Bank(Guyana) Limited with the intention of withdrawing money from my account on the 27th January,...

A letter writer with a pseudonym

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A letter writer with a pseudonym

Dear Editor, I am driven once again to write to you on a lingering matter. The specific thread of communications concerns the issues at the University of Guyana , and specifically the...

A big cover up in Region Two

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A big cover up in Region Two

Dear Editor, Recently, several of our daily newspaper carried a story of larceny of fuel from the Region Two Drainage and Irrigation Department. A drum containing about fifty gallons of...

A case of erroneous reporting

Mar 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A case of erroneous reporting

Dear Editor, I am forced once again to write to you about poorly written articles that misrepresent the true picture. I have often said that proper investigative reporting must be done....

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more