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That transformational single vote margin

Mar 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on That transformational single vote margin

DEAR EDITOR, With the November 28, 2011 election results still reverberating from the dismal pit of corruption and non-accountability throughout the length and breadth of Guyana, a...

Let police work be of focused interventions and improved service

Mar 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let police work be of focused interventions and improved service

Dear Editor, I really don’t believe everything I read in the newspapers or hear in the electronic media, so if I was not present I would have been hard pressed to reconcile President...

Guyana’s air and river transport disasters

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s air and river transport disasters

…volumes of ‘cold cases’ as families still seek closure Guyana compared to the rest of the countries in South America is small in size and in comparison to its sister Caribbean Community...

Parika Backdam farmers blame poor koker management for losses

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Parika Backdam farmers blame poor koker management for losses

The heavy rainfall experienced on Wednesday has caused many farmers in Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) to suffer huge losses to their cash crops, but some say that irregular opening of the koker in...

GT&T’s parent company reports US$780M revenues

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T’s parent company reports US$780M revenues

Atlantic Tele-Network (ATN), the parent company of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T), has announced a 23 percent increase in total revenues. According to the Full Year 2011 Results...

Blairmont harvesters, workshop down tools again

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Blairmont harvesters, workshop down tools again

– threaten to withdraw from GAWU Hundreds of cane harvesters from the Blairmont Estate have taken industrial action again. The embattled workers, who have been engaged in protest action as...

UGBC makes $2M IT donation to IDCE

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UGBC makes $2M IT donation to IDCE

….books given to Stanleytown Library Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus, Professor Daizal R. Samad, on Tuesday handed over more than $1M in information...

$74M spent on vehicles for Guyana Police Force

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $74M spent on vehicles for Guyana Police Force

Over $74.5M has been spent by the Ministry of Home Affairs to procure vehicles which are expected to assist ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in executing their duties where necessary. The...

Guyana celebrates World Day of Prayer 2012

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana celebrates World Day of Prayer 2012

Under the theme “Let Justice Prevail”, Guyana joined other countries in celebrating World Day of Prayer yesterday. The worship service was written by the women of the World Day of Prayer...

Indian singer Sonu Nigam for concert here

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Indian singer Sonu Nigam for concert here

In commemoration of the 174th Anniversary of the Arrival of East Indians to Guyana, the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha is organizing a concert featuring world renowned singer Sonu Nigam and a...

Caribbean accounts for 27 percent of world’s homicides

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean accounts for 27 percent of world’s homicides

-UN report shows violent crime rising in region A rising crime rate is threatening economies and livelihoods in Caribbean countries, states a new United Nations report that calls for...

19 illegal guns taken off the streets so far for 2012

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 19 illegal guns taken off the streets so far for 2012

The police have been able to take 19 illegal firearms out of the hands of criminal elements so far this year. This is according to Police Commissioner (acting) Leroy Brumell who told...

Food for the Poor builds 50 more homes

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Food for the Poor builds 50 more homes

Fifty families are now relishing the comfort of their new homes, which featured in the opening of the new Amerindian Community, Mashabo, a joint initiative of Food for the Poor, USA and Guyana. The...

Govt., Opposition still at loggerheads on Parliamentary Committees

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt., Opposition still at loggerheads on Parliamentary Committees

The stalemate over the selection of the members of the various Parliamentary committees continues. Yesterday, the House postponed the meeting of the Committee of Selection hours before...

AFC executive quits party

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC executive quits party

National Executive member and former Regional Councillor, Francis Darchiville, has tendered his resignation from the leadership of the Alliance For Change. His resignation became effective on...

China gives Guyana US$7.1M in aid

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on China gives Guyana US$7.1M in aid

The Chinese government has granted Guyana a further 45 million Chinese Yuan (US$7.1 million) in aid as it looks to boost investment and increase trade. Yesterday, Zhong Shan, the Vice Minister...

Thief targeted Guyanese for their gold

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Thief targeted Guyanese for their gold

– focused on houses that flew Golden Arrowhead New York (www.qchron.com)-A criminal responsible for 15 recent burglaries targeted the Guyanese community — because he knew members often...

Pit-bull mauling victim still seeks compensation

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pit-bull mauling victim still seeks compensation

Family members of a 63-year-old Campbellville pensioner, who was mauled by two pit-bulls last February, are considering their options. Mabarak Ali has been bed-ridden since the incident. He is...

Digicel dominates Mashramani 2012 awards

Mar 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel dominates Mashramani 2012 awards

Cell phone giant, Digicel Guyana, dominated the Mashramani 2012 prize giving ceremony at the Umana Yana last evening. Digicel copped the winning title with their ‘Reflection’...

Five rescued, four missing after tug sinks

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Five rescued, four missing after tug sinks

Four persons are missing and are feared dead after a tug which was pulling a pontoon sank just off the mouth of the Moruca River early yesterday morning. This publication understands that the...

President Ramotar says Police Force must have no ‘sacred cows’

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on President Ramotar says Police Force must have no ‘sacred cows’

-but dodges questions on Henry Greene’s fate President Donald Ramotar yesterday dodged questions about the possible fate of embattled Commissioner of Police Henry Greene, but...

No leniency for corrupt officials says Ramjattan

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No leniency for corrupt officials says Ramjattan

In recognition of the fact that the Office of the Auditor General has yet again identified a gamut of financial discrepancies and instances of unaccountability that contravene...

Schoolboy charged with murder of colleague

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy charged with murder of colleague

…remanded to prison Samuel Cornelius the youngster accused of stabbing schoolboy Anfernee Bowman to death last Monday was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with...

DEAL OR NO DEAL?

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DEAL OR NO DEAL?

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is an agreement. And an agreement is a deal, so a MOU is a deal. The government and the investor behind an MOU signed last September have tried to downplay...

The Faith Harding incident

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Faith Harding incident

From the time I entered political activism, I was never happy with the people around me. I started out my politics as a sixteen-year-old youth that copped a job in the Michael Forde...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more