June 27, 2012

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Lindeners protest impending electricity hike

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lindeners protest impending electricity hike

By Abena Rockcliffe Yesterday, Lindeners publicly voiced their disapproval of the electricity hike by staging a protest outside Office of the President. Linden is expected to be faced with a hike in...

Probe uncovers massive irregularities at City Hall

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Probe uncovers massive irregularities at City Hall

Though City Hall struggles to pay salaries and this is the case again this month. Councillors recently voted themselves an increase of 33 percent in allowances for this year and an eight percent...

Man remanded for Berbice taxi driver’s 2010 murder

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for Berbice taxi driver’s 2010 murder

A man who was alleged to have murdered a taxi driver in 2010 was yesterday remanded to jail by Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, yesterday. Stephen Campbell, of...

Chinese and Brazilian stores to be targeted as campaign continues – Analyst

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese and Brazilian stores to be targeted as campaign continues – Analyst

The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department, (GAFDD) has said that emphasis will be placed on all foreign entities such as Brazilian and Chinese owned businesses that cater to the local market...

GRA does not selectively enforce the law against taxpayers – GRA head

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRA does not selectively enforce the law against taxpayers – GRA head

– Complainant seeking to sensationalize, politicize GRA’s effort to collect outstanding taxes from Company The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has refuted allegations that the agency...

MARAD may take over capsized ‘Miss Elliza’

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on MARAD may take over capsized ‘Miss Elliza’

Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) may soon have to assume responsibility for the capsized cargo vessel that is now positioned some distance away from where it turned over west of the...

Another property for Pest Control boss attacked by arsonist

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Another property for Pest Control boss attacked by arsonist

– Relatives worried about persistent attacks Relatives and law enforcement officials continue to remain baffled over the attacks on the now dead Pest Control boss’s properties. Early...

C’bean leaders should implement international fisheries instruments – CRFM

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on C’bean leaders should implement international fisheries instruments – CRFM

– National legislation to help combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the region. Member countries of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) now have a more focused...

Lodge CDC wants its building back

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lodge CDC wants its building back

Members of the Lodge Community Development Council are calling on the relevant authorities for assistance to reclaim their community development center from Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) Guyana....

APNU accuses PPP of unprincipled action

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on APNU accuses PPP of unprincipled action

A Partnership for National Unity has said that at the end of Monday’s fourth sitting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) during this Tenth Parliament, the PPP members taking advantage of the...

South Georgetown Secondary School Alumni Reunion set for July 3

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on South Georgetown Secondary School Alumni Reunion set for July 3

The South Georgetown Secondary School Alumni Association Inc. (Guyana Chapter) will be holding its First Annual Reunion and a list of activities has been planned for the week-long event which runs...

Prisoner hides drugs in anus, jailed for three years

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner hides drugs in anus, jailed for three years

People try various methods to ferry drugs to their intended destinations, even using discreet and private parts of their bodies. A convicted prisoner who was so determined to enter the New Amsterdam...

Guyana signs petroleum deal with major US Oil Exploration Company

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana signs petroleum deal with major US Oil Exploration Company

The Government of Guyana has signed an Agreement with Anadarko Guyana Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Anadarko), a United States of America-based company to...

Corentyne resident jailed on drug charge

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne resident jailed on drug charge

Rabindranauth Reddy called, “Ravi”, a labourer of Lot 961 Hampshire, Corentyne, Berbice was on Monday sentenced to three years in jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her...

In defense of Minister Rohee

Jun 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on In defense of Minister Rohee

DEAR EDITOR, It is difficult for me to ‘sit on the fence’ and allow seasoned PNC/APNU hate-mongers like Lurlene Nestor the freedom to perpetuate discord among our people at a time when our nation...

Miners alleged physical abuse by Port Kaituma police

Jun 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Miners alleged physical abuse by Port Kaituma police

… at issue is missing gold from mining camp Ubert English, 30, of Port Kaituma is among a group of 12 persons who were alleged physically abused by police officers from the Port Kaituma Police...

Conflict of interest is at the heart of the PPP/C pac vote – What a disgrace

Jun 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Conflict of interest is at the heart of the PPP/C pac vote – What a disgrace

DEAR EDITOR, What transpired at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Guyana Parliament on Monday 25th June, 2012 constitutes a grave moral and ethical wrong. The APNU in a press statement...

Corruption has moved to a scale of alarming proportions

Jun 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corruption has moved to a scale of alarming proportions

Dear Editor, The PPP/C claimed that they fought for this democratic process, but they’re behaving worse than Burnham and the PNC, which they proclaimed to be dictatorship. They clearly lost the...

Primitive life in 21st century Guyana

Jun 27, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Primitive life in 21st century Guyana

The Parliament in Guyana has a mountain of primitive legislations to repeal from the twelve years of Bharrat Jagdeo mal administration. In such a formidable task, many horrible Bills will have to...

Let our children know all of our history

Jun 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let our children know all of our history

Dear Editor, A knowledge of its recent history is important to a people, for their pride and understanding of our place in the world. History, if properly utilized can also be a useful tool to help...

Gregory Gaskin cared about animals also

Jun 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gregory Gaskin cared about animals also

DEAR EDITOR, I read Ms.LurleneNestor’s tribute to Gregory Gaskin in your newpaper and I couldn’t agree more. She wrote that Gregory was a humble and naturally humorous individual with many...

Obama in 2012?

Jun 27, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Obama in 2012?

With the US presidential elections only four months away (Nov 6), and the Democrats and Republicans having already selected their presumptive candidates (incumbent President Barrack Obama and Mitt...

PREV 12

Rivas’ winner sends GIA into Quarters as Tucville, Leonora Primary...

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– Courts Pee Wee U11 Football tournament moves to quarterfinals phase (Kaieteur News) – Georgetown International Academy (GIA) and defending champions Leonora Primary continued their...

No more plundering, no more exploitation

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(Kaieteur News) – Rev. Jim Jones, who led more than 900 Americans to their deaths in a mass murder-suicide in Guyana in 1978, had a sign behind his throne that read: “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” That warning is particularly relevant to Guyana today. We...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

MV Barima COI in ICU

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Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – I want to give the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (COI) the space of grace. How can I (any Guyanese)? Check its origins. Revisit some of its personnel. Chair Smith said that the COI will follow the evidence to hell and back. It’s hoped that he...

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