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Dem boys seh…Brazzy ketching he hand again

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy ketching he hand again

Couple months back de government bring in some cow, but no bull, because dem plan to artificially inseminate de cow. But until then de plan was fuh Leslie jump dem cow because he was de...

Boy dies after beating by mentally ill mother

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Boy dies after beating by mentally ill mother

While the close-knit community of Little Red Village, located in the Onderneeming Sandpit Area, has expressed shock over the sudden death of 13-year-old Travis Emmanuel Garraway, a mute,...

Linden Commission of Inquiry hears…One handgun submitted for tests after shooting

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Commission of Inquiry hears…One handgun submitted for tests after shooting

– Pellets cannot be traced to any particular firearm By Zena Henry After the July 18 shooting in Linden, the police force submitted one .38 Taurus revolver belonging to a Sergeant...

Family fearful as man goes missing from worksite

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Family fearful as man goes missing from worksite

Relatives of a 33-year-old man from Strathsphey, East Coast Demerara, are concerned about his safety, after he mysteriously disappeared from his worksite at Buck Hall, Essequibo. Vickram Narine was...

AG report a repetition of chronic ailments

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AG report a repetition of chronic ailments

By Investigator The Auditor General’s Report of Fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 brings a boring but important repetition to a chronic ailing system of accountability in Guyana. For the past...

Muse or Amuse?

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Muse or Amuse?

One Year in office – The Opposition November 2012 will mark one year for the majority combined opposition in the Parliament of Guyana. Most Guyanese will agree that the only thing that the...

NDIA internal audit…Chairman still awaiting final document, response from CEO

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NDIA internal audit…Chairman still awaiting final document, response from CEO

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), Dharamkumar Seeraj, says he is still awaiting a final report on the audit done by the entity’s...

Operations disrupted as thieves hit Licence Office

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Operations disrupted as thieves hit Licence Office

Operations at the Licence Revenue Office (LRO) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) were disrupted on Monday after the discovery of a break-in. But officials have indicated that nothing much seems...

Creative sector could contribute significantly to GDP – Culture Minister

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Creative sector could contribute significantly to GDP – Culture Minister

The creative sector of a country has the potential to contribute in a major way to its economy. This notion is especially true for developing countries, according to Culture, Youth and Sport...

Defiant People’s Parliament returns after Housing Ministry raid

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Defiant People’s Parliament returns after Housing Ministry raid

By Zena Henry Around 04:05h yesterday, workers from the Ministry of Housing and Water under police protection raided Parliament Square, tearing down placards, banners, posters, the Guyana Flag and...

WHY IS CIVIL SOCIETY WEAK?

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY IS CIVIL SOCIETY WEAK?

There has long been the recognition amongst the political leaders of Guyana, that race and ethnicity were important factors in Guyana’s political development. Some of the foremost leaders of the...

Berbician pleads guilty to passport fraud

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbician pleads guilty to passport fraud

A 47-year-old carpenter and father of two who changed the expiry date on his Republic of Guyana passport was yesterday ordered to pay a $75,000 fine or alternatively serve a six-month prison...

UNDP-sponsored training for MPs commences at Grand Coastal

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UNDP-sponsored training for MPs commences at Grand Coastal

The three-day training seminar for Members of Parliament and Parliamentary staff commenced yesterday at the Grand Coastal Inn, East Coast Demerara. The workshop, which aims to furnish participants...

More police witnesses testify in Bel Air heist trial

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on More police witnesses testify in Bel Air heist trial

Sergeant Phillip Bowman was called to the stand to give evidence in the robbery trial against Chandrada Rampersaud, Hardat Kumar, Jermaine Mitchell, Aubrey Simon and Rayon Jones who are accused of...

Massive medical outreach for Region Three

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Massive medical outreach for Region Three

Spearheaded by popular United States-based businessman and philanthropist, George Subraj, the Sevak-Zara Health Project, a medical outreach, has been planned for the Region Three community of...

Stabroek Rotary presents Vocational Service Awards

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Stabroek Rotary presents Vocational Service Awards

The Rotary Club of Stabroek last Wednesday celebrated the Rotary International’s Vocational Service month of October by presenting three awards for excellence in Vocational Service to Robin...

Four bids for reagents and diagnostic supplies for HIV

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Four bids for reagents and diagnostic supplies for HIV

Four bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance, Main Street, under the Ministry of Health for the re-agents and...

The PNC is desperately trying to survive

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PNC is desperately trying to survive

It would not only be foolish, but repugnantly indecent for any informed, mature citizen anywhere in the world to deny the great and historic role in this country’s evolution of the...

Man accused of stealing bogus gold jewellery

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of stealing bogus gold jewellery

The court yesterday heard an allegation that assuming that the jewellery which Charlene Williams had been wearing was genuine gold, 19-year-old Prince Pickering robbed the woman of her belongings. As...

Bail for vendor on larceny charge

Oct 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bail for vendor on larceny charge

Twenty-one year-old Trevor Wayne of Melanie Public Road faced Magistrate Sueanna Lovell on Monday, last, charged with larceny. Wayne allegedly stole a gold band valued at $500,000 from Sheneeza...

Better roads inspire protection for children

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Better roads inspire protection for children

Dear Editor, I want to take this opportunity to commend whoever is responsible, whether it is the Central Government or the NDC, for the upgrading of our roads in the village of Enmore,...

Withdrawal from community affairs

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Withdrawal from community affairs

Dear Editor, Since 2010 I have been very vocal in publicly highlighting the plight of the Paradise Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society by offering constructive suggestions through letters, and...

An abomination for an Auditor General report

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An abomination for an Auditor General report

Dear Editor, The report of the Auditor General on the public accounts of Guyana was tabled in the National Assembly on Monday. In a country with weak accounting and accountability, an Access...

There’s a lot for the Linden Commissioners to assimilate

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on There’s a lot for the Linden Commissioners to assimilate

Dear Editor, It is most embarrassing for the leaders of APNU when one of their serving lawmakers in the National Assembly, Desmond Trotman, would boldly state before the Linden Commission of...

Rose and Singh wrong to justify disorder at Agricola

Oct 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rose and Singh wrong to justify disorder at Agricola

Dear Editor, This is in response to Messrs Asquith Rose and Harish Sasenarine Singh’s missive “Bisram’s condemnation of the opposition for the Agricola unrest is irresponsible” (KN Oct...