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NDIA’s 2013 budget allocation could be slashed – AFC

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NDIA’s 2013 budget allocation could be slashed – AFC

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday announced its consideration to propose a “cut” of the amount of monies allocated to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) during the...

Radio in Guyana is not what radio should be

Nov 01, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Radio in Guyana is not what radio should be

The fastest and most reliable medium in the world of broadcasting is the radio. For starters it is cheap, convenient and all prevailing. Gone are the days when a radio was a cumbersome piece of...

NO ONE CAN FEEL SAFE WHEN HIGH-POWERED WEAPONS ARE IN THE WRONG HANDS

Nov 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO ONE CAN FEEL SAFE WHEN HIGH-POWERED WEAPONS ARE IN THE WRONG HANDS

There were two executions involving the use of guns over the past two weeks. Regardless of the background of these individuals, the police have an obligation to vigorously pursue those who were...

Teachers hauled before TSC for sex tapes

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers hauled before TSC for sex tapes

Head of Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, has said that several teachers have appealed to the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) following the threat to dismiss them for engaging in acts...

Explore Guyana 2013 magazine heralds Tourism Month

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Explore Guyana 2013 magazine heralds Tourism Month

As Tourism Awareness Month commences, the event began with yesterday’s launch of Explore Guyana 2013 magazine and calls for more investment in eco-tourism to further develop and promote tourism....

Linden Commission of Inquiry…Police Constable disowns his nickname

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Commission of Inquiry…Police Constable disowns his nickname

By Latoya Giles Police Constable Mark Cameron, one of the witnesses called yesterday, as the Linden Commission Inquiry continued, was the only officer who remembers that there was a blackout...

Guyana, China sign US$130M CJIA expansion deal

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, China sign US$130M CJIA expansion deal

– Construction to start in first quarter of 2013 A major project to modernize the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) has moved one step nearer to reality with the signing of a critical...

Govt. approves $200M for textbooks

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. approves $200M for textbooks

– to ask National Assembly for additional funds By Leonard Gildarie Government has announced that a deal has been struck with overseas’ publishers of textbooks at concessionary prices, but it...

Armed pirates beat, rob two fishermen

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Armed pirates beat, rob two fishermen

Armed pirates beat, attacked and robbed two Corentyne fishermen around 19:30 hrs on Tuesday in the Atlantic near the Corentyne River, a few miles from Port Mourant. The two men were badly beaten by...

‘Brother Mack’ turns 101

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Brother Mack’ turns 101

Gladstone Augustus Mack, of Sophia, is now 101 years old. A soft-spoken gentleman he seems to be. A smiling man who is very content with what life has offered and will continue to offer. He was born...

Threats from relatives force man to abandon home

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Threats from relatives force man to abandon home

Dhannarine Kellawan is living in fear. He claims that one of his close relatives continuously threatens to kill him. The man who once lived on the East Coast of Demerara was forced to flee his home...

Town Day “bully” charged with attempted murder

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Town Day “bully” charged with attempted murder

Twenty-four year-old Anthony Pydanna, called ‘Ricardo’ of Angoy’s Avenue, a labourer at a lumber yard, was yesterday charged with attempted murder. He allegedly attempted to kill Yuwyn...

PEPFAR support to HIV/AIDS workplace project to end by 2015

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on PEPFAR support to HIV/AIDS workplace project to end by 2015

…stakeholders’ forum channels sustainable discussion By Sharmain Grainger Guyana is gearing to fully take up the reins of its International Labour Organisation (ILO)-supported HIV/AIDS...

Increased police presence at Zoo, National Park

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Increased police presence at Zoo, National Park

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, in collaboration with the Guyana Police Force and the National Parks Commission, has now launched the “Operation Safe Parks” initiative....

I will present my evidence this afternoon at my libel trial

Nov 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I will present my evidence this afternoon at my libel trial

Mr. Jagdeo’s libel case against me continues today at 13.30 hours in Judge Brassington Reynolds’ court. At this session, I will discuss the contents of my research paper titled; “Ethnic Power...

Prosecution closes case in ‘Picture Boy’ voir dire

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecution closes case in ‘Picture Boy’ voir dire

The prosecution in the murder trial against Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy’, yesterday closed their case against the accused in the Voir Dire (a trial within a trial) that is being conducted...

Flight attendant’s cell phone lands teen in court

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Flight attendant’s cell phone lands teen in court

Eighteen-year-old Jamal Abrams, who is accused of “snatching” a Samsung 4G cell phone worth $40,000 from Delta Airlines flight attendant, Krista File, was placed before the court yesterday...

Mabaruma fisherman on $100,000 bail for allegedly wounding colleague

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mabaruma fisherman on $100,000 bail for allegedly wounding colleague

A fisherman of Mabaruma, North West District, who reportedly wounded a colleague of his, appeared at Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Junior Marks is charged with beating and unlawfully...

Man who escaped from police custody denied bail

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man who escaped from police custody denied bail

De Jesus Narine is currently before the court two counts of simple larceny and escaping from police custody. The accused pleaded not guilty to all the charges when he appeared yesterday before...

Labourer on attempted murder charge

Nov 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer on attempted murder charge

Deon Braithwaite, a labourer from Lodge, Georgetown, is charged with wounding his mother’s former lover, with intent to murder him. Braithwaite was not required to enter a plea to the allegation...

A lot to be desired

Nov 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A lot to be desired

Dear Editor, I am forced to make another observation about the seemingly selective reporting of your newspaper’s sports section. Why is it that the other newspapers are giving us objective...

M. Maxwell’s response to Carl Greenidge

Nov 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on M. Maxwell’s response to Carl Greenidge

Dear Editor, It came to my attention just yesterday, October 29, 2012, that Carl Greenidge wrote a letter titled “I never sought or took advice from Ms. Teixeira” (KN, October 28,...

A failing of the Linden Commission

Nov 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A failing of the Linden Commission

Dear Editor, I listened thoughtfully to the interventions of Mr. KD Knight, Commissioner on the Linden Commission of Inquiry, as Attorney at law Mr. Nigel Hughes, counsel for the Linden...

AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL POLITICAL PARTIES IN GUYANA

Nov 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL POLITICAL PARTIES IN GUYANA

Dear Editor, The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) calls on all Political Parties to breathe ‘the spirit of life and hope” into the daily lives of all Guyanese. Prior to...

Guyana and the Diaspora need EZ Jet

Nov 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana and the Diaspora need EZ Jet

DEAR EDITOR, This is in response to Mr. Lionel Lowe’s missive “Ramdeo and his EZjet venture may be about to end their short flight into infamy” (KN Oct 30) as well as related news...

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Shabazz’s termination remains just the tip of the iceberg

The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more