November 17, 2012

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Health Ministry recruits role models to support national testing drive

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry recruits role models to support national testing drive

There will be no compromising in the quality of testing when the annual national testing activities commence on November 29. This assertion was yesterday made by Programme Manager of the...

Republic Bank (Guyana) staffers await union protection

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank (Guyana) staffers await union protection

Workers of Republic Bank (Guyana) believe that they are being short changed by not being afforded the representation of a Trade Union. They believe that this issue stems from deep within the...

Police still investigating missing cash from coffers

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police still investigating missing cash from coffers

A senior police official says that the force is still continuing to probe the disappearance of the $3.547M which went missing at Eve Leary Finance Office in 2011, when persons unknown accessed...

What is the status of Mahdia Roadway?

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on What is the status of Mahdia Roadway?

Chairman says no works began, REO says works completed There are conflicting updates on the progress of maintenance works on Mahdia roadway following revelations by the Auditor General’s office...

Strategic moves crucial in HIV/AIDS fight – Health Minister

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Strategic moves crucial in HIV/AIDS fight – Health Minister

“Changing behavioural patterns is vital in the fight against HIV/AIDS,” said Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran. The Minister expressed satisfaction that the National AIDS Programme...

New York-based Guyanese sculptor charged in US$11M scheme

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New York-based Guyanese sculptor charged in US$11M scheme

New York (http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys) – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mary Galligan, the Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge of the...

Diamond resident says GPL crew terrorized family

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond resident says GPL crew terrorized family

…power company accuses him of electricity theft Moonieraj Singh, a resident of Diamond Housing scheme, is contending that his wife who is eight months pregnant, is having sleepless nights ever...

Govt dubs opposition’s stance on Rohee “politically suicidal”

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt dubs opposition’s stance on Rohee “politically suicidal”

…asks “What next?” By Abena Rockcliffe The road of “unproductivity” along which the Tenth parliament is travelling seems to have no end as the Government Thursday restated its stance to...

MUSE OR AMUSE… Bokkle and Sanders

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on MUSE OR AMUSE… Bokkle and Sanders

Did you ever hear about the bokkle? Did you ever hear of someone asking or tell you about the bokkle? Were you ever offered a bokkle of beer? A bokkle of water? Did you get the bokkle?...

Youth found guilty of murder too young for death sentence

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Youth found guilty of murder too young for death sentence

The youth in the Number 54 Village Dam, Corentyne murder who was found guilty of the capital charge of murder on Monday by a mixed jury in the Berbice High Court and had his sentence deferred...

SMITH MEMORIAL CELEBRATES 169TH ANNIVERSARY

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on SMITH MEMORIAL CELEBRATES 169TH ANNIVERSARY

Smith Memorial Congregational Church, Brickdam, will celebrate its 169th Anniversary tomorrow at 09:00 hrs. The Church stands on the lush green lawns of the parish situated on the...

ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Through this “Question & Answer” column, we seek to answer the questions of our loyal readers. We appreciate your comments and questions about...

Magistrate Octive-Hamilton resigns over transfer to Essequibo

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate Octive-Hamilton resigns over transfer to Essequibo

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton has resigned. Legal sources confirmed that Magistrate Octive-Hamilton, who has been on leave, tendered her resignation a few months ago. Kaieteur News was told that...

Speeding still main cause of road fatalities

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding still main cause of road fatalities

Pedestrians continue to head the list of road fatalities so far this year. Figures released by the police show that up to October last year, 27 pedestrians were killed on the country’s roads. Pedal...

Police force denies ‘Police Reduced To Security Guards’

Nov 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police force denies ‘Police Reduced To Security Guards’

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has refuted an article in Kaieteur News which suggested that policemen have been reduced to security guards. The police hierarchy took offence at claims made in...

The Guyanese people will just have to learn to live and let live

Nov 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyanese people will just have to learn to live and let live

DEAR EDITOR, I read about the Government’s sale of its GT&T shares. One sentence struck me, i.e. “Initially, when the shares were placed on the market almost three years ago,...

Let us reach out with open hands rather than clenched fists

Nov 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us reach out with open hands rather than clenched fists

DEAR EDITOR, Every year the head of state, government, the opposition, political parties, and trade unions, business houses etc., send out Dipavali messages to the Hindu community and...

The motion to unseat Minister Rohee is constitutionally impermissible

Nov 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The motion to unseat Minister Rohee is constitutionally impermissible

Dear Editor, In recent proceedings in the National Assembly on a “no confidence motion” against the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Clement Rohee, much emphasis was placed on the concept of...

Is wrong the new normal in Guyana?

Nov 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is wrong the new normal in Guyana?

DEAR EDITOR, Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Chairman of the NIS, Dr. Roger Luncheon, needs to be told there is a distinct difference between spin bowling and spinning. The...

Privacy may not be what it is

Nov 17, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Privacy may not be what it is

Privacy is one of the most cherished things in the lives of people. Such is privacy that there are laws to protect it. Anyone invading the privacy of an individual can face serious sanctions....

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When diversification becomes socialism

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(Kaieteur News) – There is an economic philosophy that has long gained traction in Guyana and which appears to have solved the eternal problem of capitalism. That philosophy argues that the private sector should have opportunities for making profits and the government should be saddled with the...

Nicaragua’s Abandoned Ballot: What the OAS Can and Cannot Do

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Daniel Ortega has now said openly what his regime has demonstrated for years: the people of Nicaragua are not to be permitted to remove their rulers through elections. During celebrations marking the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, Ortega...

Bring back Barima

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(Kaieteur News) – When the MV Barima went down it took more than those unfortunate Guyanese, who are never going home again. It also took down sections of the PPP Govt. Water flooding the nostrils and minds of some. They are flaying arms. Flapping around. Foundering on this point. ...

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Archives by Month:

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Health Ministry recruits role models to support national testing drive

Republic Bank (Guyana) staffers await union protection

Police still investigating missing cash from coffers

What is the status of Mahdia Roadway?

Strategic moves crucial in HIV/AIDS fight – Health Minister

New York-based Guyanese sculptor charged in US$11M scheme

Diamond resident says GPL crew terrorized family

Govt dubs opposition’s stance on Rohee “politically suicidal”

MUSE OR AMUSE… Bokkle and Sanders

Youth found guilty of murder too young for death sentence

SMITH MEMORIAL CELEBRATES 169TH ANNIVERSARY

ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

Magistrate Octive-Hamilton resigns over transfer to Essequibo

Speeding still main cause of road fatalities

Police force denies ‘Police Reduced To Security Guards’

The Guyanese people will just have to learn to live and let live

Let us reach out with open hands rather than clenched fists

The motion to unseat Minister Rohee is constitutionally impermissible

Is wrong the new normal in Guyana?

Privacy may not be what it is

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