November 2012

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Govt advanced questionable $1B from Consolidated Fund – AG Report

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt advanced questionable $1B from Consolidated Fund – AG Report

More than $7 billion was last year drawn from the nation’s Consolidated Fund by way of 80 Contingencies Fund advances, but four of these advances, amounting to just over $1 billion, did not fully...

Govt. admits agencies wiretapped phone calls

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. admits agencies wiretapped phone calls

… for security reasons Government has admitted that its security agencies wiretapped phone calls on a number of occasions. But they were all for security reasons…in pursuit in criminals....

Govt. jittery about pace of Amaila Falls road project

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. jittery about pace of Amaila Falls road project

– says “abiding concerns persist” With several deadlines already missed, and lingering questions about its final cost, the government is jittery about the construction of the...

Dem boys seh…Brum Hell got Rohee back, he want promotion

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brum Hell got Rohee back, he want promotion

When a man seh that he got you back he don’t mean that he tek you back and keeping it. It mean that de man offering you protection. Just before de election, everybody had Uncle Donald...

Govt. suspends legal reform of telecoms sector

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. suspends legal reform of telecoms sector

– Talks “heightened” with GT&T, Digicel The government has suspended its efforts to pursue liberalization of the telecoms sector in Parliament, opting for more talks with the...

Power saw operator dies in Puruni accident

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Power saw operator dies in Puruni accident

Yet another accident in Guyana’s interior region has claimed a life – a 51 year-old power saw operator was killed in the Puruni trail, Region 7. Wayne Samuels of 5 Public Road,...

Execution-style killings almost double 2011 figure

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Execution-style killings almost double 2011 figure

Police figures up to the end of October this year have confirmed a dramatic 80 percent increase in execution-style killings when compared with the same period last year. The figures showed that so...

APNU looking to accelerate Local Govt reform discussion

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on APNU looking to accelerate Local Govt reform discussion

The possibility of Local Government elections this year has been effectively dashed, with announcements by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to commence continuous registration. This...

Municipalities challenged to increase revenue collection

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Municipalities challenged to increase revenue collection

The challenge is on for municipalities to increase revenue collection to ensure adequate, quality services are delivered to citizens timely. These services must be reflective in budgets...

PARLIAMENT HAS NO POWERS TO SANCTION ANYONE IN THE AUDITOR GENERAL’S OFFICE

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PARLIAMENT HAS NO POWERS TO SANCTION ANYONE IN THE AUDITOR GENERAL’S OFFICE

The opposition seems destined for further self-embarrassment. They seem not to have learnt anything from the debacle they faced when the court ruled that they had no power to cut the country’s...

The song, the bell: Sung out and rung out

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The song, the bell: Sung out and rung out

It tires your mind, burdens your heart and bores your soul to hear about a song that has been sung and a bell that has been rung more than fifteen years ago in Freedom House, home of...

Opposition, Govt. at odds over PAC letter to int’l body

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition, Govt. at odds over PAC letter to int’l body

By Latoya Giles Shadow Finance Minister for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Carl Greenidge, said yesterday that the government has taken offence to a letter which was sent to local, regional...

A Guyana Teaching Council

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A Guyana Teaching Council

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Education (MoE) organised a consultation in collaboration with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on the feasibility of establishing a National Teaching...

C’ tyne carjacking trio remanded

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on C’ tyne carjacking trio remanded

Three men were yesterday remanded to prison having been charged jointly for attempted murder and robbery under arms. The accused Asim Shivgobind, 15, a carpenter of Number 76 New Housing...

Berbice businessman wanted in connection with cop’s execution

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice businessman wanted in connection with cop’s execution

The Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for Salim Bacchus called ‘Black Salim’ whom they say is wanted for questioning in relation to murder of Police Constable Jirbahan Dianand. The...

Rose Hall murder accused remanded

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall murder accused remanded

Shamdial Ramroop called ‘Muscle’, 31, of Tain Settlement, Corentyne, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the murder of Ajai Cecil. Ramroop made an appearance...

Cops nab suspect in Diamond housewife shooting

Nov 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cops nab suspect in Diamond housewife shooting

…while searching for truck driver’s killers Detectives investigating the recent murder of truck driver Aga Khan have reportedly tracked down the bandit who shot Diamond, East Bank Demerara...

An untenable situation in Queenstown

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An untenable situation in Queenstown

Dear Editor, I write to you with disgust about a situation which the residents of Lance Gibbs Street between Albert and Oronoque Streets are experiencing. My lot is 196 which is one lot away from...

Teacher Training — key to upping Education Standards

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Teacher Training — key to upping Education Standards

Dear Editor, At the last CXC Exams, the West Coast Demerara School, the Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN), was outstanding in its total results, doing much better than most of the traditional “super”...

Suriname Airways begs to enter the local market

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suriname Airways begs to enter the local market

Dear Editor, The Chief Executive Officer of SLM Suriname Airways said some time ago that the success of its investment in Guyana and future expansion from Guyana to Toronto and New York City depends...

Murder, suicide and wanton death pervades the society!

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Murder, suicide and wanton death pervades the society!

Dear Editor, Under the Donald Ramotar presidency, with his Home Affairs Commissar, Clement Rohee, manacled to his post, there is no premium to life in Guyana. I am sick to my soul about checking the...

This road needs urgent repairs

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This road needs urgent repairs

Dear Editor, Please permit the use of your column to enquire on a critically important situation for the residents of the Pattensen (south) community commonly called ‘B’ Field Sophia. I became...

The acting appointment of the Chancellor and the Chief Justice

Nov 16, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The acting appointment of the Chancellor and the Chief Justice

Dear Editor, I refer to the concern expressed by Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Nigel Hughes and reported in your newspaper over the prolonged acting appointments of their Honours Justices Carl Singh and Ian...

Flex Night International…Lucky patrons to win attractive door prizes

Nov 15, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flex Night International…Lucky patrons to win attractive door prizes

Patrons that will be attending the Flex Night International Bodybuilding, Health and Fitness Expo will be happy to know that quite a few of the lucky ones will be leaving the National Cultural...

Windies on top as Chanderpaul hits double ton

Nov 15, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies on top as Chanderpaul hits double ton

DHAKA (Reuters) – West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit his second ever double century and Denesh Ramdin struck an unbeaten 126 as the tourists took command of the first test...

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(Cricinfo) – Bangladesh found themselves on the back foot at the end of the second day’s play of the Sylhet Test, losing three wickets for 88 runs in response to West Indies’ 356....

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(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

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(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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