November 2012

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Cows in a bank

Nov 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cows in a bank

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to recount a major incident which aroused my pet peeve while I conducted a transaction at a city bank on November 7, 2012. I was assisted by a Teller who chewed a gum throughout...

Light or Darkness?

Nov 14, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Light or Darkness?

Yesterday, the nation commemorated the festival of Divali which, being a National Holiday, hopefully focused the minds of our politicians on how they will extricate us from the “Mexican Standoff”...

NIS will run out of funds in nine years – Actuarial Review

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NIS will run out of funds in nine years – Actuarial Review

– Report says Board failed to make key changes since 2007 A key assessment on the state of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has been completed; its findings are alarming and in...

C’tyne carjacking suspect confesses about cop’s execution

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne carjacking suspect confesses about cop’s execution

…leads investigators to murder weapon What started out as a routine carjacking investigation for ranks at the New Amsterdam Police Station turned out to be a major breakthrough in the probe...

“Kidnapped” girl returned to parents

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on “Kidnapped” girl returned to parents

– found at East Bank restaurant By Abena Rockcliffe Relatives of seven-year-old Roxanne McLean yesterday breathed sighs of relief after she was returned to their care. The child, who...

Child, 2, allegedly molested

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Child, 2, allegedly molested

Police, as well as the Child Care and Protection Agency (CPA) are probing the alleged rape of a two-year-old child, two Saturdays ago, at her Imbaimadai, Region Seven home. According to reports, the...

Indifference to corruption not good for law enforcement

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Indifference to corruption not good for law enforcement

– Senior Govt. Official By Dale Andrews The apparent indifference to corruption on the part of the Guyana government could lead to public disdain for the entire law enforcement system....

Dem boys seh… Irfaat join de Bees

Nov 14, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Irfaat join de Bees

When people want money dem does hold sale. Was a time when everybody use to hold a sale. Since you miss was a sale in dem store. But wha people did not realize was if the goods worth $100 de people...

‘Bin Laden’ squib rips through roof, misses boy

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Bin Laden’ squib rips through roof, misses boy

While Diwali is observed by our Hindu brothers and sisters as a celebration of light over darkness and a victory of good over evil, quite a number of misguided youths use the festivities to cast...

Differently-able Ithaca woman claims daily torture, abuse by male partner

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Differently-able Ithaca woman claims daily torture, abuse by male partner

– Says children also suffer By Leon Suseran A speech and hearing-impaired woman of Ithaca, West Bank Berbice is claiming that she and her children are being physically abused on a daily basis...

Latin America and the Caribbean “becoming a middle class region”

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Latin America and the Caribbean “becoming a middle class region”

– new World Bank report finds 50% increase over last decade WASHINGTON – A new World Bank report released yesterday found that Latin America and the Caribbean registered a 50...

Five companies in pilot project to reduce electricity costs

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Five companies in pilot project to reduce electricity costs

– local banks urged to flex The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GM&SA) has initiated a pilot project that will target a number of prominent business to lower their...

Customary conflicting opinions on TIP facts and figures

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Customary conflicting opinions on TIP facts and figures

A total of 14 persons were last year charged and brought before the court for human trafficking offences, signalling a victory for the Counter-Trafficking-in-Persons (CTIP) Unit of the Ministry of...

CCJ dismisses TCL claim against regional Competition Commission

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ dismisses TCL claim against regional Competition Commission

Trinidad- (Caribbean Court of Justice) – The CCJ on Monday dismissed a claim by Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) against the CARICOM Competition Commission. The CCJ also ordered the parties to...

No definitive report yet on recent Regent Street blaze

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No definitive report yet on recent Regent Street blaze

The Guyana Fire Service is yet to make a definitive pronouncement on the Julius Variety Store blaze which occurred two Sundays ago. Initially the fire department had ruled that the fire was...

Security guard dies at G/T School of Nursing

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard dies at G/T School of Nursing

A security guard stationed at the Georgetown School of Nursing located in Kingston, Georgetown, was found dead in a hut yesterday. The body of Ivan Fraser was discovered at around 03:00hrs by another...

London to share its expertise with poorer nations

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on London to share its expertise with poorer nations

(The London Free Press) London wants to share its economic acumen with the Caribbean. City council recently approved a recommendation to be part of the Canada Caribbean Local Economic Development...

Cops work on relationship with Agricola

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cops work on relationship with Agricola

In an effort to renew and strengthen the police-community relationship, residents of Agricola on Saturday last accepted donations for the recently initiated Shaquille Grant Foundation. The...

Child Care and Protection Agency fulfilled its mandate last year – Report

Nov 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Child Care and Protection Agency fulfilled its mandate last year – Report

Having ensured that there was a response to all reported cases of child abuse and a safe place for recovery and rehabilitation for every victim, the Child Care and Protection Agency was last year...

FOUR THINGS THAT HOLD BACK DEVELOPMENT

Nov 14, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FOUR THINGS THAT HOLD BACK DEVELOPMENT

Any government can have the right policies, make the right choices, do the correct things, and yet oversee a country that remains underdeveloped. The right policies, the right choices and the correct...

Comparing Ramotar and Jagdeo

Nov 14, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Comparing Ramotar and Jagdeo

Most intellectuals would say that it is unworkable to compare a president who held power for twelve years and another who is about to complete just one year. Analytically, it would not work....

Huge fan turnout emphatically establishes motor racing as No.1 sport here

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Huge fan turnout emphatically establishes motor racing as No.1 sport here

The thousands of motor racing fans that decended at the South Dakota Circuit on Sunday to witness the final leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) emphatically...

Westside teams battle City rivals as Mayor’s birthday Inter Ward football kickoffs today

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Westside teams battle City rivals as Mayor’s birthday Inter Ward football kickoffs today

The Mayor Hamilton Green Birthday 7-a-side Inter Ward football tournament starts today, November 13, Diwali Night, at the Den Amstel ground at 5:00pm and will serve up a battle among...

Reds win latest action in F &H Printing dominoes tourney

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reds win latest action in F &H Printing dominoes tourney

Reds totaled 82 games to win Zone 7 when play in the Georgetown leg of the F and H Printing nationwide Dominoes competition continued last Friday. Wild Bunch placed second with 77 games...

Road race on in Berbice today

Nov 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Road race on in Berbice today

Athletes in the Ancient County, especial those preparing for the National Schools Championship slated for next week in Georgetown, will have a chance to show off their mettle today when the...

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…as 2026 GMR&SC calendar concludes (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean Clash of Champions delivered an exciting season finale at South Dakota Circuit, with competitors across multiple categories...

In case you didn’t know

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(Kaieteur News) – In case you didn’t know, there is a difference between staging a picketing exercise, going on a march, and turning up with a bullhorn that sounds as if it was borrowed from the announcer at the Providence National Stadium. Apparently, some people have difficulty...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

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...

U.S. midterms: the return of Jim Crow America

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Looking on at the U.S. midterms, and there are all these moves that have thwarting at best, or cheating at worst, in the DNA. First point: if this is the U.S. the straight arrow, and there are these shenanigans-Supreme Court accommodations, State subterfuges, Federal...

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