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Bosai Minerals Group awards top students

Dec 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bosai Minerals Group awards top students

Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc. awarded the top ten Bosai employees’children at the company’s sixth annual bursary awards ceremony held at the Egbert Benjamin Hall in Linden on...

Port Mourant woman bedridden after rough delivery at N/A Hospital

Dec 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Port Mourant woman bedridden after rough delivery at N/A Hospital

“…They really left me on my own; they did not do anything to me; what they did was not for a normal delivery—it was terrible.” A young mother of Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant,...

Australia honours Sir Ronald Sanders

Dec 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Australia honours Sir Ronald Sanders

Guyanese-born, Sir Ronald Sanders, has been awarded one of the highest honours in Australia… the Order of Australia… for his work in advancing Commonwealth issues there. Sir Ronald...

Guyana gears for Carib Soca Monarch

Dec 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gears for Carib Soca Monarch

The CARIB Team has announced the launch of the ninth CARIB SOCA MONARCH. In a press release, Ansa McAl stated, “As we get into the spirit of Mashramani, we are looking forward to the...

Former Trade Minister, Hilbert Spence dies

Dec 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Former Trade Minister, Hilbert Spence dies

…described as incorruptible, dedicated, service-minded Guyanese By Leon Suseran “He was one of those politicians (who) never allowed wealth or corruption to stand in his way because he was...

Grove man to be charged for truck driver’s murder

Dec 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Grove man to be charged for truck driver’s murder

A 21-year-old Grove, East Bank Demerara man is likely to be charged today for the murder of truck driver, Aga Khan, who was ambushed and killed last month during a robbery at Craig, East Bank...

Man butcher’s wife, pleads guilty to manslaughter

Dec 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man butcher’s wife, pleads guilty to manslaughter

…sentence deferred to 17 December The murder trial of West Berbice farmer, Anderson Nicholson, called “Andy” and “Cowboy” of D’ Edward Village, West Bank Berbice, came to a halt on...

Policemen freed of simple larceny charge

Dec 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Policemen freed of simple larceny charge

The three policemen—one corporal and two constables— who were under close arrest for an alleged corrupt transaction, were on Monday charged with simple larceny. However, the matter was...

An absence of transformational and decisive leadership

Dec 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An absence of transformational and decisive leadership

Dear Editor, Since assuming office a year ago, President Ramotar has squandered the opportunity to start afresh and lead this nation to prosperity. But his drifting leadership style has...

What’s wrong with cooperating to confront nefarious acts or dictatorship?

Dec 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s wrong with cooperating to confront nefarious acts or dictatorship?

Dear Editor, The PPP has been adopting a ridiculous approach to the opposition since the election. It blames the opposition and calls it violent, even when it is the PPP’s own actions...

Why are there peaceful protests in Trinidad, and not Guyana?

Dec 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why are there peaceful protests in Trinidad, and not Guyana?

Dear Editor, Compliance during peaceful protests in which the rule of law is respected and paramount seems to be a lost cause in Guyana, where violence inevitably rules....

We want changes in the way Georgetown and the Central Government are run

Dec 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We want changes in the way Georgetown and the Central Government are run

Dear Editor, There was a time when I shared similar views in the letters columns with Mr. Harry Gill on deeply disturbing issues affecting good governance standards during...

Remittances are a two-edged sword

Dec 04, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Remittances are a two-edged sword

After some three decades, the phenomenon of the “barrel”, stuffed with the necessities and shipped in by overseas relatives and friends, is now an established fact. A barrel is no...

The chicken and the egg

Dec 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The chicken and the egg

One may find it politically useful to knock Mr. Ralph Ramkarran and Dr. Henry Jeffrey for an outpouring of criticisms on the terrible direction their party and government have gone when...