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GWI partnering with GPL to resolve service delivery

Dec 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GWI partnering with GPL to resolve service delivery

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says that due to voltage fluctuations on West Coast Demerara, customers served by four GWI water production facilities are experiencing low service levels. The...

GDF refutes allegation of rape cover-up plot

Dec 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GDF refutes allegation of rape cover-up plot

Acting Chief of Staff, Colonel Mark Phillips has said that “the Guyana Defence Force wishes to refute the allegation of an attempt to cover up a report of rape made by a female rank...

18 CUSO volunteers to arrive next February

Dec 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 18 CUSO volunteers to arrive next February

Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) is transferring ownership of the Guyana programme to its strategic alliance partner, the Canada-based CUSO International. Eighteen CUSO volunteers are expected to...

Group undertakes crematorium project for West Berbice

Dec 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Group undertakes crematorium project for West Berbice

A community service group headed by Mr Nowrang Persaud, an ex- Director of GuySuCo and DDL and a Senior Official at the United Nations, has started the construction of what would be Guyana’s...

The school system and its imperfections

Dec 13, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The school system and its imperfections

Four years ago when the nation took notice of the teacher shortage the Education Ministry announced that it would train more thus trying to create a reservoir of potentially good...

Giftland Office Max makes donations to 12 orphanages

Dec 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland Office Max makes donations to 12 orphanages

Giftland OfficeMax launched its 12 Deals of Christmas, recently, and to parallel the launching, made a donation to 12 orphanages. Public Relations Manager of Giftland Officemax, Compton Babb,...

Murder rate worrying- Brumell

Dec 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Murder rate worrying- Brumell

– another hinterland Detective wins Best Cop award Despite keeping criminal activity down to a relatively manageable level, the current spate of murders is worrying Commissioner of...

Chinese fined for immigration breach

Dec 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese fined for immigration breach

Two Chinese nationals were each fined $75,000 with an alternative of three months in prison for forging work permits. Yan Zhan Chow and Zhing Hing Chow pleaded guilty when they faced...

Brazilian and Guyanese faced with unlawful possession charges

Dec 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian and Guyanese faced with unlawful possession charges

David Singh was yesterday refused bail when he faced Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry. The accused was charged with trafficking in narcotics. The allegation is that on December 10, last, at...

Magistrate threatens to discharge murder PI over absent police witnesses

Dec 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate threatens to discharge murder PI over absent police witnesses

The persistent absence of police witnesses has prompted Magistrate Alex Moore to threaten to discharge two accused in the November 2010 murder of Chateau Margot supermarket owner, Dennis Ramah. The...

An unjust damnation of an entire nation by an inscrutable process

Dec 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An unjust damnation of an entire nation by an inscrutable process

Dear Editor, I wish to reply to a letter published by your newspaper on 11/12/2012 authored by Mr. L C Ram. This letter purports to respond to some views I expressed in the Stabroek...

Christmas is a standing offence to environmental friendliness

Dec 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Christmas is a standing offence to environmental friendliness

DEAR EDITOR, Christmas is a standing offence to the idea and practice of environmental friendliness. Almost the entire population launches upon an orgy of gift-giving, card sending and...

Federalism resolves Africans’ demands for equality

Dec 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Federalism resolves Africans’ demands for equality

DEAR EDITOR, “Race is a compelling psychological and emotional aspect of our social and political decision-making in Guyana” Mr. M Maxwell has again reminded us. Understandably his...

Prisoners are human beings and must be treated as such

Dec 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prisoners are human beings and must be treated as such

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News article of 11 December 2012 entitled “Cobra transferred from Georgetown Prison after 23 months in solitary confinement” has got to be wrong. Who can...

Jagdeo and PPP have honoured none of the agreements in the new Broadcast Act

Dec 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo and PPP have honoured none of the agreements in the new Broadcast Act

DEAR EDITOR, Until recently there has been far too much silence about the legality of the Broadcast Authority placed in the laws of Guyana by Act # 21 of 2011. There are many aspects of...

A car filled with policemen three days outside my home

Dec 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A car filled with policemen three days outside my home

My neighbour told me that a car filled with policemen was at my gate. The next day another carload arrived; I wasn’t at home. Another neighbour informed me. Then the third day, I was...

The Marriott Hotel is a classic case of the misuse of state funds

Dec 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Marriott Hotel is a classic case of the misuse of state funds

Dear Editor, In light of the ongoing construction of the Marriott Hotel, we again reexamine the issue of the use of state funds without Parliament’s approval and the...