December 2012

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No ambulance: Walk or creep to the hospital

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No ambulance: Walk or creep to the hospital

This destitute, according to vendors at Merriman Mall, was lying on the corner for hours as members of the health sector failed to render him assistance. They said that around 8:30 yesterday morning,...

Female soldier alleges rape in army, wants matter investigated

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Female soldier alleges rape in army, wants matter investigated

– Says there’s a covered up plot A female soldier is claiming that she was raped by her Captain while being a part of a military police training course at an interior...

Road fatalities down

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Road fatalities down

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a release, yesterday, announced a welcoming nine per cent reduction in road fatalities by the end of November, with 98 casualties compared to 108 last year....

14-year-old rape victim cries out for assistance

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 14-year-old rape victim cries out for assistance

…identifies sister’s boyfriend as perpetrator A 14- year- old girl of Number 59 Village on the Corentyne wants help. On Friday she related a horrible tale of being raped...

Housing Ministry warns scam artists

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry warns scam artists

By Leon Suseran Minister of Housing, Irfaan Ali, has warned house-lot applicants who may have secretly applied for more than one house lot, to leave the process immediately or face the consequences....

Duo remanded for cocaine in drinking straws

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Duo remanded for cocaine in drinking straws

Two persons are facing drug related charges in connection with the December 6, drug bust at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). Both men, O’Brien White and Adrian David,...

‘Cobra’ transferred from Georgetown Prison after 23 months in solitary confinement

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Cobra’ transferred from Georgetown Prison after 23 months in solitary confinement

Twenty-three months in solitary confinement must have finally taken its toll on high profile murder accused, Tyrone Kacey Rowe, called ‘Cobra’, who cracked early Sunday morning. He...

Kitty man remanded for cocaine in fish food

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty man remanded for cocaine in fish food

Gilbert Andre Bristol, 36, of 54 Garnett Street, Newtown, was yesterday refused bail for allegedly attempting to export 233 kilograms of cocaine found in a quantity of fish food. Bristol...

$Postmortem confirms Berbice cane-harvester died from fractured skull$

Postmortem confirms Berbice cane-harvester died from fractured skull

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Postmortem confirms Berbice cane-harvester died from fractured skull

Troy Liverpool, the cane harvester who died around 00:15hr on Friday, days after being struck down by a policeman on the Corentyne died from a fractured skull and internal bleeding in the...

Cops seek taxi driver who allegedly raped health worker

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek taxi driver who allegedly raped health worker

– victim reportedly lured to desolate spot Police are looking for a taxi driver who allegedly beat and raped a young health worker. Sources who are privy to the complaint said that the young...

Essequibo fetes its centenarians

Dec 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo fetes its centenarians

Essequibo’s two oldest centenarians,103-year-old,Lillian Elliot, of Mashabo, and May Garraway, of Grant Mainstay, Lower Pomeroon River, were guests of the Bacchus Supermarket, at Affiance,...

The crass, vulgar, shameless and disgraceful attack on Transparency International

Dec 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The crass, vulgar, shameless and disgraceful attack on Transparency International

Dear Editor, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has joined the pack of attack dogs that jumped on Transparency International (TI) on the publication of its 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index....

The attack on TI on its findings of corruption is unconscionable

Dec 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The attack on TI on its findings of corruption is unconscionable

Dear Editor, It is now clear for all to see that the Ramotar Government is turning out to be as uncaring as the Jagdeo regime. After a year in office, Mr. Ramotar has not even offered an...

Our right to private radio stations is constitutionally guaranteed

Dec 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our right to private radio stations is constitutionally guaranteed

Dear Editor, I write to commend and support Guyanese who have taken a principled stand against Bharrat Jagdeo’s vindictive decision to grant radio licences to some and deny it to...

Prof. Jan Carew was respected and admired

Dec 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prof. Jan Carew was respected and admired

Dear Editor, I write to condole the passing of literary icon Jan Carew. I knew about him through my studies at CCNY in Harlem. He was well liked and admired by many for his...

Those denied radio licences should file a class action lawsuit for being discriminated against

Dec 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those denied radio licences should file a class action lawsuit for being discriminated against

Dear Editor, I am convinced that Mr. Harry Gill, like so many other Guyanese at home and abroad, wants only the best for Guyana, and that was why I resonated with so many of his past...

A little learning is a valuable thing

Dec 11, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A little learning is a valuable thing

I am constantly reminded that when I write to bear in mind that Guyana has a young population (almost seventy five percent under the age of 35). It means that when I use famous quotes that are...

Bandits brutally kill businessman

Dec 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits brutally kill businessman

– stabbed 10 times The brutal murder 35-year old Annandale, East Coast Demerara businessman Kamal Ramsahoye called Vicky, early yesterday morning sent shockwaves through the relatively quiet...

Suspect in murder of cops nabbed with explosives in Pakaraimas

Dec 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect in murder of cops nabbed with explosives in Pakaraimas

A suspect in the murders of two policemen in the north Pakaraimas area almost two months ago was detained by police during a raid in the area yesterday. The police said that its ranks...

Three Berbice bandits wounded in three hour shootout with cops

Dec 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Three Berbice bandits wounded in three hour shootout with cops

– residents praise police for swift action Police ranks operating in the East Canje, Berbice area yesterday came in for high praise after they shot and captured three would be...

Dem boys seh…Thiefing is de thing

Dec 10, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Thiefing is de thing

Nuff things happening and all of dem bad. Some people gun have a bad Christmas. Tek four of dem who decide that dem gun mek money by tekking people own. Dem plan a robbery but dem didn’t know that...

GNBS warns Consumers not to be duped by fancy advertising

Dec 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS warns Consumers not to be duped by fancy advertising

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has warned that shoppers should not be duped by all the advertising strategies employed by business to sell their products. The GNBS said...

A decade of caring for the destitute

Dec 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on A decade of caring for the destitute

‘Lady Hilda’…. Some know her from her appearances on the karaoke circuit, others for her insightful poetry, but Norma James wants to be mainly remembered as a humanitarian...

Land grabbing in City continues – Benn

Dec 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Land grabbing in City continues – Benn

– Public Works stops illegal construction on road reserves The Public Works Ministry on Saturday thwarted attempts by unknown person(s) to carryout construction works on road...

Amerindian Affairs breaches obligations to NIS

Dec 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian Affairs breaches obligations to NIS

AG Report 2011… – Did not follow procurement procedure, poor records keeping From all indications, companies in the Private Sector are not the only defaulters when it comes to keeping...

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(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

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Silence and sloth

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(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim aftermath, there’s the reverse of what should be happening. With intensity and honesty. With frequency...

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