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Women in Caribbean, Latin America subject to widespread sexual violence: WHO

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Women in Caribbean, Latin America subject to widespread sexual violence: WHO

Intimate partner and sexual violence against women is widespread in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a report published by PAHO, the Pan American Health...

FROM PEDAL POWER TO HORSEPOWER

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FROM PEDAL POWER TO HORSEPOWER

There used to be a time when the police would carry out campaigns against unlighted bicycles. In most of these campaigns, the police never bothered to charge anyone. They would simply stop the...

Body of epileptic floats up in Mon Repos canal

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Body of epileptic floats up in Mon Repos canal

One day after he went missing, 48-year-old Rajesh Balkarran’s body was pulled from a canal along Agriculture Road, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. Schoolchildren on their way to school made...

The Caribbean and Cuba: A True Friendship Should Rest on Principles

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The Caribbean and Cuba: A True Friendship Should Rest on Principles

By Ambassador D. Brent Hardt In recent messages to Cuba marking 40 years of diplomatic relations, the Government of Guyana and many of its CARICOM counterparts spoke of a partnership...

High court trial for accused in schoolboy stabbing

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on High court trial for accused in schoolboy stabbing

Samuel Cornelius, an18-year-old was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court. The ruling was made by Magistrate Judy Latchman. The Magistrate stated that there was sufficient...

Recycling poses numerous challenges – Reis

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Recycling poses numerous challenges – Reis

Recycling, while needed, is not on the cards anytime soon. This is according to Banks DIH Chairman, Mr Clifford Reis when he addressed the 60th Shareholders’ Reception in New...

GT&T E-magine roll-out almost complete

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T E-magine roll-out almost complete

Almost three years after its initial introduction, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has practically rolled out its ‘E-magine’ Broadband Internet Service to much of the...

More persons come forward to claim compensation

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on More persons come forward to claim compensation

By Latoya Giles Relatives of the three men who were shot and killed on July 18, 2012 when police allegedly opened fire at protestors at Linden are expected to come before the Commission of Inquiry...

Child Rights’ head, Shirley Ferguson, dead at 77

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Child Rights’ head, Shirley Ferguson, dead at 77

Head of the Child Rights Division of the Child Care and Protection Unit, Shirley Ferguson, has died. According to the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security, Ferguson,...

Reality TV in Guyana…‘Bamazon’ boys mine $3.4M in gold

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Reality TV in Guyana…‘Bamazon’ boys mine $3.4M in gold

“Just call me Denver,” said Chris Gamble, a member of the eight-man mining team from Alabama. “I got the nuggets.” But did he? The entire crew, headed by Tim Evans, a Tallapoosa County...

Body found in trench

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Body found in trench

Police were up to press time trying to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was fished out of the East La Penitence trench, opposite the Night Shelter late yesterday afternoon. According to...

Crossing the line

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Crossing the line

Shock waves reverberated around the country Tuesday evening. Former Home Affairs Minister and current General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform, Oscar Clarke, had been shot....

Slain presidential guard…Prosecutors rebuff identification complication in murder trial

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Slain presidential guard…Prosecutors rebuff identification complication in murder trial

Prosecutors in the High Court trial of murder accused, Jevon Ismond and Mortimer Melville, yesterday presented closing arguments to support that the means of identifying the accused were clear and...

Acting President visits Oscar Clarke

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Acting President visits Oscar Clarke

Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds, who is performing the duties of President, yesterday visited People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) General Secretary, Oscar Clarke, who is hospitalized at...

New subjects for NOC

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New subjects for NOC

Agriculture Science and Catering were named among the two new subjects that were introduced into the student’s curriculum of the New Opportunity Corps for the year 2013. While some of the...

“Hungry Man” jailed, surprised when told whose chain it was

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Hungry Man” jailed, surprised when told whose chain it was

A man who performed the daring feat of snatching two chains from a senior police officer’s neck in Berbice back in December, was on Monday jailed for one year. Luindo Junior Davis,...

Magistrates’ court for March opening

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrates’ court for March opening

Additional construction works to the newly renovated Georgetown Magistrates’ Court are said to be on schedule. Works are slated to conclude by February month-end and the building...

Accused in Cotton Tree murder to know fate today

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Accused in Cotton Tree murder to know fate today

Murder accused, Nazrudeen Jahoot, called “Buddy”, 22, of Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, is expected to know his fate today after Justice Brassington Reynolds sums up the evidence to the mixed...

Duo charged for fraud at Linden Hospital Complex

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Duo charged for fraud at Linden Hospital Complex

The two male staffers of the Linden Hospital Complex implicated in the recent allegation of fraud at the institution, have been placed before the court on several larceny charges. The...

Constables granted $300,000 bail each

Jan 31, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Constables granted $300,000 bail each

The three market constables who were among four persons remanded to jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when they appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court on a joint charge of...

The school curriculum of bygone days

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The school curriculum of bygone days

Dear Editor It is ironic how the UK Government is so alarmed at the poor standards of literacy and numeracy in the youngsters now entering the workforce that the state school curriculum of bygone...

Is NICIL state-owned or not, Mr. Brassington?

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is NICIL state-owned or not, Mr. Brassington?

DEAR EDITOR, I have never in my life laughed as hard as I did on Tuesday morning before heading off to work as I read your news article, “Brassington seeks $204M compensation for Linden...

Do we have to accept this?

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do we have to accept this?

Dear Editor, From all indications it looks as if only when a deadly incident occurs in Guyana, then this incompetent government that is governing us hastily runs to the media and announces or...

There are many questions pertaining to Mr. Kissoon’s research material

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are many questions pertaining to Mr. Kissoon’s research material

Dear Editor, Your news item, “Kissoon details why he called former President “ideological racist” (26-01-13) is revealing. Is Mr. Kissoon’s ‘investigative research material’ which has...

CARICOM is dead. PJ Patterson should read the eulogy

Jan 31, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on CARICOM is dead. PJ Patterson should read the eulogy

You don’t want to be reminded each day that CARICOM is a failure. But this is what happens to me. My windows overlook the CARICOM Secretariat. It is the first thing I see every...

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The government is in choppy waters

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The government stands like a beleaguered captain at the helm of a storm-tossed ship, finds itself... more