March 16, 2013

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Muse or Amuse: Cashflows

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Muse or Amuse: Cashflows

Cash is critical to any organization, be it business, government or the church. It is where they keep the cash that is the thing to worry about. A little news item escaped everyone’s...

CCJ awards pension benefits to dismissed Police Inspector

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ awards pension benefits to dismissed Police Inspector

– By Kerry-Ann Tracey, Norman Manley Law School Mr. Ramnarine Somrah joined the Guyana Police Force as a constable in 1965. He was appointed Inspector of Police in 1986. The Police...

Pomeroon boat accident sparks protest

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon boat accident sparks protest

Families and members of the Alliance For Change conducted a peaceful protest, outside the Region Two Administration compound, in solidarity with the victims’ families, who perished last December in...

Date of budget presentation unknown

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Date of budget presentation unknown

– But will be before end of month Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, is yet to announce a date for the presentation of the National Budget 2013. However, the Budget is expected...

Frequent visit to toilet led police to cocaine hideout

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Frequent visit to toilet led police to cocaine hideout

Police acting on information on Thursday March 14, descended on a house at Wapping Lane, New Amsterdam, and after searching the premises unearthed a quantity of cocaine hidden in the...

ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Attorney Gail S. Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have a question...

Fighting police corruption is a two-way thing – Brumell

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fighting police corruption is a two-way thing – Brumell

“The Police Force cannot terminate the services of a member of the Force on a mere report. Other legal requirements have to kick in. It is ironic that the very members of the public...

Foreign NGO builds community centre in Festival City

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign NGO builds community centre in Festival City

The Festival City Youth and Prayer organization, a community based Non Governmental Organization (NGO), is well on its way to acquiring its own community center. The building, which is...

US-based Guyanese student spearheads more outreach programmes in Grove

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese student spearheads more outreach programmes in Grove

Instead of partaking in the typical American Spring break of intense partying sessions, some students of the Florida International University chose to have an “Alternative Spring Break”....

US Embassy announces critical changes to non-immigrant visa application

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy announces critical changes to non-immigrant visa application

The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown has announced changes to its non-immigrant visa application and appointment process. Starting yesterday, Computer Services Corporation (CSC), under a...

$108M to fight Tuberculosis, Brucellosis and Rabies

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $108M to fight Tuberculosis, Brucellosis and Rabies

To prevent the outbreak of Tuberculosis, Brucellosis and Rabies among livestock in Guyana, Government gave its no objection to the award of a US$541,766 ($108M) contract for the supply, delivery and...

PPP Congress set for August

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PPP Congress set for August

The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will hold its Congress from August 2 to August 4 in Berbice, the party announced yesterday. The Congress is the highest decision body of the party...

Mom of slain Guyanese boy calls for peace

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mom of slain Guyanese boy calls for peace

…after three days of violent protests New York (New York Daily News) – The heartbroken mother of the Brooklyn teen killed in a confrontation with cops called for calm on Thursday after three...

Drug dealer jailed fined

Mar 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Drug dealer jailed fined

Eon Williams, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice was sentenced to a three-year jail term and fined an additionally $10,000 with an alternative of a further three weeks in jail by...

The Stone Age is beckoning

Mar 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Stone Age is beckoning

Dear Editor, We, the residents of Berbice, have patiently suffered through a never-ending series of blackouts. It’s about time, therefore, that the government immediately commences a...

The University of Guyana must come to terms with the society it serves

Mar 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The University of Guyana must come to terms with the society it serves

Dear Editor, I am responding to comments reportedly made by Prof. Jacob Opadeyi, the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor (VC), University of Guyana (UG), captioned “Higher tuition fees a...

Mr. Ambassador, please make music royalty restoration a litmus test for anti-corruption action

Mar 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Ambassador, please make music royalty restoration a litmus test for anti-corruption action

Dear Editor, I read with great interest US Ambassador Brent Hardt’s admonition to the Guyana government on enforcement of laws against corrupt money since we are a party to the...

This obscenity seen as “adequate” compensation cannot be allowed to stand

Mar 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This obscenity seen as “adequate” compensation cannot be allowed to stand

Dear Editor, Although others have condemned the size of the compensation awarded by the Linden Commission of Inquiry (the Report uses the words “awarded” and “recommended”...

The sum total of the COI report presents a damning outlook of the Police Force

Mar 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The sum total of the COI report presents a damning outlook of the Police Force

Dear Editor, Consistent with the Terms of Reference, the Report by the Linden Commission of Inquiry (COI) is an achievement for all Guyana. This report exposes the underbelly of the...

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Prisoners snatch overall boxing Novice Championship title

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– ends extended GDF run (Kaieteur News) – The Republican Gym’s return to competitive boxing ended in championship glory, as the prisoners captured the overall team title at the Guyana...

No security of tenure for ministers

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(Kaieteur News) – There is a new career opportunity developing in Guyana that could revolutionise the public service. You can become a former Minister. Traditionally, when somebody stopped being a Minister, the public assumed that was the end of the ministerial chapter. The person might return...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

From Salem and Wisconsin to Georgetown, Guyana

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over three hundred years after Massachusetts, the plague that roiled it struck Georgetown. Over three quarters of a century after Wisconsin, that same bomb has been detonated across Guyana. It’s a bunker buster. Everyone keeping their heads low; who doesn’t have cover...

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Muse or Amuse: Cashflows

CCJ awards pension benefits to dismissed Police Inspector

Pomeroon boat accident sparks protest

Date of budget presentation unknown

Frequent visit to toilet led police to cocaine hideout

ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Fighting police corruption is a two-way thing – Brumell

Foreign NGO builds community centre in Festival City

US-based Guyanese student spearheads more outreach programmes in Grove

US Embassy announces critical changes to non-immigrant visa application

$108M to fight Tuberculosis, Brucellosis and Rabies

PPP Congress set for August

Mom of slain Guyanese boy calls for peace

Drug dealer jailed fined

The Stone Age is beckoning

The University of Guyana must come to terms with the society it serves

Mr. Ambassador, please make music royalty restoration a litmus test for anti-corruption action

This obscenity seen as “adequate” compensation cannot be allowed to stand

The sum total of the COI report presents a damning outlook of the Police Force

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