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Interpersonal violence receives much needed focus in key forum

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Interpersonal violence receives much needed focus in key forum

By Abena Rockcliffe Citing World Health Organization (WHO)’s research which proves that interpersonal violence has a negative effect on a country’s economy, and asserting that such incidents have...

Region One gastro cases double

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Region One gastro cases double

– but Chief Medical Officer insists situation under control Although the reported cases of gastroenteritis in Region One have almost doubled since the Ministry of Health last declared...

Chief-of-Staff given 14 days to respond to suing army officers

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chief-of-Staff given 14 days to respond to suing army officers

Chief-of Staff Commodore Gary Best has been given two weeks to respond to a lawsuit pertaining to the non-payment of bonuses which were granted to members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by...

Rupert Roopnaraine wins major literary award

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rupert Roopnaraine wins major literary award

Member of Parliament for A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), Rupert Roopnaraine, has won an award for his non-fiction book, The Sky’s Wild Noise. According to the Peepal Tree Press, two...

Chief Co-op Officer to file additional motion to quash leave order

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Co-op Officer to file additional motion to quash leave order

By Zena Henry Apart from the motion to do away with the decision to send Chief Co-operative Development Officer Kareem Abdul-Jabar on administrative leave, another court document must now be...

Rice production for 2013 projected to surpass last year’s

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rice production for 2013 projected to surpass last year’s

About two weeks ago harvesting of the first rice crop for 2013 began and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) projects that 240,000 tons of rice would be produced. Already, the Board...

IT’S TRADITIONAL!

Mar 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IT’S TRADITIONAL!

A grieving mother who had just lost her son related to reporters what a good boy he was. According to the mom, the lad worked for $5,500 per week. Each week he would only keep $500 for himself...

South and North interdependent for continued development – Foreign Minister

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on South and North interdependent for continued development – Foreign Minister

With ambitious plans to build on its recently improved status reflected in the 2013 Human Development Index, Guyana is poised for even more advancement. At least this is the view of Minister...

GWI to host debating competition at UG

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to host debating competition at UG

Under the theme “International Year of Water Cooperation”, Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) will be hosting a debating competition on Friday, March 22, in observance of International World Water...

Partnership Democracy

Mar 20, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Partnership Democracy

As the academic Imer Florez points out, the political philosopher Ronald Dworkin (who passed away earlier this year) in his book “Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles for a New...

Foreign companies bid for veterinary lab-related entries

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign companies bid for veterinary lab-related entries

Training in the use of equipment for the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL), a venture which falls under the Agriculture Sector Development Unit (ASDU), has attracted several...

Man hit by “speeding” pickup truck hospitalised

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man hit by “speeding” pickup truck hospitalised

Trevon Adams, 20, was riding his bicycle on the Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara Public Road last evening when he was hit by a speeding canter truck. The young man had left his mother’s...

Guyana Music Festival slated for April 29

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Music Festival slated for April 29

The Guyana Musical Arts Festival will be held from April 29 and entries are currently being accepted, the closing date for which is March 29. According to information garnered from the...

Nigerian jailed for cocaine trafficking

Mar 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Nigerian jailed for cocaine trafficking

Paul Ateli, a Nigerian language translator, was yesterday sentenced to a jail term of 4 years and 6 months by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell for trafficking in narcotics. Ateli appeared at the...

A speedy recovery for Nigel Hughes

Mar 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A speedy recovery for Nigel Hughes

Dear Editor, The Rupununi Miners’ Association, at a meeting held on Monday, at which I was honoured to be invited, asked me to extend, on their behalf, to Mr. Nigel Hughes,...

Is there a sacrificial lamb?

Mar 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a sacrificial lamb?

Dear Editor, The long awaited results and recommendations from the Essequibo Nite investigation is now out, or at least part of it is out and anyone who were following the procrastinations in...

The PPP has been caught red red-handed

Mar 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP has been caught red red-handed

Dear Editor, Thank you and the team at Kaieteur News for your commitment to highlighting corruption in public and private offices throughout Guyana. Your diligence and commitment to Guyana are...

APNU, appeal the Rohee decision or shut up

Mar 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU, appeal the Rohee decision or shut up

Dear Editor, I don’t suffer fools kindly. APNU/PNC has been a complete fool in this Clement Rohee exercise. It passed a motion. The PPP ran to the courts in response. The Chief Justice...

Corruption has been established

Mar 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corruption has been established

Dear Editor, A standard definition of corruption is, “The misuse of government power, with which one has been entrusted or assigned, to obtain private gain…” (McConnell, Brue and Flyn, 2012). ...

The intellect of the opposition is different from that of the populace

Mar 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The intellect of the opposition is different from that of the populace

Dear Editor, Sunday Stabroek, February 24, 2013, in their Grade Six Social Studies Section offered the following as the main function of the National Assembly: “The main job of this body is to make...

Elected dictatorship takes over the airwaves

Mar 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Elected dictatorship takes over the airwaves

I ran into my political colleague and personal friend, Lincoln Lewis, on Monday morning inside Nigel’s Supermarket. We had a disagreement over the TUC’s engagement with PM Hinds, Winston...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more