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A new Harbour Bridge is more important than a Marriott – AFC’s Ramjattan

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A new Harbour Bridge is more important than a Marriott – AFC’s Ramjattan

“There is something about our politics that is a drag on this Guyanese community and that drag is keeping us back,” Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan stated. In...

Draft pre-feasibility study for new DHB by June

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Draft pre-feasibility study for new DHB by June

The draft pre-feasibility study for the construction of a new Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) is expected to conclude in June. In the meantime, Government is plugging more money into the entity to...

PM slams call for shared governance

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PM slams call for shared governance

– insists political cooperation is the way forward Prime Minister Samuel Hinds has slammed opposition talks about shared governance even as he insisted that such a move could...

E-governance towers not harmful to humans – Physicist

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on E-governance towers not harmful to humans – Physicist

Residents could put their concerns to rest that radiation emitted from the transmission towers under Government’s E-governance project may be harmful to the human body and possibly cause...

War by other means

Apr 12, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on War by other means

In his classic book, “On War”, Carl von Clausewitz famously posited that war is merely the continuation of politics by other means. In Guyana, it would appear that our politicians are determined...

Govt. has lost a golden opportunity to develop our nation’s children – APNU’s Amna Ally

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. has lost a golden opportunity to develop our nation’s children – APNU’s Amna Ally

“If our education system is only focused on academic, exam-oriented people, then the government is losing the opportunity of preparing students to have rounded personalities. Indeed...

Final witness for C.N. Sharma carnal knowledge PI

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Final witness for C.N. Sharma carnal knowledge PI

The prosecution plans to call its final witness in the ongoing carnal knowledge case against embattled broadcaster Chandra Narine Sharma. CN Sharma is currently dealing with health...

Kitty seawall stabbing death…Deportee released on station bail

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty seawall stabbing death…Deportee released on station bail

Police have released the 45-year-old deportee who is said to have stabbed an alleged seawall bandit to death, reportedly while defending a vendor who was being robbed. Kaieteur News...

America Street money changer busted with drugs

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on America Street money changer busted with drugs

Police have detained a popular America Street money changer in connection with a significant drug bust on the East Coast of Demerara. The man was nabbed with two other men in a car on the...

Motorcyclist injured in accident with diplomat’s vehicle

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist injured in accident with diplomat’s vehicle

An East Coast Demerara motorcyclist sustained head injuries following an accident involving a diplomat’s vehicle outside the Brazilian Embassy on Church Street, at around 16:00 hrs...

Cops destroy 90,000 lb ganja in Linden

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops destroy 90,000 lb ganja in Linden

On April 5, last, police in Linden acting on a tip-off swooped down on a marijuana farm at Old England Upper Demerara River and destroyed approximately 5,000 plants, some of them four...

Two fined for selling porn DVDs

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two fined for selling porn DVDs

Three men appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer to the charge of trading in obscene objects. Presiding over the matter was Magistrate Sueanna Lovell....

Housewife’s ‘suspicious’ death…Father now wants body exhumed for second post mortem

Apr 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housewife’s ‘suspicious’ death…Father now wants body exhumed for second post mortem

A Berbice man says he plans to approach the police to have his daughter’s body exhumed for a second post mortem. Baljewan Singh’s daughter, Tharmattie Ramsaram, died on March...

A malicious statement

Apr 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A malicious statement

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to an article in your papers dated April 5, 2013 which stated that Ms.Glynis Beaton was under serious investigation from Young Women’s Christian...

Penny wise, pound foolish

Apr 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Penny wise, pound foolish

Dear Editor, Interesting, the recent Editorial headed ‘Beware the Conmen’. About the tricksters getting away with the scam because “the cheques are paid close to or after the commercial bank...

Questions for Freddie

Apr 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questions for Freddie

Dear Editor, In a recent letter (KN Mar 25), my friend Freddie Kissoon asked whether the enigmatic scholar Dr. Ravi Dev writes for a competitor newspaper. The answer is obvious –...

CHANGE THE GAME – GIVE THE YOUTH COMMAND OF OUR NATION

Apr 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on CHANGE THE GAME – GIVE THE YOUTH COMMAND OF OUR NATION

Dear Editor, Revamp the governance structure but Guyanese must not buy into the shared governance theory being sold by some, particularly the PNC/APNU. It is a rat trap to save the day for both the...

A loss to Mahaicony

Apr 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A loss to Mahaicony

Dear Editor, The community of Mahaicony recently suffered a great loss. One of its distinguished daughters, Ethleen Downer nee Wilson, died after a period of illness. She was a profoundly indigenous...

Bringing an end to the female bias in current education practice

Apr 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bringing an end to the female bias in current education practice

Dear Editor The editorial in SN April 5-13: “Boys and girls: redressing the balance”, is extremely relevant. The editorial observes that the debate in the Caribbean does not yet...

The Dale Bisnauth many knew

Apr 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Dale Bisnauth many knew

Dear Editor, I, like many people who knew the late Rev. Dr. Dale Bisnauth, am saddened by his passing. I was privileged to have worked listened and learned from him. Dale was a man of many...

Political backwardness that is simply incredible

Apr 12, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Political backwardness that is simply incredible

The Office of the President last week wrote to the African Cultural Development Association (ACDA) to come in for discussion on the 2013 budget. I have no knowledge of the President...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News– Bharrat Jagdeo is fond every week of criticizing the PNC/R as not having persons... more