April 2013

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Plaisance protests bear fruit…Government rescinds decision to erect tower on playfield

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Plaisance protests bear fruit…Government rescinds decision to erect tower on playfield

By Rehana Ashley Ahamad The Government is now seeking an alternative location to erect its transmission tower to support its e-governance programme. Up until Sunday, this tower was to have been...

‘Hero’ says budget to help cronies financially…blasts Govt on corruption

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Hero’ says budget to help cronies financially…blasts Govt on corruption

Parliamentarian Sydney Allicock who was celebrated by the government as a “hero”, yesterday hammered away at the very government on corruption as he denied support for the 2013 budget....

Commissioners still undecided on Boodoo’s place at GECOM

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Commissioners still undecided on Boodoo’s place at GECOM

The fate of Gocool Boodoo, who formerly held the position of Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), continues to hang in the balance as a statutory meeting of the...

Colin Jones sets fire to Camp Street Prison once again

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Colin Jones sets fire to Camp Street Prison once again

Shortly after 09:00 hours yesterday, officials at the Georgetown Prisons had to go into swift action after Colin Jones, a prisoner, had again set fire to a mattress in his cell. Jones, now 23...

Dem boys seh…Beware what you shooting

Apr 04, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Beware what you shooting

Rum does mek people do some strange things. It does mek some people talk sheer stupidness. Some people does cry and some does fight. And de same rum does mek people talk dem mind. That is why...

Local groups get U.S. Embassy Humanitarian aid

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Local groups get U.S. Embassy Humanitarian aid

The United States (US) Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Programme made two separate donations of health supplies and sporting equipment to Guyanese organizations, recently, continuing its...

GPL blames kites, faults for blackouts

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL blames kites, faults for blackouts

Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says that a series of “unforeseen circumstances” over the last few days caused the power outages in the Demerara interconnected system, starting last Friday. On...

GUYANA NEEDS AN INVESTIGATION

Apr 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA NEEDS AN INVESTIGATION

A very impressive report has just been completed in Trinidad and Tobago. The work of this report was spearheaded by Professor Selwyn Ryan, ably supported by a team of top class academics. The report...

Budget debate 2013…Bulkan deems budget a recipe for more cronyism and corruption

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Budget debate 2013…Bulkan deems budget a recipe for more cronyism and corruption

A Partner for National Unity, Ronald Bulkan, in his budget debate presentation deemed the budget as one which can see more cronyism and corruption and where political loyalty trumps...

Consideration of national estimates is no occasion for politicking – PPP/C’s Kwame Gilbert

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Consideration of national estimates is no occasion for politicking – PPP/C’s Kwame Gilbert

Government parliamentarians are appealing for an end to political pettiness which can create a sense of panic and fear in the minds of the international community with regards to Guyana’s...

Budget Debates …..“Let Guyanese know that all is not well” – APNU’s Jennifer Wade

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Budget Debates …..“Let Guyanese know that all is not well” – APNU’s Jennifer Wade

By Latoya Giles APNU’s Member of Parliament, Jennifer Wade, yesterday called for the government to tell Guyanese that all is not well within the country. Wade made the remark yesterday during the...

Opposition councilors give “disrespectful” Region Three Chairman silent treatment

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition councilors give “disrespectful” Region Three Chairman silent treatment

Using another method of retaliation to cope with a “disrespectful and regardless” Chairman, opposition councilors in Region Three said yesterday that they are applying the silent treatment in...

Doctor files $20M lawsuits against lawyer for slander, libel

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor files $20M lawsuits against lawyer for slander, libel

Medical Superintendent of the New Amsterdam Hospital, Vishalya ‘Artie’ Sharma, of Number 64 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, is suing Attorneys at law, Charrandass Persaud for $20M for slander...

From blunder to blunder

Apr 04, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on From blunder to blunder

The government keeps blundering from mistake to mistake. Sadly, though, when these mistakes are highlighted the persons highlighting these mistakes are roundly abused as an opposition element....

Caribbean Auditors General to share experience

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Auditors General to share experience

– Plan to reduce wastage of public funds Audit offices across the Caribbean will be collaborating to share experiences, particularly in the area of revenue collection, to enhance...

Mother Martha celebrates 102nd birthday

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mother Martha celebrates 102nd birthday

By Leon Suseran One of Berbice’s centenarians, Martha Bunwarie, of Number 64 Village, Corentyne, turned 102 yesterday. ‘Mother Martha’ as she is popularly called throughout the Upper...

Kites for the less fortunate

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kites for the less fortunate

Georgetown Stabroek Lions Club on Saturday distributed kites to 150 children in Werk-en-Rust with a focus on the Leopold Street community. It also distributed 25 kites to children...

Canje Bridge is deteriorating

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Canje Bridge is deteriorating

Motorists in Berbice are not happy with the current state of the Canje River Bridge. The structure is badly damaged where the sections of the bridge are joined. There are growing craters at...

Phagwah in Barbados

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Phagwah in Barbados

The Guyanese community in Barbados did not miss out on the traditional Phagwah celebrations. They came out in their numbers to celebrate in their adopted homeland. Holi activities on the island were...

Dissatisfied sex mate steals from customer, lands in jail

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dissatisfied sex mate steals from customer, lands in jail

After she was solicited for casual sex by an overseas-based Guyanese, who later refused to pay her for services rendered, an unemployed mother of two faced Magistrate Suanna Lovell on a...

Man dies while preparing for niece’s wake

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies while preparing for niece’s wake

Nankumar Puran, also called ‘Nose’ or ‘Renny’ lost his life during the preparations for his niece Vashti’s wake, yesterday. The child died earlier in the day after a sudden...

Infant ‘accidentally’ kicked by father

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Infant ‘accidentally’ kicked by father

– Suffers fractured skull A three-week-old baby suffered a fractured skull after being mistakenly kicked by his father late Wednesday night. The infant, Shemar Yankana was rushed...

Unlicenced gun lands man in jail

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Unlicenced gun lands man in jail

A 21-year-old construction worker has been remanded to prison on a charge of being an unlicenced firearm holder. Darwin Harding, a resident of Lot 1 Laing Avenue, denied having the .38...

$6.3M robbery…Apprehended gunman admits tailing Lethem businesswoman

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $6.3M robbery…Apprehended gunman admits tailing Lethem businesswoman

The gunman who was apprehended minutes after he and his accomplice robbed a Lethem businesswoman of $6.3M on Tuesday evening last, has admitted that they had been following her. The incident occurred...

The antiquated way of using documents for identification needs to be reviewed

Apr 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The antiquated way of using documents for identification needs to be reviewed

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to respond to Ms. Lyken-Ramdial’s reply of April 3 to Mr. Craig. Ms. Lyken-Ramdial, like so many people in Guyana, misses the point of identification. I have...

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The politics of appointment

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

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(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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