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Incessant delay of contracts, poor quality works of concern – Dr. Luncheon

Jan 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Incessant delay of contracts, poor quality works of concern – Dr. Luncheon

“Cabinet is concerned about contractors, the quality of work that is being done and of course the incessant delays in getting the work done.” This is according to Dr. Roger Luncheon,...

Suicide rate in Berbice still rising

Jan 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Suicide rate in Berbice still rising

The suicide rate in Berbice continues to rise and the authorities seem incapable of doing anything to stop the rot. Although a comprehensive report for the entire county was not available, New...

Human Services Ministry supports Long Creek residents

Jan 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Human Services Ministry supports Long Creek residents

The Human Services Ministry yesterday made a donation to support efforts by residents of Long Creek to develop their community. The residents had formed a Parent Support Group under the School...

A wake-up call for the air industry

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A wake-up call for the air industry

The increasing frequency of local aircraft near mishaps should serve as a wake-up call to the relevant bodies if it has not as yet done so. Within past months the news media have featured...

Puma attack victim among two receiving donations

Jan 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Puma attack victim among two receiving donations

Two children from the Paediatric Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) received donations of $50,000 each from the Radio Needy Children’s Fund (RNCF) yesterday....

Pensioner gets two years for assaulting mother

Jan 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner gets two years for assaulting mother

Balram Ramkellowan, a 62-year-old man of Belvedere Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail by Magistrate Rabindranath Singh when he pleaded guilty to the...

Sophia fire leaves four homeless

Jan 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia fire leaves four homeless

– Father of two hospitalised with burns A 37-year-old man is hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital with burns about his body. This was after his one-bedroom house located...

Flooded farmlands in Pomeroon neglected – APNU

Jan 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Flooded farmlands in Pomeroon neglected – APNU

Farmlands in Lower and Upper Pomeroon, Region Two are inundated since Christmas Day and authorities have not yet reached out to the over 400 families living there. This was the assertion of A...

Wallowing in an anarchist and environmental cesspool

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wallowing in an anarchist and environmental cesspool

DEAR EDITOR, Georgetown is bombarded with an uninhibited disregard for health, etiquette and progress. We are wallowing in an anarchist and environmental cesspool. I am referring to ubiquitous heaps...

Govt. cannot be trusted with the public interest: Lessons from the Muri Brasil venture

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. cannot be trusted with the public interest: Lessons from the Muri Brasil venture

DEAR EDITOR, The decision by Muri Brasil Ventures (MBV) to pull out of any further geological survey in the New River Triangle and Deep South of Guyana is being characterized as a ‘disaster’ by...

The sugar industry has no parallel situation

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The sugar industry has no parallel situation

DEAR EDITOR, In KN’s Sunday 22 December, 2013 edition, Peeping Tom (PT) has concocted, at first blush, a plausible argument for not arbitrarily ‘imposing’ more than 5% since (to skip to his/her...

Broadcasters are being ignored

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Broadcasters are being ignored

DEAR EDITOR, I write once again about the failure of the National Awards Committee in recognizing broadcasters who have/had contributed significantly to broadcasting not only in the Republic, but the...

Youth unemployment: Is it a guessing game?

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Youth unemployment: Is it a guessing game?

DEAR EDITOR, Last Saturday’s column by Peeping Tom titled: “Youth Unemployment is a guessing game” caught my attention, because it resonated with some challenges we are addressing at the...

The story of Jose Matada

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The story of Jose Matada

DEAR EDITOR, There is a story carried by the BBC of a young man, still in his twenties, who in his bid to escape from poverty and seek a new life, stowed away on a flight from Angola and was found in...

Our country is without doubt poorer with the passing of Mr. Holder

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our country is without doubt poorer with the passing of Mr. Holder

DEAR EDITOR, On behalf of the Patron, President and Members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC), I would like to extend our great sympathy to the family of our honorary...

Face-saving way needed for LEAD

Jan 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Face-saving way needed for LEAD

DEAR EDITOR, This is in response to news items and related responses on the LEAD project (KN Dec 24, 25, Jan 8, 9, etc.). The US Embassy says the grant project of the Republican members of Congress...