January 2014

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Bank of Nova Scotia renews sponsorship with RHTY&SC

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bank of Nova Scotia renews sponsorship with RHTY&SC

The Bank of Nova Scotia on Tuesday last renewed their ties with the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) by co-sponsoring their Annual Magazine, Awards ceremony, Tribute to Teachers...

Wiltshire Birth Anniversary dominoes Wins for C 7, TNT

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire Birth Anniversary dominoes Wins for C 7, TNT

C7 and TNT recorded victories when the Mark Wiltshire 59th Birth Anniversary Dominoes competition continued on Monday last at Dynasty Sports Bar. C 7 marked 74 games to beat Scramblers with 70 and R...

Triumph handyman stabbed to neck

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Triumph handyman stabbed to neck

…assailant on the run After being accused of stealing a bicycle, 48-year-old Troy Hope called ‘G’, was beaten and stabbed to the neck. He is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital...

Guyana mulls introduction of automatic ballot counting system

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana mulls introduction of automatic ballot counting system

Results of future elections in Guyana may be announced much earlier if a pilot project to test an automatic ballot scan and tabulation system proves successful. According to the Guyana Elections...

Baroombar murder accused thrashed in prison

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Baroombar murder accused thrashed in prison

Kurt Clarke, the 34-year-old accused in the Baroombar murder case, was yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after allegedly receiving a sound thrashing in the Camp...

Harding leaves for medical attention in Jamaica

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Harding leaves for medical attention in Jamaica

Alleged police brutality victim, Colwyn Harding, will be jetting out to Jamaica tomorrow (Friday) to access medical treatment, having been discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) last...

High profile cases among first sitting of criminal assizes

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on High profile cases among first sitting of criminal assizes

Several high profile cases have been listed for the first sitting of the Demerara Criminal Assizes. Among the matters listed for the January session, which commence at the High Court on January 15,...

Work will continue to improve Moruca Bridge – Minister Persaud

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Work will continue to improve Moruca Bridge – Minister Persaud

While admitting that the work done on the San Jose Bridge in Moruca, Region One, has been poorly executed, Minister of Local Government Ganga Persaud has announced that efforts are underway to...

“Provide better services to residents”

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Provide better services to residents”

– Minister Whittaker urges Councils While the recent heavy rainfalls have drawn attention to the scope of services provided by the municipal authorities, the Ministry of Local Government and...

Disclosures of patient’s information raise questions about breach of professional oaths

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Disclosures of patient’s information raise questions about breach of professional oaths

Officials within both the Nursing and Medical Councils have confirmed that moves by any medical personnel, who fall under their purview, to disclose to the public confidential information, provided...

Tertiary education facilities limited in Region Ten

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tertiary education facilities limited in Region Ten

– Political games places region’s development in limbo – AFC Region Ten Councilor, Mr. Audwin Rutherford of the political opposition party; Alliance For Change (AFC), at a press...

The politics of confusion or brutal power?

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The politics of confusion or brutal power?

To the average person in Guyana, the politics of the PPP is confusing and this may go beyond the average citizen, even opposition politicians and analysts. How do you explain the virtual runaway...

The Technical Committee’s work is of vital importance to the Economic Committee

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Technical Committee’s work is of vital importance to the Economic Committee

Linden is an industrial town. It was created around the bauxite industry and its future has historically been tied to that industry. One of the mistakes made after nationalization was the absence of...

Technical Vocational Education is in its best position in the history of Guyana

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Technical Vocational Education is in its best position in the history of Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, A letter entitled “What is the status of the technical/vocational education curriculum in our schools” (KN 2014/01/20), sought answers to the state of Technical and Vocational...

Why are we surprised?

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why are we surprised?

DEAR EDITOR, All the papers of Saturday January 18, 2014, carried reports of David Granger calling for a better standard of living in Region 10. Clearly the call by Granger and A Partnership for...

Much talk and little action in Bartica

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Much talk and little action in Bartica

Dear Editor, There has been much talk and little action when it comes to managing the garbage situation in the little community of Bartica. Our major dump site is located in an area of the community...

McRae is petty in criticising gift of bridge for burials

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on McRae is petty in criticising gift of bridge for burials

DEAR EDITOR, Something is seriously off balance when the gift of a bridge for public use in burial of the deceased is reportedly criticized…For what? What’s next to go on and on? Both SN and KN...

The perfect recipe for an untold health disaster

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The perfect recipe for an untold health disaster

DEAR EDITOR, At the Kitty/Campbellville bus park, just next to Demico House, runs a drain between the road and the pavement parallel to the St. Andrew’s Kirk Church fence that every commuter knows...

Will the political elite rise to the need of the hour?

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Will the political elite rise to the need of the hour?

As we brace ourselves for the battles that will accompany the presentation of the next budget, it might be useful to remind the politicians why they were elected to office in the first instance. It...

Mazaruni plane crash…Victims’ remains brought to city, probe continues

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mazaruni plane crash…Victims’ remains brought to city, probe continues

After three days in the Mazaruni Jungle, the bodies of the pilot and aircraft loader who perished in the Trans Guyana Airways plane crash were transported to the Ogle International Airport...

GPL upgrade project…US$3.5M variation claims not yet paid – CEO

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL upgrade project…US$3.5M variation claims not yet paid – CEO

… Parties to meet soon The claim by the Chinese contractor for an additional US$3.5M on the massive US$42M upgrade for the Guyana Power and Light Company Inc (GPL) transmission and distribution...

GPHC $5M Fraud…Special Audit reveals 159 instances of misappropriation

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC $5M Fraud…Special Audit reveals 159 instances of misappropriation

– suggests cashier did not act alone A Special Audit conducted at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to confirm allegations of fraud within the institution’s Accounts...

Human Rights activists picket Health Ministry-call for independent investigation into Colwyn Harding’s case

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Human Rights activists picket Health Ministry-call for independent investigation into Colwyn Harding’s case

Representatives of various Human Rights entities yesterday picketed outside the Brickdam, Georgetown, Ministry of Health, in an attempt to condemn recent comments by Health Minister, Dr. Bheri...

Carol Ann Lynch surrenders, due in court today

Jan 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Carol Ann Lynch surrenders, due in court today

Early yesterday morning, former beauty queen Carol Ann Lynch, in the company of lawyers, turned herself in at the Brickdam Police Station to face the charge which was long set to be reinstituted...

UDFA/GFF saga Clubs bind in support as UDFA defies GFF and plans year’s activities

Jan 22, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA/GFF saga Clubs bind in support as UDFA defies GFF and plans year’s activities

By Michael Benjamin Despite the recent decision taken by officials of the (GFF), at a recently staged Extraordinary Congress, to sanction several members of the Upper Demerara Football Association...

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The danger of this bank being seized by private interests

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(Kaieteur News) – In recent discussions about the proposed Development Bank, one worrying tendency is emerging: arguments are being stretched to the point where they lose analytical grounding and begin to undermine legitimate scrutiny. One example is the claim that the success of the bank will...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues for UN Secretary General: I endorse

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Hard truths by GHK Lall… (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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