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Workers’ unions threaten “shut-down” of UG to retaliate downsizing calls

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Workers’ unions threaten “shut-down” of UG to retaliate downsizing calls

Plans being touted by Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Guyana (UG), Professor Jacob Opadeyi, to slash programmes and by extension, staff, are being met with threats of a total shutdown of...

GT&T invests $10M in art and culture

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T invests $10M in art and culture

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) has signed a $10M Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports, yesterday which will see the publication of...

Laissez faire to workplace safety

May 24, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Laissez faire to workplace safety

The Qualfon situation as reported in the media requires some deep reflection from a worker safety perspective. To see the employees milling about the company’s Goedverwagting Public Road...

173 graduate from Roadside Baptist Skills Training Centre

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 173 graduate from Roadside Baptist Skills Training Centre

More than 100 youths graduated with various skills from the Roadside Baptist Skills Training Centre (RBSTC) at Number 68 Village, Corentyne recently. A further 51 single parents and young people, who...

Appointing Senior Counsel – wrong priority, wrong approach

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Appointing Senior Counsel – wrong priority, wrong approach

By Christopher Ram Introduction Depending on the background and interest of who one asks, their responses to identify the principal challenges facing the legal system could include the length of time...

Teenager attempts to smuggle cocaine, marijuana via Ogle Int’l Airport – court hears

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teenager attempts to smuggle cocaine, marijuana via Ogle Int’l Airport – court hears

After attempting to traffic cocaine and marijuana via the Ogle International Airport on Wednesday, nineteen-year-old, Anastasia Latoya Crawford of Lot 29 Kingston, Georgetown, appeared before the...

Caregivers at NOC should be given “lie detector” tests – MP Chris Jones

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Caregivers at NOC should be given “lie detector” tests – MP Chris Jones

At an APNU press briefing yesterday, Parliamentarian Chris Jones made a call to Government to have the caregivers at the New Opportunity Corps undergo lie detector tests.. Jones told the media that a...

Man seeks missing wife

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man seeks missing wife

Eustace Alphonso, a Charity businessman, wants the general public to help him locate his wife, 21-year-old Rose Wilson, formerly of New Road, Essequibo Coast. The worried businessman said that Wilson...

Known felon steals cash, motor car

May 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Known felon steals cash, motor car

… brutalises octogenarian A man who is well known to the authorities and was wanted by the police for a number of serious crimes in the New Amsterdam, Canje area, has been nabbed. One of the...

Mr. Braithwaite must build his own house as a priority rather than destroy others

May 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Braithwaite must build his own house as a priority rather than destroy others

DEAR EDITOR, In the KN of 5-20-14, Mr. Barrington Braithwaite sanctimoniously reminds “The Indian High Commission must understand that India stands out as the host nation of the origins of the...

Private Cane Farmers to the rescue

May 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Private Cane Farmers to the rescue

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Page 15 of KN Sunday 18 May, 2014 headlined: “GuySuCo releasing 500 hectares at Uitvlugt for private cane farming”. It is reported that applications are to be sent to...

Suddie Hospital is currently not accepting blood from donors

May 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suddie Hospital is currently not accepting blood from donors

DEAR EDITOR, I was encouraged to donate blood, a process that I would have done once before. Recently I visited the Suddie Hospital to perform the noble task of donating blood, but left without...

Mr. Granger’s motion to investigate torture of citizens is a step in the right direction

May 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Granger’s motion to investigate torture of citizens is a step in the right direction

DEAR EDITOR, I want to congratulate Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, Retired Brigadier David Granger, for successfully piloting through the parliament, a motion to investigate allegations of...

Kudos to Author Ruel Johnson

May 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kudos to Author Ruel Johnson

DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me this small missive in order to congratulate a native son and laureate, Ruel Johnson, a fellow author, on his receiving the Janus Foundation Grant. Dr. Johnson, like...

Shoddy work on contracts…Supervising consultants must be held accountable – Govt.

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shoddy work on contracts…Supervising consultants must be held accountable – Govt.

Complaints about poor quality State contracts have come under sharp focus with calls made by Government yesterday to make supervising consultants more accountable for shoddy work. But the calls have...

Ex-wife freed of cop’s murder

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-wife freed of cop’s murder

After almost five years of incarceration, Desiree Jeffers was declared a free woman, after a mixed 12-member jury, found her not guilty of the 2011 murder of Police Detective Igris Bobb-Blackman....

Fight for Town Clerk…Sooba, King asked to justify appointments

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fight for Town Clerk…Sooba, King asked to justify appointments

The Court of Appeal will soon be ruling on the High Court ruling of Chief Justice Ian Chang, which says that Carol Sooba is to remain de facto Town Clerk of Georgetown, despite the Local Government...

Hope Canal claims life of former estate worker

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Canal claims life of former estate worker

Police are investigating the death of a former Enmore Estate worker, who lost his life in the Hope Canal, East Coast Demerara yesterday. Dead is Sanjay Sukhram, 23, of Enterprise, East Coast...

East Bank four-lane road expansion…GT&T alleges BK Int’l owes $$M in restoration

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank four-lane road expansion…GT&T alleges BK Int’l owes $$M in restoration

– says contractor’s claims are false By Latoya Giles The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) has debunked allegations by contractor BK International that its utility poles and...

Beware of China’s $$$

May 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Beware of China’s $$$

By Howard W. French “The problem (though not limited to China) is relying on shady arrangements made at the very top of the political system, often in the president’s office itself. Contracts...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Adam got an old iron

May 23, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Adam got an old iron

When things look nice in a country people got to talk nice things about it although that is not dem boys job. Dem boys job is to criticize and everybody know criticism does get de best out of...

Wray & Nephew Welterweight contender boxing series …Eastman edges to championship honours; outpoints Kevin ‘Bus Boy’ Hylton

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wray & Nephew Welterweight contender boxing series …Eastman edges to championship honours; outpoints Kevin ‘Bus Boy’ Hylton

Howard ‘The Battersea Bomber’ Eastman, kept his hopes alive for the $2M (Jamaican dollars) first prize and the Wray & Nephew Welterweight contender 2014 title when he outpointed Kevin ...

Mike’s Wellman overcome Enmore by nine runs

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mike’s Wellman overcome Enmore by nine runs

Mike’s Wellman defeated Enmore by nine runs to win the final of the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) 20-over tournament played recently at Demerara Cricket Club. Batting...

No stay of execution granted to GCB

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on No stay of execution granted to GCB

Justice Sandra Kurtzious granted an injunction on Tuesday prohibiting the entire Executive of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) from acting in the capacity of GCB Executives. The Berbice Cricket Board...

Football gear for Buxton players as Police strengthen relations

May 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Football gear for Buxton players as Police strengthen relations

The recent strained relations between the Guyana Police Force and members of the public have caused officials of the former group to evaluate ways of bridging the gap thus fostering improved...

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