November 22, 2014

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Port Kaituma clerk charged for embezzling over a million dollars

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma clerk charged for embezzling over a million dollars

A former clerk, Latoya Wilson, of Beacon Hotel in Port Kaituma appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to face an embezzlement charge yesterday afternoon. It is alleged that between June 3,...

Catholic Church meets with AFC on Parliamentary impasse

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Catholic Church meets with AFC on Parliamentary impasse

The Catholic Church has continued its meetings with political parties on the current political situation regarding Parliament. According to Bishop Francis Dean Alleyne, OSB, Bishop of Georgetown,...

New Amsterdam Hospital gets donation

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Hospital gets donation

The New Amsterdam Hospital was the recipient of an Electro Cardiogram (ECG) machine compliments of the Sai Baba organisation. Recently a number of overseas based organizations visited Guyana and...

WILL APNU RESPECT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS?

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

APNU has reportedly challenged the government to bring on elections. In other words it is saying that it is ready for general elections. But while it may be ready for elections, the Guyana Elections...

Long wait for DNA results taking toll on missing teacher’s mom

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Long wait for DNA results taking toll on missing teacher’s mom

Carol Green, the mother of missing teacher Nyozi Goodman, fears that she may enter the New Year still not knowing whether her child is dead or alive, due to further delays in uplifting DNA samples...

Gunmen cart off $13 M from CB & R Mining employee

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen cart off $13 M from CB & R Mining employee

A procurement officer employed at CB & R Mining, Bartica, is nursing gunshot wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). He was shot twice to his forearm and robbed of $13M on...

GHRA says no substitute for Parliament

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GHRA says no substitute for Parliament

– criticizes fruitless civil society meeting with President The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has criticized last week’s meeting between President Donald Ramotar and representatives...

APNU slams PPP for “catastrophic” flood

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU slams PPP for “catastrophic” flood

By Kiana Wilburg Opposition Leader, David Granger, yesterday lambasted the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) administration for Thursday’s coastal flood. A Partnership for National Unity...

Body with tattoos found at Puruni

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Body with tattoos found at Puruni

Police are seeking the identity of a man whose decomposed body was found at around 16.45 hrs yesterday at Cuyuni, in the Puruni River. A release stated that the victim is of African ancestry and has...

Violence in schools

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Violence in schools

The intensity and frequency of violence in schools have turned the prevailing thinking regarding corporal punishment on its head. The current fad is an overwhelming concern for the well-being of...

Evil, silence and floods 2013; evil and floods 2014

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Evil, silence and floods 2013; evil and floods 2014

When Parliament failed to approve the amendments to the anti-money laundering Bill, I wrote on this page that I would welcome the international sanctions that Guyana will have to endure and the...

Disgruntled family finally receives cash grant voucher

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Disgruntled family finally receives cash grant voucher

After weeks of trying to ascertain how a stranger could have uplifted a $10,000 Ministry of Education Cash Grant voucher intended for his son (Reyaid Baksh) who attends the West Coast Demerara...

Pres. Ramotar’s invitation for dialogue…Ramotar knows why I have not responded – Granger

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Ramotar’s invitation for dialogue…Ramotar knows why I have not responded – Granger

Opposition Leader, David Granger seems intent on making the Head of State, Donald Ramotar “sweat a little” as he indicated to the media that he has not replied to the President’s invitation to...

Nurse jailed for beating neighbour with hammer

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nurse jailed for beating neighbour with hammer

A 38-year-old nursing assistant may now get a chance to use her medical skills in the New Amsterdam Prison after being jailed last Tuesday for hitting her neighbor with a hammer. Marva Reynolds, the...

Mon Repos carpenter jailed for four years for child’s death

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mon Repos carpenter jailed for four years for child’s death

A speeding driver who struck down and killed a four year old child has been jailed. The man, Naresh Gafoor, 39, a carpenter of 446 Block 8, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was on Friday sentenced to...

Prorogation

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prorogation

DEAR EDITOR, ‘Prorogation’ – easily the most used (misused) word in local parlance over the last two weeks; possibly second only, to ‘corruption’ in the recent years. The taxi driver...

Who will the army be securing, the people or the govt. from the people?

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who will the army be securing, the people or the govt. from the people?

DEAR EDITOR, It is reported that Brigadier Mark Phillips of the Guyana Defence Force briefed his officers on the political situation in Guyana (Stabroek News 11/15/14), particularly as it related to...

A waste of time and the people’s money

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A waste of time and the people’s money

DEAR EDITOR, When the announcement was made that there was going to be a 500 million-dollar expenditure on cleaning up Georgetown, including its drainage, I said nothing and waited to see if the...

The PSC is fooling no one, except itself

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PSC is fooling no one, except itself

DEAR EDITOR, I wonder how much longer the Private Sector Commission (PSC) can look at a dog and call it a cat. I am referring to the statement issued by this body (20th November) following extensive...

The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of three species of toothed whale in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from...

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Kaieteur Sports – Sri Lanka counter-punched their way to a series-levelling win last night after a string of match-winning performances in both departments which helped subdue the hosts by...

Do not laugh too quickly

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(Kaieteur News) – I was sitting with a good friend when I read a story about Guyana’s nomination of its candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary General. At the same time, my friend was reading the same story on his phone. Our eyes met when he realised what I was reading. He...

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...

A bank setup for a bank robbery

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Congratulations to the PPP Govt for the vision of a Guyana Development Bank to serve little citizens. Thoughtful. Well-liked. When things get too thoughtful, dislike creeps forward. What the details say? Both upfront and obscured. There’s a $40B...

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Port Kaituma clerk charged for embezzling over a million dollars

Catholic Church meets with AFC on Parliamentary impasse

New Amsterdam Hospital gets donation

WILL APNU RESPECT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS?

Long wait for DNA results taking toll on missing teacher’s mom

Gunmen cart off $13 M from CB & R Mining employee

GHRA says no substitute for Parliament

APNU slams PPP for “catastrophic” flood

Body with tattoos found at Puruni

Violence in schools

Evil, silence and floods 2013; evil and floods 2014

Disgruntled family finally receives cash grant voucher

Pres. Ramotar’s invitation for dialogue…Ramotar knows why I have not responded – Granger

Nurse jailed for beating neighbour with hammer

Mon Repos carpenter jailed for four years for child’s death

Prorogation

Who will the army be securing, the people or the govt. from the people?

A waste of time and the people’s money

The PSC is fooling no one, except itself

The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

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