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Only luck averts mid-air crash at CJIA

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 13

Existing Air Traffic Control Systems in Guyana not safe – Report “The existing (Air Traffic Control) ATC system in Guyana is NOT SAFE and it is not the fault of the persons tasked with...

McAllister paid one year for no work as MP

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 10

The People’s National Congress Reform yesterday hosted its fourth and final General Council for 2008, at Congress Place, which sources said welcomed the decision by the party to recall James...

Pres. Jagdeo still to appoint new judges

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 3

The Judicial Services Commission has reportedly recommended three judges for High Court appointments several months ago and despite the shortage of judges and the unprecedented backlog that exists in...

Bishop Randolph George A ‘special person’

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 3

“We were put on this earth to be of service to each other and to do so in a humble, sincere way, not looking for rewards but to improve the lives of our brothers and sisters.” The first thing...

Bagotstown shooting victim may be paralysed

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bagotstown shooting victim may be paralysed

…gunman enquired of Kaladeen’s rsidence – eyewitness Bagotstown resident Phibert Kaladeen, 40, may be paralyzed from the waist down, according to hospital sources. Kaladeen was shot in the...

Women released, man, teenage boy held

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 2

Detectives have released two of the three women detained in the wake of the murder of 41-year-old Vieo Persaud, who was bludgeoned to death last Friday at his lot 29 Meten-Meer- Zorg, West Coast...

Greater regional solidarity needed for region’s food security

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Greater regional solidarity needed for region’s food security

…Minister Persaud tells UWI Congress on 60th anniversary Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has said that a policy failure and lack of focus on investing in agriculture across the world is the...

Rains flood GPHC compound

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 1

Excessive rainfall yesterday flooded the compound of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and nurses were seen hop-scotching to avoid the water as they ventured out of the hospital....

GWI to address water situation at NA hospital

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GWI to address water situation at NA hospital

Following weeks of water problem at the New Amsterdam Hospital, where some surgical patients could not have accessed water, Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Karan Singh...

CI makes donation to Lethem Library and Research Centre

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on CI makes donation to Lethem Library and Research Centre

Conservation International (CI), in its continued pledge to Lethem and Region Nine, on Friday last presented the Lethem Library and Research Centre with a computer system, a printer and a large...

GWI tackles water thieves

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 1

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has clamped down on two businessmen who are reportedly stealing water from the company and not paying their water bills. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GWI,...

Parliamentary debates could soon be aired live on TV

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 1

By Gary Eleazar During this past week there was a heated debate in the National Assembly, which at times centered on opposition views being readily available to the populace via the National...

Drivers avoid tragedy on Carifesta Avenue

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Drivers avoid tragedy on Carifesta Avenue

The morning traffic on Carifesta Avenue yesterday was brought to a halt, as a motor car (PGG 5268) spun around and almost ended up in one of the canals along that thoroughfare, as it narrowly avoided...

Nabaclis house collapses with family inside

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Nabaclis house collapses with family inside

While most people are busy cleaning their homes, preparing for the Christmas holidays, Ann Waldrond and her eight children are thanking their saviour for sparing their lives after their two-bedroom...

Christmas shopping intensifies in city

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 1

The much anticipated day to mark the birth of Jesus Christ is just about 18 days away and Christmas shoppers are hastening to cash in on the many bargains around the city. The capital city was a hive...

The more things change, the more they remain the same

Dec 07, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, For many years, I’ve had nothing but admiration for the United States’ financial system. I went around, like so many others, proclaiming it to be the gold standard of capitalism. Was...

Disability Week concludes with concert

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Disability Week concludes with concert

The curtain came down on the observance of National Week for Persons with Disability yesterday with a simple concert at the National Gymnasium. The event, which kicked off just around 15:30 hours,...

Bisram’s utopia can be another group’s hell

Dec 07, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram, in his analysis of whether former British Colonial Territories were better off as independent nations, cites the conclusions of the late Professor William McCord that only...

Berbice River Bridge to be closed to navigation

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 1

The main navigation channel through the retractor span of the Berbice River Bridge will be closed to navigation from Monday to Christmas Eve. In a notice issued to the public, the Berbice Bridge...

Water woes at McDoom

Dec 07, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Water woes at McDoom

Dear Editor, I am living in McDoom, East Bank, Demerara. Every single month the water pump has a problem; always breaking down and no senior person at GWI is saying anything. Whenever this happens,...

Jonestown shrine would be better placed at Port Kaituma

Dec 07, 2008 knews Letters 2

Dear Editor, I read with interest an article appearing in Kaieteur News, dated Monday, November 17th 2008, wherein an idea was expressed, which I think is a very good one, to erect a shrine/monument...

We must bring closure to this episode, and make sense of the pardon(s) graciously granted by our President

Dec 07, 2008 knews Letters 2

Dear Editor, We should all compliment His Excellency, the President, for pardoning both Mark Benschop last year and Phillip Bynoe recently. The statement by Phillip Bynoe is of course interesting,...

The betrayal of our senior citizens

Dec 07, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Largely because of the progress in the treatment of certain diseases associated with aging, the life expectancy of senior citizens has risen considerably. As a consequence, since the...

NAME AND SHAME

Dec 07, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on NAME AND SHAME

The government should not allow itself to be drawn into any name and shame campaign so as to force businesses to reduce prices. The Government of Guyana should avoid the compulsion to enter into such...

The rains are here but no flooding

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists 1

The rains are here and given the experience of 2005 when heavy rains created havoc with national life to the extent that there were fears that the sea defence would collapse, people are once more...

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All systems a go for today’s return of three-stage Independence Race

Fort Groyne seawall badly damaged by Barge

Kaieteur News – Anyone who has read this column frequently would know that I believe that the Guyanese character is... more

The Government has overreacted

Kaieteur News – Two separate incidents, occurring under different political administrations, have harmed the country’s... more