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Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NIS invests $6B in Clico – Luncheon
An estimated $6B (US$30 million) of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Fund is invested in the operations of Clico (Guyana), but the Scheme is not worried about the security of the funds, Cabinet...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CANU busts cocaine shipment through GPO
… sender uses fake ID, disappears The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit is hunting a man who presented himself to the Guyana Post Office as Anand Singh to ship three kilogrammes of crack cocaine...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Students, parents lock teachers out, police intervene
QUEESTOWN, NEW AMSTERDAM – ‘We want Miss Jeanne back!’ and ‘We must learn. No Miss Jeanne – No school!’ were written on some of the placards carried by students of the Berbice...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Delay in overseas surgery lands eight-year-old in hospital
The surgical operation for eight-year-old Amelia Etwaroo of 42 Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara, has been declared a matter of immense urgency, since the child’s life is very dependent on it. ...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on JP, woman held for sexually abusing 13-year-old girl
A Justice of the Peace and a 28-year-old woman are in police custody following allegations that they sexually abused a 13-year-old girl. Ranks from the Grove Police Station swooped down on the...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Crime Chief refuses to return miner’s millions
… despite order from DPP Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rutherford’s Holdings Inc., Neville Rutherford, has brought a court action against Attorney General Charles Ramson and Crime Chief...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cell phones, ‘jukas’, ganja, condoms found in dorms of ‘dangerous’ inmates at G/town Prisons
by Michael Jordan Police recovered cell phones, makeshift knives, marijuana, and even condoms in a dormitory that houses dangerous inmates during a pre-dawn raid yesterday at the Georgetown Prison....Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ramotar defends Government borrowing
…as PNCR Chief Whip dismisses budget as visionless By Gary Eleazar People’s Progressive Party’s General Secretary, Donald Ramotar, in his presentation to the National Assembly yesterday,...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Opposition parties squandered golden opportunities to examine policy agenda – Dr. Ashni Singh
By Tusika Martin In a dramatic presentation, Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh yesterday wrapped up the week-long debate in the National Assembly on the 2009 budget. Throwing hard and low blows at...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Berbice businessmen look to Bridge toll change
Businessmen from three chambers of commerce say they are optimistic that there will be a change in the current toll structure for crossing the recently commissioned Berbice River Bridge. The...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana to host regional police conference after 13 years
Come May 11 through May 15 the Guyana Police Force will be hosting the 24th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown. The...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health Minister defends operations at GPHC
Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, defended the operations at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) during a fiery debate in the National Assembly Thursday afternoon. According to...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Mauby water’ and spiked hands greet Irfaan Ali’s Budget contribution
By Neil Marks His overreaching gestures and political platitudes threatened to overshadow his plausible arguments for job creation in the housing sector and provision of potable water to unserved...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR sees need for hinterland police divisional relocation
Police Commissioner Henry Greene said that the separation of the largest police division in the country, E&F Division, and the relocation of its headquarters are under active consideration. The...Feb 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Girvan’s Cuba
No one can deny that Caribbean economist, Norman Girvan, is a learned professor. He is a formidable economist and a scholar of regional fame. But like all human beings, he has his inexplicable...Feb 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PRESERVING OUR HISTORIC MEMORY
I have once again been embarrassed by my country. A Minister within the Foreign Ministry of Canada was in Guyana and when he turned up at State House to meet with our President, he along with his...Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Simmons’ unbeaten 148 rallies T&T to 279-3 on truncated opening day
By Sean Devers Lendl Simmons continued his prolific form this season with a magnificent unbeaten 148 at the Guyana National Stadium to see Trinidad and Tobago to 279-3 on a truncated opening day of...Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘Next Level’ basketball officially jumps off
– Kings come in at eight from Linden By Edison Jefford “They are back with a bang and we hope it is a bang because I think basketball fans and enthusiasts in Guyana look forward to good...Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on The importance of medical checks in sports
Dear Editor: Fitness and good health are terms which can be readily associated with sport. Recreational Sport can do much to contribute to good health and fitness, and the association between the...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Kitty Market a risk to life and limb — says Commissioner of Inquiry
The Kitty Market was regarded as a ‘risk to life and limb’ on Thursday by Commissioner of Inquiry, Keith Burrowes, when he visited the dilapidated facility among several others to get a...Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Unbeaten Georgetown hammer East Coast by 10 wickets
W/Demerara beat E/Bank by 2 wickets in rain hit match By Sean Devers Defending champions Georgetown, the best prepared and most efficient of the four teams in the Nalico/Nafico Demerara Cricket Board...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GRA withdraws VAT claim on Linden electricity supplies
A protest march called by the members and management of the Linden Utility Services Cooperative Society Limited (LUSCSL), to demonstrate their rejection of the Guyana Revenue Authority’s demand for...Feb 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Stolen milk lands man in hot water
Mark Griffith, 30, of 169 Campbell Street, Albouystown, was asked to pay $25,000 or serve nine months in jail for stealing a bale of full-cream powdered milk from Kissoon Sookwah. He pleaded guilty...Feb 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on ABS 40 overs Division One KO starts tomorrow
The first ever Associated Business Services 40 Overs first division cricket tournament in the Ancient County bowls off tomorrow with six matches across Berbice. Young Warriors clash with Skeldon...Mineral and oil rich country borrowing to feed, clothe and house its citizens.
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