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Cabinet breached the law

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

– Parliamentary Committee Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Hydar Ally, along with a team of officials from that Ministry yesterday appeared before the Parliamentary Public...

Crippled for life

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

– by car driven by unlicenced 16-yr-old A 47-year old woman from Alexander Village, Greater Georgetown, may be crippled for life after she was struck down by a car driven by a 16-year old...

Girls aged 12, 13, among five arrested (By Mondale Smith) After countless reports to this publication from neighbours about a Guyhoc house being used as the venue for a sex ring involving underaged...

Open koker floods Blankenburg, hurts poultry rearer

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

A koker left open Sunday night caused untold hardships for some residents of Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara. Early yesterday morning, one of them, a poultry farmer named Nazmoon Khan, rushed to...

Kwame McCoy denies comment on Jagdeo’s overseas visits

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

President’s Press Liaison Officer, Kwame McCoy, has denied comments attributed to him in an article captioned, “We don’t have to announce all of Jagdeo’s trips.” He said that the article...

Miss Guyana Universe ready and waiting…

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

The fifteen delegates of this year’s Miss Guyana Universe Pageant were recently sashed at the Umana Yana, at an affair that was graced with high class fashion, glamour and serene elegance. At...

Linden one-stop shop was transparent – Irfaan Ali

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

Housing Ministry is prepared to investigate authenticity of applicants’ information The Ministry of Housing and Water is prepared to address reports that suggest that people living overseas have...

US$27M to be spent on low income settlement programme

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

Approximately 20,000 temporary jobs will be created when the second round of the Low Income Settlement programme gets on stream. The venture, which represents sustained collaboration between the...

What is domestic violence?

Jun 23, 2009 knews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I have been watching the news on television and reading about domestic violence in our country which I found very interesting. I heard our President calling on the religious leaders and...

Quicksilver theft lands two in court

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

Two former employees from K&B Mining Company were yesterday placed on $200,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson. Bishram Samaroo, 18, of 334 Section ‘B’ Non Pareil, East...

It pains me to see the rapid decline of President’s College

Jun 23, 2009 knews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I was one of the fortunate 72 admitted to President’s College (PC) in 1985 and am forever grateful to the teachers and staff, who guided us through those formative years. But times...

The Domestic Violence policy alone will not solve the problems

Jun 23, 2009 knews Letters 0

Dear Editor, In June 2008, the National Domestic Violence policy was launched. We believe that the lack of any real coordinated implementation of this policy should be a cause for national concern....

Security Guard remanded for assault

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

A 29-year-old security guard attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson, for threatening language. It was alleged that...

Man beats wife’s paramour, lands in court

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

Forty-seven-year old Mark Woolford, of 148 Cato Street, Agricola, was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of $45,000 or spend 18 months’ imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to assault causing actual...

The fight to finance standing forests

Jun 23, 2009 knews Letters 0

Dear Editor, China is one of the world’s largest carbon dioxide emitters because of its heavy industrialization and urbanization. China is more focused on a cumulative emission budget over the 21st...

Ramkarran replies to Ogunseye

Jun 23, 2009 knews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Mr. Tacuma Ogunseye, in his letter of June 21, challenges me to “demonstrate political maturity and integrity by publicly correcting (my) falsification of an important development in...

Support for National Martyrs Day

Jun 23, 2009 knews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I write in support of a letter captioned, “Let’s have a National Martyrs Day” under the hands of Fazel Khan, printed in the Kaieteur News, Monday June 22, 2009. I wish to state...

Vendor still critical after being shot

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

Troy De Mattos, 41, of Shirley Field-Ridley Square, West Ruimveldt, who was shot on Saturday is said to be in a critical but stable condition. Up to press time yesterday, De Mattos was still being...

Is the government encouraging corruption?

Jun 23, 2009 knews Editorial 0

The Auditor General has once more revealed what can only be termed blatant disregard for accounting procedures and for the rule of law. The most damning comment to come out in the wake of the report...

Police attempt to return seized cellular phone without memory card

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

A West Bank Demerara cattle farmer who was arrested for recording his conversation with a police rank at the Wales Police Station is refusing to take possession of the instrument, after discovering...

Boxers on S&S Promotions’ card intensify training sessions

Jun 23, 2009 knews Sports 0

As the time draws closer for his bantamweight championship bout with Dexter Marques, Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore stepped up his training with a six-round sparring session against several boxers...

Gardner performs creditably in USA Musclemania championship

Jun 23, 2009 knews Sports 0

…Says love for country inspired achievement Approximately one year after a scintillating performance at the Musclemania Superbody competition in the United States of America that earned him that...

Tenelec Berbice 1st division 50-over cricket: Rose Hall Canje, Police join RHTWSB and Albion in semis

Jun 23, 2009 knews Sports 0

Any hopes West Berbice had of reaching the semi-finals of the Tenelec Berbice first division 40-over cricket competition were washed away by torrential rain, which left the Canje ground waterlogged,...

Witness places ‘Blondie’ at crime scene

Jun 23, 2009 knews News 0

“… she was the only person with what appeared to be a gun.” Yesterday as the Ashanti ‘Blondie’ Shultz murder trial commenced, the first witness to take the stand before Justice William...

Sunburst Camptown cart off Football Festival

Jun 23, 2009 knews Sports 0

Western Tigers are a no show Sunburst Camptown defeated Fruta Conquerors 2-1 to cart off the Marlon Hendricks trophy and $80,000, when the finals of the Camptown Football Festival concluded at the...

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UG unions, oil money, Carl Greenidge and sheep

When you saw how the PPP Government from Jagdeo to Ramotar spent state funds, oil revenues will be wasted under a government... more

1% royalty subject to cost recovery equals zero

I don’t want to hear about any more oil discoveries. The more oil discoveries we have, the more we are being robbed. Guyana... more