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Inmates brawl in New Amsterdam Prison

Jun 06, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Inmates brawl in New Amsterdam Prison

Three prisoners from two different gangs who are on remand for a number of criminal offences were involved in a brawl at the New Amsterdam prison on Thursday, forcing officials there to summon the...

MMU validates KNs non-partisan stance

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on MMU validates KNs non-partisan stance

Despite Kaieteur News being labeled the ‘new opposition’ by members of the Executive, the Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) highlighted the newspaper’s “… provision of a level playing field...

Two senior officials transferred during probe

Jun 06, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Two senior officials transferred during probe

Millions of dollars in revenue has been lost as the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has unearthed yet another fraud in which scores of containers were believed to have been released without any...

Shot Army rank under close arrest

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Shot Army rank under close arrest

A Guyana Defence Force rank, Errol Newton, is currently under close arrest while four other men are in police custody as investigations continue into a shooting incident that occurred on Friday...

No ransom demand for kidnapped boat builder

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on No ransom demand for kidnapped boat builder

Two days after gunmen kidnapped him, police are still to trace the whereabouts of abducted boat builder, Fabian Gonsalves, and family members say they have received no ransom demand. Gonsalves was...

Dem boys seh….De government vex bad

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….De government vex bad

Is a crime to read de Waterfalls paper. A man who does sell de paper get insult and then dem decide that dem would not give he a stall in de new market. De man didn’t know was a crime till dem had...

Pulsating climax to Mayor’s Cup Football championships as Santos oppose GDF

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pulsating climax to Mayor’s Cup Football championships as Santos oppose GDF

After several weeks of pulsating action, the Mayor’s Cup Football championships climaxes to an action packed culmination when the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) shoulders arms against Santos FC in...

Businessman shoots intruder

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman shoots intruder

A 45-year-old man is under police guard with a bullet wound to the neck after he was shot by a Soesdyke businessman whose premises he had allegedly broken into. Police said that Harold Anderson, of...

City Hall intensifies inspection of food establishments in the city

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall intensifies inspection of food establishments in the city

– several not complying with rules and regulations Several purported reputable food establishment in the city have not been complying with basic public health and sanitation rules and...

Guyana Law Association (UK) continues to support local justice system

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Law Association (UK) continues to support local justice system

Guyana’s High Commissioner to the UK, Laleshwar Singh, has commended the Guyana Law Association (GLA) of the United Kingdom (UK) for sending law books and materials to the Courts and the University...

Equitable placement of doctors high on Health Ministry’s agenda

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Equitable placement of doctors high on Health Ministry’s agenda

– Health Minister Equity in the delivery of public health care is still high on the agenda of the Ministry of Health and much effort has been engaged in this regard, according to Minister of...

PPP condemns ‘bogus poll’

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PPP condemns ‘bogus poll’

The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has condemned a “poll” conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Service Inc. The party sees the poll as the beginning of a campaign by...

Docol helps Red Cross Hinterland Project

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Docol helps Red Cross Hinterland Project

The Guyana Red Cross Hinterland community-based water and sanitation project has been given a boost by the Demerara Oxygen Company Limited (DOCOL). DOCOL has handed over one dozen 20 lbs cylinders of...

Florida church freezes account of Enmore Children’s Home

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Florida church freezes account of Enmore Children’s Home

– Administrator who raised concerns sent home Directors of the Hope Children’s Home at Enmore, East Coast Demerara, yesterday confirmed that the home’s bank account in Guyana was...

Wounded gunman remains hospitalised

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wounded gunman remains hospitalised

As the police continue their investigation into the shooting incident which left a gunman nursing gunshot wounds, they are yet to locate a second suspect. Up to press time yesterday the injured...

ERC engaged 160 communities in Consultations and Strategic Assessment

Jun 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ERC engaged 160 communities in Consultations and Strategic Assessment

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) witnessed high attendances and full participation of stakeholders countrywide at various Consultations which commenced on May 17, 2010. The Commission engaged...

Doctors not convinced of suicide

Jun 06, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Doctors not convinced of suicide

Controversy still surrounds the death of Evelyn Daniels, 63, who was found with her throat slashed on Monday at the Amerindian Hostel, on Princes Street. Earlier reports coming out from the Hostel...

Civic responsibility and reporting broken water main

Jun 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Civic responsibility and reporting broken water main

Dear Editor, Last Wednesday (02-06-10) afternoon I was walking across my village of Mocha-Arcadia when I observed that the six-inch water-main at the Burnham Boulevard ‘four-corner’ was gushing...

Broken criminal justice system needs fixing

Jun 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Broken criminal justice system needs fixing

Dear Editor, “Broken Criminal Justice System Denying Prisoners Their Rights.” This was the front page headline of the 28th May, 2010 and the article carried the comments of Her Honour Madame...

THE RUSAL/GB&GWU INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE: DERELICTION OF DUTY AND BLATANT DISCRIMINATION BY PPP

Jun 06, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE RUSAL/GB&GWU INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE: DERELICTION OF DUTY AND BLATANT DISCRIMINATION BY PPP

NO CONFIDENCE MOTION IN MINISTER OF LABOUR The debate in the National Assembly on Thursday last, (June 3, 2010), on a Motion of No Confidence in the Minister of Labour, Mansoor Nadir, exposed the...

Given the coalition trend in other countries can it be replicated here?

Jun 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Given the coalition trend in other countries can it be replicated here?

Dear Editor, Modern societies are built on science, not idle talk and inactions. In this regards social scientists strive to understand people and society by studying phenomena (i.e. observable...

Another good man lost to the expedience of political hegemony

Jun 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Another good man lost to the expedience of political hegemony

Dear Editor, When the two young police recruits, Paul Slowe and Winston Felix, at their swearing in ceremony pledged to “discharge the duties of their office without favour or affection, malice or...

RHTY&SC honours five more

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC honours five more

Five (5) outstanding Retired Educators with combined teaching experience of 160 years were honoured on Friday last by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) under the annual...

Fitness Paradise to host Health & Fitness Weekend

Jun 06, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Paradise to host Health & Fitness Weekend

Set for Arrowpoint Nature Resort July 24-25 Fitness Paradise Gym, located on the roof of Brandsville Hotel, is committed to lifting the bar when it comes to exercising and being health conscious. The...

The obsession for power and control over the weaker sex transforms men into beasts

Jun 06, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The obsession for power and control over the weaker sex transforms men into beasts

Dear Editor, The drama of death, horrific and brutal continues to unfold as though the script was written in the woman’s blood, inked by man, with a lethal pen. The question had been asked, “Will...