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If the Government gags the media, the people are next

Jun 15, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on If the Government gags the media, the people are next

My column has always been from an observer’s point-of-view. I have long been an observer of Guyana on many fronts, but especially concerning the social and political issues. I have written numerous...

US trafficking in persons report is ‘crap’ – Govt.

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on US trafficking in persons report is ‘crap’ – Govt.

The government yesterday reacted angrily to Guyana being placed on the Tier 2 Watch List of the US government annual report on trafficking in persons. “We are friends with the US, but this kind of...

Slain Patentia Secondary School lad laid to rest

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Slain Patentia Secondary School lad laid to rest

…police awaiting Doctor’s report on PM Residents of Patentia, a West Bank Demerara community, were in a very solemn mood yesterday as one of its youngest members who was killed under questionable...

Police Sergeant remains in custody over armed robbery allegation

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Police Sergeant remains in custody over armed robbery allegation

Up to press time yesterday, Police Sergeant, Rajendra Major, remained in police custody as investigators await advice from the Director of Public Prosecution. In the meantime, sources close to the...

Govt. never purged State apparatus hence source of corruption- Ramotar

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Govt. never purged State apparatus hence source of corruption- Ramotar

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Donald Ramotar, whilst conceding that there is some level of corruption in Guyana, has said that it is blown out of proportion. He also seated...

Chlorine gas leak at GWI’s Shelter Belt

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Chlorine gas leak at GWI’s Shelter Belt

– no danger to nearby residents says water company Residents of Bel Air Park, Georgetown have complained that a chlorine leak at the Guyana Water Inc. Shelter Belt occurred sometime between...

Dem boys seh …Hotel try fuh mek foreign women sex slaves

Jun 15, 2010 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem boys seh …Hotel try fuh mek foreign women sex slaves

When people go to a strange place dem like to walk about suh that when dem lef dem can seh that dem see de place. People does go pun vacation just fuh walk li’l bit and tell de world that dem been...

Questions abound over the purchase of $19m boat for Police

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Questions abound over the purchase of $19m boat for Police

– Home Affairs Ministry, Police tightlipped Just who is responsible for dealing with the botched $19M purchase of a river craft allocated to the Guyana Police Force Maritime Unit? This question...

Linden woman gears to release first book

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Linden woman gears to release first book

The love affair started when she was a little girl, oblivious to the cares of this world. She would become lost in her own, experiencing the joys, contentment and total fulfillment that only true...

Beni Sankar elected head of aquaculture association

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Beni Sankar elected head of aquaculture association

Businessman, Beni Sankar, is the new President of the National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) following the body’s fourth Annual General Meeting last week. According to a statement from...

Sugar, charcoal, rum production up significantly

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Sugar, charcoal, rum production up significantly

– bauxite, forestry down By Leonard Gildarie The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is reporting that Guyana’s production for the first quarter of this year is showing steady signs of...

Gun robberies in Berbice decrease

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Gun robberies in Berbice decrease

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Commander of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force, Assistant Commissioner Steve Merai is assuring Berbicians that crime is on the decrease. But many residents...

Wakenaam gets $35M excavator

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Wakenaam gets $35M excavator

Wakenaam’s drainage and irrigation infrastructure yesterday received a major boost after Government handed over a $35M long-reach excavator. A $24M drainage structure at Amersfoort was also...

Terry Bacchus’s relatives deny removing assets

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Terry Bacchus’s relatives deny removing assets

The battle for the multi-million dollar estate of executed businessman, Terry Bacchus, is continuing, with Bacchus’s relatives denying claims of removing assets and collecting monies which he had...

Guyana examines regional ‘fast ferry’ service

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Guyana examines regional ‘fast ferry’ service

Guyana is examining the possibilities of introducing a regional ‘fast ferry’ service to Guyana that would greatly reduce the dependency on air transport. Already, a consultancy firm, Footprints...

US-based cocaine trafficker jailed, fined $5.4M

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on US-based cocaine trafficker jailed, fined $5.4M

Ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit have yet again made another interception of cocaine destined for the United States of America. According to reports, around 14:00 hours on Saturday, at the...

US places Guyana on Tier 2 Watch List for Trafficking in Persons

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on US places Guyana on Tier 2 Watch List for Trafficking in Persons

Guyana has been ranked on the Tier 2 Watch List on the annual report on Trafficking in Persons prepared by the United States Department of State. The 2010 report, released yesterday, names Guyana as...

Victim refuses to testify, stepfather freed of carnal knowledge charge

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Victim refuses to testify, stepfather freed of carnal knowledge charge

Kurt Fontinlen, 44, a man accused of having carnal knowledge of his 13 year old stepdaughter, yesterday walked out of court a free man because the victim did not wish to offer any further evidence...

Man remanded on gunpoint robbery charge

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Man remanded on gunpoint robbery charge

One of the two men who allegedly tried to rob businessman, Oudit Seenarine, has been remanded to prison after he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown...

Guyana Appeal for Bahamian Supreme Court on Thursday

Jun 15, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Appeal for Bahamian Supreme Court on Thursday

With the growing fears that Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana will stand to lose its entire investment in the Bahamas, there is a sense of renewed hope among some as the matter will be...

The WPA: Aging deceivers or aging revolutionaries?

Jun 15, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The WPA: Aging deceivers or aging revolutionaries?

There is an old saying – you have to know when to quit. It applies to most things. If you were once great, bow out before you get old, persist in doing what nature prevents you from so doing,...

TEN MORE JUDGES NEEDED!

Jun 15, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TEN MORE JUDGES NEEDED!

The new Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad- Bissessar, was quoted as saying that the criminal justice system was over-burdened, overwhelmed and under-resourced. She was speaking...

GRFU REDUCES NATIONAL SQUAD TO 19

Jun 15, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GRFU REDUCES NATIONAL SQUAD TO 19

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday released the names of 19 players to continue preparations for the upcoming CAC Games which will be staged, at the National Stadium on July 24-25....

Champ Squires on show today

Jun 15, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Champ Squires on show today

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association has released the fixtures for today’s round of matches in the GBTI Open Tournament which is set to continue at the Bank’s Sports Club. In Men’s...

Kings crowned LABA League Champions

Jun 15, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Kings crowned LABA League Champions

– reign supreme after low-scoring final Kings dominated Wismar Pistons with a strong second half offensive performance to ensure that they are crowned the Linden Amateur Basketball Association...

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The quandary of the Guyanese electorate

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