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US$7.5 laptop contract… Questions raised over Auto Supplies owner’s association with Haier

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on US$7.5 laptop contract… Questions raised over Auto Supplies owner’s association with Haier

– local company’s GM represented Chinese supplier at bid opening Patrick Koo, the General Manager of Auto Supplies, represented the Haier company at the opening of bids, but now denies...

Movietowne’s registration…

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News 9

NICIL Deputy’s involvement a blatant conflict of interest – Chris Ram, Ramjattan The role of a senior official of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) in...

Major 2006 plot to kill high profile targets

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Major 2006 plot to kill high profile targets

Leaked US embassy cables reveal… – Ramotar, Brian Tiwari, Roger Khan, Sattaur, Benschop’s juror – execution team headed by ‘Fineman’, McPherson Shortly after controversial talk...

Hold off until talks – GAWU warns

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hold off until talks – GAWU warns

Hiring of foreign managers for Skeldon factory… The country’s main sugar union is calling for government to hold off on placing the US$200M Skeldon factory under foreign management until a full...

Hospital Administrator, Healthcare Provider, Lion, and Counsellor

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hospital Administrator, Healthcare Provider, Lion, and Counsellor

Leila Clarke-Daniels is a ‘Special Person’ “Working here (Psychiatric Hospital), I find, makes you a rounded person, because it’s not just dealing with individuals with health issues, but...

Dem boys seh…Henry de Yellow is a big sucker

Sep 04, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Henry de Yellow is a big sucker

Henry de Yellow must be de biggest sucker in de whole country. When he lost he visa he claim how he didn’t know. And is true. He didn’t know that de Big Man tell de Americans fuh tek it if dem...

Food for thought: Looking For Happiness?

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Food for thought: Looking For Happiness?

When people ask me what I want to do when I grow up, I say, “I want to change the world.” That’s a tough one, don’t you think? In a world full of war, poverty and hatred, it’s definitely...

DPP recommends harsher penalties for repeat simple larceny offenders

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on DPP recommends harsher penalties for repeat simple larceny offenders

Continuous appearances of repeat simple larceny offenders before the Court have left many to wonder if the maximum penalty in Guyana of 18 months imprisonment for the offence is too...

Utter Madness! – Mental health care in Guyana

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News 3

By Crystal Conway ‘Utter Madness!’ would be a fitting description of the state of the professional scene in public mental health care. There are only three doctors in the system to...

Grove residents complain of unauthorised dumping

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Grove residents complain of unauthorised dumping

– dumpsite closed several months Residents of the Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) were forced to erect a barricade on the road leading to the closed...

$19M engineers estimate given for Diamond Fire station

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News 5

– 16 firms express interest After several fires in the vicinity of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, taxpayers will be benefitting from the construction of a...

Crisis at Friendship Secondary School

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News 5

– snake and bat infestations, lack of proper furniture among woes With one more day left before the start of another school year, some schools are not in any...

Residents decry damage to Continental Park access road

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Residents decry damage to Continental Park access road

– blame private housing development works behind Residents of Continental Park, East Bank Demerara, have expressed outrage over the state of their main access...

500 house lots distributed to W.C.D residents

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 500 house lots distributed to W.C.D residents

Some 500 families from the West Coast of Demerara have been allocated house lots as the Ministry of Housing on Friday held yet another successful ‘One Stop Shop’. The event...

Foreign mining company employees held with unlicenced firearm

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign mining company employees held with unlicenced firearm

Police have detained two foreigners in connection with the discovery of an unlicensed revolver and 12 rounds of ammunition. A police statement said that about 16:30hrs yesterday, ranks, acting on...

Maxwell should focus on the PNC’s failure to reform itself

Sep 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maxwell should focus on the PNC’s failure to reform itself

Dear Editor, In genuine democracies, the baton of power passes to another party every two or three election cycles. It is a natural law. In genuine democracies the same party does not win every time,...

One side of the story – CAMS

Sep 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on One side of the story – CAMS

Dear Editor, I wish to make clear the history of Caribbean Aviation Maintenance Services Limited (CAMS) becoming a designated fuel handling agent at Ogle Airport, for the benefit of the public....

And the other side – ASL

Sep 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on And the other side – ASL

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Mr. Christopher Correia’s letter on the chronology of Caribbean Aviation Maintenance Services Limited (CAMS) becoming the designated fuel handling agent at Ogle...

Latest NACTA poll raises more questions

Sep 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Latest NACTA poll raises more questions

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram of NACTA fame did another one of his infamous polls in mid-August 2011. He did one in July 2011. Bisram interviewed 780 voters in July. He questioned only 420 voters in...

There are people in Guyana who can make a difference

Sep 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are people in Guyana who can make a difference

Dear Editor, I am not a member of any political party. I am a born Guyanese and a nationalized American Citizen who is trying to live my life peacefully. But how can I live my life peacefully when I...

Disappointed with GWI

Sep 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disappointed with GWI

Dear Editor, Recently I was shuttled into a state of disbelief and disappointment which thereafter merged to become antipathy towards the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI). My chronicle began three (3)...

Immigration Officers are the first face of a country that you see

Sep 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Immigration Officers are the first face of a country that you see

Dear Editor, I had the good fortune to visit Guyana from Canada for 20 days from August 11. I was surprised to find such a rich and naturally gifted country. One sad thing I noticed was the...

Education for Tomorrow

Sep 04, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Education for Tomorrow

With the beginning of the new school year, the Ministry of Education has launched its “Education Month” programme. It is an ambitious one – under the theme “Transforming Guyana through...

Immigration Talk: What are my rights when dealing with Immigration? (Part 2 of 2)

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration Talk: What are my rights when dealing with Immigration? (Part 2 of 2)

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram Last week, we started to explain your rights when confronted by law enforcement officers and immigration officers. This week, we continue the discussion by focusing...

Here’s to you Mr. President…The (in)famous Hawaii salute

Sep 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Here’s to you Mr. President…The (in)famous Hawaii salute

By Michael Benjamin As the distinguished pastor cruised through the village, his eyes fell upon a tot, not more than two feet tall, at the door of one of the residents. The lad was on tip toe and was...