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Elections Day is Nov. 28

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Elections Day is Nov. 28

November 28 has been proclaimed Elections Day by President Bharrat Jagdeo, putting political contenders in sprint mode to the polls. A total of 475, 489 persons are...

Ramotar pledges to work with opposition if elected

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar pledges to work with opposition if elected

Presidential Candidate Donald Ramotar last evening pledged to work with the opposition if he is elected president under the incumbent PPP/C which is looking for its fifth...

CNS 6 ban postponed

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CNS 6 ban postponed

President Bharrat Jagdeo announced last evening that he would put Channel Six back on the air and implement the four-month ban from December 1. But Channel Six owner Chandranarine...

Beaten bandit dies

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Beaten bandit dies

– cops link suspect to attacks on ‘Rambo’ Gaskin, businessmen The bandit who was nabbed and beaten following last Friday’s attack at the Dutch Bottle Café has succumbed...

Guyana’s oldest man dies at 111

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s oldest man dies at 111

Sonny Hendricks, the oldest known man in Guyana died peacefully in bed at his residence in the Moco-Moco community in the Rupununi early yesterday morning. He was 111-years old. Reports...

Dem boys seh…De madness now start

Oct 10, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De madness now start

De Big Man announce de date fuh elections. Usually that is when de madness deh halfway. This time it ain’t even start. One political party now asking people if dem want guh pun de list and some...

Lawyer mulls new strategies to stem cases backlog

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer mulls new strategies to stem cases backlog

By Latoya Giles “We have to amend our laws to see the appointment of new judges to the judiciary….it is patently obvious that the current legal complement of judges cannot deal with the case load...

Seven air conditioning units budgeted for, six installed

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News 4

– cost of electrical cables overstated by $10,000 each An Engineer’s Estimate for the controversial $69M Corriverton branch of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) had catered for seven...

Seventy percent of world’s fish species fully exploited, depleted – UN

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Seventy percent of world’s fish species fully exploited, depleted – UN

– Oceans are cleared at twice the rate of forests Fishing is central to the livelihood and food security of 200 million people, especially in the developing world, however, marine scientists...

$8M primary school commissioned at Pomeroon

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $8M primary school commissioned at Pomeroon

A school was commissioned on Thursday at Pomeroon, Region Two to the tune of $8M. The school, which is accessible by boat, is located on the Bank of the Nunes Canal, an estuary of the Pomeroon River,...

Berbicians still awaiting return of pontoon service

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbicians still awaiting return of pontoon service

Commuters who use the Berbice River are accusing Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Mr. Robeson Benn of breaking a promise he made to them early last July. Minister Benn had met with angry...

Aspiring pilot builds 18ft plane

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Aspiring pilot builds 18ft plane

– has already made over 100 successful models Self taught with absolutely no guidance except for a few hours online, Troy Roberts yearned to become a pilot. After making more than 100 different...

Den Amstel are champs despite 5-3 loss to Uitvlugt in final game

Oct 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Den Amstel are champs despite 5-3 loss to Uitvlugt in final game

Home team Den Amstel suffered the first and only loss in the final game of the Trophy Stall / West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Under-17 League to Uitvlugt, 5-3, but were still crowned...

Ferrier hits ton, Haslim again among the runs

Oct 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ferrier hits ton, Haslim again among the runs

By Sean Devers Malteenoes Sports Club’s (MSC) Deon Ferrier scored 105, while GCC’s Wasim Haslim followed up his first innings century with an attacking 75 yesterday as MSC took first innings...

Media houses urged to maintain high standards

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Media houses urged to maintain high standards

Years of destructive fractiousness in the media fraternity may be on the verge of ending even as the recognition of common interest is formed into something fruitful and hopefully enduring. ...

Guyana may not reduce maternal mortality rate by 2015

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana may not reduce maternal mortality rate by 2015

Though Guyana has been working towards reducing its maternal mortality rate, from reports there is a possibility that the country may not achieve that United Nations Millennium...

Opposition scoffs at five-minute airtime offer

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition scoffs at five-minute airtime offer

…Carberry calls it ‘height of eye-pass’ Some sections of the political opposition have expressed disgust at the recent offer by the National Communications Network (NCN) to have...

E-Learning for hinterland doctors

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on E-Learning for hinterland doctors

The Health Ministry has taken the decision to disseminate training sessions intended to have doctors located in the hinterland and other outlying communities gain their CME credits...

Residents near Le Repentir breathing easier

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Residents near Le Repentir breathing easier

It’s been ages since persons living near Le Repentir Cemetery could open their windows to catch a breath of fresh air, and without the fear of smoke and flies filling their homes....

Mental health investment an essential poverty elimination strategy

Oct 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mental health investment an essential poverty elimination strategy

– Dr. Leslie Ramsammy Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has spoken out on the lack of investment in mental health for World Mental Health Day on October 10, 2011. He believes...

WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT?

Oct 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT?

Did you hear about the cat that swallowed a ball of wool? She had mittens. What about the cat who drank five bowls of water? She set a new lap record. If you think these are bizarre, consider...

PRUDENT AND APPROPRIATE?

Oct 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PRUDENT AND APPROPRIATE?

This column addresses three assertions made by the main opposition in relation to the suspension of the broadcasting license of CNS 6. The Minister of Information, who happens to be the President,...

It cannot be business as usual when many people go hungry in the midst of plenty

Oct 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on It cannot be business as usual when many people go hungry in the midst of plenty

Dear Editor, An interesting development is taking place in the United States which is downplayed by the mainstream media. That development is the hundreds of Americans who are converging on Wall...

An AFC Government will only purchase desktop computers that are assembled in Guyana

Oct 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on An AFC Government will only purchase desktop computers that are assembled in Guyana

Dear Editor, Our thanks to Nyron Asgar Ali (in a letter published in September, 29) for highlighting both his faith in the Alliance For Change as well as his frustration with our apparent immobility...

Having violent criminals run rampant in our streets is a failure of government

Oct 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Having violent criminals run rampant in our streets is a failure of government

Dear Editor, Exactly one year ago I penned this letter in support of Brigadier (ret.) David Granger. Today one year later I am more convinced that he is the right man for the job. Of all of the...