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UNFPA advocates for ‘right investment’ in people

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UNFPA advocates for ‘right investment’ in people

While the massive increase in the world’s population can be viewed in many ways as a success for humanity, not everyone has benefited from this achievement or a higher quality of life...

Freddie replies to Al Creighton

Nov 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie replies to Al Creighton

Dear Editor, I hereby offer my reply to Mr. Al Creighton’s letter, which showers praise on the former Organizing Secretary, Mr. Godfrey Adams, and has a prolonged attack on me as the Vice Chairman...

Teen scolded for tattoo, runs away from home

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen scolded for tattoo, runs away from home

– youngest sibling goes on hunger strike Suzette Piggott, the mother of 14-year-old Jamela Piggott, a Dolphin Secondary School student is afraid that something bad might have...

Men’s Affairs Bureau focusing on halting violence against women and girls

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Men’s Affairs Bureau focusing on halting violence against women and girls

“We live in turbulent times. Times when the very fabric of our society is being threatened by forces that can be classified as animalistic and barbaric, it seems like we have lost our...

The campaign season that came and went

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on The campaign season that came and went

By Leon Suseran INTRODUCTION Perhaps one of the most interesting elections campaign season has just come to an end. After nearly two months of campaigning, the political parties can now...

Dawn of a new era?

Nov 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dawn of a new era?

Dear Editor, Monday, November 28th must be the dawn of a new era. This nation has suffered too much and the people severely abused and deprived for us to continue business as usual. It is time to...

Be peacemakers during this elections season

Nov 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Be peacemakers during this elections season

Dear Editor, I write you with a message that is one for all Guyanese. Today our nation will once again have the opportunity to voice its opinion on which group of persons it sees best suited to take...

Security Service for Housing Ministry attracts $32M

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Security Service for Housing Ministry attracts $32M

Bids for the Provision of Security Service under the Ministry of Housing and Water were opened Tuesday by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB). There...

Education Ministry launches manual to promote safe schools

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry launches manual to promote safe schools

The Education Ministry on Wednesday launched a Protocol for Safe and Secure Schools. The 35-page manual spells out the way forward in maintaining safe and conducive learning...

Toolsie Persaud Limited begins holiday season with paint donations

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Toolsie Persaud Limited begins holiday season with paint donations

Hardware giant Toolsie Persaud Limited launched its Christmas season this year with donations to two prominent entities last week. The beneficiaries were the Kennard Memorial Cricket...

TODAY IS THE DAY

Nov 28, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TODAY IS THE DAY

Sometime during today, if you turn on your radio, one of the most knowledgeable Guyanese on cricket will remind you about the significance of today, November 28. He will no doubt inform...

Who should I vote for today?

Nov 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who should I vote for today?

Dear Editor, Mr. Seeram stated some facts accurately but misguidedly positioned them as substantiation of his political opinion. Unfortunately, Mr. Seeram’s selection of facts reflects his clear...

As people of faith let’s pray for peace and oneness

Nov 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on As people of faith let’s pray for peace and oneness

Dear Editor, THE New Jersey Arya Samaj/Guyana Central Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission, Inc., calls on all our Religious Leaders, people of faith, brothers and sisters of our nation to intone their...

VIDE-HOS AND REBUTTALS

Nov 28, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on VIDE-HOS AND REBUTTALS

My uncle Bem was not noted for his sense of humour. He was a stern-faced man who ran a recreation club in the village of Carapichaima in central Trinidad. In fact, even though he...

Democracy in Action

Nov 28, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Democracy in Action

Guyana goes to the polls! No matter how “alienated” the pollsters have pronounced the Guyanese electorate has become, it is our considered opinion that voters will be coming out in their numbers...

AFC claims 135 polling station agents locked out at Region Five

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC claims 135 polling station agents locked out at Region Five

Contesting party in the November 28, 2011 General Elections, Alliance for Change (AFC) has expressed grave concerns towards what they call an unjust locking out of its Polling Agents. The...

Few hiccups at East Bank Demerara polling stations

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Few hiccups at East Bank Demerara polling stations

East Bank Demerara residents turned out in their numbers to exercise their democratic right at several polling stations including the Diamond Secondary and Primary Schools, Herstelling...

Two presiding officers sacked on the spot

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two presiding officers sacked on the spot

Kervin Crawford, Election Agent of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), said, today, “So far we’re having a fair turnout”. She added that the party encountered some hiccups in the...

Confusion mars Ramotar vote

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Confusion mars Ramotar vote

It was no smooth sailing for Donald Ramotar, the Presidential Candidate of the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic, when he went to cast his ballot at the Plaisance Polling Station,...

Opposition call in OAS observer over polling day campaigning by PPP/C

Nov 28, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition call in OAS observer over polling day campaigning by PPP/C

Election agents of A Partnership for National Unity in Region Nine engaged the attention of international observers over the reported campaigning by People’s Progressive...

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Groups, schedule announced for One Guyana 3×3 Quest

Desecration, Disrespectful, and Disgraceful

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The solemnity of Babu Jaan, a site meant to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Cheddi... more