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From blunder to blunder

Apr 04, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on From blunder to blunder

The government keeps blundering from mistake to mistake. Sadly, though, when these mistakes are highlighted the persons highlighting these mistakes are roundly abused as an opposition element....

Caribbean Auditors General to share experience

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Auditors General to share experience

– Plan to reduce wastage of public funds Audit offices across the Caribbean will be collaborating to share experiences, particularly in the area of revenue collection, to enhance...

Mother Martha celebrates 102nd birthday

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mother Martha celebrates 102nd birthday

By Leon Suseran One of Berbice’s centenarians, Martha Bunwarie, of Number 64 Village, Corentyne, turned 102 yesterday. ‘Mother Martha’ as she is popularly called throughout the Upper...

Kites for the less fortunate

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kites for the less fortunate

Georgetown Stabroek Lions Club on Saturday distributed kites to 150 children in Werk-en-Rust with a focus on the Leopold Street community. It also distributed 25 kites to children...

Canje Bridge is deteriorating

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Canje Bridge is deteriorating

Motorists in Berbice are not happy with the current state of the Canje River Bridge. The structure is badly damaged where the sections of the bridge are joined. There are growing craters at...

Phagwah in Barbados

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Phagwah in Barbados

The Guyanese community in Barbados did not miss out on the traditional Phagwah celebrations. They came out in their numbers to celebrate in their adopted homeland. Holi activities on the island were...

Dissatisfied sex mate steals from customer, lands in jail

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dissatisfied sex mate steals from customer, lands in jail

After she was solicited for casual sex by an overseas-based Guyanese, who later refused to pay her for services rendered, an unemployed mother of two faced Magistrate Suanna Lovell on a...

Man dies while preparing for niece’s wake

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies while preparing for niece’s wake

Nankumar Puran, also called ‘Nose’ or ‘Renny’ lost his life during the preparations for his niece Vashti’s wake, yesterday. The child died earlier in the day after a sudden...

Infant ‘accidentally’ kicked by father

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Infant ‘accidentally’ kicked by father

– Suffers fractured skull A three-week-old baby suffered a fractured skull after being mistakenly kicked by his father late Wednesday night. The infant, Shemar Yankana was rushed...

Unlicenced gun lands man in jail

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Unlicenced gun lands man in jail

A 21-year-old construction worker has been remanded to prison on a charge of being an unlicenced firearm holder. Darwin Harding, a resident of Lot 1 Laing Avenue, denied having the .38...

$6.3M robbery…Apprehended gunman admits tailing Lethem businesswoman

Apr 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $6.3M robbery…Apprehended gunman admits tailing Lethem businesswoman

The gunman who was apprehended minutes after he and his accomplice robbed a Lethem businesswoman of $6.3M on Tuesday evening last, has admitted that they had been following her. The incident occurred...

The antiquated way of using documents for identification needs to be reviewed

Apr 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The antiquated way of using documents for identification needs to be reviewed

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to respond to Ms. Lyken-Ramdial’s reply of April 3 to Mr. Craig. Ms. Lyken-Ramdial, like so many people in Guyana, misses the point of identification. I have...

Are Guyanese witnessing an evolving dictatorship?

Apr 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are Guyanese witnessing an evolving dictatorship?

DEAR EDITOR: The type of governance being exercised by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has been described by its chief spokesperson as “Democratic Centralism”. However, after taking...

Raising fees at the University of Guyana

Apr 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Raising fees at the University of Guyana

Dear Editor: The recent public address by the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Jacob Opadeyi, has brought into focus the business of tertiary education. Professor...

How the PPP and PNC have damaged the Guyanese psyche and morality

Apr 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on How the PPP and PNC have damaged the Guyanese psyche and morality

DEAR EDITOR: There are three grave tragedies of the Guyanese condition created or magnified by our divisive politics since 1950. One is the scourge of racism and ethnic polarization....

Wakenaam’s wakeup call but does it matter?

Apr 04, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Wakenaam’s wakeup call but does it matter?

I am fond of the island of Wakenaam. That is where my wife has her roots. Though born in Wortmanville, her parents were from there. She spent her school holidays there every year with...