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Broker urges higher coverage for minibus passengers

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Broker urges higher coverage for minibus passengers

The time has long passed for Government to make changes to the legislation that will see passengers of minibuses and owners of vehicles being offered more protection, a well-known insurance...

Without procurement commission taxpayers suffer – AFC

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Without procurement commission taxpayers suffer – AFC

The Alliance For Change is calling on stakeholders, and most significantly, private sector leaders, to be vocal, vigilant and vehement in demanding that the People’s Progressive Party /Civic...

Schools’ Disarray

Sep 18, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Schools’ Disarray

In what has to be a case of “man bites dog” journalism, it was reported in our Tuesday September 17 edition that parents actually blocked the gates of a school to prevent their children’s...

Twelve countries, 14 Chinese companies for GuyExpo

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Twelve countries, 14 Chinese companies for GuyExpo

This year’s GuyExpo, Guyana’s premier trade fair and exposition will see the participation of a whopping 14 Chinese companies. This is according to Tourism Minister (ag) Irfaan Ali, who,...

THE STONE COUNT

Sep 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE STONE COUNT

There are two related issues in the stone controversy. The first is the dispute over whether there is a shortage of stone on the local market; the second is the right of anyone,...

‘Positive living’ takes centre stage at PLHIV conference

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Positive living’ takes centre stage at PLHIV conference

Aimed at highlighting ways that Persons Living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PLHIV) could better take ownership of their own lives, the Ministry of Health through the National AIDS...

Murder victim’s father praises West Dem. cops

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Murder victim’s father praises West Dem. cops

– police thank residents for cooperation In the midst of stinging criticisms for rising crime, the police, through their actions on the West Coast of Demerara that led to the...

REO meets Port Kaituma teachers

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on REO meets Port Kaituma teachers

– pressing matters gain attention The issues at the Port Kaituma Primary School which forced teachers to stage a sit-in on Monday were reportedly up for discussion yesterday when...

Hinterland Regions benefiting from 100,000-Euro business education project

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Hinterland Regions benefiting from 100,000-Euro business education project

Leaders in the indigenous communities of Regions Eight and Nine have been strategically targeted for edification in the area of business education. This move is being driven by an Education...

Leasing of state lands now computerised

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Leasing of state lands now computerised

In what is being described as a major improvement, Government has announced that it has computerized its land leasing systems to make it more efficient. In announcing the Lease Approval...

An appeal to President Ramotar and Ministers Singh and Manickchand

Sep 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An appeal to President Ramotar and Ministers Singh and Manickchand

In my long career as a newspaper columnist, I have tried to show and prove how unnecessarily backward and primitive Guyana is. I use the word “unnecessary” because in many instances the areas of...

Cops ‘closing in’ on C’tyne murder suspects

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops ‘closing in’ on C’tyne murder suspects

Police in Berbice say they are closing in on the suspects who carried out last Sunday’s robbery that resulted in the death of 70-year-old store owner Abdul Majid of Lot 12 ‘A’, Number 70...

GDF Change of Command parade… “Stand strong and hold your ground”

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GDF Change of Command parade… “Stand strong and hold your ground”

– Best advises successor “Your greatest test is not where you stand in the good moments, but where you stand in challenge and controversy,” this was the advice of former...

US jails Colombian who shipped coke to Guyana

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US jails Colombian who shipped coke to Guyana

Washington DC – Jose Maria Corredor-Ibague, aka “Boyaco,” a high-level drug trafficker and supporter of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), has been sentenced in...

St Roses/ St Agnes “war over space” soon to be over – Education Ministry

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on St Roses/ St Agnes “war over space” soon to be over – Education Ministry

After much criticism and two picketing exercises by students of St. Agnes Primary School and their parents over the space occupied in the main building of St. Rose’s High School, it appears that a...

Watchman accused of selling drugs while on duty at Pharmacy

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Watchman accused of selling drugs while on duty at Pharmacy

A watchman was allegedly busted by ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) for selling marijuana while on duty at a Pharmacy. According to the allegations, Rajindra Rowtie, 29, of Lot...

‘Sir’ Chandra on assault, threatening language charges

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News 2

Prominent school principal, Bernard Chandra, appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, charged with assault and using threatening language. The ABC...

Police seize two illegal guns in separate city incidents

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police seize two illegal guns in separate city incidents

As crime threatens to get out of control, the police appear to be turning up the heat on criminals in the city, confiscating two illegal .38 revolvers in three hours. One of the weapons...

‘Frog Eye’ wanted for shopkeeper’s murder

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Frog Eye’ wanted for shopkeeper’s murder

Police have issued a bulletin for Keifa Small called ‘Frog Eye’, one of the main suspects in Monday’s shootout at Meten Meer Zorg, West Coast Demerara that left his alleged accomplice...

Businessman accused of assaulting Jerries Manager

Sep 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman accused of assaulting Jerries Manager

Businessman John Pyneandy, has been charged for assaulting a Jerries Snackette Manager. Pyneandy, of Water and Barrack Streets, Kingston, pleaded not guilty to the allegations of...

There have been other provocations by Venezuela

Sep 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on There have been other provocations by Venezuela

Dear Editor, With the recent military encroachment of armed Venezuelan soldiers of the sovereign territory of Guyana at Eteringbang, it is crucially important that our political and military leaders...

Let’s start working together

Sep 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s start working together

Dear Editor, May I take this opportunity to ask President Donald Ramotar to remember that although the political opposition would like to replace the People‘s Progressive Party/Civic in government...

GPL could curtail its losses

Sep 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL could curtail its losses

Dear Editor, Reading the reports about GPL and the fight against electricity loss and theft during the past week in KN and SN, I come to the conclusion that the officials are hell bent on trying to...

Response to Freddie, Adam and Greenidge

Sep 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Response to Freddie, Adam and Greenidge

Dear Editor, I write to respond to three different pieces all appearing in KN Sep 15. My friend Freddie says he will never live in Norway although he won’t mind if his daughter immigrates...

A time nothing to say farewell

Sep 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A time nothing to say farewell

Dear Editor, A third judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is going into retirement and so far only three jurisdictions, Guyana, Barbados and Belize, have accepted the regional court...

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Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more