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NY Mandir gives $2M in assistance to charitable entities

Feb 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NY Mandir gives $2M in assistance to charitable entities

Little Shereen Ally is seven years old. She cannot speak, read, write, walk and she cannot move her body without assistance. She is bedridden and has been living at the Hope Children’s Home located...

Kwakwani woman in court for husband’s death

Feb 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Kwakwani woman in court for husband’s death

39-year-old Rehannah Trotz was remanded to prison yesterday by Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court, when she appeared to answer a charge related to the death of her...

Old Year’s Night murder…Two more witnesses testify as PI continues

Feb 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Old Year’s Night murder…Two more witnesses testify as PI continues

Two more witnesses were yesterday called to testify on behalf of the prosecution as the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of 20-year-old Carlissa Matthews continued at the Georgetown...

CANU wants Dawn Roberts

Feb 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CANU wants Dawn Roberts

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) is seeking information on Dawn Roberts. The woman, who operates a shop at 9 North Road, Bourda, is wanted in connection with a cocaine found at the Cheddi Jagan...

“DIS TIME NAH LANG TIME”

Feb 12, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on “DIS TIME NAH LANG TIME”

The BBC recently aired a radio show in which various guests discussed certain values that were once held in high esteem long ago, but which seem to have fallen out of favour. The list includes not...

Disadvantaged youths to benefit from SKYE project donation

Feb 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Disadvantaged youths to benefit from SKYE project donation

For many at-risk youths, workforce development training is the key to gaining the necessary skills to enter the workforce and become productive, earning members of society, according to Executive...

Commissioning service of Standard Officers’ Course…Ensigns receive stirring lesson on integrity, morale

Feb 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Commissioning service of Standard Officers’ Course…Ensigns receive stirring lesson on integrity, morale

By Zena Henry “You are the salt and light of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF),” was the profound statement that led the message delivered to a gathering of top army officials, soldiers,...

Ex-con asks Magistrate for time to “res’ up”, gets nine months

Feb 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-con asks Magistrate for time to “res’ up”, gets nine months

After showering a city Magistrate with a stream of charming compliments and begging for leniency, a 45-year-old ex-convict was yesterday sentenced to nine months imprisonment after he admitted to...

Finding a ground of commonality

Feb 12, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Finding a ground of commonality

One of the perennial bones of contention in our society has been the seeming inability of our people to find a ground of commonality that would allow us to see ourselves as one people; one nation and...

Labourer in court for gun, ammo

Feb 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer in court for gun, ammo

A 24-year-old labourer is now a remanded prisoner after he was brought before the courts to be indicted for a gun and matching ammunition to which he allegedly led police ranks. The charge of...

Frank Anthony’s brush with Ruel Johnson

Feb 12, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Frank Anthony’s brush with Ruel Johnson

Dear Editor, Ruel Johnson has been relentlessly like a thorn in the side of Minister of Culture Frank Anthony via his missives in our dallies, lambasting both the Government and more so the Minister...

The British Common law precludes Ramotar from withholding is assent

Feb 12, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The British Common law precludes Ramotar from withholding is assent

Dear Editor, I am going to have to repeat my previous submission, since in related matters it is not being applied and I believe that it should. Our constitution tells us at Article 9 that...

Leadership change is urgently needed to save Guyana

Feb 12, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leadership change is urgently needed to save Guyana

Dear Editor, In any country, organization or institution that is performing poorly, the most important cause is almost always lack of leadership or incompetency, or both. History is replete with...

Why couldn’t Hinds be the presidential candidate for the ppp?

Feb 12, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why couldn’t Hinds be the presidential candidate for the ppp?

Dear Editor, I refer to Dr. Vishnu Bisram’s letter titled, “It will be impossible for Hinds to win the presidential nomination when party stalwarts could not do it” (SN Jan. 31st). Dr. Bisram...

Businesses need to see prudent management of the economy

Feb 12, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Businesses need to see prudent management of the economy

Dear Editor, We the business people of Guyana are faced with some difficult situations which we would like to bring to the attention of the powers that be. As we are all aware, our national economy...

Calvin Benn clears the air

Feb 12, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Calvin Benn clears the air

Dear Editor, I appeared before the Public Accounts Committee on 3rd February, 2014 to give account for the Stewardship of the Accounting Officer in relation to matters raised in the 2011 Auditor...

International blacklisting looms as Guyana misses FATF deadline

Feb 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on International blacklisting looms as Guyana misses FATF deadline

The Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) will today conclude its International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG) in Paris, France but Guyana has failed to debate or vote for the Anti Money Laundering and...

Charles Ramson paid $1.2M a month as Commissioner of Information

Feb 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Charles Ramson paid $1.2M a month as Commissioner of Information

…revised project deadline for E-Governance announced The Guyana Government pays Senior Counsel, Charles Ramson Snr, the former Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, in excess of $1.2M, as...

Terror threat phone call came from Barbados

Feb 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Terror threat phone call came from Barbados

– plane lands safely in the US Authorities will keep security high at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) for the next few days in the wake of a reported threat to sabotage a...

Lethem residents must pay electricity rates hike – PM

Feb 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem residents must pay electricity rates hike – PM

Government is standing its ground that Region Nine must pay electricity rates increases that were announced back in January. The issue has pitted Lethem, a community bordering Brazil, and a number of...

Opposition calls President’s “bluff” over possible general polls

Feb 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition calls President’s “bluff” over possible general polls

By: Zena Henry Opposition parties are not convinced that the bitter spat over this year’s budget will spur on general elections. In fact, Alliance for Change (AFC) Leader Khemraj Ramjattan is...

Dem boys seh…Govt don’t want de Bill pass, dem fuss going to jail

Feb 11, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Govt don’t want de Bill pass, dem fuss going to jail

De biggest thing facing Guyana is de anti-money laundering Bill. This Bill been in de system fuh 13 years, throughout de time when Jagdeo was president. Dem pass de Bill in parliament, but was like...

NAGICO Regional Super50 cricket…Bajans beat Leewards by 4 wickets, face Guyana Malta Supreme in 2nd Semi-final

Feb 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAGICO Regional Super50 cricket…Bajans beat Leewards by 4 wickets, face Guyana Malta Supreme in 2nd Semi-final

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In Association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Giftland Office Max, Payless Variety Store & Leisure Inn & Car Rentals Barbados topped zone ‘B’ with a 4-wicket...

4 nation Caribbean boxing championships…Final countdown as local pugilists gear up for fistic duties

Feb 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 4 nation Caribbean boxing championships…Final countdown as local pugilists gear up for fistic duties

The days are ticking down to hours; the hours to minutes and the minutes to seconds as Guyanese boxers get ready to reassert their dominance on the Caribbean platform when they square off with their...

Shuffler’s 75th birth anniversary volleyball extravaganza deemed a success

Feb 11, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shuffler’s 75th birth anniversary volleyball extravaganza deemed a success

The Guyana Volleyball Federation –organised Extravaganza, which was held to commemorate the 75th birth anniversary of outgoing President Lenox Shuffler, was deemed a success according to feedback...

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Deeply concerned about political dysfunction in society

Dear Editor The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is deeply concerned about the political dysfunction in society that is... more