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Two contestants withdraw from Miss World Guyana pageant

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two contestants withdraw from Miss World Guyana pageant

Jovan Wilson and Kelly-Ann Latchman have withdrawn from the Miss World Guyana Pageant. Wilson told this publication that she will no longer be a part of the pageant due to a health related issue...

Cops seek wounded bandit following Supenaam shootout

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek wounded bandit following Supenaam shootout

Police have detained two suspects following Wednesday’s foiled robbery on a businessman at Supenaam, Essequibo. They are also looking for at least three other men, including one who was reportedly...

Father of four found dead in Plaisance trench

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Father of four found dead in Plaisance trench

Shortly after leaving his family’s home in the early hours of yesterday morning to gather Purine leaves for a religious function, the lifeless body of 39-year-old father of four; Bashidae...

AFC MP calls for a more socially grounded Budget

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC MP calls for a more socially grounded Budget

…says a little for everyone is still too little Alliance for Change (AFC) Member of Parliament Valerie Lowe in her 2014 Budget presentation spoke to the social ills afflicting society which she...

Port Kaituma explosion…Minister Benn to tackle marine safety, fuel smuggling in area

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma explosion…Minister Benn to tackle marine safety, fuel smuggling in area

Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn is pursuing measures to deal with maritime safety at Port Kaituma and the issue of handling illegally imported fuel in the area, following Friday’s massive...

Ombudsman’s office capable of conducting effective investigations – Winston Moore

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ombudsman’s office capable of conducting effective investigations – Winston Moore

By Kiana Wilburg Members of the political Opposition have categorically stated that the mere appointment of an Ombudsman is only half of the task. The Opposition has demanded that the Office of the...

Domestic violence victims have no option of recanting evidence against abusers – Chief Magistrate

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Domestic violence victims have no option of recanting evidence against abusers – Chief Magistrate

The tug-o-war between the judicial system and scores of domestic violence victims who often beg pardon for their abusers will soon end as a senior Magistrate recently alluded that the courts will be...

Don’t Settle for Beans and Rice

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Don’t Settle for Beans and Rice

One time, I received a letter from a young couple. They had both been raised in low-income families. All they saw modeled growing up was lack and struggle. Their families had accepted this lifestyle,...

Consultancy and its many issues

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Consultancy and its many issues

It is becoming clearer every day that people are only paying lip service to the concept of engaging qualified local consultants. Local consultants are reportedly faced with conditions and demands...

Prisoner stabbed by inmate…“My attacker is not mentally ill”

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner stabbed by inmate…“My attacker is not mentally ill”

Terry Joseph, the prisoner who was stabbed to his upper chest by another inmate around 13:30 hrs last Thursday said that his attacker is not mentally ill, but dangerous. Joseph remains hospitalized...

MOH hosts health fair to raise Autism awareness

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MOH hosts health fair to raise Autism awareness

The Ministry of Health, (MOH) has embarked on a two day health fair aimed at sensitizing the public on Autism and other health issues. As such, several booths offering free health care services to...

From the Diaspora… Robbing Tourists in Guyana; Jagdeo Trial Balloon and Idiotic Journalists

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora… Robbing Tourists in Guyana; Jagdeo Trial Balloon and Idiotic Journalists

By Ralph Seeram I saw the photograph and I immediately felt sick to my stomach. I got very angry at whoever the moron was that published and broadcast that revolting picture of the teenager hanging...

Mahaicony poisoning tragedy…Police to send file to DPP for advice

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaicony poisoning tragedy…Police to send file to DPP for advice

The police are in the process of preparing a file to send to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali- Hack for advice pertaining to the case involving the killing of two children by...

Budget 2014 lacks vision and details

Apr 06, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Budget 2014 lacks vision and details

(Taken from the presentation by Dr. Veerasammy Ramayya MP) In his presentation of the 2014 National budget, the Finance Minister informed the National Assembly and the people of this country that...

Sunday Cartoon

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Tourists get ‘impressive’ GTA welcome

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tourists get ‘impressive’ GTA welcome

Kudos are in order for the employees of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), who managed to pull off an impressive breakfast welcoming ceremony for over 34 tourists arriving from the United Kingdom,...

‘Maira & the Jaguar people’ film to focus on preservation of the Amerindian language

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Maira & the Jaguar people’ film to focus on preservation of the Amerindian language

In an effort to promote the restoration and preservation of the Amerindian language and cultural heritage, Conservation International and Iwokrama have partnered with the ‘Maira & the Jaguar...

Housing and You…The banks and that Letter of Assurance

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…The banks and that Letter of Assurance

By Leonard Gildarie This week I received two emails from readers. One from overseas asked how to apply for a remigrant house lot. The other had to do with the timely processing of transports. With...

COUNTRYMAN – Stories about life in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on COUNTRYMAN – Stories about life in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective

NORTH WEST PEPPERPOT! By Dennis A. Nichols Guyana’s North West region – a vast area of heavily-forested highland and sand hills, pristine beaches, (including our world-famous Shell Beach),...

David Hinds plays the race card with the police brutality problem

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on David Hinds plays the race card with the police brutality problem

Dear Editor, David Hinds’ letter titled “Police brutality is a reflection of our larger ethno-racial problem” (KN, March 24, 2014) is a volatile piece of writing in a racial volcano of a...

The government and the Opposition are opposite poles

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The government and the Opposition are opposite poles

When a leader says one thing the people listen. After all he is leader and he knows best. But more often than not, when a leader says one thing the people he leads see something else. The United...

GPHC staff in Blood Donation drive

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC staff in Blood Donation drive

The Speaker is the man of the moment

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Speaker is the man of the moment

The Minister of Finance is usually the central figure under the spotlight during the presentation and the debates over the country’s National Budget. It is the Minister of Finance who tables the...

Pandemonium in the Honourable House

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pandemonium in the Honourable House

Dear Editor, As a proud, patriotic Guyanese, I had hoped that the pandemonium in the Honourable House witnessed on Friday, April 4 was a thing of the distant past. I’ve seen men and women, whose...

Civil Society Organisations have crucial role in supporting HIV fight, says Activist

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Civil Society Organisations have crucial role in supporting HIV fight, says Activist

The fight against one of the most chronic diseases, HIV, is certainly not one that Health Ministries across the world can engage alone. In fact, for many years the struggle has seen support from many...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more