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Bandits storm Soesdyke Post Office

Jun 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits storm Soesdyke Post Office

Police are hunting two gunmen who carted off some $1.5 million from the Soesdyke Post Office yesterday while robbing patrons inside the building. The duo escaped from the robbery scene in a heavily...

Arsonists torch excavation equipment

Jun 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Arsonists torch excavation equipment

….acts are regular occurrence A piece of excavating machinery owned by Peter Lewis, General Construction was torched beyond repair sometime around 20:00 hrs on Wednesday night. He is sure it...

Today is June 6. Do you know the significance?

Jun 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Today is June 6. Do you know the significance?

I have repeatedly warned my only child not to see the movie, “Sometimes in April.” As a teacher in philosophy, I used to show it to my UG students each year. Even though I believe the average...

Health Minister insists “we are not alarmed…”

Jun 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister insists “we are not alarmed…”

– as more suspected cases of Chikungunya virus surface “We are not alarmed, we are prepared,” said Minister of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran, of the infiltration of the Chikungunya virus in...

World Bank approves US$21M for Demerara conservancy

Jun 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank approves US$21M for Demerara conservancy

– project also targeting poor math results The World Bank has approved US$21M to help fight flooding on the coast and introduce systems to raise the levels in the country’s Mathematics...

A month of outages for E’bo Coast as engine goes down for overhaul

Jun 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on A month of outages for E’bo Coast as engine goes down for overhaul

Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has announced a month of scheduled outages for residents along the Essequibo coast as a critical engine went down for overhaul. According to the company, the...

Some public servants still to be paid

Jun 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Some public servants still to be paid

Contractors working on Specialty hospital for free The Alliance For Change questioned the contract for the construction of the Specialty Hospital. Later, it questioned the financing of the works...

A fallen pole

Jun 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on A fallen pole

This pole, in Little Diamond Squatting Area, EBD, came crashing down yesterday, cutting power to the entire community. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

The evil within the police

Jun 06, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The evil within the police

The incredible has now become the norm when citizens contemplate the behavior of members of the Guyana Police Force. Not one week passes without another revelation about serious allegations...

UNSCIENTIFIC AND ONEROUS

Jun 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on UNSCIENTIFIC AND ONEROUS

The last time I checked, I still had my birth certificate issued in the then British Guiana, now independent Guyana. Why should this document now be invalidated for the purposes when applying for the...

American School hosts Science fair

Jun 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on American School hosts Science fair

The Georgetown International Academy (GIA) commonly known as the “American School” last week held its annual Science Fair. The fair showcased various “scientific” projects from students...

Guyanese is Purcellville’s (Virginia) first Black Mayor

Jun 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese is Purcellville’s (Virginia) first Black Mayor

Kwasi Fraser is the newest Mayor of Purcellville. With his 868 votes in the May 6 town elections, Fraser, a Guyanese, defeated Vice-Mayor J. Keith Melton to become the town’s first black Mayor....

Two brothers chop fisherman over $1000

Jun 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two brothers chop fisherman over $1000

An argument over $1000 has landed one man at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) nursing several chops about his body and another in police custody. Naresh Balkissoon, 34, of Mon Repos,...

Timehri Backlands murder…Taxi driver among 3 to testify as PI continues

Jun 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Timehri Backlands murder…Taxi driver among 3 to testify as PI continues

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of a female taxi driver who was earlier this year found dead in a clump of bushes, one mile from Jubilee Fun Park and Resort, Timehri, East Bank Demerara,...

What could be bigger than Local Government Elections?

Jun 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on What could be bigger than Local Government Elections?

Dear Editor, The General Secretary of the PPP/C, in his recent press briefing, said that, citizens are more concerned about bigger issues like the anti-money laundering bill than local government...

Can Donald Ramotar and the PPP/C be any more naive?

Jun 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can Donald Ramotar and the PPP/C be any more naive?

Dear Editor, With the recent uproar by Donald Ramotar and his Maharajahs, about the efforts of combined Opposition in relation to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of...

Ample time for screening new Deputy Chief Elections Officer

Jun 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ample time for screening new Deputy Chief Elections Officer

Dear Editor, Those who would have been paying heed to talk of Local Government Elections would know that the preparedness of the Guyana Elections Commission to conduct same is an important facet....

I owe a debt of gratitude to this extraordinary woman

Jun 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I owe a debt of gratitude to this extraordinary woman

Dear Editor, I would like to acknowledge my debt to an extraordinary woman. Her name is Ms. Maggie Da Silva, a former C.E.O of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry. A woman of par excellence; she...

Gardens and art galleries should be built in the other two counties

Jun 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gardens and art galleries should be built in the other two counties

Dear Editor, Parked at the entrance of the Promenade Gardens was a set of buses from Berbice that had transported school children from that county to behold the beauty and splendor of the...

Police need to stop this noise nuisance in Amsville

Jun 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police need to stop this noise nuisance in Amsville

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to register my disgust about a noise nuisance in Amsville Housing Scheme, commonly known as Forty-one Scheme, with loud music very early in the morning...

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(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

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(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

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(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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Bandits storm Soesdyke Post Office

Arsonists torch excavation equipment

Today is June 6. Do you know the significance?

Health Minister insists “we are not alarmed…”

World Bank approves US$21M for Demerara conservancy

A month of outages for E’bo Coast as engine goes down for overhaul

Some public servants still to be paid

A fallen pole

The evil within the police

UNSCIENTIFIC AND ONEROUS

American School hosts Science fair

Guyanese is Purcellville’s (Virginia) first Black Mayor

Two brothers chop fisherman over $1000

Timehri Backlands murder…Taxi driver among 3 to testify as PI continues

What could be bigger than Local Government Elections?

Can Donald Ramotar and the PPP/C be any more naive?

Ample time for screening new Deputy Chief Elections Officer

I owe a debt of gratitude to this extraordinary woman

Gardens and art galleries should be built in the other two counties

Police need to stop this noise nuisance in Amsville

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