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NGSA results set for official release today

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NGSA results set for official release today

The identity of the top performing candidate at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) will be revealed today by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand. This publication has been able to...

Shot 19-year-old accused of stealing GT&T cable

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shot 19-year-old accused of stealing GT&T cable

…victim says he was targeted A 19-year-old man is in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Co. (GPHC) after he was shot in the chest during the alleged theft of Guyana Telephone...

Local government a vital aspect of a working democracy – forum hears

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local government a vital aspect of a working democracy – forum hears

The role of local government in a democratic system of governance was highlighted on Tuesday, as officials of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) sought to enlighten members of the public on...

Bandits hit Campbellville Post Office

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hit Campbellville Post Office

The Campbellville Post Office was yesterday robbed of $1.3 Million by an armed bandit around 8:35 hours. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Guyana Post Office Corporation Telesha Whyte said that...

Dynamic Airways hosts’ job fair for flight attendant

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dynamic Airways hosts’ job fair for flight attendant

A 50-member Guyanese operating team will be chosen from 300-plus applications received for flight attendant positions on United States-based airline, Dynamic Airways. The airline, which is aiming to...

Man dies of suspected Chikungunya complications

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies of suspected Chikungunya complications

While the local Ministry of Health has not confirmed any deaths resulting from complications associated with the Chikungunya virus, suspicions have arisen that suggest that there has been at least...

Region Two councilors target shortcomings

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two councilors target shortcomings

Regional councillors representing the various political parties got the opportunity to interface with heads of departments in Region Two, at a specially convened meeting, organized by the Region Two...

Travelspan executives to meet in Guyana

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Travelspan executives to meet in Guyana

…seek to add more planes to route Returning airline, Travelspan, is seeking to add more planes to the Guyana/New York route. The company in a public missive said that it is seeking to make...

Unused IFMAS modules will make for easier, efficient audits – AG Sharma

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Unused IFMAS modules will make for easier, efficient audits – AG Sharma

By Gary Eleazar Should the two unused modules of the Integrated Financial Management and Accounting System (IFMAS) be operationalised, it will certainly make for an easier and more efficient audit of...

Guyanese among several Caribbean nationals to receive honorary doctorates

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese among several Caribbean nationals to receive honorary doctorates

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The University of the West Indies (UWI) says it will confer honorary doctorates on 20 people, among them, President of Trinidad and Tobago, Anthony Carmona and Grenada’s...

PM’s son to make submissions in wounding case

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PM’s son to make submissions in wounding case

The court yesterday granted an application to allow the defence and Prosecution involved in the case of the embattled Prime Minister’s son to make closing submissions next week. Samuel Hinds Jnr....

What did the outgoing US Ambassador accomplish?

Jun 12, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What did the outgoing US Ambassador accomplish?

Have you ever seen fear in the eye of a person? I have. And more times than I count and remember. On each occasion, the fear was justified because the frightened person believed that they would...

STOP THE LYING ON FACEBOOK!

Jun 12, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on STOP THE LYING ON FACEBOOK!

Beautiful! Looking good! Sexy! Hot! Pretty! You are so good looking! Lovely couple! You look amazing! He so cute! Sweet! Love it! You look adorable! Princess! You shine like a diamond! These are some...

The new passport regulation

Jun 12, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The new passport regulation

The Guyanese community had different reactions to the news that anyone applying for a new passport is required to produce a birth certificate not less than six months older than the application....

2011 drug store owner’s murder…Fingerprint expert, detective testify as PI continues

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 2011 drug store owner’s murder…Fingerprint expert, detective testify as PI continues

As the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of a renowned Robb Street drugstore owner who met his demise three years ago continued at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday, a...

Teen girl swipes $$$ from beauty salon proprietor

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen girl swipes $$$ from beauty salon proprietor

…remanded pending probation report A city Magistrate is set to rule in the case of a 17-year-old girl who, during her first court hearing, confessed to stealing a sum of cash from the proprietor of...

Centenarian Ellen Benny misses the sounds of life

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Centenarian Ellen Benny misses the sounds of life

… appeals for hearing-aid Ellen Benny is 101. She lives at Lot 25 Number Two Village, East Canje, Berbice. She worked tirelessly in her younger days, in the back dam and on her parents’...

Sophia murder trial nears conclusion

Jun 12, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia murder trial nears conclusion

– Defence makes closing arguments After calling two witnesses to the stand, Defense Attorney Huckumchand Parag made his closing address to court, yesterday, in the murder trial of Sophia...

CCJ judgments not honoured

Jun 12, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on CCJ judgments not honoured

DEAR EDITOR It seems as if judgments of the highest court of the land, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) are not readily honoured by governments. The Barbados government was ordered to pay a...

To be fair, we must compare the PPP to PNC part 2 and not part 1

Jun 12, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on To be fair, we must compare the PPP to PNC part 2 and not part 1

DEAR EDITOR, In light of the Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI) and recent talks in the blogs and letter columns of the need for the PNC to apologise, please allow us – two relatively young people...

Rodney was an obstacle to PPP/PNC one-party dictatorship

Jun 12, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rodney was an obstacle to PPP/PNC one-party dictatorship

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to PPP apologist Sultan Mohamed’s letter “Dr Roopnaraine will become the WPA fall guy,” in which his main theme was that Dr Roopnaraine will testify to the COI that the WPA...

The Bartica Police are dragging their feet

Jun 12, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Bartica Police are dragging their feet

DEAR EDITOR, No charge has been laid and after months now I am left with a slingshot broken window, and an irate father who refuses or does not have the money to replace the window – although...

Caribbean Press and Accountability

Jun 12, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Caribbean Press and Accountability

DEAR EDITOR, I read, with bemused interest and not a small amount of disdain, the article “Culture Ministry hands over Guyana Classics to libraries” (SN, June 6). Dr. Frank Anthony seems to...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more