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Tributes to special fathers

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tributes to special fathers

Godfrey Laton Andrews: We were so alike, nature had to take one of us While growing up I often heard the words, “the two of you cannot live together in this world; nature will have to take one...

Rohee’s comments on ceding deputy speakership proves that PPP are all illiberal autocrats – Ramjattan

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee’s comments on ceding deputy speakership proves that PPP are all illiberal autocrats – Ramjattan

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has outlined that Government better start getting used to a framework of multiparty governance, since the plurality framework that they are looking for will no longer...

Pastor holds firm on homosexuality views

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pastor holds firm on homosexuality views

…sticks to the principles of the Holy Scriptures As talk on the acceptance of homosexuality gains momentum in Guyana, and as sections of the populace remain spilt over the matter, Pastor Ronald...

Guyanese among 36 foreigners held at Trini hotel

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese among 36 foreigners held at Trini hotel

Trinidad (Trinidad and Tobago Express) – Thirty-six foreign nationals were arrested during a police raid at a popular hotel in Marabella on Thursday night. A team of officers, including Fraud...

Corentyne ‘backtrack’ operator bemoans police harassment

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne ‘backtrack’ operator bemoans police harassment

By Leon Suseran Hundreds are utilizing the Guyana-Suriname ‘Backtrack’ crossings available in the Upper Corentyne area. Last week at Number 78 Village, Corriverton, one of the operators said that...

11-year-old mauled by Dobermans

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 11-year-old mauled by Dobermans

What started off as a fishing excursion with a few friends yesterday turned sour for an 11-year-old boy from Linden who was brutally attacked by two dogs. Dequan Gordon, a student of the...

East La Penitence teen shot during argument

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on East La Penitence teen shot during argument

A heated argument between two men has left a 19-year- old East La Penitence teen nursing a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Injured is Kellon Hinds of Lot 465 East La Penitence, Georgetown. According to...

Belle Vue shooting-death…Case dismissed against accused CPG member

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Belle Vue shooting-death…Case dismissed against accused CPG member

…amidst cries for justice from aggrieved mother Six months after being accused of gunning down a 19-year-old Belle Vue mason, the embattled West Bank Demerara policing group (CPG) member has walked...

Regent Street businessman shot during suspected robbery

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Regent Street businessman shot during suspected robbery

Regent Street businessman, Inshaan Ally, 65, of Lot 20 Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara, is nursing gunshot injuries to his left hand after he was reportedly shot yesterday during a suspected robbery...

The Robert Gates factor

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Robert Gates factor

Dear Editor, Robert Gates, a witness at the Commission of Inquiry (COI) of the death of Dr. Walter Rodney was convicted and sentenced to 48 months imprisonment by a Magistrate in August, 2013, for...

From the Diaspora…GUYANESE WILL HAVE TO CURB THEIR APPETITE FOR ALL THINGS “FOREIGN”

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…GUYANESE WILL HAVE TO CURB THEIR APPETITE FOR ALL THINGS “FOREIGN”

By Ralph Seeram Dominating the news this week is the Guyana Government’s concern over the decline in gold production, or to be more exact the decline in gold declarations. The government has...

Is there a racist underpinning in the calls for a PNC apology?

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a racist underpinning in the calls for a PNC apology?

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Dolly Hassan in the Stabroek News of June 11 headlined, “The PNC should concede that certain mistakes were during its tenure.” I find the contents with its...

UWI doctorate for Sir Ronald Sanders

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on UWI doctorate for Sir Ronald Sanders

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has announced the award of an honorary Doctorate of Letters (DLtt) on outstanding Guyanese/Antiguan scholar, journalist and diplomat, Sir Ronald Michael...

Not one cent to the GRA

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not one cent to the GRA

Dear Editor, On today’s date Friday 13th June, I received a letter dated May 7th 2014 captioned “Notification Of Late Filing Penalty Year of Assessment …. 2009…”It then went on to state...

Stymieing Sales

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Stymieing Sales

Whatever one may say about the present administration, it cannot be denied that businesses and shopping have exploded across the land in the last two decades. But more so, as always, in Georgetown....

Pholourie Joe and defending the indefensible

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pholourie Joe and defending the indefensible

Dear Editor, “Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame. No matter how young you are or how old...

Ms. Sooba does not have the authority to expend Council’s money without permission

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ms. Sooba does not have the authority to expend Council’s money without permission

Dear Editor, Over the past few weeks, there has been much public discussion and debate, in governmental agencies, the media and in many public places about whether Ms. Carol Rayan Sooba had the...

Be Resilient

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Be Resilient

During their famous expedition, American explorers, Lewis and Clark, faced incredible hardships. On reaching the Missouri River, they thought the worst was over – then they saw the Rockies!...

Rotary Club of Georgetown reviews 30 years of community service

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rotary Club of Georgetown reviews 30 years of community service

By Rehanna Ramsay Celebrating more than three decades of service to communities across Guyana, the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central (RCGC) is poised to improve the lives of Guyanese, “one...

Sunday Cartoon

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

The PPPC administration must act now to stop the road carnage

Jun 15, 2014 KNews APNU Column Comments Off on The PPPC administration must act now to stop the road carnage

The deaths of three children from one family in multiple road accidents at Phillippi Village on the Corentyne Coast last Wednesday shocked the nation. Two teenage sisters, Tabithia and Wanita Bagot...

An unprofessional outburst

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on An unprofessional outburst

It was most disgusting to note the scurrilous attack made recently by a top public functionary against the Pegasus Hotel (Guyana). This onslaught was made on public television and would therefore...

Housing and You…Raising the value of your home

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Raising the value of your home

By Leonard Gildarie Because of the housing demands in recent years, homeowners have mostly been concentrating on getting a roof over their head. More and more, I have been finding that while many...

Home design, layout, appliances and lifestyles greatly impact energy use – GEA

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Home design, layout, appliances and lifestyles greatly impact energy use – GEA

By Rabindra Rooplall Energy is fundamental to our existence and plays a critical role in our daily routines. The rising cost of fossil-based fuels and prevailing global environmental concerns compel...

The obsessive mystery man who showed no mercy

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The obsessive mystery man who showed no mercy

By Michael Jordan A corpse was the last thing that the residents of the quiet rice-farming community of Harlem, West Coast Demerara expected to see on the long dirt road known as Back Street on...

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