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Those blackouts and Bartica

Jul 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those blackouts and Bartica

Dear Sir, I’m very disappointed with the government as well as the GPL personnel for making a town like Bartica having blackouts. This is very unbearable. My family was there for two weeks and with...

THREE Musketeers of GECOM

Jul 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on THREE Musketeers of GECOM

Dear Sir, Some of us are involved in a “comedy of errors” and are so amused with all the “kick-back” that we are not aware of our presence until we become conscious of ourselves. This is the...

Ansa McAl has no reason to be peeved

Jul 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ansa McAl has no reason to be peeved

Dear Editor, It often amazes me what passes for news in Guyana. The Stabroek News somehow saw it fit to highlight the Trinidad and Tobago company, ANSA McAl’s, unsuccessful bid to become...

Norton never threatened to quit PNCR

Jul 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Norton never threatened to quit PNCR

Dear Editor, I note in the media that there is a lot of speculation that I will resign from the PNCR. At no stage did I tell anyone that I will resign from my party. I think Demerara Waves in its...

A holistic approach to the needs of Senior Citizens

Jul 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A holistic approach to the needs of Senior Citizens

Dear Editor, There was an article in the June 29 issue of Kaieteur News written by Mr. Leonard Gildarie. It was entitled: “Protection for our Senior Citizens”. This was a good attempt to address...

Religious leaders must break their silence

Jul 30, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Religious leaders must break their silence

Dear Editor, On July 24, the Baltimore Sun carried a commentary, which stated, “Gender violence causes more death and disability among women aged 15 to 44 in the U.S. than cancer, malaria, traffic...

Trust, respect and legitimacy required from politicians for a better Guyana

Jul 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Trust, respect and legitimacy required from politicians for a better Guyana

– House Speaker By Abena Rockcliffe While Guyana is seemingly being enveloped in “chaos”, citizens have a duty to fight. On the other hand, politicians are obligated to work hard to...

Rodney COI resumes…Army “can’t locate” Gregory Smith’s personal records

Jul 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rodney COI resumes…Army “can’t locate” Gregory Smith’s personal records

By Latoya Giles The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday said that they cannot locate personal records for Army Officer, William ‘Gregory’ Smith, along with several other documents. The...

Ministry places enhanced hinterland education on front burner

Jul 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry places enhanced hinterland education on front burner

By Sharmain Grainger Hearing from community members has long been the strategy adopted by the Ministry of Education ahead of implementing necessary changes in the sector. This notion was...

MPs attend annual C/wealth Parliamentary conference

Jul 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MPs attend annual C/wealth Parliamentary conference

A high-level Parliamentary team led by Speaker of the House, Raphael Trotman, is in Barbados attending the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s 39th Annual Regional Conference of the...

Ex-con remanded on theft charges

Jul 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-con remanded on theft charges

An ex-convict, released from prison merely three months ago, is facing another possible jail term after he was brought to the city court on a larceny charge yesterday. This time, Royston James...

Chopping victim afraid to go home

Jul 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chopping victim afraid to go home

…because assailant not arrested Earlier this month, a Berbician was severely chopped to his head and feet, after he stopped to urinate in front of his assailant’s residence, on his way...

Porkknocker accused of burgling interior hotel

Jul 30, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Porkknocker accused of burgling interior hotel

A Matthews Ridge porkknocker appeared in the city court yesterday charged for burglary. He is accused of carting off over $1M in raw gold, electronic gadgets, jewellery and other valuables...

Aubrey Norton and Ralph Ramkarran: A comparison

Jul 30, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Aubrey Norton and Ralph Ramkarran: A comparison

Make no mistake; what happened with the voting system at the PNC’s congress on Sunday occurred at the last PPP congress at Port Mourant. What did not happen in Port Mourant was that the...

BK transfers gold, diamond prospecting licences to Sun & Sand Group

Jul 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on BK transfers gold, diamond prospecting licences to Sun & Sand Group

– India-based Company coy avoids background checks Indian-based Sun and Sand Group of Companies, which is chaired and promoted by Rajesh “Lucky” Satija, recently signaled its...

Woman’s skeletal remains…Missing teacher’s mother says belt at scene is daughter’s

Jul 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s skeletal remains…Missing teacher’s mother says belt at scene is daughter’s

– cops release suspect “That is my daughter’s belt.” This is what a stunned Carol Greene, mother of missing teacher Nyozi Goodman, told detectives yesterday after being shown the canvas...

Brassington files 13 lawsuit against Kaieteur News

Jul 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington files 13 lawsuit against Kaieteur News

In what might be a local record in the field of litigation, head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington, through his attorneys, has filed 13...

Two bodies float up from latest pirate attack

Jul 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two bodies float up from latest pirate attack

– Post mortem reveals fishermen were murdered Two bodies were discovered on Monday and reports of another being cited and tied up in the Corentyne River have confirmed that the missing...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy hit de Waterfalls paper wid a lucky ‘13’

Jul 29, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy hit de Waterfalls paper wid a lucky ‘13’

De other day dem boys seh that monkey know which limb fuh jump pun. When dem old people come up wid that saying, dem didn’t tek Brazzy, de fat crook, into consideration. If dem did do that dem...

Region Ten recommits to developing PNCR

Jul 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region Ten recommits to developing PNCR

…wants gunman to be condemned The Region Ten delegates to the 18th biennial congress of the People’s National Congress want the police to pursue the gunman who recklessly discharged his firearm...

Prime Minister joins Muslims for Eid Ul Fitr

Jul 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prime Minister joins Muslims for Eid Ul Fitr

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds joined Muslims at the Peter’s Hall Masjid, East Bank Demerara, yesterday, to commemorate Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan or the month of fasting. The Prime...

Govt. supports UN inquiry into Gaza situation

Jul 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. supports UN inquiry into Gaza situation

As Muslims across the globe observed Eid ul-Fitr yesterday, the government signaled support for the United Nations Human Rights Council’s call to launch an international inquiry into the situation...

Police hunt Trinidadian con artist

Jul 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police hunt Trinidadian con artist

…man sells rented cars Local police are hot on the trail of a Trinidadian confidence trickster who has so far managed to illegally sell several vehicles after renting them from unsuspecting...

NORTON’S OPTION

Jul 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NORTON’S OPTION

The controversies surrounding yet another disgraceful Congress of the Peoples’ National Congress/Reform are raging. The disenfranchisement felt by persons who believed that they were delegates and...

Another twist in $800M contract…Unlikely all Surendra pumps are in the country – President Ramotar

Jul 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Another twist in $800M contract…Unlikely all Surendra pumps are in the country – President Ramotar

It is unlikely that all of the large drainage pumps ordered by Government from an India-based contractor are in the country, says President Donald Ramotar. The President was responding to questions...

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A call for more cultural centres

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Burnham’s decision to divert the Indian Immigration Fund towards constructing the National... more