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At the other end of the line

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on At the other end of the line

Suicide is now a global problem. According to the World Health Organization close to 800,000 persons worldwide commit suicide each year. It therefore should come as no surprise that Guyana has a...

Time for Region Nine residents to unite

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for Region Nine residents to unite

Dear Editor, Residents of Region Nine, the time has come for us to re unite for the sake of the future of beautiful Rupununi, regardless of our political, religious, ethnic or economic status. The...

Endangered wildcat, other animals found in pickup were dehydrated

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Endangered wildcat, other animals found in pickup were dehydrated

One day after authorities found a woman transporting an “endangered” wildcat along the trails, there are indications that it was in bad shape. In addition to being in illegal possession of...

Couple indicted for drug trafficking, illegal ammo

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Couple indicted for drug trafficking, illegal ammo

….husband jailed for planting marijuana A 47-year-old farmer and his 65-year-old wife were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with having a quantity of marijuana for...

Police ranks undergoing training in Community Chaplaincy

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police ranks undergoing training in Community Chaplaincy

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force are participating in a three-day Level One, Community Service Chaplaincy training programme that seeks to give first-time juvenile offenders a second chance at...

Review laws regarding police use of unmarked vehicles

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Review laws regarding police use of unmarked vehicles

Dear Editor, I have slowly and painfully come to accept the fact that my once beloved native land is hurtling at a breakneck speed towards the abyss of destruction and possible extinction. In fact it...

GECOM slams allegations of padded voters’ list

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM slams allegations of padded voters’ list

– defends Commission’s integrity By Zena Henry The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has not taken lightly to what it says are “relentless, unacceptable, unwarranted and undeserving...

Can Hydar Ally now encourage the PPP elite to move out of their mansions ?

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can Hydar Ally now encourage the PPP elite to move out of their mansions ?

Dear Editor, It is quite the “IN” thing these days for persons to align themselves in some manner with Pope Francis. A letter writer in your paper,HydarAlly, reminds us to look back at history...

Police recover hijacked car in South R/veldt

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police recover hijacked car in South R/veldt

– Five suspects in custody Police have arrested five persons following the recovery of a white Toyota Spacio car that was hijacked by three men on Sunday night at Cross Street, Alexander...

Two months later…No eye surgeries yet at fire-damaged Port Mourant hospital

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two months later…No eye surgeries yet at fire-damaged Port Mourant hospital

In June, last, a fire at the Port Mourant Ophthalmology Hospital damaged key equipment, but a little over two months later it is unclear when the facility will be up and fully operational. The...

$The PPP\C has totally failed Berbice$

The PPP\C has totally failed Berbice

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP\C has totally failed Berbice

Dear Editor, Please allow me a space in your letter column to share with my views and I know lots of Berbicians will share same as to what has been taking place here in Berbice since 1992 when the...

A constitution is dead at its heart unless activated by the people

Sep 05, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A constitution is dead at its heart unless activated by the people

Dear Editor, From the time the 1980 constitution was promulgated the then opposition political parties and some commentators dubbed it repugnant. And this activity continues today. In 1998 after the...

Police Service Commission members sworn in

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police Service Commission members sworn in

The five members who will be serving on the Police Service Commission were sworn in yesterday before President Donald Ramotar at the Office of the President. Chairman Omesh Satyanand, and members,...

Medicine Chest hosts “appreciation” health fair

Sep 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Medicine Chest hosts “appreciation” health fair

As part of its anniversary promotion, the Medicine Chest Pharmacy which is considered one of the more established of its kind in Guyana, held a “Customer Appreciation Day Health Fair” recently at...

Ramroop internet company launches hi-speed service without telecoms licence

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ramroop internet company launches hi-speed service without telecoms licence

Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop seems set to earn even millions of dollars more as Global Technology’s iNet Communications has rolled out its high speed internet service using...

Businessman claims Princess Casino breached licence by allowing him entry

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman claims Princess Casino breached licence by allowing him entry

A prominent city businessman, Paul James, has taken the Princess Casino to court claiming that the popular facility breached its licence by allowing locals to enter its premises at Providence, East...

Cop mysteriously shot during high-speed chase

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cop mysteriously shot during high-speed chase

The practice of plainclothes police ranks operating in unmarked vehicles allegedly backfired early yesterday morning, resulting in a constable receiving gunshot wounds after a high-speed chase with...

Police crack Lusignan cosmetologist’s murder… Getaway driver leads investigators to shooter

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police crack Lusignan cosmetologist’s murder… Getaway driver leads investigators to shooter

After almost two months of painstaking investigations, detectives on the East Coast of Demerara have managed to secure confessions from two men who were responsible for the murder of 19-year-old...

Revise laws catering for tax concessions – Ram

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Revise laws catering for tax concessions – Ram

The problems which arise from government handing out concessions could be solved if the Administration scraps the current method altogether. This is the view of Chartered Accountant and Lawyer,...

Woman in trouble after young jaguar found in pickup tray

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman in trouble after young jaguar found in pickup tray

A woman caught transporting a young jaguar in her pickup is likely to appear in court shortly, authorities said yesterday. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the animal, an...

Talks about National Unity with the PPP

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Talks about National Unity with the PPP

Dear Editor, The APNU and AFC have to go into any talks on a Government of National Unity with eyes wide open, because on this issue the PPP has a record which does not lend much credibility to this...

Dem boys seh… Thiefing people running mad or dying

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Thiefing people running mad or dying

A long time now dem boys was watching things at Customs. At de time de boss man was a man name Lambert Marks. He was a soldier then he go away. Jagdeo bring he back and he was de man at Customs. Dem...

Female prisoner in dramatic protest

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Female prisoner in dramatic protest

A female prisoner who was recently released on a murder charge and was subsequently incarcerated on another matter, on Tuesday afternoon staged a dramatic protest against what she deemed the constant...

A statistical impossibility and electoral absurdity

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A statistical impossibility and electoral absurdity

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has registered 78,000 new electors in the present registration cycle and the majority of these new electors have been placed in three or four of...

The Pope is absolutely correct

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Pope is absolutely correct

DEAR EDITOR, An article caught my attention. It is about a billionaire in the United States who threatened to discontinue charity donations if the Pope continues his support for the poor. According...

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