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Chief Justice rules $2.5M broadcast fee inapplicable for continuing broadcasters

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice rules $2.5M broadcast fee inapplicable for continuing broadcasters

Chief Justice (Ag) Ian Chang, has ruled that the $2.5M broadcasting fee which was imposed last year by the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) on first time broadcasters should not be...

Govt honours outstanding Amerindian women, students

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt honours outstanding Amerindian women, students

– at Amerindian Heritage Month Dinner The contributions of 20 Amerindian women, and high performing students, were recognised when the Amerindian Affairs Ministry paid tribute to them at an award...

Guyana and China ink MoU to sustain health collaboration

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana and China ink MoU to sustain health collaboration

– to train doctors to boost delivery of health care The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Health is currently exploring the option of inviting Chinese tutors to teach at the...

Robbers shoot man in stomach, rob girlfriend

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Robbers shoot man in stomach, rob girlfriend

A 32-year-old man was shot in the left side at around 21.00 hrs on Friday while fighting off two robbers who were attempting to rob him and his girlfriend in De Abreu Street, Kitty. Sources...

Contractor shot, robbed of $1.6M

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor shot, robbed of $1.6M

A 34-year-old contractor is hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was shot twice and robbed of $1.6M by two gunmen on a motorcycle. The robbery occurred around...

It’s a case of self interest

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on It’s a case of self interest

The private sector’s response to Brigadier (ret) David Granger’s call for protest action to back his demands for local government elections was not surprising. Comments by Mr. Lincoln Lewis and...

Becoming Immovable

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Becoming Immovable

I have this plant in my yard called a Bougainvillea. When I first got it, I put it in a pot and set it in the flower bed so that it could be watered with the rest of the plants when the sprinklers...

From the Diaspora…‘We are in this thing together… we’re on the road to dictatorship’

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…‘We are in this thing together… we’re on the road to dictatorship’

By Ralph Seeram “When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty,” said President Thomas Jefferson. I came across the quote on an...

By being weak, the opposition finds itself now contemplating a high risk gamble

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on By being weak, the opposition finds itself now contemplating a high risk gamble

Dear Editor, Mr. Nigel Hughes’ letter published in Kaieteur News on September 16.2014 captioned, “It is difficult in this environment to push for a serious discussion on an interim govt. of...

Is this man Guyana’s J. Edgar Hoover?

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this man Guyana’s J. Edgar Hoover?

Dear Editor, Blackmail was a tactic that worked for J. Edgar Hoover, the late long serving Director of the United States of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). Using files compiled on...

Sunday Cartoon

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Two Miles Primary wins Bartica Spelling Bee competition

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two Miles Primary wins Bartica Spelling Bee competition

Bartica Lions Club in collaboration with the Region Seven Department of Education hosted the Annual Spelling Bee Competition for Grade Six children to mark Education Month. The venue was Leanna’s...

Surendra should never have been given this contract

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Surendra should never have been given this contract

Dear Editor, In the September 19th issue of KN, the article headlined – AFC gives “real reason” Govt. scrapped Surendra contract is an excellent piece. I totally agree with the Leader of the...

Albouystown shooting death report with Police complaints Chairman

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown shooting death report with Police complaints Chairman

The Police Complaints Authority is investigating yet another controversial death of a civilian at the hands of a member of the Guyana Police Force. This time, it’s the fatal shooting by a constable...

Drug dealer pleads guilty

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Drug dealer pleads guilty

A man who was nabbed with a quantity of marijuana in a car around 22:00 hrs on Sunday evening during a police dragnet has been jailed. The man, Gavin Reece, called ‘Buckman’, 25, of Berbice River...

Many have placed their fortunes in the hands of a few elected politicians

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Many have placed their fortunes in the hands of a few elected politicians

Dear Editor, US President Barack Obama on September 23 reaffirmed the long-standing American support to sustaining global civil society’s significant role at a gathering sponsored by the Clinton...

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

One of the most difficult things is to get people to curb their natural destructive behaviour. The result is that there have been the river disasters. Sadly, this would not be the end since at this...

Unleashing the entrepreneur in you…Businessman touts several keys to success at GCCI workshop

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Unleashing the entrepreneur in you…Businessman touts several keys to success at GCCI workshop

By Kiana Wilburg Those entering the entrepreneurial world, often desire immediate success. But propelling one’s business to the pinnacle is not as easy as it may appear in some cases. But for some...

A recipe for bloody murder

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A recipe for bloody murder

By Michael Jordan Let’s get a 31-year-old widower. Mix him with a lonely, lovestruck married woman, add in a wealthy and jealous husband, and what do you get? A recipe for bloody murder. Sounds...

An aging pit bull who wants to be vicious

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An aging pit bull who wants to be vicious

I didn’t know that Ralph Seeram had referred to me as jackass last week until it was brought to my attention that the Chronicle made reference to it last Friday. I don’t know who Ralph Seeram is;...

Treating the Chikungunya Virus

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Treating the Chikungunya Virus

(Details from the Desk of the Vector Control Director, Dr Reyaud Rahman) The Chikungunya Virus is a disease that was first identified in Tanzania in 1952. Its name comes from the Makonde ethnic group...

Taxi driver remanded for drug peddling

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver remanded for drug peddling

A taxi driver reportedly busted with a quantity of marijuana on Thursday was remanded to prison by Magistrate Judy Latchman the following day on a drug trafficking charge. Phillip Lovell, 38, of East...

Challenges to hinterland tourism

Sep 28, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Challenges to hinterland tourism

On September 27th Guyana joined the rest of the world in observing World Tourism Day (WTD). The theme for this year was, “Tourism and Community Development” According to the UN website the theme...

A Vision of Georgetown, (and Bourda) revealed

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A Vision of Georgetown, (and Bourda) revealed

Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis A. Nichols For most of my life I have lived in Georgetown, and for a major part of the last five decades...

STARR Computers introduces “Smart Lab” for growing IT sector

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on STARR Computers introduces “Smart Lab” for growing IT sector

– Targets educational institutions, interested clientele By Rabindra Rooplall Normally a computer lab would have a central processing unit (CPU), keyboard, mouse and monitor at each...

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Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more