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Making false accusations

Oct 02, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Making false accusations

The term ‘sand dancing’ came into vogue locally during the Desmond Hoyte years when it was used colloquially to describe the antics of his political opponents who were trying their utmost to...

We are ready to make major investments in the country- Digicel’s CEO

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on We are ready to make major investments in the country- Digicel’s CEO

…it’s only for the legislation to be passed By Latoya Giles Digicel’s Chief Executive Officer Gregory Dean has once again said that while his company is ready to make major investments in...

Possible judicial review on No-Confidence motion

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Possible judicial review on No-Confidence motion

It would be “unconstitutional and illegal for the CJ to intervene” – Greenidge “If Nandlall and “his associates” are planning to degrade the Constitution with the assistance of the...

Commercial Banks, GRA, DPP must expand investigative capacity

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Commercial Banks, GRA, DPP must expand investigative capacity

– For Special Organized Crime Unit to work, says Greenidge For the recently established Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) to be a success, certain key agencies will have to improve their...

GGMC gave CJIA permission for sand mining in Timehri North

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC gave CJIA permission for sand mining in Timehri North

Sand mining in the Timehri North community was granted to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), checks to that agency has confirmed. The...

Teen critical after being hit by Education Ministry’s vehicle

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen critical after being hit by Education Ministry’s vehicle

After being struck by the driver of an Education Ministry’s vehicle on Sunday, 13-year-old, Jameel Mounter, remains critical at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Mounter, a student...

National Museum unveils Modernisation and Digitisation Project

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on National Museum unveils Modernisation and Digitisation Project

With the intention of upgrading to match 21st Century technology, this past Monday, the Guyana National Museum unveiled what it is calling, the “Modernisation and Digitisation Project”. This...

President, AG brief Florida-based Guyanese

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President, AG brief Florida-based Guyanese

President Donald Ramotar and Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, met with a large number of Guyanese living in Florida, United States of America on Tuesday. At the meeting...

FITUG marches against unemployment in observance of WFTU Action Day 2014

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on FITUG marches against unemployment in observance of WFTU Action Day 2014

Ministry of Labour Dr. Nanda Gopaul, President of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) Carvil Duncan; General Secretary, Kenneth Joseph; and President of the Guyana...

Woman’s sudden death baffle family members

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s sudden death baffle family members

The Seeram family, who lost a relative recently, is seeking answers from the doctors who had attended to the mother of four. The mother died one day after she was admitted a patient at the Suddie...

Raphael Trotman’s bar again: Chocolate and soap

Oct 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Raphael Trotman’s bar again: Chocolate and soap

In a private e-mail to the AFC of which Raphael Trotman was a recipient, I stated that if I was to campaign for the AFC in another general election, I would not want to be on the same platform with...

Planned initiatives to better incorporate TVET in school system

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Planned initiatives to better incorporate TVET in school system

New initiatives are on the verge of being revealed by the Ministry of Education that will ensure that Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is no longer an alternative pathway. This...

Woman cries rape, police refute allegation

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman cries rape, police refute allegation

A senior police officer who was alerted to a recent alleged rape of a Devonshire-Castle woman, early Monday morning, has refuted the woman’s claims. He said that his records have so far revealed,...

THE GOOD LIFE IS HERE

Oct 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GOOD LIFE IS HERE

Guyanese do not appreciate just how good they have it. They may not have all the things that they want but judging from what is seen, the good life is here already. People just have to learn how to...

Govt. suspends Region Ten’s laptop because of unruly mob

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. suspends Region Ten’s laptop because of unruly mob

In what is believed to have been an orchestrated plot to cause disruption of the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) distribution in central Linden, staffers were on Tuesday forced to temporarily suspend...

Prime Minister tours Berbice

Oct 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prime Minister tours Berbice

…Resolves dispute between Corriverton IMC and resident By Leon Suseran Prime Minister Samuel Hinds visited Berbice on Monday. He made four stops along the coast. He was accompanied by Region...

I did not urge Race Voting

Oct 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I did not urge Race Voting

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Mahadeo Persaud made several errors (KN Sep 29) in his response to my missive. Contrary to what he penned, I never called on Guyanese to “strictly vote racial”. I ran a fact...

Where at UG can students identify the once great presence of Arthur Lewis?

Oct 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where at UG can students identify the once great presence of Arthur Lewis?

DEAR EDITOR, Robert Lalljie, a long-life colleague, recently sent me a copy of his biographical profile titled Sir Arthur Lewis – Nobel Laureate (actually published in 1996). It occurred to me that...

Electioneering for Municipal and Local Govt. Elections

Oct 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Electioneering for Municipal and Local Govt. Elections

DEAR EDITOR, I am about to return to Guyana after spending a couple weeks with professional colleagues, family and friends in Toronto and Ottawa. I used to work and live in Toronto in the 1970s when...

Nothing of the kind was ever done by me

Oct 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nothing of the kind was ever done by me

DEAR EDITOR, Senior Superintendent Whitney Bacchus, Public Relations and Press Officer has given the-wrong impression about me in a letter under the caption “An attempt to mislead the public” in...

Mr. Khurshid Sattaur ought to know better

Oct 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Khurshid Sattaur ought to know better

DEAR EDITOR, The GRA, like the IRS in America and like any other tax authority, is legally obligated to protect confidential tax information of others. As the evidence is unfolding and the...

Plot to destroy Kaieteur News… More damning evidence surfaces from Sattaur

Oct 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Plot to destroy Kaieteur News… More damning evidence surfaces from Sattaur

This publication recently made public correspondence between the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur, Attorney General Anil Nandlall and former President...

Auditor General hands over 2013 report to Parliament

Oct 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General hands over 2013 report to Parliament

…as Parliament receives 2013 AG Report The timely handing over of the Auditor General’s 2013 Report to the Parliament yesterday was greeted with great appreciation by House Speaker, Raphael...

GT&T “does not have the capability to intercept emails”

Oct 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T “does not have the capability to intercept emails”

“Government agencies and private businesses especially need to recognize that most breaches in the security of their private networks originate from within.” The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph...

Missing St. Stanislaus teacher…Mother losing faith over results of DNA tests

Oct 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Missing St. Stanislaus teacher…Mother losing faith over results of DNA tests

Carol Green still anxiously awaits the results of tests reportedly being done on samples taken from the skeletal remains of a woman believed to be her daughter, Nyozi Goodman, even as her confidence...

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This must not be our hour of humiliation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There are moments in the history of nations when fate lays before them a choice not of... more