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Unusual situation as Parliament not dissolved… Govt. has loophole to sign deals, other vote-getting projects

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Unusual situation as Parliament not dissolved… Govt. has loophole to sign deals, other vote-getting projects

– lawyer says election date a ploy to continue dictatorship Tuesday’s announcement by President Donald Ramotar that May 11 is Elections Day has raised more questions than answers. Not only is...

For the sake of the PPP Regime … AFC urges GECOM to publish guidelines against abuse of state resources

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on For the sake of the PPP Regime … AFC urges GECOM to publish guidelines against abuse of state resources

Though the Alliance for Change (AFC) welcomes the recently announced election date of May 11, it is now making an urgent call to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to publish guidelines against...

GECOM denies agreeing to public vetting of polling day staff

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM denies agreeing to public vetting of polling day staff

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has denied that it has given undertakings to any political party that it would publish for public vetting the particulars of persons who will be employed to...

Cane cutter charged with teen’s murder

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cane cutter charged with teen’s murder

A West Bank Berbice cane harvester who reportedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death last Saturday has been charged with murder. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated...

Bogus detective tries to seize QC students’ smart phones

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bogus detective tries to seize QC students’ smart phones

Police have detained a man who pretended to be a detective and tried to seize smart phones from several students of Queen’s College yesterday morning. The imposter might have succeeded had it not...

Sol, Rubis gas stations maintain price

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sol, Rubis gas stations maintain price

The effects of the drop in fuel prices are yet to benefit local consumers at suppliers like Shell and Rubis Gas Stations since the announcement of a 30 per cent reduction by Government. Finance...

Dem boys seh … Donald plan de election date fuh lash Ramsammy

Jan 22, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … Donald plan de election date fuh lash Ramsammy

Ole people does always she be careful wha yuh wish fuh cus when yuh get it yuh might not like it. Everybody did want elections and now that Donald name a date people scrambling to get him to change...

I believe that the PNCR is best equipped to lead any coalition

Jan 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I believe that the PNCR is best equipped to lead any coalition

DEAR EDITOR, It is both interesting and perplexing that some people are speaking of coalition government or unity government as if the concept is new to Guyanese politics. It is incumbent that those...

An outmoded compensation/reward system

Jan 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An outmoded compensation/reward system

DEAR EDITOR, This week the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) published a full page advertisement of the “benefits” it provides its employees who are on strike. This expansive exposition...

The secrecy of the ballot must be emphasised on election platforms

Jan 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The secrecy of the ballot must be emphasised on election platforms

DEAR EDITOR, Changing with the times, I feel impelled to send an overtly political message to my personal friends in high places within all the parties in our national and local assemblies. My advice...

This decision shows the sort of consideration the PPP has for the citizens of Guyana

Jan 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This decision shows the sort of consideration the PPP has for the citizens of Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, In a strange but perhaps not unaccustomed development, President Donald Ramotar has chosen to announce a date for elections without actually dissolving Parliament. Article 61 of the...

High frequency learning experience and school violence

Jan 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on High frequency learning experience and school violence

DEAR EDITOR, Education Minister Priya Manickchand in a recent speech regarding the Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) programme in the school curriculum, made reference to its seeming success....

No resolution could result in start of industrial action at UG

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No resolution could result in start of industrial action at UG

Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Guyana (UG), Professor Jacob Opadeyi, would only say, “I don’t know if there is any resolution” when contacted yesterday to comment on threats leveled...

To ignore infrastructural projects that benefit the poor is contemptuous-Harmon

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on To ignore infrastructural projects that benefit the poor is contemptuous-Harmon

Following the announcement of the May 11 election date, A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU), General Secretary Joseph Harmon, took an unconventional approach to host a press conference,...

Orphaned boy back on the streets …recants tale of sodomy

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Orphaned boy back on the streets …recants tale of sodomy

The story of the 13-year-old boy at the center of the Berbice Anjuman Orphanage scandal has taken a vicious twist with the boy at the centre at the scandal recanting on his story. What is even more...

Why was ‘meddling’ good pre-1992 but bad now? – asks Oscar Clarke – Rohee says it was “justified meddling” back then

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Why was ‘meddling’ good pre-1992 but bad now? – asks Oscar Clarke – Rohee says it was “justified meddling” back then

General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Oscar Clarke, has labeled People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Clement Rohee, a hypocrite. This is as a result of...

PPP should heed the lessons of the Jagdeo- led Observer Mission–Hughes

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP should heed the lessons of the Jagdeo- led Observer Mission–Hughes

Executive member of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Cathy Hughes, recently stated that the preliminary report of the Commonwealth Observer Mission to the recently held Sri Lanka Elections provides...

GWI still to rectify damaged pipelines – Port Kaituma residents

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GWI still to rectify damaged pipelines – Port Kaituma residents

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) had promised months ago to collaborate with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to rehabilitate the water service distribution system in sections of...

GPL should manifest fuel price reduction in rates charge- GMSA

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPL should manifest fuel price reduction in rates charge- GMSA

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Ltd. is hoping that with the recent announcement of the 30 per cent reduction in fuel prices by Government, that the Guyana Power and Light...

UNASUR will only mediate in Guyana political stand-off on request from both sides

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UNASUR will only mediate in Guyana political stand-off on request from both sides

By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO, Suriname; UNASUR, the Union of South American Nations, will take no initiative to end the political stalemate in Guyana between the government and the opposition which has...

Fire destroys East Canje business

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys East Canje business

An East Canje businessman is now counting his losses after a fire of still unknown origin ripped through the bottom flat of the two-storey building Tuesday morning. Fanton Mangal, 37, of lot 112...

Guyana-Suriname minibus operators face more troubles at border …pleads with relevant authorities for amicable solution

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-Suriname minibus operators face more troubles at border …pleads with relevant authorities for amicable solution

It has been weeks since some local minibus operators working the Guyana to Suriname route have complained about ill-treatment they have been facing at the border yet the stalemate continues. The...

West Coast hairdresser murder trial… Accused was paid US$1500 to carry out hit – Police Witness

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on West Coast hairdresser murder trial… Accused was paid US$1500 to carry out hit – Police Witness

A police witness testifying in the case, for which Troy Green is indicted for the murder of West Coast Demerara, hairdresser Bibi Rafeena Saymar, told the court yesterday that the accused had...

Education Ministry in consultation following announcement of election date

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry in consultation following announcement of election date

The move by President Donald Ramotar to announce a date for General Elections has left the Ministry of Education scrambling to determine the way forward. This is in light of the fact, that the May...

Family seeks help in locating missing 13-year-old

Jan 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Family seeks help in locating missing 13-year-old

The family of a 13-year-old Dolphin Secondary School student is desperately seeking the public’s intervention in locating the teenager, who is believed to have intentionally abandoned her...

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The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more