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Hotel Riverton Suites supports Upper Corentyne U-19 50 overs cricket

Jan 31, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hotel Riverton Suites supports Upper Corentyne U-19 50 overs cricket

Hotel Riverton Suites, located along the Public Road of Corriverton, has come on board for a second time to sponsor the Upper Corentyne Under-19 50 overs cricket competition in the Upper Corentyne....

Students encouraged to work towards realising change at UG

Jan 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Students encouraged to work towards realising change at UG

“Ask not what the political parties can do for you but what you can do for yourselves,” was the assertion of A Partnership for National Unity Member of Parliament, Christopher Jones. At the...

Berbicians upset over substandard road work

Jan 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbicians upset over substandard road work

Notwithstanding the volume of road works being done in the county, residents in Berbice are upset because of the volume of substandard work being done. Work was done on the bridge that runs over the...

PPP/C sowed the seeds of disdain for young people’s concerns

Jan 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C sowed the seeds of disdain for young people’s concerns

“It will reap a bitter harvest at the next elections,” By Kiana Wilburg Leader of the Opposition, David Granger, placed in the spotlight yesterday, the importance of youth participation during...

Colin Mack rape trial …Accused to know fate on Monday

Jan 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Colin Mack rape trial …Accused to know fate on Monday

Lawyers involved in the Colin Mack rape trial made their closing arguments yesterday. Mack, who is on trial before Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed 12-member Jury at the High Court in Georgetown,...

WHY NOT A YOUNG PRESIDENT?

Jan 31, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY NOT A YOUNG PRESIDENT?

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has indicated that a youth candidate for the position of Prime Minister is under consideration. This may seem as a politically correct and astute announcement...

Can Sri Lanka and Greece be repeated in Guyana?

Jan 31, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Can Sri Lanka and Greece be repeated in Guyana?

The diplomats from the ABC countries in Guyana (for God’s sake, not as Argentina, Chile and Brazil that Neil Kumar named them but America, Britain and Canada) have urged Guyanese to vote on issues....

Escaping prisoners and hospitals

Jan 31, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Escaping prisoners and hospitals

The escape of prisoners from the Georgetown Public Hospital is becoming commonplace. In fact, it is nothing more than a joke when one hears that an injured prisoner who is confined to a hospital bed...

GSL vs. NICIL court case …Yassin tells court of other investments overseas

Jan 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GSL vs. NICIL court case …Yassin tells court of other investments overseas

Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) Tony Yassin, was on Thursday further questioned about the purchase of a property he acquired under a sale agreement between the National...

GFS receives 2000 fire calls in 2014

Jan 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GFS receives 2000 fire calls in 2014

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) recorded 2000 fire calls in 2014, a 13 per cent increase on 2013, and according to Chief Fire Officer, Marlon Gentle, this resulted in fewer buildings being destroyed...

No bail for welder accused of mugging

Jan 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No bail for welder accused of mugging

A 34-year-old welder accused of violently mugging a man as he was on his way home and making off with his bicycle was remanded to jail by city Magistrate Fabayo Azore on Thursday. Joseph Barker, of...

Man remanded to jail for breaking up mother’s house

Jan 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded to jail for breaking up mother’s house

A man who is in the habit of harassing his mother and breaking up things in her house has been remanded to jail. Krisendat Ramlakhan, called “Devin”, 28, of Glasgow, East Bank Berbice, appeared...

“Robbery planners” remanded

Jan 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on “Robbery planners” remanded

Two men arrested last week by a party of police ranks for allegedly planning to invade the home of an Indian national have been remanded to prison. Junior Solomon, 24, a labourer of Second Street,...

Why does it have to be from an ethnic standpoint, Dr. Hinds?

Jan 31, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why does it have to be from an ethnic standpoint, Dr. Hinds?

DEAR EDITOR, Dr. David Hinds has been reported as saying that “after 23 years of an Indian Guyanese presidency, African Guyanese are being asked to vote for another”. I know Dr. Hinds is a...

A Granger/Nagamootoo-led coalition will prevail

Jan 31, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Granger/Nagamootoo-led coalition will prevail

DEAR EDITOR, In this election season, as patriotic Guyanese, we must not allow this opportunity to slip by in light of the direction in which the inept and corrupt PPP regime is taking the country....

Bring back experienced retirees to save the sugar industry

Jan 31, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bring back experienced retirees to save the sugar industry

DEAR EDITOR, As a former President of NAACIE who has 45 years’ experience in factory operation, I fully endorse the Union’s call for a Commission of Inquiry on the sugar industry’s performance...

I respectfully ask Mr Mervin to re-read my letter

Jan 31, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I respectfully ask Mr Mervin to re-read my letter

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Mr. Emile Mervin’s letter in Kaieteur News (see KN of 30/1/15 re “Government sapping the spirit of entrepreneurship by ‘headhunting’ private employees” which was in...

Two institutions that have become pivotal to our development

Jan 31, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two institutions that have become pivotal to our development

DEAR EDITOR, Bank of Guyana celebrated its 50th anniversary this month. This is quite an important milestone and should be celebrated by all Guyanese. Only last year the University of Guyana also...

Please fix the tractor at Enmore, Guysuco

Jan 31, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please fix the tractor at Enmore, Guysuco

DEAR EDITOR, The rainy season is about over. The Enmore Community Centre ground is dry and, under normal circumstances, would have been slashed by the Enmore Estate’s equipment. However, things are...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more