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Unit starts monitoring media houses to ensure fair elections coverage

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Unit starts monitoring media houses to ensure fair elections coverage

One key elections watchdog body is operational, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) announced yesterday. The recently launched Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) started its work since Sunday, March...

Attacking Jagdeo’s pension is a racist act – Rohee

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Attacking Jagdeo’s pension is a racist act – Rohee

Instead of carping at nauseam on the Former President’s Pension and other entitlements, said People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David...

Thief nabbed by police in house

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Thief nabbed by police in house

Around 10:30 hrs yesterday police arrested a man in a house at Thomas Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown, while he was trying to remove a sink from the property. The house has been vacant for the...

DPP defends against challenge to her professionalism

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on DPP defends against challenge to her professionalism

Once again, Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Ali-Hack has been moved to defend the integrity of her office, against criticism from political circles. Yesterday, the DPP made it clear that all...

Mexican Movie Cycle continues today

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mexican Movie Cycle continues today

The Embassy of Mexico in Guyana announced that it is to co-host with the National Library, the 9th Mexican Movie Cycle in Guyana, which will extend from today to Wednesday. The Ninth Cycle celebrates...

GECOM Secretariat is overstepping authority- Rohee

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Secretariat is overstepping authority- Rohee

– Suggests it is facilitating foreign “interference” By Abena Rockcliffe The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) collaborating with the...

Guyana-born singer of R&B group, Brownstone, dies after freak fall

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-born singer of R&B group, Brownstone, dies after freak fall

Denmark – Charmayne Maxwell, better known as Maxee, a member of the Grammy-nominated ’90s R&B group Brownstone, died Saturday after a mysterious fall. She was 46. According to TMZ,...

Higher pay, improved entry requirements needed to rescue police force – Felix

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Higher pay, improved entry requirements needed to rescue police force – Felix

Former Commissioner of Police and APNU Parliamentarian, Winston Felix, yesterday outlined the need for reform in the police force, citing the poor salaries, poor police standards and poor facilities...

WOW loans to single parent women makes life easier – beneficiary

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on WOW loans to single parent women makes life easier – beneficiary

As a single mother with a dream of becoming an entrepreneur, Petrina Chandro, who easily understood the needs of working parents, had no difficulty in deciding what to venture out in. Without much...

Water shortage prompts riot, fire at Camp Street Prison

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Water shortage prompts riot, fire at Camp Street Prison

Fire erupted at the Camp Street Georgetown Prisons last evening, after a number of inmates set fire to a mattress in an ongoing unrest that resulted from a water shortage in the Capital division of...

New British High Commissioner accredited

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New British High Commissioner accredited

Talks of renewed friendship and an “unbreakable bond” were heard yesterday as the new High Commissioner of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, James Quinn presented his...

Hundreds trained by mining school since launch

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds trained by mining school since launch

– More expected as training continues today Nearly two years after the Guyana Mining School hosted its inaugural training, more than 400 persons have benefited from training. This number will...

Body fished out from canal at Square of the Revolution

Mar 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Body fished out from canal at Square of the Revolution

The body of an unidentified male was fished out of a canal in the vicinity of Square of the Revolution, home to the 1763 Monument, yesterday afternoon by police. According to reports, at...

Why I support President Ramotar and the PPP/C

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why I support President Ramotar and the PPP/C

DEAR EDITOR, I can give a hundred reasons why I support President Ramotar and the PPP/C, but the letter would be much too long for publication and no editor would carry it. Guyana today, is by far...

Does Mr. Moses Nagamootoo share the views and sentiments expressed by his political boss

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does Mr. Moses Nagamootoo share the views and sentiments expressed by his political boss

DEAR EDITOR, APNU Leader and Presidential Candidate David Granger is reported to have said during a recent interview with the Stabroek News that there is nothing to apologise about during the period...

Guyanese must support the Alliance to rebuild Guyana

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese must support the Alliance to rebuild Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Whether Guyana will be a prosperous country in the next five years ultimately depends on the extent the AFC/APNU Pro-Democracy Alliance could influence the people to unite and reject the...

APNU-AFC alliance places Guyana at dangerous crossroads

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU-AFC alliance places Guyana at dangerous crossroads

DEAR EDITOR, I have occasionally, in these pages, spoken out against what I felt was shabby treatment, by the PPP, of some of its most devoted stalwarts, including Moses Nagamootoo. I still feel the...

Albert Boodhoo was not afraid to speak out on behalf of working class

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Albert Boodhoo was not afraid to speak out on behalf of working class

DEAR EDITOR, It is with sadness that I learnt of the passing of New York-based Albert Boodhoo who was a grass roots activist of the PPP and a strong trade unionist who served GAWU and the working...

How to reduce controversy over compensation for politicians

Mar 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on How to reduce controversy over compensation for politicians

DEAR EDITOR, For some time now the media has been reporting continuing controversy, animosity and friction regarding the compensation (i.e. the pay, benefits such as health and retirement and related...

Caribbean Motor Racing Championship…Jeffrey, Vieiras register victories as Guyanese competitors excel

Mar 02, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Motor Racing Championship…Jeffrey, Vieiras register victories as Guyanese competitors excel

Guyana underlined its seriousness about the defence of its regional title after sweeping the top groups in the opening leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) which was staged, at...

Teen gunned down by fellow gang member

Mar 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Teen gunned down by fellow gang member

– killing believed linked to channa bomb attack in Bagotstown A 19-year-old suspected bandit was gunned down at around 21.00 hrs yesterday in a shop in Parker Street, Providence, East Bank...

GINA spends $250M to fund newspaper in NY

Mar 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GINA spends $250M to fund newspaper in NY

– McCoy, Subhan fingered in questionable deal with printery Government Information Agency (GINA) launched a New York edition newspaper late last year under questionable circumstances. This has...

Execution of GGMC officer…Cops question deportee, wife over getaway car

Mar 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Execution of GGMC officer…Cops question deportee, wife over getaway car

Police yesterday continued to question a deportee and his wife, after finding a car believed to have been used by the killers of Mining engineer Trevor Abrams at their home. The vehicle, a grey...

APNU-AFC’s economic plan…All agents of financial lawlessness in NICIL, GRA, GFC, GGMC etc will be dealt with – APNU-AFC

Mar 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU-AFC’s economic plan…All agents of financial lawlessness in NICIL, GRA, GFC, GGMC etc will be dealt with – APNU-AFC

…so that the much needed transparency and accountability can be returned By: Kiana Wilburg While it gears to launch its election campaign on Wednesday in preparation for the May 11 polls, A...

Elections debates…President Ramotar ‘ready to rumble’ but…

Mar 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Elections debates…President Ramotar ‘ready to rumble’ but…

By Abena Rockcliffe Incumbent President, Donald Ramotar is saying that he is up to the challenge of debating his polices on a public platform in the run-up to general elections slated for May 11....

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Social media reporting is a double-edged sword

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Social media has undoubtedly changed how we share and receive information. It has made... more