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PPP promises competent and diverse list of candidates

Apr 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP promises competent and diverse list of candidates

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will, on Nomination Day—today —present to the nation its List of Candidates to represent the Party at the General and Regional Elections on May 11....

Previous silence on DV does not affect credibility on women’s rights – Elisabeth Harper

Apr 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Previous silence on DV does not affect credibility on women’s rights – Elisabeth Harper

– Women’s rights must not be a “political football” As Prime Ministerial candidate for the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), Elisabeth Harper continues to take hits from her...

Making more money from the internet

Apr 07, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Making more money from the internet

On December 25, 2014, Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator with over 200 million active subscribers dropped a bombshell: it wanted to charge customers extra for using services like Skype, Viber...

Zeelugt woman found safe, was hiding from abusive husband

Apr 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Zeelugt woman found safe, was hiding from abusive husband

Police were able to locate 20-year-old Samantha Alli, who went missing after her husband allegedly beat her up, and tossed her out of her Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, home two Mondays ago. According...

Calls for public vetting of Elections Day staff not practical – GECOM

Apr 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Calls for public vetting of Elections Day staff not practical – GECOM

Officials of the Guyana Elections Commission, (GECOM) are unwavering in their stance that the organization will conduct elections with limited involvement of political parties as it relates to...

Media in tricky situation over lack of code of conduct for politicians

Apr 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Media in tricky situation over lack of code of conduct for politicians

They hurl insults back and forth, the crowd cheering them on as the diatribes pour from their lips. Oftentimes, their speeches are intended to bash their opponents rather than inform the public on...

Mother encourages parents to be more involved in children’s education

Apr 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mother encourages parents to be more involved in children’s education

— concerned about level of CP in some schools The Ministry of Education has long been calling for all stakeholders to do their part to ensure that the nation’s children benefit from a quality...

Drunken driver crashes, flees scene

Apr 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken driver crashes, flees scene

The driver of motor car HC 1240 is wanted by the authorities after crashing his car and escaping from the scene. The man, identified as Ryan Lackram, did not heed police warning to avoid drinking and...

THIS CHILD DOES NOT DESERVE THIS!

Apr 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THIS CHILD DOES NOT DESERVE THIS!

To this day, I do not know how it happened. But the fact that it happened, has taught me an important lesson in life about not breaking a promise to a child. It was always my practice that whenever I...

Bound body of boy found…I don’t know who would want to kill my child- grieving mother

Apr 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bound body of boy found…I don’t know who would want to kill my child- grieving mother

Two days after Shaquan Gittens’ bound and partially decomposed body was fished out from a trench in the South Ruimveldt backlands, his mother, Doysha Gittens, is still trying to figure out how her...

Professor Harold Lutchman is APNU+AFC Rep of List of Candidates

Apr 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Professor Harold Lutchman is APNU+AFC Rep of List of Candidates

“Like any lawyer I had lots of questions, but once those were answered I was satisfied and I accepted”- Lutchman A Partnership For National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition...

The Garage spreads Easter cheer to less fortunate

Apr 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Garage spreads Easter cheer to less fortunate

After opening its doors on Easter Monday three years ago, the Garage drive-in bar and grill on Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt Gardens, is giving back to its patrons. The establishment, in the...

In a modern service, training in “police work” is not enough

Apr 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on In a modern service, training in “police work” is not enough

DEAR EDITOR, The report on the recent graduation ceremony for 113 recruits of the Guyana Police Force (I thought the name was changed to Guyana Police Service) caught my attention as I read the...

Guyana has become a hopeless hellhole under the PPP

Apr 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana has become a hopeless hellhole under the PPP

DEAR EDITOR, In 1942, the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt said “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is...

Someone in the police force is a blatant liar

Apr 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Someone in the police force is a blatant liar

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Police Force has issued a denial of the description of a roadblock I saw outside the Cove and John station as carried in my column of Thursday, April 2, 2015 I quote from the...

“Kit” Nascimento: A Tennessee Williams character

Apr 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Kit” Nascimento: A Tennessee Williams character

This country is a wasteland that has no parallel on Planet Earth. In the 21st century, a man who created infamy in the first half of the 20th century and who failed miserably in the next fifty...

Community and Religious Leaders must make a stand

Apr 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Community and Religious Leaders must make a stand

DEAR EDITOR, I guess I really cannot help it, but I am following Guyana politics and its leading up to elections on May 11, as if it was a sporting event. Despite my residing overseas, my interest...

Why look overseas when a good model for crematoriums is here

Apr 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why look overseas when a good model for crematoriums is here

DEAR EDITOR, A few days ago two respectable Guyanese drew attention to the poor facilities available at Guyana’s open-air crematoriums, with particular reference to Babu Jaan (ref. Christopher Ram...

Development of Guyana’s Energy Sector

Apr 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Development of Guyana’s Energy Sector

DEAR EDITOR, In response to my KN letter of March 27 on the above referenced subject, Teri Phang, an apparent side-kick of Prime Minister (PM) Hinds, attempted to portray him in a letter of April 1...

Pick up after your dogs

Apr 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pick up after your dogs

DEAR EDITOR, Last Wednesday afternoon I took my rescue dog Carlisa (on a leash) for a walk. As your readers can recall, several years ago Carlisa was rescued from drowning in a trench in front of...

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Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more