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PPP laments GECOM’s delay in announcing final list of polling places

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP laments GECOM’s delay in announcing final list of polling places

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday expressed its concerns with regard to the transparency of the recruitment of polling day staff and the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM)’s...

PPP/C postpones public forum

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C postpones public forum

A forum arranged to facilitate public interaction between President Donald Ramotar, his Prime Ministerial running mate Elisabeth Harper, and members of the public was yesterday postponed for reasons...

Man drowns in Demerara River

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man drowns in Demerara River

The body of a man reportedly of unsound mind was fished out of the Demerara River, yesterday, in the vicinity of West Watooka by Police. The incident which occurred shortly after 16:00hrs drew scores...

Cabinet Secretary defends Jagdeo’s sanctioned Babu Jaan comments

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet Secretary defends Jagdeo’s sanctioned Babu Jaan comments

After the Media Monitoring Unit’s (MMU) public sanctioning of comments made by former president Bharrat Jagdeo, Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, has come out in defence of Jagdeo’s...

REVISITING CRITICAL SUPPORT

Apr 16, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on REVISITING CRITICAL SUPPORT

What is far more important than knowledge of our past is a proper understanding of that past. A blinkered understanding of the past can lead to the same degree, if not worse, of ignorance than...

Comparing the PNC and the PPP in office

Apr 16, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Comparing the PNC and the PPP in office

Mr. Charrandas Persaud of the Alliance for Change had me once again as the guest last Tuesday evening on his Berbice television interview programme. The other two guests were Raymond Hall and Michael...

GECOM to seek Chief Justice ruling on certificates of employment

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM to seek Chief Justice ruling on certificates of employment

By Jarryl Bryan Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has decided seek a ruling from Chief Justice, Ian Chang, on whether GECOM can indeed issue certificates of employments to polling day staff. This...

Luncheon ready to engage in debate on PPP/C’s broken promises

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon ready to engage in debate on PPP/C’s broken promises

Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon expressed at his press conference yesterday that he is ready to engage in any exchange with anyone who may want to question the election promises of the 2011...

Fibre optic cable saga…Arrangements finally in place to get project back on stream – Dr. Luncheon

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fibre optic cable saga…Arrangements finally in place to get project back on stream – Dr. Luncheon

After some months of being at “death’s door” as the opposition had said, the Brazil/Guyana fibre optic Cable project is back. Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, revealed yesterday that...

US$15M Petro Caribe fund goes into Hope Canal

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US$15M Petro Caribe fund goes into Hope Canal

Months after Essequibo rice farmers were seeking an audience with the Minister of Agriculture and senior members of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to sit and discuss the problems they face,...

Prisoner found hanging

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner found hanging

The relatives of a 36 year old man, who police say was found hanging in his cell at the Lethem Police Station lock-ups last Sunday, are not the least bit convinced that he committed suicide. Close...

President Ramotar urges church to pray for peace, progress and prosperity

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President Ramotar urges church to pray for peace, progress and prosperity

President Donald Ramotar paid a brief visit to the New Testament Church of God’s 58th Annual National Convention, at the National Cultural Centre, on Sunday where he urged the electorate to pray...

Scare tactics can lead to serious consequences

Apr 16, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Scare tactics can lead to serious consequences

Scare tactics are being used to garner votes during the upcoming elections. This is something that was once done extensively in small communities where landed people wanted to maintain control over...

GuySuCo worker killed on duty in bee attack

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo worker killed on duty in bee attack

– Relatives lament poor health care from hospital, GuySucCo’s neglect After eleven workers were stung by Africanised bees at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Uitvlugt Estate, West...

Fire victim denies burning down her own storage bond

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fire victim denies burning down her own storage bond

In what has turned out to be a family feud, Joyceline Prince, 65, of 18 Ben Profit Drive (formerly Victoria Road) Plaisance, has come forward to refute claims that she was responsible for burning...

“Thwarters” invited to be proud and rejoice

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on “Thwarters” invited to be proud and rejoice

– As controversial Marriott Hotel opens today Even as opposition members prepare themselves to raise placards during the opening of the Marriott Hotel today, Head of the Presidential...

CCJ overturns Appeals Court decision favoring dismissed GuySuCo worker

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ overturns Appeals Court decision favoring dismissed GuySuCo worker

A decade of litigation brought by a sacked sugar worker ended Tuesday at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) with a ruling overturning a Court of Appeal decision to award him severance benefits and...

GTU threatens industrial action to retaliate non-payment of debunching monies

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GTU threatens industrial action to retaliate non-payment of debunching monies

Elections anxiety is in the air and could possibly escalate if the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) is to make good on a threat to have its members engage in industrial action. This publication yesterday...

PPP has not strayed from Jagan’s principles – Clive Jagan

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP has not strayed from Jagan’s principles – Clive Jagan

Despite the views of several political commentators and Dr. Cheddi Jagan’s two children, the late politician’s nephew and candidate for the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Dr. Clive Jagan, is...

PRISONER FOUND HANGING IN MAZARUNI PRISON

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PRISONER FOUND HANGING IN MAZARUNI PRISON

An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances that led to the death of convicted prisoner Navar Edwards called Ramesh, who was found hanging in his cell at the Mazaruni Prison. Edwards,...

Health officials meet with mother of dead Surinamese woman

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health officials meet with mother of dead Surinamese woman

– promises that investigation will be thorough Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, has vowed to leave no stone unturned as an investigation into the death of 22-year-old Kamili Arjune...

Overcrowding a norm in Maternity Ward

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Overcrowding a norm in Maternity Ward

… New building extension will fix the problem – says PRO Two mothers and their newborn babies sharing a bed has become a norm in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC),...

GECOM hails voter education as successful

Apr 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM hails voter education as successful

With over 570,000 Guyanese eligible to vote at the upcoming General and Regional elections, Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has expressed the belief that its voter education campaign has been a...

Teen remanded on gun possession charge

Apr 16, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Teen remanded on gun possession charge

The 19-year-old who was nabbed on Monday in New Amsterdam, Berbice with a Berretta Pistol has been charged and remanded to jail. Trevor Sandy, 19, and unemployed, gave his address as 58 Stanleytown,...

Brazilian nabbed with undeclared cash

Apr 16, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Brazilian nabbed with undeclared cash

A Brazilian national was released on $100,000 bail yesterday after she was charged with taking excess money out of the country. The police are alleging that on December 4, 2014, at the Cheddi Jagan...

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