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Housing Ministry seeks votes for new homes

Apr 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry seeks votes for new homes

Correspondence requesting votes, “support and commitment” to the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) are being sent out to new homeowners who would have signed up with government to...

MINISTERS HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on MINISTERS HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS

The monies that are used to pay public officials, excepting those that work in public corporations, come from the Consolidated Fund. The bulk of the monies in the Consolidated Fund are raised via...

Coalition promises “Diaspora Department” to reach Guyanese abroad

Apr 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition promises “Diaspora Department” to reach Guyanese abroad

Foreign remittances play a major role in the Guyanese economy and for many households, that extra dollar keeps the family afloat. This fact was not missed by the political coalition, A Partnership...

We must find answers

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We must find answers

The suggestion that the viewpoints, values, and dispositions of a population might have some bearing on local economic performance would hardly seem to be controversial. Decades ago, development...

Corrective works start on Brazil fibre optic cable

Apr 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Corrective works start on Brazil fibre optic cable

… after deal reached with local contractor, consortium More than four months after Kaieteur News broke a story that the fibre optic cable from Brazil – intended to link Government...

Govt. plans to build more co-generation plants at sugar estates

Apr 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. plans to build more co-generation plants at sugar estates

As the May 11, 2015 election draws near, President Donald Ramotar has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the sugar industry’s advancement. He said that more co-generation plants will be...

Muslim leaders endorse coalition

Apr 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Muslim leaders endorse coalition

Several leaders of the Muslim community yesterday met with the top officials of the coalition A Partnership For National Unity/ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), and signaled their support. According...

Increased hospital beds not an indicator of quality health care – APNU+AFC Candidate

Apr 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Increased hospital beds not an indicator of quality health care – APNU+AFC Candidate

“You can’t be satisfied,” said Dr Surendra Persaud, a medical practitioner of several years, as he shared his conviction of the public health sector. The doctor’s remarks were solicited by...

Irrational people do not win elections. Do they?

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Irrational people do not win elections. Do they?

If there is a Guyanese out there who was surprised at Roger Luncheon’s statement of support for Jagdeo’s Babu Jaan racist allegations, then that person is mentally challenged. If there is a...

MMU says first report was “taken out of context”

Apr 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on MMU says first report was “taken out of context”

– Accuses media, public of using it for attacks As the second report of the media monitoring unit (MMU) is released, the body has accused persons of taking its first report “out of...

Bandits escape with $8M in cash, jewellery from N/A pawnshop

Apr 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits escape with $8M in cash, jewellery from N/A pawnshop

Police in Berbice are on the hunt for two bandits who yesterday robbed the People’s Pawn Shop at New Street, New Amsterdam, and the two female attendants, of over $8M in cash, jewelry and cell...

Second MMU report says trends continue in media houses

Apr 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Second MMU report says trends continue in media houses

As the Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) continues to observe media houses in Guyana in the lead-up to general and regional elections, trends previously witnessed, including positive coverage for the PPP/C...

Gold chain snatcher appears in court

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Gold chain snatcher appears in court

A man was yesterday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on a larceny from the person charge. Devon McCurdy, 30, admitted that on April 22, at Regent Street, he stole one gold...

Man faces court after failing to declare $4M at CJIA

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man faces court after failing to declare $4M at CJIA

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) brought a man before the court, yesterday, after it was alleged he failed to declare a large sum of money before leaving the country. The charge against Wilson...

Mother of two allegedly found with drugs in microwave

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mother of two allegedly found with drugs in microwave

A 61-year-old Berbician woman was remanded to prison after she was charged with drug trafficking. Donna Charles, a mother of two, who resides at Lot 4 Wapping Lane, New Amsterdam, Berbice, denied the...

Taxi driver gets one month for abusing wife

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver gets one month for abusing wife

City Magistrate Annette Singh sentenced a taxi driver to one month imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his reputed wife. Delon Logan, 25, of South Ruimveldt Gardens, confessed that he...

Linden man charged with discharging loaded firearm

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Linden man charged with discharging loaded firearm

A Linden man was brought before the court yesterday after the police alleged he discharged a loaded firearm. Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry read the charge to 36-year-old Sheldon Joseph, of...

Instead of healing, unity and togetherness, the PPP is preaching race hate, fear, and bitterness

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Instead of healing, unity and togetherness, the PPP is preaching race hate, fear, and bitterness

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News on April 21, 2015 has a photograph of APNU+AFC leaders David Granger and Moses Nagamootoo and Guyanese living in Canada and who attended the coalition’s activity in...

There is a God who will protect people like Shirlina Nageer and crush those who want to strip her

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a God who will protect people like Shirlina Nageer and crush those who want to strip her

Dear Editor, My head hangs in shame, my heart bleeds calling myself a Guyanese. The incident on Monday (April 20th, 2015), wherein a Minister of the PPP Government attacked a woman in broad daylight...

We need a constitution that removes absolute power from the President

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need a constitution that removes absolute power from the President

Dear Editor, The election campaign is on nation – wide: Berbice, North West, Rupununi, and for the PPP/C it seems that fear is the key. The PNC (Burnham/Granger) is the spectre of fear,...

Sherlina Nageer was exercising her democratic right to hold a government minister accountable

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sherlina Nageer was exercising her democratic right to hold a government minister accountable

Dear Editor, A quick apology from an abusive spouse is almost a cliché. The abusive behavior displayed by sitting government Minister Bheri Ramsaran is yet another stain on the wall of shame that...

Jagdeo’s shrill and irrational ‘warnings’ don’t seem to come from a man confident of his party retaining government

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s shrill and irrational ‘warnings’ don’t seem to come from a man confident of his party retaining government

Dear Editor, For the sake of basic decency and good sense, someone in the People’s Progress Party needs to rein former President Bharrat Jagdeo in. As I expected, all the immediate post-Sri Lanka...

Is Jagdeo saying former national security officers must deal only with the PPP regime?

Apr 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Jagdeo saying former national security officers must deal only with the PPP regime?

Dear Editor, With seventeen days to go before the May 11 elections, the fight for the seat of government no longer appears to be between the PPP and APNU/AFC alliance, but between Bharrat Jagdeo, on...