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Politicising the public service

May 21, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Politicising the public service

Just over two decades ago public servants were just that—public servants. They were never openly involved in politics and they were the effective buffer between the political Minister and the rest...

Chinese-built convention center renamed after Arthur Chung

May 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese-built convention center renamed after Arthur Chung

The Guyana International Conference Center (GICC) at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, has been renamed the Arthur Chung Convention Center. Making the announcement yesterday, President David Granger...

Joseph Harmon sworn in as Minister of State

May 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Joseph Harmon sworn in as Minister of State

– Cabinet Secretary Post likely for AFC President, Brigadier (Rtd.) David Granger, Commander-in-Chief yesterday swore-in retired Army Colonel Joseph Harmon as the Minister of State of the...

7 year- old brain cancer patient succumbs…Was unable to raise funds for surgery

May 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 7 year- old brain cancer patient succumbs…Was unable to raise funds for surgery

A seven-year-old child, who was suffering from a tumor of the brain, has died. Colleacia Harcourt, called Alicia of Litchfield Village, West Coast Berbice passed at around 6:30 pm, last evening....

You lost a what… an election?

May 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on You lost a what… an election?

In 1990, the communist, pro-Cuban Sandinista party in Nicaragua lost the General Elections. I saw Nigel Westmass of the WPA laughing his head off as he approached me. He had a Newsweek magazine in...

GT&T’s CEO resigns

May 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T’s CEO resigns

Chief Executive Officer of telecommunications giant, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), Radha Krishna Sharma has resigned. Sharma tendered his resignation yesterday and it will be...

Greatest challenge is restoring shattered confidence in system of government – Harmon

May 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Greatest challenge is restoring shattered confidence in system of government – Harmon

“We are tracking expenses, we are tracking public expenditure, we are tracking assets of the State and we are getting information” Assuming control of the administration of a country is no...

Alleged chain snatcher granted bail

May 21, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Alleged chain snatcher granted bail

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, on Tuesday granted an alleged chain snatcher bail in the sum of $150,000, after he was on remand for several weeks. Kevin Mingo, 23, of Guyhoc Park appeared...

Maternal death due to hypertension, lung distress

May 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Maternal death due to hypertension, lung distress

The post mortem examination performed on 20-year-old Yonette Williams-Grey, the young mother, who passed away after a C-section on May10, last, has revealed that she died from compounded lung...

Father of two slapped with wounding charge

May 21, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Father of two slapped with wounding charge

A father of two was released on $20,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to a wounding charge when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Darrel Sinclair, 31, of 1998 Meadow Brook...

Men charged with damage to property, assault

May 21, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Men charged with damage to property, assault

Two men appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to separate charges of damage to property. Robert McKenzie, 19, of Lot 194 ‘D’ Grove Squatting Area, East Bank...

Racial slurs cause driver to assault reporter

May 21, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Racial slurs cause driver to assault reporter

A D’Urban Street minibus driver was on Tuesday, released on self-bail after he was accused of assaulting a News Update’s (Channel 65) reporter and news anchor. Terry Campbell, of Lot 11 D’Urban...

Inherent in peeping is the possibility of not seeing properly

May 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Inherent in peeping is the possibility of not seeing properly

DEAR EDITOR, My infrequent readings, of the Peeping Tom column, frequently unearth fallacies. On occasions, I have deemed them to be malicious. The most recent was in the column of May 19, 2015 in...

President Granger has already put his stamp on the country

May 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger has already put his stamp on the country

DEAR EDITOR, David Granger has only been sworn in as President for a few days now, but he has already put his stamp on the country, not only with the re-naming of the Office of the President but also...

Guyana’s ethnic voting pattern has remained constant

May 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s ethnic voting pattern has remained constant

DEAR EDITOR, The evidence shows that Guyana’s ethnic voting pattern has remained constant with each passing election. This recent election was no different. I have come to the conclusion that the...

Sugar workers need immediate re-assurance

May 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar workers need immediate re-assurance

DEAR EDITOR, Firstly, I take this opportunity to heartily congratulate our new government and to wish us Guyanese well-deserved success as we confront the many daunting tasks awaiting attention. I...

Managing and sustaining the partnership of the new coalition Govt.

May 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Managing and sustaining the partnership of the new coalition Govt.

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate His Excellency, President David Granger and his new APNU+AFC coalition government. This is indeed a historic moment for Guyana and...

Measures need to be put in place to prevent anyone from witch hunting

May 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Measures need to be put in place to prevent anyone from witch hunting

DEAR EDITOR, I think it is the height of impropriety for the Commissioner of Police to even think of posting senior officers in what surely was a clandestine act to preempt the incoming Minister of...

Where will our customers park now?

May 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where will our customers park now?

DEAR EDITOR, We are business people operating for years now in the Bourda area on Regent Street. Within the last few days, we were told by police that our cars must be parked in an east to west/west...

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The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more