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E’bo Technical Institute showcases its programmes

May 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo Technical Institute showcases its programmes

With the intention of showcasing what they have to offer to students, parents and corporate society, the Management and Directors of the Essequibo Technical Institute, hosted a second career day and...

Dr. Raj Singh’s pronouncements are economic and criminal sabotage – GTUC

May 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Raj Singh’s pronouncements are economic and criminal sabotage – GTUC

The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) has come out in strong condemnation of recent revelations that Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) is unable to meet payment obligations to its workers. Further,...

Army’s flagship leaves for Exercise Tradewinds

May 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Army’s flagship leaves for Exercise Tradewinds

The Guyana Defence Force flagship, the GDFS Essequibo, has departed with a team for St. Kitts/ Nevis to participate in Exercise Tradewinds. Exercise Tradewinds is a United States Southern Command...

Recovering stolen public assets… APNU+AFC must prevent future exposure to corruption – Dr. Clive Thomas

May 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Recovering stolen public assets… APNU+AFC must prevent future exposure to corruption – Dr. Clive Thomas

– ‘Ousting the PPP/C was just the first step’ Dethroning the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) was just the first step towards creating the environment needed to significantly reduce the...

Magistrate yet to file court action in ex-PM son’s case

May 30, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Magistrate yet to file court action in ex-PM son’s case

Nearly two months after stating that she needed direction from the High Court in the matter involving the son of former Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds, city Magistrate Annette Singh is yet to file the...

Police investigates missing eye care equipment at GPHC

May 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police investigates missing eye care equipment at GPHC

Police have launched an investigation into the disappearance of multiple pieces of equipment from the Ophthalmology Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The equipment,...

Analyzing the 2015 General Elections results

May 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Analyzing the 2015 General Elections results

Serious episodes of impossibilities characterized the results of the 2015 National Elections. All three parties – APNU, AFC and PPP – will have to call in their analysts to help prepare...

$1.6M vanishes from vehicle in GRA parking lot

May 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $1.6M vanishes from vehicle in GRA parking lot

Auto dealer, Nigel Ramah, 33, of 18 Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara, is in shock. About 10:30 hours, yesterday, he lost a black shoulder bag containing $1.6 million, five minutes after leaving it...

EU commits to continuing cooperation with Guyana

May 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on EU commits to continuing cooperation with Guyana

Head of Delegation, Ambassador Robert Kopecký, on Thursday met with Guyana’s new Foreign Affairs Minister and Vice President, Carl Greenidge, at his office. There the two discussed a number of...

BRING BACK A MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND SPORT

May 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BRING BACK A MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND SPORT

The arrests this week of top officials of footballing association attached to the world governing body for football, FIFA was long in the making. Even before the last World Cup in Brazil, allegations...

Essequibo braces for floods

May 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo braces for floods

Senior members of the Region Two Administration are cautioning residents and rice farmers, especially those residing in low-lying areas to move to higher ground. Three days of high intensity of...

Guyana Industrial Training Centre hosts Awareness Day

May 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Industrial Training Centre hosts Awareness Day

Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) on Thursday hosted a public awareness day on the institutions front lawn. The occasion was intended to enlighten the public about skills that the institution...

Vior dire underway for Campbellville trio

May 30, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Vior dire underway for Campbellville trio

A third voir dire is underway in the murder trial of Anthony De Paul Hope, RalphTyndall and Kevin O’Neil. The trio is facing a trial before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire at the Georgetown High...

Drug bust lands man before court

May 30, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Drug bust lands man before court

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a Land Surveyor to prison yesterday on a drug trafficking charge. Graham Telford, 51, of 65 Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust pleaded not guilty to both...

Soesdyke man charged with 2009 Albouystown murder

May 30, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soesdyke man charged with 2009 Albouystown murder

After evading police for over five years, Steve Allicock, who was captured a few days ago in connection with the murder of Albouystown resident, Wendell Tappin appeared in court yesterday. Allicock,...

Kuru Kururu Accident…Motorcyclist faces four charges, pays $55,000 fine

May 30, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Kuru Kururu Accident…Motorcyclist faces four charges, pays $55,000 fine

Travis Simeon, 24, on Thursday, appeared in the Providence Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Leron Daly, to answer to four charges, among them being an unlicensed driver, breach of Insurance,...

A case for Chanderpaul

May 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A case for Chanderpaul

DEAR EDITOR, Was Chanderpaul wrong to refuse to retire before the test match in Dominica? Are those who wanted him to play for WI against Australia being sentimental? I don’t think so. Maybe as a...

Organizing youth for leadership roles in Guyana

May 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Organizing youth for leadership roles in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Encouraged by the present government’s expressed commitment to respectfully listen to citizens, to responsibly spend our monies and initiate action to address concerns of women and...

Frederick Kissoon, new cricket commentator! Disappointed!

May 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Frederick Kissoon, new cricket commentator! Disappointed!

DEAR EDITOR, At times I sit and get amazed of how people like to become overnight specialists in a given area that, honestly, they are very ignorant and for the lack of a better word, stupid. Sad I...

Is this a fair manner to treat someone who has dedicated his life to an organization?

May 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this a fair manner to treat someone who has dedicated his life to an organization?

DEAR EDITOR, This is in response to Mr. Kissoon¹s May 28th article on Chanderpaul. First of all most of the content is irrelevant since it is centred on his personal experiences and reference to...

House cleaning needed at NCN

May 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on House cleaning needed at NCN

DEAR EDITOR, I guess by now the nation has noticed that many of those announcers at NCN who were passionately promoting the PPP’s propaganda are now singing a new tune. But we must not forget the...

A Never Retired Nun: Sr. Noel Mary Menezes

May 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Never Retired Nun: Sr. Noel Mary Menezes

DEAR EDITOR, It was her humility that captured my attention. She was humble yet rich in knowledge and wisdom. Her contribution to education in Guyana, especially higher education, is remarkable. I am...