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Canadian University recognizes Sir Ronald Sanders

May 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian University recognizes Sir Ronald Sanders

Antigua and Barbuda diplomatist, writer and academic, Sir Ronald Sanders, has been elected as a Senior Fellow at Massey College in the University of Toronto. The announcement of his election was made...

Essequibo’s oldest is 105

May 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo’s oldest is 105

May Garraway is not in the best of health today but attaining another milestone on Sunday, was a welcome blessing for both she and her family. Her daughter, Joyce Garraway, said that her mother is...

Sophia murder suspect still to be apprehended, family demands answers

May 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia murder suspect still to be apprehended, family demands answers

…as reported sightings of suspect surface Shivanand Roopnarine allegedly snapped and stabbed his girlfriend, Alicia McPherson, some 41 times about the face and body and left her to die next to the...

Contracts and corruption

May 07, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Contracts and corruption

The right of a government to award contracts has never been questioned. As a matter of fact, contracts are integral to national development. But there are means of awarding contracts. The law states...

Digicel launches ‘Top Up’ app

May 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel launches ‘Top Up’ app

Digicel yesterday announced the official launch of its convenient Top Up App which it says delivers a fast, reliable and convenient way for customers from abroad to send minutes to their family and...

Sacking of Bheri Ramsaran: A theoretical note

May 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sacking of Bheri Ramsaran: A theoretical note

There have been countless Indian intellectuals and Indian politicians who have explained to the Indian people of this country that if they continue to give the PPP an electoral blank cheque, the PPP...

Doobay murder trial ends in hung jury

May 07, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Doobay murder trial ends in hung jury

After lengthy deliberations, members of the jury failed to reach a verdict, yesterday, against the man accused of killing Sherwaney Doobay. The accused will now likely face another trial at an...

Shaquille Grant murder trial gets underway

May 07, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Shaquille Grant murder trial gets underway

The murder trial of Police Constable, Terrence Wallace, has begun. The trial commenced before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown, yesterday. Wallace is charged with the murder of...

This so-called swami sees an ethnic factor in all political dynamics

May 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This so-called swami sees an ethnic factor in all political dynamics

DEAR EDITOR, There is a third letter from Aksharananda (“Who in the coalition will speak for Indians?” SN, May 4) and the pattern is confirmed. He is penning the most distorted sociological...

Which party should govern for the next five years?

May 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Which party should govern for the next five years?

DEAR EDITOR, As Guyanese go to the Polls on May 11 to elect a new Government, they should weigh the choice of continued increase in crime, corruption, nepotism and economic decline under a PPP/C-led...

We must multiply the effort to bring good governance to Guyana

May 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must multiply the effort to bring good governance to Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, In 1926, Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow and other Caribbean trade union leaders began the fight for every person at the age of 21 to be given the right to vote; the chance to vote. Every...

Shouldn’t it be Mothers’ Day?

May 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shouldn’t it be Mothers’ Day?

DEAR EDITOR, In a couple of days we will be observing Mothers’ Day, much to the delight and excitement of not only mothers, but of children, husbands, friends and all. It is indeed a special day. I...

Such views may have an impact on our social progress

May 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Such views may have an impact on our social progress

DEAR EDITOR, I truly and deeply pity Ryhaan Shah for the way she defines herself in her letter published yesterday. She traps herself in her Indian self — one small part of her DNA — her narrowly...

200 duty-free BaiShanLin trucks pushing us out of business

May 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on 200 duty-free BaiShanLin trucks pushing us out of business

DEAR EDITOR, It’s beginning to get increasingly obvious that our Chinese friends at BaiShanLin are being allowed to monopolise several of our industries with the help of the current administration....

Young people have to play their part in forging change

May 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Young people have to play their part in forging change

DEAR EDITOR, For the first time in Guyana, our youth make up over 60% of the electorate. This means that persons between the ages of 18 and 35 hold Guyana’s future in their hands. They must use...

“Exit polls” based on hasty generalisations and fabrications should be discouraged

May 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Exit polls” based on hasty generalisations and fabrications should be discouraged

DEAR EDITOR, The statement by GECOM Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally that only results released by the Guyana Elections Commission should be considered final and legitimate is most helpful, especially...

An APNU+AFC Govt. can and will provide an immediate wage increase

May 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An APNU+AFC Govt. can and will provide an immediate wage increase

DEAR EDITOR, Politics is about simple thing and when the APNU+AFC wins the elections, thousands of people will have a better life immediately. Why? Within the first 100 days, the APNU+AFC will...

Race can surely kill you

May 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Race can surely kill you

DEAR EDITOR, A Government is elected by the citizens of a country to run its affairs in a manner that results in a better quality of life for all. It is a privilege that should make one feel...

Govt. lies about free fibre optic cable repairs

May 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. lies about free fibre optic cable repairs

Government’s claim that Dax Contracting Services would be repairing the Brazil fibre optic cable at no cost to taxpayers, is false and misleading. The government has granted Faisal ‘Dax’...

Cricket legend, Alvin Kallicharran, endorses coalition

May 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cricket legend, Alvin Kallicharran, endorses coalition

– says sports neglected for 23 years under PPP/C Former West Indies cricket captain, Alvin Kallicharran, says he is batting for the Opposition coalition after becoming convinced that sports has...

Guyanese man wanted for US double murder, nabbed in Trinidad

May 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man wanted for US double murder, nabbed in Trinidad

Trinidad (Trinidad Guardian) -The local Interpol Bureau re-arrested a Guyanese born man wanted in the US for several charges including two counts of murder, according to a release from the T&T...

Jagdeo must say “what his cut was” on the CJIA contract – Harmon

May 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo must say “what his cut was” on the CJIA contract – Harmon

General Secretary of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Joseph Harmon has lashed out at a paid political advertisement in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News. The People’s...

Govt.’s process of granting tax concessions lacks transparency –APNU+AFC

May 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.’s process of granting tax concessions lacks transparency –APNU+AFC

“The criteria government uses to grant tax breaks is very clear and known to all by now. You have to be either a family member or relative, a close friend, known for lending support to the PPP/C...

Carter Center concerned about divisive campaign rhetoric

May 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Carter Center concerned about divisive campaign rhetoric

– says electoral preparations on track Guyana’s electoral preparations appear to be on track in most of the country, according to early Carter Center observer reports, which also expressed...

Bagotville murder…Suspect nabbed by police while job hunting

May 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bagotville murder…Suspect nabbed by police while job hunting

Alleged wife-killer Alan Barker was captured yesterday in Sophia while seeking employment from a resident who recognized him and tipped off the police. A source said that Barker was taken into...

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The burden of proof rests on the asserting party

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In recent days there have been serious assertions made and associations implied without... more