June 30, 2015

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South African Minister pays courtesy call on Speaker

Jun 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on South African Minister pays courtesy call on Speaker

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland yesterday met with a delegation led by South Africa’s Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Luwellyn Landers, in the...

Bandits terrorise Stewartville families

Jun 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits terrorise Stewartville families

Bandits terrorized two Stewartville, West Coast Demerara households during a 15-minute robbery spree, early yesterday morning. The bandits’ main target was a Bourda Market businesswoman, whom they...

INSUBORDINATION

Jun 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on INSUBORDINATION

I would like to see which employee in Kaieteur News who is given an order by the management, would refuse to carry it out. I would like to see any person who without cause would dare to be...

Mastermind behind cocaine in rum jailed for 4 years, fined $17M

Jun 30, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mastermind behind cocaine in rum jailed for 4 years, fined $17M

Keon Brewster, 21 of B Field Sophia, was jailed for four years after he pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking charge before Magistrate Ann McLennon. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $17,020,800 On...

Blind Society aims to facilitate CXC Mathematics

Jun 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Blind Society aims to facilitate CXC Mathematics

– as empowerment strides are expanded Mathematics is likely to soon be among the subjects offered to the Caribbean Secondary Education Certification (CSEC) candidates registered by the Guyana...

AG report on Education Ministry shows…$13M still outstanding as overpaid salaries

Jun 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on AG report on Education Ministry shows…$13M still outstanding as overpaid salaries

For 2013, the salary overpayments continued at the Ministry of Education. These overpayments amounted to just over half a million. With these new overpayments the Ministry’s outstanding...

Aftermath of unusually high winds…Mocha home crushed, GPL records high number of fallen poles

Jun 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Aftermath of unusually high winds…Mocha home crushed, GPL records high number of fallen poles

Following destructive high winds and heavy rains on Sunday a First Street, Mocha/Arcadia man is now homeless after his home came crashing down with the storm. Yesterday when Kaieteur News reporter...

Woman’s ‘ex’ detained after suspicious Cogland Dam fire

Jun 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s ‘ex’ detained after suspicious Cogland Dam fire

Investigators from the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Fire Service are locked in intensive investigations to determine the cause of a fire that completely destroyed a two story building at...

Termination of GPHC Matron…GPSU takes concerns to President Granger

Jun 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Termination of GPHC Matron…GPSU takes concerns to President Granger

– insists termination lacks merit The termination of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Director of Nursing Services, Sister Colleen Hicks, has reached the attention of...

Drum Head Service to kick start Police Force 176th anniversary

Jun 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Drum Head Service to kick start Police Force 176th anniversary

The Guyana Police Force kicks off its anniversary with the traditional drum head service at the Tactical Services Drill Square tomorrow. The event is the first in a series of month long activities to...

Jilted teen attempts suicide

Jun 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jilted teen attempts suicide

An 18-year-old Jibb, Essequibo Coast woman, who attempted to end her life by consuming a quantity of gramoxone, remains in a critical condition at the Oscar Joseph Hospital. While the teen’s...

Drs. Karen and Immanuel Cummings and the cries of the PPP

Jun 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Drs. Karen and Immanuel Cummings and the cries of the PPP

We are nothing in this world if we do not accept and possess moral obligation. Moral obligation is one of the most recondite discussions in philosophy. Kant is regarded as the philosopher who...

Challenges and solutions prevalent in education sector – Minister

Jun 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Challenges and solutions prevalent in education sector – Minister

Queen’s College student Elisa Hamilton with 19 grade ones and one grade two passes, was last year named the best performing Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) candidate. However, while the upside...

Absent proposals from UG stall entry to Hugh Wooding – AG

Jun 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Absent proposals from UG stall entry to Hugh Wooding – AG

A way forward on the automatic entry of Guyana’s top law students into the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) in Trinidad, is apparently being hindered by the University of Guyana (UG). For years, the...

PROVIDING HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS

Jun 30, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PROVIDING HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS

Guest editorial On May 11, 2015, the bell finally rang for the people of Guyana. Now that the long campaign period is over, the APNU+AFC Coalition Government has work to do to convince the electorate...

Body found in septic tank at Campbellville…Church elder denies being with victim the night, she disappeared

Jun 30, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Body found in septic tank at Campbellville…Church elder denies being with victim the night, she disappeared

Winslow Smith, called “Pastor Smith,” or “Elder Smith” of the New Diamond, Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, yesterday, testified in the murder trial of Anthony De Paul Hope and Ralph...

Crime and Underage Drinking

Jun 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Crime and Underage Drinking

DEAR EDITOR, I would first like to applaud the new Minister of Public Security for the outstanding work done so far and new vision and direction put forth for the reforming of Guyana’s security...

Reform the courts

Jun 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reform the courts

DEAR EDITOR, The justice system is the mechanism that upholds the rule of law. Our courts provide a forum to resolve disputes and to test and enforce laws in a fair and rational manner. The courts...

This COI should propose methods to wind down the sugar industry with as little pain as possible

Jun 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This COI should propose methods to wind down the sugar industry with as little pain as possible

DEAR EDITOR, It was noted with great disappointment, in an SN article of June 27, that Vibert Parvatan, formerly CEO of Fogarty’s Ltd., has been appointed Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry...

We can transform UG in under five years, but…

Jun 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We can transform UG in under five years, but…

DEAR EDITOR, It is a relief that new interest is being taken about the unmitigated wreck that is University of Guyana. The recent editorial in KN that zoomed in on UG was spot-on. The Honourable...

Inquiry into National Service atrocities should be held

Jun 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Inquiry into National Service atrocities should be held

DEAR EDITOR, A Commission of Inquiry is held into the murder of Walter Rodney some 35 years later to bring closure to that terrible act. A similar inquiry will help to heal wounds arising out of...

Guyana seems determined to nurture its alcohol culture

Jun 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana seems determined to nurture its alcohol culture

DEAR EDITOR, Reports in the Stabroek News (26 June, 2015) and Guyana Chronicle (28 June 2015) from the 60th Caribbean Public Health Agency Research Conference in Grenada say that Guyana has been...

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Shafique, Sajid star on see-sawing day as Pakistan seize control

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Cricinfo – Pakistan pulled clear on an absorbing day of Test cricket that see-sawed one way and then the other. While West Indies had improved upon their position from 24 hours ago in the first...

The opposition wants mass protests, but Guyana is not ready

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(Kaieteur News) – The sinking of the M.V. Barima has understandably produced anger, grief and frustration across Guyana, and in any functioning democracy a credible opposition would be expected to seize upon such a national tragedy and use it to hold the government accountable. That is what...

Nicaragua’s Abandoned Ballot: What the OAS Can and Cannot Do

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Daniel Ortega has now said openly what his regime has demonstrated for years: the people of Nicaragua are not to be permitted to remove their rulers through elections. During celebrations marking the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, Ortega...

Who’s responsible, who will take responsibility?

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – A tragedy of catastrophic proportions is now Guyana’s to manage. An old passenger ferry boat went to the bottom. According to news reports of Saturday, 73 bodies have been recovered and 76 rescued. Taking the official count of 179 passengers on...

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