July 2015

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Caricom pledges support for Guyana in dispute with Venezuela

Jul 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom pledges support for Guyana in dispute with Venezuela

By CAROL WILLIAMS BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — The chairman of a 15-member Caribbean trade bloc said late Saturday that he backs Guyana’s government amid an escalating border dispute with...

GCB female inter-county 50-over tourney…Harris, Mangru shine as Demerara thump E’bo

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB female inter-county 50-over tourney…Harris, Mangru shine as Demerara thump E’bo

Leana Harris and Mandy Mangru shared nine wickets between them as Demerara overcame Essequibo by ten wickets when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior female inter-county 50-over tournament...

Pastor, teacher, farmer, fisherman and family man…Region Ten’s new Chairman is a man for all seasons

Jul 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pastor, teacher, farmer, fisherman and family man…Region Ten’s new Chairman is a man for all seasons

“I don’t look for fanfare, I want to please the Almighty God, and serve the people. A good leader is the servant of the people.From a christian perspective I stand with the word of God to see...

Let’s end the foreign vs local debate in football

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Let’s end the foreign vs local debate in football

Dear Sports Editor, Social media erupted recently when our hastily-assembled men’s national football team featuring a significant number of overseas-based/born players was eliminated from World Cup...

Alberttown blaze leaves seven homeless

Jul 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Alberttown blaze leaves seven homeless

A family of seven was on Sunday morning rendered homeless when a fire, believed to be of electrical origin, gutted their two flat, Lot 122, Fourth Street Alberttown home. Those homeless are Rafeek,...

MONEY IN THE BANK

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on MONEY IN THE BANK

The jokes ran thick and fast. “One thing,” my friend John said, “If you’re going to rob a bank you have to keep cool. Don’t feel cocky.” Josh added the usual Confucius ending,...

Forbes Burnham, Walter Rodney and the hero in the crowd

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Forbes Burnham, Walter Rodney and the hero in the crowd

Today, as I have been doing for several years now with my friend, David Hinds, I will attend a fund-raising brunch of the Forbes Burnham Institute at the Waterchris Restaurant. Interestingly, this...

A NEW PPP IS NEEDED

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A NEW PPP IS NEEDED

The PPP should never have found itself in a position where firstly, it lost power and secondly, having lost power is being investigated for misappropriation of public property. Nothing is more...

Goolsarran and Ram can produce an impartial audit

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Goolsarran and Ram can produce an impartial audit

Dear Editor, In response to Mr. Wesley Hicken’s ill-advised opinion, “Anand Goolsarran and Christopher Ram should not conduct these audits,” KN, July 5, 2015, permit me to make a few judicious...

Closing bars and nightclubs at 2:00am will do more harm than good

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Closing bars and nightclubs at 2:00am will do more harm than good

Dear Editor, Through your medium I want to address the honorable Vice President and Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan The first thing I would like to get out of the way is that I’m not...

Does our constitution protect limitless benefits?

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does our constitution protect limitless benefits?

Dear Editor, Whatever the motives behind Mr Anil Nandlall’s frequent contributions to the letter columns on constitutional issues, they merit use as fodder for public discussion. His latest foray,...

More effective management and leadership needed in education

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on More effective management and leadership needed in education

Dear Editor, Unfortunately the myriad of problems facing Guyana’s education system would stay hidden behind the just- closed doors of all public schools across the nation. Those problems would...

In agreement with Vice President Khemraj Ramjattan

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on In agreement with Vice President Khemraj Ramjattan

Dear Editor, In light of the recent happenings (or I should say), with the decision that the current Minister of Public Security has made regarding the implementation and enforcement of the existing...

Parliament is a waste of taxpayers’ money

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parliament is a waste of taxpayers’ money

Dear Editor, Permit me to make an observation in your paper to hopefully stimulate debate resulting in changes in our constitution for the better. Parliament is a waste of taxpayers’ money due to...

CRIME WILL EVENTUALLY CONQUER US

Jul 06, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CRIME WILL EVENTUALLY CONQUER US

In Guyana, we are forced to return to the issue of crime, prompted by the upsurge in murders and armed robberies over the last month which calls for a concerted response by the Police and by the...

BASS rank kills suspected smuggler

Jul 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on BASS rank kills suspected smuggler

– wounded man reportedly left for several hours on foreshore Police have detained a member of the Berbice Anti Smuggling Squad (BASS) following the shooting death of an alleged smuggler...

CPL seeks $100M from Govt.

Jul 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CPL seeks $100M from Govt.

…even as AG flags $36.3M paid to league “If the process, by which public monies are supposed to be legally spent, continues to be intercepted then we are going to continue to have an accounting...

New bar curfew sparks debate

Jul 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New bar curfew sparks debate

With the 2:00am bar curfew already evident and the party goers against it, other stakeholders including bars, nightclub owners and promoters have joined in the debate; some signaling their intention...

TSU best on show at Police anniversary parade

Jul 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on TSU best on show at Police anniversary parade

The Tactical Services Unit Rifle #1 of the Guyana Police Force proved once again that it is the best for the job when it comes to taking command of the Route March. This was proven when the unit...

Corruption must be stamped out…We will go after ever missing vehicle, bed, furniture and large sums of money

Jul 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Corruption must be stamped out…We will go after ever missing vehicle, bed, furniture and large sums of money

– says Nagamootoo To those former Ministers trying to belittle the forms of corruption the Granger administration is going after, Prime Minister and acting President Moses Nagamootoo says, his...

Mentally ill man shot dead by police

Jul 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mentally ill man shot dead by police

Two policemen are now in hot water after they shot a mentally unstable man dead at Strathavon, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara yesterday. Dead is Junior Gulliver, called ‘Reggie’, 30 who was shot...

Venezuela’s leader tells army officers about Guyana’s “aggression”

Jul 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela’s leader tells army officers about Guyana’s “aggression”

– again threatens to address National Assembly In the face of growing condemnation and increasing internal pressure over the state of his country’s economy, Venezuela’s leader, Nicolas...

Dem boys seh…De night club curfew got people leffing wuk early

Jul 05, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De night club curfew got people leffing wuk early

Is one thing when something face people. Is another thing when people face something. Rum Jattan decide that once is two o’clock in de morning dem night club must close. It ain’t mean that dem...

Haags Bosch access road incomplete – says Solid Waste Head

Jul 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Haags Bosch access road incomplete – says Solid Waste Head

Years after its initiation, the access road to the sanitary landfill at Haags Bosch, East Bank Demerara, is estimated to be 75 per cent complete, Head of the Georgetown Solid Waste Management...

Operations of benevolent centers for more monitoring – Minister Lawrence

Jul 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Operations of benevolent centers for more monitoring – Minister Lawrence

The Ministry of Social Protection will be establishing a structured monitoring and evaluation mechanism for the benevolent centres under its purview. Specifically the Hugo Chavez Center for...

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