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Peters re-elected Buxton CC President

Oct 31, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Peters re-elected Buxton CC President

The Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Cricket Club held its Elections on Thursday October 29 at the Buxton Community ground on the East Coast and long severing President Esse Peters was reelected unopposed...

Oh, the white man excuse again?

Oct 31, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Oh, the white man excuse again?

Commentators and columnists have a favourite label they like to use to describe politicians they think deserve the label. The word is “fool.” It is a word you will find easily if you peruse any...

Cove & John Ashram guru dies

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cove & John Ashram guru dies

The Indian Action Committee (IAC) has expressed condolences over the death of Swami Vidyanandaji Maharaj, Guru of the Cove and John Ashram, East Coast Demerara. The Swami died early Wednesday in a...

Local hospitals to have at least one nurse to educate persons on cancer – OSHAG

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Local hospitals to have at least one nurse to educate persons on cancer – OSHAG

Cancer can be a scary word, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s a disease that’s been around for millions of years. It has even been found in dinosaur bones! The ancient Egyptians had it and the...

Cops seek second suspect for Hamson’s store owner’s murder

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek second suspect for Hamson’s store owner’s murder

Having already charged one suspect, police are now looking for another man in connection with the murder of Hamson’s General Store proprietor Abdool Farouk Ghanie, also known as Farouk Hamid. Hamid...

Increased revenue collection, more investments among expectations of Bartica Township

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Increased revenue collection, more investments among expectations of Bartica Township

By Jarryl Bryan As Bartica prepares for its township status, Region Seven Democratic Council (RDC) Chairman, Gordon Bradford, has laid out his expectations for improving the way of life in Bartica....

Mixed emotions greet Slain NYPD officer’s arrival

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mixed emotions greet Slain NYPD officer’s arrival

A full military salute from the Guyana Police Force, grief-stricken relatives and a curious band of onlookers, greeted the flag-draped coffin of slain New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer...

Anti-money laundering troubles must be laid at feet of former PPP/C regime – GTUC

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering troubles must be laid at feet of former PPP/C regime – GTUC

The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) has blamed the problems of Guyana being monitored for dirty money on the previous Government, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). The comments by...

Guyana reviews preparation for oil industry

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana reviews preparation for oil industry

Cognizant of the potential risks that lie ahead given the certainty with which Guyana sees its oil and gas sector emerging, Government will not rush foolhardily. Rather, it will be looking to build...

Winning Desrey Fox award was not surprising says Trishel Torres

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Winning Desrey Fox award was not surprising says Trishel Torres

– who plans to become neurosurgeon Her desire to see her school standout academically was the driving force behind Trishel Torres’s competitiveness in every class. In fact this was enough...

Rum drinking and the economy

Oct 31, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Rum drinking and the economy

Guyana is a rum-drinking nation. In and out of season, Guyanese are ardent consumers of alcohol. Even in the hard times, Guyanese found a way to enjoy themselves with a good bottle. When at one stage...

Father wants update on investigation into son’s death

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Father wants update on investigation into son’s death

“Frustrating,” is how Robin Albert described the pace of an investigation by the office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) into his son’s death earlier this year. The man’s 11-month-old son,...

President joins to honour nursing assistants

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President joins to honour nursing assistants

President David Granger, on Wednesday, attended a dinner and awards ceremony to mark the 46th anniversary of the official recognition of Nursing Assistants in Guyana. The event was held at the Guyana...

Cops seek miner for reputed wife’s murder

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek miner for reputed wife’s murder

Police are seeking the whereabouts of Gregory Emerson Hercules in connection with the murder of his reputed wife, Arlene Morgou, or Arlene Persaud, at One and a Half Miles, Port Kaituma, North West...

Three-man TIP unit to be restructured – Minister Broomes

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Three-man TIP unit to be restructured – Minister Broomes

Government has signaled its commitment to aggressively tackle the issue of Trafficking In Persons (TIP), with Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes, disclosing a total...

MURDERERS AND CRIMINALS

Oct 31, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on MURDERERS AND CRIMINALS

Our children are at risk; a baby is murdered. Everyone should mourn one year old Arianne Gill who was brutally murdered in her home on the East Coast of Demerara by a felon. For this innocent...

Granger bemoans state of nation’s education system

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger bemoans state of nation’s education system

– at national awards ceremony The Ministry of Education yesterday rewarded students who excelled in the recently completed Caribbean Secondary Certificate Examinations (CSEC), the Caribbean...

NGOs response to suicide ‘disjointed’

Oct 31, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NGOs response to suicide ‘disjointed’

By Desilon Daniels While suicide prevention efforts by nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) across Guyana are numerous, officials say that these efforts are disjointed. The result is that more...

Guyana’s leading Hindu organizations say Diwali date is November 11

Oct 31, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s leading Hindu organizations say Diwali date is November 11

Dear Editor, The organizations listed below feel a profound sense of compulsion to publicly state and/or reiterate our position taken that Deepawali 2015 must be observed on the night of November 10....

Sugar workers’ strike may have been motivated by the Ministerial salary increase

Oct 31, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sugar workers’ strike may have been motivated by the Ministerial salary increase

Dear Editor, When the sugar industry downed its tools and called out its workers on a nationwide strike, they were fulfilling the role of being militant as well as vigilant, in the face of mounting...

Social activist thinks Ministerial salary increase is heartless

Oct 31, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Social activist thinks Ministerial salary increase is heartless

Dear Editor, Ever since the hefty salary increases for the ministers of the present government whom have spent less than five months in office there has been an outcry of foul amongst the grassroots...

GT&T is unfair with the Guyanese people

Oct 31, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on GT&T is unfair with the Guyanese people

Dear Editor, GT&T is taking advantage of the Guyanese people by forcing us to pay for internet service even though if we don’t want it. They have forced us to become postpaid customers without...

Law Professor provides clarification on presidential immunity

Oct 31, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Law Professor provides clarification on presidential immunity

Dear Editor, There can be no doubt that sooner or later the courts of Guyana will be called upon to determine the entitlement of former Presidents of Guyana to immunity from civil or criminal...

Pradoville 2 scandal… DPP clears way for probe into criminal aspect

Oct 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville 2 scandal… DPP clears way for probe into criminal aspect

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack has given the green light for a full blown investigation into the criminal aspect of the contentious Pradoville Two deal. This is...

Berbice Bridge Co. buckles, agrees to lower tolls

Oct 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge Co. buckles, agrees to lower tolls

to take $40M Govt. subsidy Days after Government said that it was buying out shares in the Berbice River Bridge Company Inc (BBCI), the company has announced that it will be accepting an offer by the...

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Deeply concerned about political dysfunction in society

Dear Editor The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is deeply concerned about the political dysfunction in society that is... more