October 2015

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Harmon displayed a fundamental misinterpretation of his responsibilities

Oct 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon displayed a fundamental misinterpretation of his responsibilities

His job is not to apologize but to justify – Lewis By Abena Rockcliffe The idiom “It is not what you do, it is how you do it” is an accurate representation of the sentiments expressed by...

THERE WILL BE GROWTH IN 2015 BUT…

Oct 20, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE WILL BE GROWTH IN 2015 BUT…

There is actually a simple solution to the controversy over the salary increases paid to Ministers of the government. If this solution is applied it would prevent all the problems that the government...

The ruling coalition has given the PPP a life line

Oct 20, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The ruling coalition has given the PPP a life line

There is a missing link in the salary increase for Ministers that no one has discovered as yet. Obfuscated in the vortex of chastisement is the graphic emblazonment on the take-home pay packet of the...

Guyanese woman admits to role in credit card scam

Oct 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman admits to role in credit card scam

Albany, New York – A Guyanese woman faces prison time and deportation after pleading guilty Friday to her involvement in a scam that targeted Price Chopper stores in the Capital Region....

Father of three seeks financial help for lifesaving heart surgery

Oct 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Father of three seeks financial help for lifesaving heart surgery

A Parika father of three is urgently seeking help from the public to pay for a coronary artery bypass, estimated to cost some $1.6M. Mahadeo Mohan, 52, of Parika Back Dam, East Bank Essequibo, had...

2014 Granny Strangling…Known convict for High Court trial

Oct 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 2014 Granny Strangling…Known convict for High Court trial

Murder accused, Kevon Alfred, was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the 2014 murder of 75-year-old Joyce Lewis. The woman was found partially nude and bound in the bedroom of...

Demerara River-linked fire hydrants proposed for city

Oct 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara River-linked fire hydrants proposed for city

Government has announced plans to ensure the city’s fire hydrants are up and running with the possibilities of water from the Demerara River. Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Keith...

Fire destroys small building in East Canje

Oct 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys small building in East Canje

Fire of still unknown origin on Sunday evening gutted a small one flat building at West Canefield Settlement East Canje, Berbice. The house was completely destroyed. The fire which began around 18:00...

Government to review Christian prayers in public schools

Oct 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Government to review Christian prayers in public schools

Before private schools were taken over by the government in 1976, schools and churches were often merged into one in an effort to promote the spread of religion. Years later and there are still...

GDF conducting exercise in Bartica/Potaro

Oct 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GDF conducting exercise in Bartica/Potaro

The Guyana Defence Force will be conducting a Force Tactical Exercise codenamed EXERCISE GREENHEART in the Bartica/Potaro area over a seven-day period from the October 20. The GDF is assuring the...

Five remanded after Essequibo drug bust

Oct 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Five remanded after Essequibo drug bust

Five persons who are said to be a part of a local drug ring were yesterday hauled before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, after the police allegedly busted them with over three kilos of cocaine...

Ordinary Guyanese are living on far less and most are not motivated to steal

Oct 20, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ordinary Guyanese are living on far less and most are not motivated to steal

Dear Editor, After spending some time reading the various comments, explanations, suggestions made about the salary increases for Members of Parliament, and other senior government officials, I would...

Shameful to have a policy endorsing public humiliation as a means of discipline

Oct 20, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shameful to have a policy endorsing public humiliation as a means of discipline

Dear Editor, Let me begin by saying I support GHRA’s objection to the ‘name and shame’ campaign. Quite frankly, it’s shameful that we have a policy endorsing public humiliation as a method of...

Raymond Smith was not Guyanese

Oct 20, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Raymond Smith was not Guyanese

Dear Editor, I write to correct misinformation in Freddie Kissoon’s column (Oct 19) on the nationality of the reputable anthropologist R.T Smith. Freddie penned: “… I saw the news of the...

This female officer stole my money during a ‘security check’ at the airport

Oct 20, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This female officer stole my money during a ‘security check’ at the airport

Dear Editor, I am reaching out to you today regarding a highly important and very disturbing incident that happened to me upon leaving the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday afternoon...

Salary Increases a brilliant decision

Oct 20, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Salary Increases a brilliant decision

Dear Editor, The recent decision to increase the salaries for Government Ministers has drawn mostly criticisms from those who have opted to speak on the matter. Most of the criticisms so far have...

GWI must revise their strategy

Oct 20, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on GWI must revise their strategy

Dear Editor, I read time and time again [with disgust] the discomfort and inconvenience the population suffers as a result of poor water supply services offered by the Guyana Water Incorporated...

Man violates restraining order … Kills lover’s grand baby, shoots daughter

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man violates restraining order … Kills lover’s grand baby, shoots daughter

“He told me that he will hurt the closest thing to me”- ex-partner By: Romila Boodram Several hours after one of the most gruesome attacks in recent times at Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD),...

Forensic audit… Strict penalties recommended for Ashni Singh, Luncheon and others

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit… Strict penalties recommended for Ashni Singh, Luncheon and others

Since the launch of a forensic audit into the operations of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), several glaring breaches of the country’s financial regulations have...

Govt. to accelerate spending on large projects

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to accelerate spending on large projects

…GRA to redouble efforts in meeting 2015 revenue target – Jordan A delayed Budget in 2015 is being blamed for expenditure by Central government on capital projects declining by more than 50...

Hit and run driver ‘crash lands’ ontop of a parked minibus in yard

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hit and run driver ‘crash lands’ ontop of a parked minibus in yard

The occupants of a Lusignan Railway Embankment household had their breakfast rudely disrupted when a “flying” car scaled their fence and landed on top of a shed that sheltered their mini bus...

Three brothers among six held for Dennis Street carjacking

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Three brothers among six held for Dennis Street carjacking

police on the hunt for another sibling Police have captured six persons-five men and a woman-in connection with the recent hijacking and shooting committed on 53-year-old, taxi driver, Colin Ageday...

Brassington memory gun fail him again

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Brassington memory gun fail him again

Whole week, ever since people start to talk bout de Pradoville deal somebody talk bout jailing Jagdeo because de whole Pradoville deal was illegal. It was a case of Jagdeo tekking de state land and...

Guyana, Suriname National Assembly delegations agree to bilateral co-operation

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Suriname National Assembly delegations agree to bilateral co-operation

Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland, as well as the Clerk, staff and Members of the Guyana’s National Assembly recently agreed to collaborate with their Suriname counterparts...

Govt. asks nation to “trust” them on salary increases… Nation’s bank account of trust is overdrawn –Dr. David Hinds

Oct 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. asks nation to “trust” them on salary increases… Nation’s bank account of trust is overdrawn –Dr. David Hinds

By: Kiana Wilburg Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman recently called on the disgruntled members of the public to exercise “trust” in the government regarding the salary increases for Members...

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Save our stories before they disappear

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(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When I mentioned other Guyanese public figures from the 1970s and 1980s, she drew a blank on most of...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

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