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West Berbice man jailed on sexual assault charge

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice man jailed on sexual assault charge

A West Berbice man who is well known to the police as a maniac was sentenced to two years in jail after he was found guilty on a charge of sexual assault. The man, Tribhawan Singh, called...

Republic Bank announces new Credit manager

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank announces new Credit manager

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has announced Parbatie Khan as its new General Manager of Credit. Khan would succeed Patricia Plummer who retired from the bank on Friday after a career spanning 43...

University needs to be self sufficient

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on University needs to be self sufficient

Two years after an audit uncovered financial irregularities at the University of Guyana, Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine said that the institution is in a better financial state. The...

Food and Drugs Department defends import requirements for food

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drugs Department defends import requirements for food

More than a week after a local distribution company said that it was being harassed by the Government Analyst –Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD), the entity is insisting that all food imports must...

Waiting too long is not an option – says Cancer survivor of seeking treatment

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Waiting too long is not an option – says Cancer survivor of seeking treatment

Two years ago this month, Ranette Dharry, was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was at an advanced stage and treatment was crucial. Fortunate for Dharry she was able to access most of the needful...

Jamaican Attorney retained in elections petitions case

Nov 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican Attorney retained in elections petitions case

Attorney-at- Law, Abraham Dabdoub, of Jamaica has been retained on behalf of PPP/C member, Ganga Persaud, who is seeking to legally challenge the outcome of the recently held Regional and General...

African and Indian intellectuals: The difference

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on African and Indian intellectuals: The difference

The trouble I had with Swami Aksharananda during the election campaign of May 2015 was that as a trained sociologist, he was in a superior position to understand the sociological contours of Guyanese...

Begging the question

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Begging the question

Dear Editor, The Guest Editorial of Sunday, 1 November 2015, titled ‘Begging has become a way of life’ was pointed and quite relevant. This scourge is evident, I am sure countrywide, but in the...

The show time of this one man band is over

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The show time of this one man band is over

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in in your paper to respond to a letter carried in captiioned “ Chenapou’s Land demarcation problem is problem of its own making”. I wish to correct some...

Two situations of extreme cruelty to animals

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two situations of extreme cruelty to animals

Dear Editor, I was recently driving through Mcdoom, East Bank, delivering supplies of dog food donated by my Guardian Angel from Toronto, Ian Tenneesee. As I neared the home of Gloria Fernandes, an...

Request for urgent announcement by Indigenous Affairs Ministry

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Request for urgent announcement by Indigenous Affairs Ministry

Dear Editor, The Auditor general report for the year 2014 states that over 100 million dollars were unaccounted for by the former Ministry of Amerindian Affairs (KN.2015,10.29,) of which 41 million...

A plea to save the Indigenous people of Region 7

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A plea to save the Indigenous people of Region 7

Dear Editor, I wish to bring to the attention of various State Agencies and Government Ministries responsible for mining, indigenous affairs and legal affairs a disturbing situation between a mining...

A demon has entered the mind of Guyanese men

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A demon has entered the mind of Guyanese men

Dear Editor, I am desperately pleading for a moratorium on spousal murders, wife battering etc., for it has been occurring with monotonous regularity all over Guyana. What strange demonic entity...

I have never sent a letter to Guyana Times

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have never sent a letter to Guyana Times

Dear Editor, People whom I closely associate with brought to my attention a letter in the Guyana Times of November 2, 2015 purportedly signed by one SN Singh and asked me if that was a letter from...

GTT is taking customers for granted

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT is taking customers for granted

Dear Editor, It is with utter disgust and frustration I compose this letter. Recently and over the years I have had several problems with GTT and their poor services they provide. Many others I...

Should we not blame Burnham for the Venezuelan border conflict?

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Should we not blame Burnham for the Venezuelan border conflict?

Dear Editor, With all this daily political chatter and hyperbole about the Venezuela –Guyana border issue, little analysis is being devoted as to how we got to be in this position in the first...

APNU-AFC Government spent $70 Million just for a report on Guysuco

Nov 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU-AFC Government spent $70 Million just for a report on Guysuco

Dear Editor, I read on your issue of November 1/2015 , the chairman of Guysuco stated that there was political interference at Guysuco by the previous government, that keep the production low to the...

Body of missing taxi driver found at Berbice

Nov 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Body of missing taxi driver found at Berbice

The almost one-week search for 33-year-old taxi driver Sherland Dalloo ended at around 06.30 hrs yesterday, when his body was found in a canal at Onverwagt , No 27, West Coast Berbice. Sources said...

Granger to decree Nov. 1 as Defence Force Day

Nov 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger to decree Nov. 1 as Defence Force Day

…as GDF celebrates Golden Jubilee As the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) celebrates its 50th anniversary, President David Granger has indicated his intention to declare November 1st as Defence Force...

Continued GAWU-led protest could spell grim Christmas for sugar workers – GuySuCo

Nov 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Continued GAWU-led protest could spell grim Christmas for sugar workers – GuySuCo

Sugar workers and their families may face a grim Christmas, if the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) continues its strike action. This is according to a statement issued by the...

Govt. wants trained counsellors in every school

Nov 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. wants trained counsellors in every school

– to stem violence Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine has made clear his intent to establish a central counselling body soon and to have trained counsellors in each school across the...

Miners who were brutally robbed split from GGMA

Nov 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Miners who were brutally robbed split from GGMA

– Form rival association Two members of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) have decided to launch another association, the Guyana Small Miners Association (GSMA) with the...

THAG head urges Govt…Pay more attention to tourism than previous administration

Nov 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on THAG head urges Govt…Pay more attention to tourism than previous administration

President of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Association Shaun McGrath wants Government to place more focus on the industry than was the case with the previous...

Funeral parlour owners accuse Top Cop of cronyism

Nov 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Funeral parlour owners accuse Top Cop of cronyism

The proprietor of the Lyken/Newburg funeral home is calling on the Ministry of Public Security to put out a tender for the collection of human remains on behalf of the state, to eliminate what is...

Lindeners walk to promote Breast cancer awareness

Nov 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Lindeners walk to promote Breast cancer awareness

Lindeners took to the streets early yesterday to raise awareness of breast cancer as Breast Cancer Awareness month came to an end. The walk commenced at the Linden Utility Services Cooperative...

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