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Justice system is class-driven and against the poor and powerless

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice system is class-driven and against the poor and powerless

Dear Editor, We the undersigned call on the President, the Ministers of Public Security, the Sexual Violence Unit of the Ministry of Social Protection, the Attorney General & Minister of Legal...

Sam Hinds defends the record of the Guyana Energy Authority

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sam Hinds defends the record of the Guyana Energy Authority

Dear Editor, Over the last weeks to months I have been disturbed and pained by the unjust smearing of the GEA Let me now address directly a number of charges/innuendos: *That the CEO utilized...

Putting teens in jail to be raped is appalling

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Putting teens in jail to be raped is appalling

Dear Editor, I’m composing this letter with regards to the concerns of UNICEF representative Ms. Marianne Flach and teenage pregnancies. Her sentiments are similar to many other American-based NGO...

We stand by our definition

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on We stand by our definition

Dear Editor, Your headline of my letter in today’s edition of your newspaper is misleading. Here is the definition of whistleblower: “is a person who exposes any kind of information or activity...

The Tiwari scandal is upsetting people

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Tiwari scandal is upsetting people

Dear Editor, The new Guyana Government is becoming consistent with making the most unexplainable stumbles. It is difficult to add to Mr Freddie Kissoon’s opinion on the matter of B. K. Tiwarie’s...

Glasshouses of Harding and Macedo

Mar 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Glasshouses of Harding and Macedo

Dear Editor, I have noticed that there is a big hue and cry over the candidate in the recently concluded LGE over allegations of child molestation by Mr. Harding. While I am personally against such...

Govt. rescinds BK’s appointment…while on official trip

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. rescinds BK’s appointment…while on official trip

One day after a report in Kaieteur News that Government had appointed businessman Brian Tiwarie as a Ministerial Advisor, the administration yesterday announced that it has reversed that decision. A...

What are your thoughts? The incredible transfer of Guyana resources to a tiny cabal

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Letters, News Comments Off on What are your thoughts? The incredible transfer of Guyana resources to a tiny cabal

Dear Editor, Guyana has always been a hypocritical society when it comes to discussing ethnicity and its racial consequences. We understand fully how ethnicity has shaped our history and politics,...

Vague contracts gives Courtney Benn no deadline on 50 acres

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Vague contracts gives Courtney Benn no deadline on 50 acres

…as East Bank housing land scandal unravels It has been unearthed that yet another Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) transaction is one of many that has failed to deliver as...

Biker guns down soldier

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Biker guns down soldier

– Another hospitalised after shot in foot A 22-year-old army lance corporal was gunned down at around 21.00 hrs last evening outside his mother’s Sussex Street, Charlestown home. Kevon...

Major change looms for Police Force…Commanders to be appointed for each Administrative Region

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Major change looms for Police Force…Commanders to be appointed for each Administrative Region

The Guyana Police Force could undergo major transformation with a proposal to move from Divisional to Regional Commanders actively being considered. Speaking to the Government Information Agency...

Baton rape case dismissed

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Baton rape case dismissed

… as complainant arrives late, prosecutor again absent Two cops charged with allegedly using a condom-covered baton to assault a prisoner in 2013, yesterday walked out of the Providence...

Brazil’s biggest party quits coalition

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil’s biggest party quits coalition

…action cripples Rousseff’s fight against impeachment Reuters – Brazil’s largest party announced yesterday was leaving President Dilma Rousseff’s governing coalition and pulling its...

Racially-inciting Facebook comments on Granger, Afro-Guyanese spark police probe

Mar 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Racially-inciting Facebook comments on Granger, Afro-Guyanese spark police probe

Police are seeking at least three individuals for posting racially-inciting social media comments about President David Granger and Guyanese of African ancestry. The comments, which were posted on...

Soulja Bai treat BK like a yo-yo

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai treat BK like a yo-yo

When people stay off de job dem does get dem letter of dismissal. When dem do wrang thing like thiefing, dem does get knock off, too. Forestry and Housing people get letter of dismissal fuh something...

Gayle-Ashwin clash provides centrepiece for pivotal duel

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gayle-Ashwin clash provides centrepiece for pivotal duel

India v West Indies, World T20 2016, semi-final, Mumbai March 29, 2016 The semi-finals of a global event are bound to throw up some mouth-watering contests, and Chris Gayle v R Ashwin promises to...

England face battle of wits against smart New Zealand

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on England face battle of wits against smart New Zealand

England v New Zealand, World T20 2016, Semi-final, Delhi March 29, 2016 ESPNcricinfo – Where other teams have looked upon surfaces and made vague guesses at how they might play, New Zealand...

AAG congratulates CARIFTA team

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG congratulates CARIFTA team

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has congratulated Guyana’s 2016 CARIFTA Games team. According to a press release from the association, the 16-member team finished with three silver and two...

Referees Council demands GABF apology

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Referees Council demands GABF apology

In its first official statement since the National Basketball Championships ended in controversy on March 19, Guyana’s Basketball Officials Council (GBOC) has called for an apology from the Guyana...

GCA’s U-17 t20 tourney off to inauspicious start

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s U-17 t20 tourney off to inauspicious start

By Sean Devers The First ever Cricket Board staged under-17 t20 cricket tournament in the Caribbean got off to an inauspicious start yesterday with only one of the four games being played. The...

Millington grinds out win in FACC Guyana Police Force feature cycling event

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Millington grinds out win in FACC Guyana Police Force feature cycling event

Errant driver crashes into cyclist during event Ray Millington of The Flying Ace Cycling Club (FACC) returned to winning ways when he rode away from the field to take top honours when the FACC in...

Scotibank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup…King Solomon Austin scores first Int’l goal as Guyana edge Puerto Rico 1-0

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotibank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup…King Solomon Austin scores first Int’l goal as Guyana edge Puerto Rico 1-0

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars kept the Golden Arrowhead fluttering high as they marched farther on in Group 5 action in the 2016/17 Scotiabank CFU Men’s Caribbean Cup football championship. King...

GCB U-17 Inter-County bowls off today

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB U-17 Inter-County bowls off today

Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-17 Inter-County Championship 2016 is slated to bowl off today. Essequibo will take on Berbice at GCC ground, while a Selected Under-15 team will go up against...

GFSCA lights up Crabwood Creek

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFSCA lights up Crabwood Creek

Great excitement and sound family entertainment thrilled approximately fifteen hundred spectators on Easter Sunday, at the Crabwood Creek Cricket Ground in Berbice. The Guyana Floodlights Softball...

Pele Alumni Corporation assists students of Werk-en-Rust

Mar 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele Alumni Corporation assists students of Werk-en-Rust

As part of its 45th Anniversary celebrations, Pele FC Alumni Corporation, the North American chapter of the local Pele FC presented a quantity of school kits and footwear to students of the...

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Guyana recorded over 10 000 dengue cases in 2024

Kaieteur News- Guyana recorded just over 10,000 dengue cases in 2024, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony revealed during an... more