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Put a spoke in the PPP’s wheel

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Put a spoke in the PPP’s wheel

We have reached a point in Guyanese politics where it may be best for the preservation of our psychic integrity that we ignore the hypocritical tsunamis rushing into our homes from the mouth of every...

Trinidad forum to “stamp out” corruption in the Caribbean

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad forum to “stamp out” corruption in the Caribbean

The region needs better collaboration between integrity commissions and anti-corruption agencies to eradicate corruption in the Caribbean, Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Deodat Maharaj has...

Govt. offers 50 percent Independence discount on house lots

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. offers 50 percent Independence discount on house lots

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is offering a special payment plan for the month of May to beneficiaries of Government house lots, priced $3M and below, in residential areas....

Chemical control of mosquitoes must be approved by Health Ministry

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Chemical control of mosquitoes must be approved by Health Ministry

Although the Ministry of Public Health is not opposed to persons opting to control mosquito vectors in their own environment by keeping it free of breeding sites, it is however cautioning that...

Five survive truck crash

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Five survive truck crash

Five Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, young men who survived a truck skidding down a hill in the interior and toppled are lucky to be alive. The youngsters sustained bruises, fractured jaw and injures...

Man, 36, dies after being pinned by tractor

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 36, dies after being pinned by tractor

A 36-year-old man was pronounced dead at the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital on Sunday after he was pinned by a tractor. According to information reaching this newspaper, Rohan Rampersaud, was hooking up...

Getting children back in school

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Getting children back in school

Some of the things happening now to keep children in school cannot be gainsaid. In the first instance, most of us believe that the rising crime rate is due to children forsaking school, not...

Police recommit to closer ties with communities

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police recommit to closer ties with communities

The Guyana Police Force has recommitted itself to intensifying its efforts to improve its collaboration with communities. This is part of its crime prevention and detection thrust. The commitment...

GuyOil’s ‘Bling my Ride’ promotion ends

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GuyOil’s ‘Bling my Ride’ promotion ends

The Guyana Oil Company’s (GuyOil) ‘Bling my Ride’ promotion wrapped up its countrywide tour on Friday. In the end there were 104 Guyanese lucky winners of spectacular prizes that included beach...

Duo accused of stealing $2M worth in copper cable on bail

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo accused of stealing $2M worth in copper cable on bail

Two men were released on $100,000 bail each yesterday, after pleading not guilty to a charge of break and enter and larceny, when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Devon Hubbard,...

Mike Tyson gets 58 months jail over carjacking

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mike Tyson gets 58 months jail over carjacking

Mike Tyson was yesterday jailed for 58 months, after he was found guilty on an armed robbery charge. The sentencing was handed down by City Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Robbery/home invasion on land court judge…Police witnesses refute defendant’s testimony

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Robbery/home invasion on land court judge…Police witnesses refute defendant’s testimony

Three police witnesses testified yesterday, as the voir dire into the admissibility of an oral and caution statement alleged to have been given by Damien Millington continued in the Sparendaam...

Complaint of almost dead internet service in Berbice

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Complaint of almost dead internet service in Berbice

Dear Editor, It is with regret that I write to you today regarding the high-speed Internet service in the Berbice-New Amsterdam area provided by GT&T. While the service has not had any major,...

Patrick Mentore’s eulogy of Balram Persaud

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Patrick Mentore’s eulogy of Balram Persaud

Dear Editor, I met the Late BalramPersaud after his return to the Guyana Police Force where I was serving as that organisation’s first Public Relations and Press Officer. At the outset our...

A country that cries out for a public swimming pool

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A country that cries out for a public swimming pool

Dear Editor, During the 1960’s, 1970’s and even the 1980’s when the Georgetown Municipality was properly managed and run there was the Luckhoo Pool that was open to every Guyanese every day...

Not this Seon Levius

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not this Seon Levius

Dear Editor, My name is Dr. Seon Levius. I am writing you regarding the publication of a letter to the editor published in your newspaper on February 28, 2016 entitled “This lady is a bright spot...

Serious accusation against the animal clinic, GSPCA

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Serious accusation against the animal clinic, GSPCA

Dear Editor, Please permit me to share a few lines with your readers so they can be aware of a wrong that was committed on one of our leading animal rights activist A few days ago I was reading some...

Mark Benschop is dishonest and deceitful

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mark Benschop is dishonest and deceitful

Dear Editor, Mark Benschop is running a politically dishonest campaign. His logo says, “Team Benschop for Mayor,” when he is actually running as a councilor. Any how you parse the logo it...

A company, a conflict and a confrontation

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A company, a conflict and a confrontation

Dear Editor, I write in relation to a story in your edition of Sunday 28th February, 2016, captioned ‘No Mining Land, ‘Landlordism’ Cause Miners To Block Road In Protest — One Arrested’....

Damning indictment against the Guyana Teachers’ Union

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Damning indictment against the Guyana Teachers’ Union

Dear Editor, Please permit me space ventilate my angst regarding evident selfishness of the Executive of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) as is manifest in the Union’s recent preposterous proposal...

Bad deeds come back to haunt us

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bad deeds come back to haunt us

Dear Editor, How sad and surprising to hear about a teacher raining blows down on a screaming child, at a private school, and then challenging a person complaining, “ to do something about it”...

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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