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Deaf Association helping to fast track first school for the deaf

May 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Deaf Association helping to fast track first school for the deaf

For a very long time the approach to educating the deaf was premised on “oralism…they (educators) were teaching the deaf to speak.” This was the observation of one of the Directors of the...

Duo accused of robbing woman after trailing her from city bank

May 24, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo accused of robbing woman after trailing her from city bank

…remanded to prison Two men, who allegedly followed a woman from a city bank and robbed her, were yesterday refused bail when they appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court charged with...

PPP heaps praises on Crime Chief Blanhum

May 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PPP heaps praises on Crime Chief Blanhum

Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum, seems to have won over the heart of the opposition People’s Progressive Party for his leadership of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Guyana Police...

Quality control measures now in place for better turn-key homes

May 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Quality control measures now in place for better turn-key homes

– Minister Sharpe-Patterson New monitoring and certification measures are being employed to assure the delivery of quality turn-key homes. The quality of the turnkey houses at Providence and...

Mash should be for the entire family

May 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Mash should be for the entire family

One of the bands that will be participating in this year’s Mash Day Parade had a launch recently. That turned out to be wishful thinking. The launch consisted of a woman and a man on stage doing...

It is time we pull and swim together

May 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time we pull and swim together

Dear Editor, While the 50th anniversary of our independence from Great Britain is truly a cause for celebration, should we reflect on the mismanagement of our Independence so that we can chart a...

I disagree with these sports awards

May 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I disagree with these sports awards

Dear Editor, The National Sports Commission (NSC) and the Guyana Olympics Association (GOA) are two national sports entities that are responsible for all and various sports’ disciplines nationally....

A glaring social cohesion contradiction

May 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A glaring social cohesion contradiction

Dear Editor, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova stated: “The enemies of human rights always attack cultural diversity which symbolizes the freedom to be and to think, and which is unbearable to...

Hindu values must not be compromised

May 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hindu values must not be compromised

Dear Editor, Please permit me to briefly respond to Jonathan Subrian’s missive, ‘Mother’s Day event at Mandir did not bring Hinduism into disrepute’, (S.N. May 20), which was in response to...

Complaints against the fast food outlets

May 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Complaints against the fast food outlets

Dear Editor, We are in the Golden Jubilee celebration period and one would expect to get a good treatment/service wherever he/she goes but a few observations made me wonder what we’re celebrating....

The reasons why the people voted for the Coalition

May 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The reasons why the people voted for the Coalition

Dear Editor, This week I read that the Administration announced via the Minister of Public Health that the people of Guyana could soon see the implementation of a tax on as they described it,...

A desperate appeal to GTT

May 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A desperate appeal to GTT

Dear Editor, Please assist by publishing my ordeal so that GTT can correct the faulty telephone line 339-2212. Since January 2016 after numerous complaints to a Mr. Shiek Nizamudeen of the Guyana...

I will ignore Kit Nascimento’s slander

May 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I will ignore Kit Nascimento’s slander

Dear Editor, I read Kit’s letter and wanted to establish Just for the public record, I do not have any conflict with Kit Nascimento, neither at a personal nor at a professional level. I...

Mr. E. B John should not inject politics into his professionalism writings

May 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. E. B John should not inject politics into his professionalism writings

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr E.B. John’s letter in the Stabroek News of Saturday 21st May, titled: “Merit compensation in the public service was aborted by the last regime” which...

Six years after disappearance of Babita Sarjou…Husband leads cops to shallow grave in backyard

May 23, 2016 KNews News 2

hitman paid $50,000, promised trip to T&T grave dug two days before murder By Michael Jordan and Romila Boodram For close to six years, Sharadananda Narine ate and slept in his Lot 51,...

Complete revamp of Judiciary needed – AG Williams

May 23, 2016 KNews News 2

– committee to be set up The Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Basil Williams has indicated that the entire judiciary system needs to be revamped before the issue of backlog cases...

Audit shows…GMC funding personal expenses for officials

May 23, 2016 KNews News 2

– some linked to PPP campaigning for 2015 elections It appears that agencies were not the only recipients of funds from Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC).The forensic audit into the...

Parlour delivers wrong corpse to family

May 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Parlour delivers wrong corpse to family

A grieving family was yesterday shocked to be presented with the wrong body in a coffin, instead of that of their loved one. Bereaved family members of a woman, who passed away sometime back, turned...

Dem boys seh…Is nuff fraud expose but nutten ain’t happening

May 23, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is nuff fraud expose but nutten ain’t happening

The talk all over de country is about de skullduggery and de coalition ain’t doing nutten. Dem not even saying anything. If dem boys didn’t know Soulja Bai dem woulda seh that he blind like Sam,...

Forensic audit report reveals…NFMU boss never prepared/ submitted annual reports

May 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit report reveals…NFMU boss never prepared/ submitted annual reports

A company’s Annual Report is extremely important and is needed for more than just compliance purposes. Financial Analysts argue that it is the indisputable display of a company’s accountability...

Hand-in-Hand 50-over Inter-County U-19 cricket…Demerara crush Berbice to claim double title

May 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand 50-over Inter-County U-19 cricket…Demerara crush Berbice to claim double title

By Sean Devers Man-of-the-Match Ershad Ali bagged 4-10 to spearhead Demerara to a predictable 68-run win over Berbice in a low scoring final of the Hand-in-Hand under-19 Inter-County 50-over cricket...

Radio Lethem 95.1 FM officially on air

May 23, 2016 KNews News 1

Radio Lethem 95.1 FM was officially switched on air yesterday by Prime Minister and First Vice President Moses Nagamootoo in Lethem, Region Nine as it broadcast the official opening ceremony....

Rupununi Essence: Enabling Indigenous Development and Forestry Conservation

May 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi Essence: Enabling Indigenous Development and Forestry Conservation

By: Kiana A. Wilburg The Luxury Personal Care Brand, the Rupununi Essence, is the first of its kind to be launched and produced in Guyana since the much venerated Limacol brand. Since its debut on...

Environmental preservation…Efforts are being made to not only “talk the talk”

May 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Environmental preservation…Efforts are being made to not only “talk the talk”

– Trotman The preservation of the environment has always been one of great concern. Over the years, we have seen Guyana’s beautiful face being destroyed. But, according to the Minster of...

Benjamin Mekdeci and Taylor Fernandes outstanding as Woodpecker Junior Squash ends

May 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Benjamin Mekdeci and Taylor Fernandes outstanding as Woodpecker Junior Squash ends

The curtains came down on the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) in collaboration with its corporate sponsor Digicel second junior tournament for 2016, the Woodpecker Products Ltd Junior National...

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A coalition of shared disgrace

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The APNU and the AFC deserve each other. They deserve to be shackled together in a coalition... more