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‘Backward’ dress codes attract protest action

Jul 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Backward’ dress codes attract protest action

A group of protestors led by activist Lina Nageer, turned up in front of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday morning to protest “backward” dress codes at government agencies and...

MCC unable to fund Solid Waste Department building repairs

Jul 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on MCC unable to fund Solid Waste Department building repairs

On April 11, Chief Labour Officer within the Ministry of Social Protection, Charles Ogle, instructed Labour, Occupational Safety and Health (LOSAH) officers, Latoya John and Roydon Croal, to conduct...

New York medical team makes 3rd annual visit to Linden

Jul 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New York medical team makes 3rd annual visit to Linden

The Overseas Medical Assistance Team (OMAT), in collaboration with the Women Of Mission International (WOMI) yesterday kick started its medical mission at the Linden Hospital Complex. These services...

DNA samples to be from relatives of man burnt in Wales fire

Jul 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DNA samples to be from relatives of man burnt in Wales fire

Investigators have already taken DNA samples from the son and a brother of Elvin Ceres, an electrician, who is believed to have been burnt to death in a fire at Wales, West Bank Demerara (WBD) late...

Charges this week in Mahdia ‘body parts’ murder

Jul 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Charges this week in Mahdia ‘body parts’ murder

Police are likely to institute charges this week against at least one individual in connection with the bizarre ‘body parts’ case at Mahdia. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday that police...

Republic Bank pursues contempt against KN

Jul 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank pursues contempt against KN

Lawyer granted time to file response Attorneys representing Kaieteur News have been granted another eight days to file an affidavit in response to the court action which was filed against the...

Man, 66, freed of rape charge

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man, 66, freed of rape charge

… after virtual complainant declines to testify A 66-year-old man on Monday walked out of the Berbice High Court a free man after the virtual complainant declined to give evidence against him. The...

La Grange murder suspect still on the run

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on La Grange murder suspect still on the run

Murder suspect, Anthony Jhagroo, is still on the run after escaping from La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD) Police Station lock-ups on July 15, last. The 20-year-old labourer who resided at Belle...

Kaieteur News grenade attack…PI to commence next month, 23 witnesses to testify

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Kaieteur News grenade attack…PI to commence next month, 23 witnesses to testify

Twenty-three witnesses are slated to testify when the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the Kaieteur News grenade attack commences before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on September, 8. Alfie Garraway,...

Judge issues arrest warrant for murder accused

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Judge issues arrest warrant for murder accused

Justice Jo Ann Barlow sitting in the Berbice High Court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for murder accused Raymond Pestano, 38, who with his father, Roy Pestano Sr, 68, are accused of murder...

Tribute to Bollywood legends, Rafi, Mukesh and Kishore

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tribute to Bollywood legends, Rafi, Mukesh and Kishore

Dear Editor; We would like to inform readers that the Indian Action Committee (IAC) on Sunday, July 31, will be holding an “Evening of Entertainment”, which includes a tribute to the late...

Deputy Mayor to meet with CCI to discuss cardboard collection initiative

Jul 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy Mayor to meet with CCI to discuss cardboard collection initiative

Georgetown Deputy Mayor, Sherod Duncan, will be meeting with the Caribbean Container Incorporated (CCI) later this week to explore the possibility of having the Mayor and City Council (M&CC)...

Men and women once in uniform, now in power

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Men and women once in uniform, now in power

Dear Editor; There seems to be a big concern that the Granger administration is militarizing the Government. Well, I am not the least bit concerned about that. This is because I have been observing...

Hebrew Family of Guyana declares ‘Dawn of a New Day’

Jul 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Hebrew Family of Guyana declares ‘Dawn of a New Day’

“You will declare this 50th year sacred and proclaim the liberation of all the inhabitants of the land. This is to be a jubilee for you. Each of you should return to your ancestral home” –...

Please help us collect our money

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please help us collect our money

Dear Editor; I respectfully ask that you publish this letter in your newspaper. We are concerned employees of a security service by the name, ‘Security Alliance’ in Barack Street Kingston,...

The truth be told; now the ashes are cold

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The truth be told; now the ashes are cold

Dear Editor, Permit me space in your newspaper to exhume a burning matter that has been troubling me although the ashes have cooled somewhat. It pertains to the recent fire that took place at the...

THE chilly hand of death touched two brothers

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on THE chilly hand of death touched two brothers

It is very sad to write about the horrible deaths of six-year- old Joshua George and his brother four-year-old Antonio who perished in a fire at the state-run Drop-in-Centre on Hadfield Street on...

Oscar Wilde, flour, marijuana: A Guyana tragedy

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Oscar Wilde, flour, marijuana: A Guyana tragedy

One of the fictions I read early in my life was “Picture of Dorian Grey” by Irish writer, Oscar Wilde. The book was introduced to me by the brother of the then leading economics professor in...

RIDICULOUS DRESS CODE ALSO IN FORCE AT GUYSUCO

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on RIDICULOUS DRESS CODE ALSO IN FORCE AT GUYSUCO

Dear Editor; Recent comments in the media on the silliness of the dress codes being enforced at Government Offices must not be seen as applicable only to the latter; they are also applicable to...

The Washington Post has an anti-Trump agenda

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Washington Post has an anti-Trump agenda

Dear Editor, I respect Freddie and concur with most of his columns; however I must suggest to him that when he enters the arena of foreign politics, he should do his research thoroughly....

Questions about two wrongs at Skeldon High School

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The result slips for the Grade 6 Exams was July 22 for parents to register children. Almost 200 parents turned up at Skeldon High School and not even one teacher came to do the...

Working on social morbidities at the grass-root levels

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Working on social morbidities at the grass-root levels

Dear Editor: In response to our invitation to become part of the solution to social pathologies such as alcoholism, suicide, rape, drug use, child abuse, domestic violence and the like, Mr Nowrang...

Jagdeo appointed FAO Special Ambassador for Forests and the Environment

Jul 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo appointed FAO Special Ambassador for Forests and the Environment

Former President of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo was on Friday, appointed an FAO Special Ambassador for Forests and the Environment. FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva made the announcement on the...

Minister Winston Jordan gives his side of the story

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Winston Jordan gives his side of the story

Dear Editor, I refer to letter captioned, “Similarities in GPSU’s challenges in 1999 and 2016”, which appeared in Kaieteur News, Monday, July 25, 2016. Ordinarily, I would not...

Emancipation activities kick off in Buxton

Jul 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Emancipation activities kick off in Buxton

Dear Editor; Our letter here is to inform readers that the Buxton First of August Movement (BFAM) in collaboration with Tocuan2 Multipurpose Club, kicks off their Emancipation activities this week...

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