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Trinidadian cricketers who were victimized

Jul 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trinidadian cricketers who were victimized

Dear Editor; The removal of Dinesh Ramdin from the West Indies team should not come as a total surprise to anyone who follows West Indies cricket. This follows a systemic pattern of removing certain...

My Guyana El Diablo y el mundo

Jul 10, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on My Guyana El Diablo y el mundo

By Dennis Nichols My headline this week (My Guyana the devil and the world) is more a gimmick to grab readers’ attention and make a point, rather than to imply what Guyana and the world have...

Municipal buildings are dying

Jul 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Municipal buildings are dying

Dear Editor; One wonders why the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown are allowing their historic, beautiful and significant buildings being left to go to rack and ruin. A City’s...

Trenchant Criticism of the Coalition Government

Jul 10, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; The Guyanese people got a big promise during the PNC (yes I said PNC – same old lady, just a different dress) election campaign. The PNC was the opposition at the time, begging and...

ImmigrationINFO: Documents required for Immigrant Visa Processing Abroad

Jul 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO: Documents required for Immigrant Visa Processing Abroad

By Attorney Gail Seeram The most frustrating part of the immigrant visa process when the beneficiary is living outside the United States is gathering supporting documents. About six to nine months...

Why the Middlemen at City Hall?

Jul 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why the Middlemen at City Hall?

Dear Editor; Why was it not of concern to the Georgetown City Council from the very beginning that they were obviously dealing with middlemen rather than the source as it relates to this whole...

The octopus of corruption is devouring city Hall

Jul 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The octopus of corruption is devouring city Hall

Dear Editor; There is a famous statement and provocative poem written by Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) about the cowardice of German intellectuals following the Nazis’ rise to power and...

The Story within the Story… The abuse of authority has led us here

Jul 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… The abuse of authority has led us here

By Leonard Gildarie Over the past few weeks, I have been seeing and hearing growing complaints about the behaviour of our public officials in office. For years now, this has been festering problem...

CRIME IS STRANGLING SOCIETY

Jul 10, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CRIME IS STRANGLING SOCIETY

No sooner had the police announced that violent crime is under control, and assuming that the announcement was heard by all, than the criminals indicate that they are not threatened by the authority....

East Demerara Highway Expansion… Report reveals… Hundreds of $$M overpaid to contractors

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on East Demerara Highway Expansion… Report reveals… Hundreds of $$M overpaid to contractors

An audit report for the fiscal year 2014 by the Auditor General of Guyana, Deodat Sharma, has revealed several overpayments which were made to contractors for works done on the East Coast Demerara...

Missing UG student’s body floats up

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Missing UG student’s body floats up

– friends to remain in custody until post mortem The search for missing University of Guyana Civil Engineer student, Harris Anthony Persaud, ended shortly after 17.00 hrs yesterday, with the...

Show the nation evidence that NEW GPC paid dividends – Forensic Auditor says

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Show the nation evidence that NEW GPC paid dividends – Forensic Auditor says

By Kiana Wilburg In his forensic audit report on the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Chartered Accountant, Anand Goolsarran noted that Government has not collected any...

Boy, 4, runs into fire to save brother, 6 as both burn to death

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News 1

Two brothers aged six and four, were burnt to death early yesterday after a fire, believed to be electrical in origin, destroyed the Children’s Drop-in-Centre on Hadfield Street, where they were...

Modified US$150M CJIA Airport to be completed next year

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Modified US$150M CJIA Airport to be completed next year

– New Arrivals Terminal Building to be constructed Passengers who utilise the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) will soon be able to breathe a sigh of relief as the Airport is currently...

GWI Board will soon decide how to deal with Shaik Baksh

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News 2

“It is not within my power to decide what to do in this case,” said Dr. Richard Van West- Charles when asked how the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) is addressing the findings of the forensic audit;...

Small contractors on D’Urban Park project yet to be paid

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News 1

Minster of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, said yesterday that he does not deny that persons were not paid for their services rendered to the construction of the Durban Park Arena,...

Inquest into Barry Dataram allegations completed

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Inquest into Barry Dataram allegations completed

– Report handed over to Minister of State Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday, received the report of the inquiry into the allegations made against officials of the Customs...

Muslim scholar accused of sexual molestation… Mother of victims raises concern over sloth of prosecution

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News 1

Almost five years after he was initially charged for engaging in sexual intercourse with underage boys, accused Islamic Scholar, Neezam Ali, is yet to face a trial in the High Court. Neezaam Ali,...

Alpha Hotel bust… Cops recover 5 kilos of coke, seize car

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Alpha Hotel bust… Cops recover 5 kilos of coke, seize car

– handgun used by victim licensed to Bartica business Four persons, among them three hotel employees, remained in custody yesterday following Thursday’s drug bust at the Alpha Hotel at Ogle,...

Border controversy… Only viable path is a diplomatic one – Belizean Foreign Minister

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Border controversy… Only viable path is a diplomatic one – Belizean Foreign Minister

With some questioning the clout of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the world stage when faced with situations like the Venezuela/Guyana border controversy, Foreign Minister of Belize, Wilfred...

State boards are independent, will not be micro-managed – Minister Sharma

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on State boards are independent, will not be micro-managed – Minister Sharma

Boards of Directors, appointed to manage statutory and other institutions of state will not be micromanaged, Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Jaipaul Sharma, has assured. In a recent...

Lindeners want monument to Son Chapman Martyrs

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lindeners want monument to Son Chapman Martyrs

By Jacquey Bourne Fifty-two years ago more than 40 Lindeners died on the Demerara River as they travelled home on the Son Chapman launch on Monday, July 6, 1964. An explosion rent the boat in the...

Proposals for Green Bartica Plan in second stage

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Proposals for Green Bartica Plan in second stage

The second stage of the Request for Proposal (RFP) component for the ‘Green Bartica Plan’ has begun. This is according to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. Assisting the Ministry in this leg...

Guyana among 36 countries using bivalent oral vaccine

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana among 36 countries using bivalent oral vaccine

Guyana has been listed among the 36 countries of the Region of the Americas to have switched from Oral Polio Vaccine (tOPV), containing types one, two and three polio viruses, to the bivalent oral...

Guyana trounce Barbados to reach historic CBC U16 Final

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana trounce Barbados to reach historic CBC U16 Final

-Face Bahamas in Clash of the Titans tonight Guyana inflicted a severe beating on Barbados last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to reach a historic first Caribbean Basketball Confederation...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more