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Australian High Commission conducts Development Aid Programme outreach

Aug 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Australian High Commission conducts Development Aid Programme outreach

The Australian High Commission in its bid to continue extending assistance in the Caribbean Region held an outreach exercise yesterday at the Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of Foreign...

Multimillion-dollar pump stations to be built along ECD

Aug 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Multimillion-dollar pump stations to be built along ECD

During the opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), a contract for constructing pump stations along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) attracted colossal...

Sophia family robbed second time in two years

Aug 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia family robbed second time in two years

A North Sophia businessman and his family were brutally attacked and robbed by three gunmen shortly after 21:00 hrs on Monday. Bhim Singh, 52, told Kaieteur News that he had just parked his vehicle...

What do you do with 19 years of your life?

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What do you do with 19 years of your life?

There is no other country with the negatives that run through the bloodstream of a country like Guyana. Quite often (certainly not occasionally) people would tell me I am too focused on the negatives...

Govt. rehabilitates road through Le Repentir cemetery

Aug 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. rehabilitates road through Le Repentir cemetery

Users of the Louisa Row road can now breathe a sigh of relief as the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s Special Projects Unit, in collaboration with the Mayor and City Council’s Engineers’...

Deportee gets two years for indecent exposure

Aug 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Deportee gets two years for indecent exposure

A deportee who sexually harassed a woman and threatened to rape her has been jailed for two years and fined $50,000. He reportedly took out his penis and showed it to the woman. Anand Ramdass, 37, a...

Convict jailed for home burglary

Aug 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Convict jailed for home burglary

A convict who was recently released from jail will be spending the next 18 months behind bars, after he was convicted on a charge of break and enter and larceny. Manraj Adnarine, 41, of Meadow Bank,...

Fraud accused gets bail

Aug 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Fraud accused gets bail

Bail was set at $75,000 for Wayne Goriah, who is accused of fraudulently converting the proceeds of a generator given to him by another man to sell. It is alleged that on October 5, 2015, at Regent...

Call for inquiries into high profile deaths

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Call for inquiries into high profile deaths

Dear Editor; We demand inquiries, detailed investigations or what have you, into the operations of drug Lord Roger Khan, as well as the deaths of Satyadeo Sawh and Crum Ewing. My reason for asking is...

Implement measures to improve rights of disabled persons – NCD Member

Aug 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Implement measures to improve rights of disabled persons – NCD Member

Although Guyana has signed on to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the rights of some disabled persons still continue to be violated. This glaring state of...

A description that is an act of depravity

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A description that is an act of depravity

Dear Editor, The continued reference by the Mayor of Georgetown and the Town Clerk to the jumbled tent city type shanty town arrangement south of Public Buildings at Hadfield and Lombard streets,...

Mega fruit producing farmlands in the West Bank Demerara areas

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mega fruit producing farmlands in the West Bank Demerara areas

Dear Editor; By now the matter of the closure of Wales Sugar Estate as a sugar producing entity can be regarded as a done deal. Govt. must be committed to making the tough decisions needed to get the...

“Fantastic Four” of City Hall needs a lecture in democracy

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Fantastic Four” of City Hall needs a lecture in democracy

Dear Editor; There seems to be two predominant misconceptions prevailing at City Hall. First, they seem to think that local democracy, something that the citizens of Georgetown have been clamoring...

Unacceptable pig-rearing environment at Soesdyke

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unacceptable pig-rearing environment at Soesdyke

Dear Editor; I need this letter to be published in the newspaper. An investigation needs to be done by the sanitary department in the Soesdyke district on the East Bank Demerara. A man rears pigs in...

Glorious days are so far away

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Glorious days are so far away

Based on recent statements from the Minister of Finance, one can deduce that the country’s current economy is by no means anything to boast about. Quite frankly it is not as expected. Tax...

A national plan for the Decade for People of African Descent

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A national plan for the Decade for People of African Descent

Dear Editor; I was more than pleased to hear President David Granger’s call for a forum to ensure that there is consultation to achieve the objectives of the International Decade for People of...

Forensic audit of City Hall would reveal massive corruption

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Forensic audit of City Hall would reveal massive corruption

Dear Editor; Well the Genie is out of the bottle with the discovery of four secret bank accounts and it will be very difficult for the City Treasurer, Town Clerk or the Mayor of Georgetown to stuff...

Memories and memorabilia of scouting events

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Memories and memorabilia of scouting events

Dear Editor; I recently attended the 14th Caribbean Cuboree held in Guyana from the 24-29, July 2016. I must commend you on the coverage your newspaper gave to the cuboree. This will assist in...

The necessity of “Peoples Skills” in police training

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The necessity of “Peoples Skills” in police training

Dear Editor Congratulations for the Guyana Police Force for graduating 203 recruits at a passing out parade recently. Effective planning and execution had to come into play for the GPF to conduct a...

Esso gets tax break – as oil exploration activities continue

Aug 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Esso gets tax break – as oil exploration activities continue

The National Assembly on Monday evening voted to approve the maintenance of tax breaks to Esso Exploration and Production Limited and partners as the company continues oil exploration in Guyana....

All Dr. David Hinds can do is criticize

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on All Dr. David Hinds can do is criticize

Dear Editor; Every time, I read the utterances of David Hinds I often wonder if he is coming or going. His latest salvo in KN on the 1st August 2016, where he is castigating Black people; “they...

CrossFit 12-12-12 Throwdown T&T Angelina DeAbreu places 1st in Novice category; Dillon Mahadeo 3rd in RX (Open)

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on CrossFit 12-12-12 Throwdown T&T Angelina DeAbreu places 1st in Novice category; Dillon Mahadeo 3rd in RX (Open)

Representing Crossfit 592, Guyana’s first and only official Crossfit affiliate did represent with pride at last Saturday’s 2016 CrossFit 12-12-12 Throwdown at St. Anthony Ground, West Moorings,...

AAG/NSC/We Hope Inc. launch Athletics Camp

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG/NSC/We Hope Inc. launch Athletics Camp

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), The National Sports Commission (NSC) and We HOPE Inc., launched an inaugural Track and Field Camp that began yesterday. The Camp will end this weekend with...

C’bean Squash C/ships in T&T Guyana off to solid start

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on C’bean Squash C/ships in T&T Guyana off to solid start

The Guyana squash team were off to a solid start when the 2016 Caribbean Squash Championships (CASA), which runs from August 8-14, began on Monday in Trinidad with the women’s team claiming five of...

3rd Rock Entertainment Basketball Kwakwani down Jets in upset victory, but Royals back-to-back wins reach final four

Aug 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Rock Entertainment Basketball Kwakwani down Jets in upset victory, but Royals back-to-back wins reach final four

Amelia’s Ward Jets were upset by the returning Kwakwani who scored an emphatic 88-65 win and placed themselves in a strong position to reach the semifinals and join Victory Valley Royals; who...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more