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Reducing the national debt

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Reducing the national debt

Faced with a national debt of roughly US$1.65 billion, the equivalent of roughly 60 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) of US$3 billion, huge debt-servicing cost, a bankrupt...

One in custody for $18.5M Berbice robbery

Aug 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on One in custody for $18.5M Berbice robbery

One man is in custody as police continue to investigate the robbery of a popular Berbice businessman last Sunday morning by a lone gun-toting bandit dressed in shirt and tie. According to reports,...

Another car hijacked

Aug 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Another car hijacked

The police are investigating a carjacking which occurred sometime yesterday morning in Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD). This is the third reported case of carjacking for the month. None of the cars...

Taxi driver, schoolboy charged for shotgun in car

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver, schoolboy charged for shotgun in car

-court hears A 17-year-old schoolboy and a taxi driver, who were allegedly found by police with an illegal shotgun in a car, were yesterday released on bail after they appeared before Magistrate...

Repairs yet to be effected on Stabroek Wharf

Aug 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Repairs yet to be effected on Stabroek Wharf

The Stabroek Market wharf collapsed two years ago and to date the dilapidated section is still to benefit from repairs. In September 2014, a section of the roof had caved in and this happened again...

Cabinet solidarity in coalition regimes is pathetic nonsense

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

I was at a fish and chips lime with three AFC officials – Michael Carrington, Leonard Craig and Marlon Williams. Naturally there would be a defence of AFC politics from these gentlemen when it...

New FIU chief, deputy to begin work on Sept. 19

Aug 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New FIU chief, deputy to begin work on Sept. 19

The Director and Deputy Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) will assume duties with effect from September 19. The two top anti-corruption officials have since both entered into separate...

Gunmen beat, tie and force victim under bed before escaping with loot

Aug 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen beat, tie and force victim under bed before escaping with loot

A Tucville, Georgetown resident was beaten, tied and forced to lie under his bed by five bandits, who emptied his home around 22:15 hrs on Sunday. The incident occurred at 998 Critchlow Street. After...

An uneventful Congress

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on An uneventful Congress

The significance of the just concluded conference of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is that the status quo ante remains intact. The top leadership of the party has been returned. The...

Education COI Chairman urges public participation in process

Aug 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Education COI Chairman urges public participation in process

As the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the state of the education system continues, Chairman Ed Caesar is inviting the public to participate more in the process. “You still have many, many...

President prepares to swear-in Procurement Commission members

Aug 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President prepares to swear-in Procurement Commission members

More than three weeks after key legislation to establish a body to regulate public contracts has been approved, moves are being made to finally appoint the members. According to the Office of the...

Old submarine cable, poor distribution system blamed for frequent blackouts

Aug 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Old submarine cable, poor distribution system blamed for frequent blackouts

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson told the Government Information Agency yesterday that frequent outages in Region Three, are being caused by the old submarine cable at the...

Joining EITI can protect our critical industries – Civil Society Rep.

Aug 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Joining EITI can protect our critical industries – Civil Society Rep.

It is believed that Guyana becoming a member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) will help protect its mineral wealth and the soon-to-be-developed oil and gas industry, among...

GFC wants forest funding to promote value-added products

Aug 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GFC wants forest funding to promote value-added products

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is exploring skills training and capacity building in sawmilling as part of encouraging added value to forest products. Commissioner of the GFC, James Singh,...

The reckless spending of city Hall must be exposed

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, It is beyond the wildest imagination and rudimentary understanding of every levelheaded Guyanese as to why the Georgetown City Council would choose to recklessly expend close to three...

We should not forget that photograph of Joe Harmon

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on We should not forget that photograph of Joe Harmon

Dear Editor, Anyone taking the oath of office must realize that moral responsibility is its correlate. This leads to the question of the Norton fiasco concerning the “bond deal”. In no...

Coalition Govt. not different from the PPP regime

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coalition Govt. not different from the PPP regime

Dear Editor, Almost every passing day, you bring us some new Brer Anancy stories that vividly bring back memories of school days. The trickster Anancy, originally a West African spider-god, lives in...

Does the Caricom Secretariat favour this property owner?

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does the Caricom Secretariat favour this property owner?

Dear Editor, I see a large contingent of the Caricom staff renting premises from a single person in Happy Acres on the East Coast Demerara. Is this normal? I do not see too many diplomatic missions...

Scathing indictment of the Coalition Government

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Scathing indictment of the Coalition Government

Dear Editor, The following quote is taken from the then APNU+AFC Presidential candidate’s manifesto statement: “This APNU+AFC Coalition’s Manifesto prescribes a unified approach to bring an end...

Open letter to the leadership of the PNCR

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open letter to the leadership of the PNCR

Dear Editor, This letter is addressed to this newspaper but it is intended primarily for the delegates of the PNCR, which held its congress this past weekend and the Indian Action Committee (IAC) is...

Appealing to the President for land for agri. purposes

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Appealing to the President for land for agri. purposes

Dear Editor, This letter here was sent to President Granger for his consideration. We have forwarded to your newspaper for publication. Only the other day we learned about our ancestors, the former...

30 manufacturing businesses Guyana lost

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on 30 manufacturing businesses Guyana lost

Dear Editor, There appears to be much concern and debate about local manufacturing, however it should be noted that local manufacturing decline commenced since the late 80’s; here are a few...

Unpleasant things at the New Amsterdam Hospital

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unpleasant things at the New Amsterdam Hospital

Dear Editor, I am extremely disgruntled about the things that are happening in our country. I will briefly outline my experiences at the New Amsterdam Hospital. A few weeks back, I went to visit an...

We are flooded with the culture of profanities

Aug 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are flooded with the culture of profanities

Dear Editor, When was the last time you watched a movie on the television and did not have to change the channel or quit watching all together because of the immoral content? When last you travelled...

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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