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An “Eye for an Eye” will not leave the world blind

Aug 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on An “Eye for an Eye” will not leave the world blind

Dear Editor, In responding to Mr. Mohammed’s letter ‘Guyana should abandon the Death Penalty’ (Knews Sunday August 07, 2016), I must say that he offers nothing extraordinary as to why Guyana...

Some questions to the AFC

Aug 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some questions to the AFC

Dear Editor, I refer to the headline in the Stabroek News of Monday 15th August that the AFC is against the parking meter contract and it should be scrapped and Mr Sherod Duncan speaks for the party...

Hi-Tech approach to parking meters

Aug 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hi-Tech approach to parking meters

Dear Editor, Permit me to pen my bit on the Parking Meter fiasco. My greatest fear is we’ll get ourselves in a Gulliver position; entangled with no hope of freeing ourselves from a binding...

Guyanese have to become united to save the country

Aug 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese have to become united to save the country

Dear Editor, In 2006, while flying to the US, I was conversing with a fellow passenger and expatriate who had just visited with his dead brother’s widow. I never questioned his sense of propriety...

Is Parade Ground still suitable for playing football?

Aug 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Parade Ground still suitable for playing football?

Dear Editor, A closely guarded secret I have kept for years, after careful consideration must now be brought to light, moreover publicly. I’m in dire need of a mental evaluation, since from all...

WHY DO I ADVOCATE FOR CELEBRATING BURNHAM?

Aug 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on WHY DO I ADVOCATE FOR CELEBRATING BURNHAM?

Dear Editor, Much of what follows formed part of a note I wrote and published on Facebook on May 17, 2016. I replicate it here with certain modifications for your kind publication after having read...

RALPH RAMKARRAN’S OIL ESTIMATE OF US$5.5 BILLION IS EXCESSIVE

Aug 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on RALPH RAMKARRAN’S OIL ESTIMATE OF US$5.5 BILLION IS EXCESSIVE

Dear Editor, Ralph Ramkarran, in his article in SN of August 7, 2016 ‘Guyana’s future as an oil producer’, estimates that Guyana can expect revenues of US$5.5 billion a year from the recent...

Is Guyana’s manufacturing sector dying? Tamarind balls and coconut water from Thailand, Rice from Pakistan, Packaged plantain chips from Jamaica, Packaged roti and puri from Suriname on our local shelves

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Is Guyana’s manufacturing sector dying? Tamarind balls and coconut water from Thailand, Rice from Pakistan, Packaged plantain chips from Jamaica, Packaged roti and puri from Suriname on our local shelves

By: Kiana Wilburg Rice from Pakistan. Tamarind balls and coconut water from Thailand. Packaged roti and dhal puri from Suriname. These are just five of many imported items that are slowly taking over...

No more slaps on the wrist…Blacklist, prosecute errant contractors

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No more slaps on the wrist…Blacklist, prosecute errant contractors

– urge Min. Patterson, Goolsarran By: Kiana Wilburg For years, the state has sustained billions of dollars in losses over shoddy work produced by contractors and subsequently cleared by...

Kizzie McLeod crowned Miss Youth Ambassador

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Kizzie McLeod crowned Miss Youth Ambassador

– as Police ‘A’ Division hosts successful pageant The Guyana Police Force’s ‘A’ Division hosted a successful edition of the Miss Youth Ambassador Pageant 2016, last evening at the...

Motorcyclist killed after attending friend’s wake

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist killed after attending friend’s wake

– driver dies after veering into canal A 27-year-old man, who was returning home from a colleague’s wake, lost his life early yesterday when he crashed into a utility pole on the Belle Vue...

Vagrants burning wasps set fire to govt. building

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Vagrants burning wasps set fire to govt. building

Vagrants who had occupied the abandoned Nurses Hostel at Charles place New Amsterdam are being blamed for a fire which destroyed the inner portion of the two storey building on Friday. According to...

Dem boys seh…Nutten get ketch and he can’t seh nutten

Aug 15, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nutten get ketch and he can’t seh nutten

Long time when li’l children thief or try to thief and dem get ketch dem does react in de most funny way. Dem does hide dem hand behind dem back and bend dem head. When dem parents ask dem wha dem...

Work of GNBA Board remains at standstill

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Work of GNBA Board remains at standstill

– PM says Chairman doing ‘fantastic job’ Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says that he is unaware of any discord within the Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA)....

Gov’t can bring int’l firm to probe assets of past, current officials

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t can bring int’l firm to probe assets of past, current officials

– says Jagdeo while reissuing declaration challenge Public accountability is likely to be taken to the next level with the impending State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA). However, former...

In a ’jungle’ called Le Repentir…Anguish for mother unable to find slain son’s grave

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on In a ’jungle’ called Le Repentir…Anguish for mother unable to find slain son’s grave

A few months ago, Devi Mahadeo Fung returned from Canada to visit relatives, and to place flowers at the gravesite of her murdered son, Trevor Julius Fung. It is something she has been doing as...

Father pleads for overseas help for burnt three-year-old daughter

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Father pleads for overseas help for burnt three-year-old daughter

The relatives of three-year-old burn victim, Renia Rogers are seeking financial assistance to send the child overseas for medical treatment. Renia was just 16 months old when she sustained serious...

Bandits beat fish vendor, terrorise and rob family

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits beat fish vendor, terrorise and rob family

A bandit with a gun and two others with cutlasses escaped with cash and jewellery after terrorizing a Corentyne family at around 05.00hrs yesterday. Ceenarine Cyril Satrohan, 36, of Lot 232 Reef...

Gov’t utilizes $11.5 billion on heath sector

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t utilizes $11.5 billion on heath sector

– hospital maintenance, drug procurement, fighting vector borne diseases among highlights Within the past six months Government has utilized $11.5 billion for the health sector for this year....

Mystery fire guts Rasville home

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mystery fire guts Rasville home

A fire of unknown origin badly damaged a Rasville, Greater Georgetown home on Saturday night. The fire reportedly started sometime around 19:30 hrs at the south end of the Lot 4682 Rasville building...

Minister Broomes commits to working with GPSU despite differences

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Broomes commits to working with GPSU despite differences

The Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, met with officials of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and workers’ representatives as part of an ongoing dialogue...

Bartica gets asphalt plant

Aug 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica gets asphalt plant

– courtesy of local construction company The new town of Bartica now has a local source of asphalt which is expected to lead to the creation of more road work projects and thousands more jobs....

Usain Bolt crests Legend status as he wins his third Olympic 100m gold medal

Aug 15, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Usain Bolt crests Legend status as he wins his third Olympic 100m gold medal

Daily Mail – Usain Bolt is still the fastest man in the world. The Jamaican sprint superstar beat out American Justin Gatlin for the gold in the 100m final race last night, running the track in...

Princess She Not reigns Supreme at Guyana Cup

Aug 15, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Princess She Not reigns Supreme at Guyana Cup

Princess She Not made sure that it was crowned queen of the track as it whipped a top notch field to take the feature event when the 10th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace event was held at the Port...

Rennacko Roberts cops Top Award at RHTYSC/Republic Bank Educational Camp

Aug 15, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rennacko Roberts cops Top Award at RHTYSC/Republic Bank Educational Camp

Eleven years old Rennacko Roberts, an Under 13 cricketer of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS, copped the “Student of the Year” Award when the RHTYSC/ Republic Bank 2016 Educational...

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The Vice President has it wrong!

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Now, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, the government’s anti-corruption system... more