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Time to Organize and Mobilise – Granger tells Afro-Guyanese Organizations

Aug 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Time to Organize and Mobilise – Granger tells Afro-Guyanese Organizations

President David Granger in his address to attendees of the Fourth Annual State of the African Guyanese Forum urged the African Guyanese groups to organize and mobilise themselves in order to achieve...

Acting Top Cop confirms…Triple murder accused allowed to keep gun after previous murder charge

Aug 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Acting Top Cop confirms…Triple murder accused allowed to keep gun after previous murder charge

“It is unusual. Based on my knowledge and experience in law enforcement, firearm licenses have been revoked for exceedingly less matters…” -Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine...

Soesdkye man charged for Emancipation Day murder

Aug 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdkye man charged for Emancipation Day murder

A 26-year- old labourer from Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara was on Friday remanded for the murder of John Knights. Knight was murdered on August 1 at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara. The murder is said to...

Businessman charged with jet ski death of boy

Aug 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman charged with jet ski death of boy

A 37-year-old welder who was riding a jet ski on August Monday at the NO. 63 Beach has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a nine year old boy. Viraj Arjunanan, called...

The business of governance is a law based system

Aug 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The business of governance is a law based system

Dear Editor; The APNU+AFC administration has to be mindful it does not continue sending the signal that the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing or decisions are being made without...

Call for the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture

Aug 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Call for the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture

Dear Editor; I am calling for the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Noel Holder. His gross under-performance continues to bring great harm to our nation. It pains me to write this...

Victimization at Wales Estate

Aug 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Victimization at Wales Estate

Dear Editor; On Tuesday August 2, 2016, I was sent to burn a bed plate in the boiling house. Whilst burning, the factory manager came to me and I told him about the job. He then called the foreman...

Anand Goolsarran accuses Nigel Hinds of attacking him

Aug 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anand Goolsarran accuses Nigel Hinds of attacking him

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from Mr. Nigel Hinds that was carried in your last Saturday’s edition of your newspaper. In that letter, he asserted that I should not be a columnist for the...

Alcohol abuse is a national danger in this country

Aug 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Alcohol abuse is a national danger in this country

Dear Editor; We of the Mahatma Gandhi Organization and the Gandhi Youth Organization (Woolford Avenue) would like to sincerely thank those who have written recently about alcohol abuse. We would like...

Thoughts on Forbes Burnham’s Legacy

Aug 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thoughts on Forbes Burnham’s Legacy

Dear Editor; Grateful if you published the following letter in your letters column. This month marks the 31st anniversary of the death of Comrade Linden Forbes Samson Burnham, the salutation being...

The politics, plans and ploys of the PPP

Aug 08, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; Race and politics originated with the PPP, and after many decades, rather than losing momentum it has gained in intensity. When the PPP was split into two factions the term ‘Apan...

The death penalty deters violent crimes

Aug 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The death penalty deters violent crimes

Dear Editor; In my considered opinion, UK Ambassador, James Quinn, the EU countries Representatives, Minister Ramjattan, and too many others are spouting pure unconscious foolishness and profound...

Social Cohesion may be a convenient tool for Govt.

Aug 08, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Social Cohesion may be a convenient tool for Govt.

Dear Editor; In my Sunday Column “Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis” (Guyana Chronicle, 7th August, 2016) my view on social cohesion was misrepresented. The misrepresentation is: “In a society...

VENEZUELANS FACING A BLEAK FUTURE

Aug 08, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on VENEZUELANS FACING A BLEAK FUTURE

Three years after power in Venezuela was bequeathed to President Nicolás Maduro by the late Hugo Chávez, Guyana’s oil-rich northern neighbour is suffering from the worst economic and political...

Someone must be held accountable for Kato ‘disaster’

Aug 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Someone must be held accountable for Kato ‘disaster’

-AG Chambers begins scrutiny of contract for possible culpability of contractor – others By: Kiana Wilburg A “grotesque” waste of taxpayers’ monies is how Public Infrastructure...

I am seeking to unite Guyana; Jagdeo wants to divide it – President Granger

Aug 07, 2016 KNews News 1

President David Granger thinks that his predecessor, Bharrat Jagdeo, is presenting himself as a stumbling block in the pathway of Guyana’s journey to social cohesiveness. The Head of State said...

Brassington spent all proceeds from GT&T on Berbice River Bridge, Marriott

Aug 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington spent all proceeds from GT&T on Berbice River Bridge, Marriott

The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) government left nothing in the public jar from the billions it made off of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) company over the years. The...

Injured Cub scout on road to recovery

Aug 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Injured Cub scout on road to recovery

…seeing him in the ICU was the most difficult part—says mother The road to recovery has begun for Saint Lucian Cub Scout, eight-year-old Nick Omarie Joseph. The child sustained life threatening...

Parking Meter deal designed to exploit nation

Aug 07, 2016 KNews News 3

-M&CC agreed to grant coy sweeping tax exemptions – Min. of Finance review The verdict is in on the parking meter contract and it is not looking good for Smart City Solutions, Inc. (SCSI),...

Seven Seas annual cycling programme…Anthony cops Open 35-lap race

Aug 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seven Seas annual cycling programme…Anthony cops Open 35-lap race

By Sean Devers National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed started the annual school vacation cycling programme at the National Park in 1976 and in 40 years he has not missed a single year, with the last...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17…Colorful march past kicks off UDFA leg; six teams to contest

Aug 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17…Colorful march past kicks off UDFA leg; six teams to contest

By Franklin Wilson Announcing that a new Technical Director will be appointed by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in a matter of weeks for at least four years, federation President Wayne Forde...

MMA/ADA likely to increase land rental fees…Fees are outdated and should be adjusted –Minister Holder

Aug 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on MMA/ADA likely to increase land rental fees…Fees are outdated and should be adjusted –Minister Holder

With an aim to recover millions of dollars owed to the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary Agriculture Development Authority (MMA/ADA), the Ministry of Agriculture is likely to increase land rental rates within...

American teenager Thrasher wins first gold of Games

Aug 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on American teenager Thrasher wins first gold of Games

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) Unflappable American teenager Virginia Thrasher won the first gold medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Saturday, holding her nerve against two Chinese Olympic champions to...

Hero CPL t20 cricket…TKR beat Tallawahs by 19 runs on D/L system

Aug 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL t20 cricket…TKR beat Tallawahs by 19 runs on D/L system

Clash with Warriors in today’s final In the longest t20 game ever, a less than capacity crowd watched Jamaica Tallawahs beat Trinbago Knight Riders by 19 runs on D/L system in a rain interrupted...

CALIBUR SECURITY GUARD CRITICAL AFTER ACCIDENT

Aug 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CALIBUR SECURITY GUARD CRITICAL AFTER ACCIDENT

A security guard attached to Calibur Security Service had to undergo emergency surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation on Saturday morning after he was involved in an accident at...

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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