November 2016

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People like Trump and Jagdeo should never be elected

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on People like Trump and Jagdeo should never be elected

By the time you pick up this edition of KN, you would have known who clinched the American presidential election. I think it is Mrs. Clinton. People like Trump have no mental integrity, character...

Gender equality crucial in quest to achieve SDGs

Nov 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gender equality crucial in quest to achieve SDGs

Gender equality is an important aspect of the development of any nation. Moreover, calls are being made to emphasize the need for gender sensitive budgeting in order to advance gender equality....

Fire department targets major causes of fire

Nov 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Fire department targets major causes of fire

– says carelessness is the biggest cause of fires Fires can be a threat to life and limb. In this regard, the Fire Prevention Department with the Guyana Fire Service has been working to warn...

GPHC Board ‘baffled’ by GPSU’s move to challenge incomplete COI

Nov 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC Board ‘baffled’ by GPSU’s move to challenge incomplete COI

“Baffled” is how the Board of Directors of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has described the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU’) reaction to its ongoing Commission of Inquiry...

Cops nab burglar who broke into Bartica Deputy Mayor’s store

Nov 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops nab burglar who broke into Bartica Deputy Mayor’s store

Police have captured the prime suspect in last Sunday’s $3.2M burglary at a store owned by Bartica’s Deputy Mayor, Ms. Kamal Persaud. It was between 3:00hrs and 5:00hrs on Sunday that burglars...

Man assaults cop after caught smoking weed -Court hears

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man assaults cop after caught smoking weed -Court hears

A 50-year-old man found himself before a City Court yesterday for allegedly assaulting a police rank after he was caught smoking marijuana by a party of police on mobile patrol at Baramita, North...

Why have these destroyed young people so cruelly?

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why have these destroyed young people so cruelly?

Dear Editor, I had no clue that Guyana was incarcerating children and teenagers for wandering until I read the Freddie Kissoon column, “Wandering, wondering, wanderlust and the Overdeveloped...

Mr. Granger’s comfort for his military world will pose a problem for him

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Granger’s comfort for his military world will pose a problem for him

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in which the writer chastises Mr. Freddie Kissoon and Dr. Hinds for not speaking out against Cabinet meetings now transferred to army head office on Thomas Lands. I...

The Police Commissioner versus the Acting Police Commissioner

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Police Commissioner versus the Acting Police Commissioner

Dear Editor, It is with utmost disgust that I read of the “Turmoil at the top of Police Force” (KN November, 16, 2016). I am disgusted but not surprised at the attitude of the Commissioner of...

IMPLICATIONS FOR GUYANA OF A DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENCY

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on IMPLICATIONS FOR GUYANA OF A DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENCY

Dear Editor, Editor’s note; for purpose of relevance this letter should have been carried in our edition yesterday, but maybe because of the Devil at work, it missed the deadline. We apologize to...

The local government union is not loyal to its workers

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The local government union is not loyal to its workers

Dear Editor, Over the last year and a half, workers of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown are left to wonder as to what is the real use, the purpose or the benefits of the Guyana...

The nation needs to know we are into “Road Safety Month”

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The nation needs to know we are into “Road Safety Month”

Dear Editor, “Emphasised that Government sees it as a citizen’s duty to be responsible, noting that having responsible citizenry is not something that is abstract or too philosophical to become...

GuySuco must cut the enormous privileges of its managers

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuco must cut the enormous privileges of its managers

Dear Editor, It is with growing concerns that I am penning this letter to your newspaper, so as to give my view on the sugar industry. With all that is being said and done, we need to understand that...

A bauxite company employee says the union misleads workers

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A bauxite company employee says the union misleads workers

Dear Editor, I am taking this opportunity in your paper column to voice my concern over some unreasonable and misleading stories that were stated in the Guyana Chronicle recently, on the treatment of...

My reasons for not including Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on My reasons for not including Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me some space in your newspaper for this letter. The Guyana Cricket Board recently successfully run off their three day franchise cricket league for teams in Guyana with the...

A track record of failure after failure

Nov 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A track record of failure after failure

Dear Editor, The consistent failures and lack of performance by the Town Clerk of Georgetown Mr. Royston King, should come as no surprise to the Deputy Mayor Mr. Sherod Duncan, but then again, I...

Forensic audits findings…GRDB head, engineer’s wife charged with procuring money by false pretence

Nov 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audits findings…GRDB head, engineer’s wife charged with procuring money by false pretence

Former General Manager (GM) of the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) , Nizam Hassan, and Felecia De Souza-Madramootoo, the wife of Hanniel Madramootoo, an engineer at the Ministry of Agriculture;...

Bandits attack car importer office, escape with $15M cash

Nov 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits attack car importer office, escape with $15M cash

Bandits, in an early morning raid, yesterday, attacked the head office of a car importer in Kingston, escaping with millions of dollars in local and foreign currency. Staffers of the Yokohama Trading...

Maintaining GuySuCo is depriving many other sectors – Granger

Nov 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Maintaining GuySuCo is depriving many other sectors – Granger

President David Granger is saying that the money his government has been pumping into the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is enough to have effected significant changes in other sectors. “One of...

Casino licence rejection by Gaming Authority…Sleepin did not prove it was financially sound

Nov 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Casino licence rejection by Gaming Authority…Sleepin did not prove it was financially sound

Almost eight months after a new Gaming Authority was named, it has rendered its first decision on a casino licence application. Yesterday, the authority confirmed that it has turned down the...

Hackathon 2016…Winning team believes Software development can be a thriving industry

Nov 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Hackathon 2016…Winning team believes Software development can be a thriving industry

Version75 Solutions (V75), the team that recently won the first Hackathon held in Guyana, strongly believes that software development can become a viable and thriving industry in this country....

Govt’s PR not weak …media just needs to do more – Granger

Nov 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt’s PR not weak …media just needs to do more – Granger

President David Granger has refused to acknowledge the weakness of the team responsible for Government public relations. Instead, the national leader said that the media can do much more to promote...

Turmoil at the top of Police Force…Senior cops trade damning allegations against each other

Nov 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Turmoil at the top of Police Force…Senior cops trade damning allegations against each other

The Guyana Police Force appears to be slipping into a state of turmoil, with at least three senior police officials making serious allegations against each other. One rank has sent allegations...

Keep sweet wid de DPP

Nov 08, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Keep sweet wid de DPP

De poor DPP get ketch in de middle. If she shut she eye, somebody gun knock she and if she keep she eye open somebody gun jook she in de eye. Basil Willy seh how she not sending prosecutors to deal...

Dr. Jennifer Westford Trial…Senior Ministry official testifies to OP Permanent Secretary receiving millions

Nov 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Jennifer Westford Trial…Senior Ministry official testifies to OP Permanent Secretary receiving millions

Twenty-three cheques amounting to a staggering $639,420,000 were paid to the Permanent Secretary at the Office of the President (OP) between August 2011 and April 2015 to carry out various activities...

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How should I schedule my day?

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(Kaieteur News) – Deep in the Himalayas, I once visited a Hindu guru and asked him, “Guru, how should I schedule my day?” He looked at me for a moment, smiled, and asked, “What is it that you want to schedule?” “My day,” I replied. “I want to organise my time better. There is so...

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The Donny and Delcy show

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(Kaieteur News) – What to make of this America-Venezuela oil deal, this best in history? First, it’s best to put the 65 billion barrels of heavy crude in its proper place. It’s the Donny and Delcy Gong Show. A quarter of Venezuela’s premier national treasure, a concealed deal, a very...

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