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V Net Communications recognises Paul’s achievement

May 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on V Net Communications recognises Paul’s achievement

V Net Communications of Delph Street, Campbellville has rewarded all-rounder Keemo Paul on his recent accomplishment as a first class cricketer. Paul, who was the vice captain of the victorious West...

Love is free

May 04, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Love is free

E-mails are the in-things these days. The only mails I get in my letter box, which is nailed onto my gate, are bills – water bills, electricity bills and telephone bills. This is quite unlike my...

History will not be kind to Hamilton Green

May 04, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on History will not be kind to Hamilton Green

When I heard Rupert Roopnaraine was about to launch his book, “The Sky’s Wild Noise,” I thought that Guyana would have one of the finest outlays of post-Independence politics. Dr. Roopnaraine...

Guyana stands to benefit from Turkey-CELAC mechanism – Greenidge

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana stands to benefit from Turkey-CELAC mechanism – Greenidge

With the establishment of a permanent mechanism of cooperation between the Republic of Turkey and the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC), Guyana is poised to benefit greatly....

GWI engineers, contractors to benefit from well drilling training

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GWI engineers, contractors to benefit from well drilling training

Employees of Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) inclusive of engineers along with two private contractors will benefit from a one-week training seminar in Oklahoma City, United States of America. The...

Teachers should be allowed to think ‘outside of the box’ – Education COI

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers should be allowed to think ‘outside of the box’ – Education COI

– Recommends sanctions for defaulting Regional Education Officers Teachers are priceless. With this in mind, at every level, teachers must be treated with utmost respect. “We must treat them...

GPSU’s controversial polls…Opposition to pursue legal action against Elections Officer

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU’s controversial polls…Opposition to pursue legal action against Elections Officer

Thousands of Public Servants across the country are confused as to the outcome of the recently contested union elections. The results released on Tuesday evening put the incumbent Patrick Yarde back...

Drivers’ licences being suspended once charged with dangerous driving – Ramjattan

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Drivers’ licences being suspended once charged with dangerous driving – Ramjattan

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan says that the process of suspending drivers’ licences once they have been charged with dangerous driving has started. The Minister was at the time...

UG NEEDS BETTER LEADERSHIP

May 04, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on UG NEEDS BETTER LEADERSHIP

For almost two decades, attempts to raise the standards at the University of Guyana (UG) have been stymied by the last government, despite several protests by the students and workers. It seems that...

MMA workers reject GAWU, vote for GPSU representation

May 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on MMA workers reject GAWU, vote for GPSU representation

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), the incumbent trade union representing junior staffers of the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary/Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA) at...

2 years jail for man who stole stepfather’s belongings

May 04, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 2 years jail for man who stole stepfather’s belongings

Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, who is presiding at the Providence Magistrate’s Court, imposed a two-year jail sentence on a man who stole his step-father’s belongings. Phillip Munisar...

Half truths and halving the truths

May 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Half truths and halving the truths

Dear Editor, Against the advice of many, I am pending this response to Mr. Cox’s latest letter of me peddling half-truths. I am doing so to ensure that Cox does not halve my truths. He seems to be...

GECOM replies to unfair criticism of its work

May 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM replies to unfair criticism of its work

Dear Editor, It is imperative that we respond to the letter carried in the Guyana Times of Saturday, April 22, 2017 under the title “Local Government and You” as authored by Mr. Neil Kumar. Mr....

A pensioner accuses the NIS of gross mistreatment

May 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A pensioner accuses the NIS of gross mistreatment

Dear Editor, I am kindly requesting that my letter be published in your letter column section; the reason being I was denied my pension from the NIS under the pretence that I did not make the...

Description of a dream I had on holiday in Israel

May 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Description of a dream I had on holiday in Israel

Dear Editor, I have just been able to read the Easter column headed “Mob violence is always with us”. The column mentions: “….The churches have been adorned in white, a change from the...

Warning about the visit to the Palmyra monument site

May 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Warning about the visit to the Palmyra monument site

Dear Editor, I am not superstitious but this week’s media reports of the sudden ‘inexplicable crash’ of the foundation being built at PALMYRA to accommodate the replica of the ship which...

The Attorney-General like the DPP cannot be sued for official decisions made

May 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Attorney-General like the DPP cannot be sued for official decisions made

Dear Editor, I refer to my previous letter (KN, Friday, May 28) on the issue involving the AG and Judge Holder. In a nutshell, here are the credentials of an Attorney General that respectfully, Judge...

On May 5, there will be no monument in the Region 6 celebrations

May 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on On May 5, there will be no monument in the Region 6 celebrations

Dear Editor, It must be seen as a colossal upset (as huge as the monument itself) that a monument which should have been completed and ready in time for May 5 Arrival Day festivities in honour of...

The issue of increased taxation is a contentious one

May 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The issue of increased taxation is a contentious one

Dear Editor, The current local reality of the economy begs the question where may the government get more bang for its efforts. Recently reported high revenue leakage in the gold industry, especially...

Remembering the Portuguese who arrived on May 3, 1835

May 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remembering the Portuguese who arrived on May 3, 1835

Dear Editor, Last Sunday, I attended a very informative forum on Ethiopia at the Pan African Gardens (Merriman’s Mall). The presentations by Dr. Norman Ng-A-Qui and Mr. Eric Phillips were extremely...

Brain drain will continue with the imposed VAT on education

May 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Brain drain will continue with the imposed VAT on education

Dear Editor, In light of the recent 14 percent VAT that was imposed on private education and the continued effort of several public spirited citizens to have this decision revised/revoked, as a...

Hope leads Windies defiance but Pakistan hit back

May 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hope leads Windies defiance but Pakistan hit back

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Stylish stroke-maker Shai Hope agonizingly missed out on a maiden Test hundred in an admirable West Indies batting effort, but a clatter of wickets late on the...