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Granger celebrates 72nd birthday at a ‘difficult’ time

Jul 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Granger celebrates 72nd birthday at a ‘difficult’ time

Even as President David Granger prepares to celebrate a quiet and reflective 72nd birthday, today, at a difficult time in the country’s history, the Head of State attended a luncheon at State House...

Republic Bank Injects over $1M into MOE Steelpan programme

Jul 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank Injects over $1M into MOE Steelpan programme

The efforts of the Ministry of Education to keep Steelpan music alive in Guyana have been further boosted with a financial injection from Corporate Citizen, Republic Bank. Yesterday, Republic Bank...

Woman held after Guyanese robbed in Trinidad

Jul 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Woman held after Guyanese robbed in Trinidad

Trinidad (Newsday) – A 25-year-old Cunupia woman is among three people detained after the robbery of a Guyanese national early yesterday. A fourth suspect is being sought. Joseph Lewis, 43, who...

UNHEALTHY EATING HABITS

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on UNHEALTHY EATING HABITS

Today, too many of us are in the habit of eating for taste only. We do not take seriously our medical condition or longevity. On a regular basis, many of us consume unhealthy foods and sweetened...

UG students can now pay tuition using GTT Mobile Money

Jul 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG students can now pay tuition using GTT Mobile Money

Current and continuing students of the University of Guyana who wish to pay their tuition fees can now do so using the Mobile Money Guyana Service (MMG). This was made possible by a Memorandum of...

NO NEED FOR EXTENSION OF MAZARUNI

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO NEED FOR EXTENSION OF MAZARUNI

The government says that it needs six billion dollars to construct a proper jail. The government is wrong; it need not be spending six billion dollars on any new corrections facility. The government...

‘Drunken’ carpenter fined for stabbing man

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Drunken’ carpenter fined for stabbing man

A carpenter was yesterday fined $25,000 or in default three months’ imprisonment by Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce after he made an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to...

Traffic cop shakedown at Grove, East Bank Demerara

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Traffic cop shakedown at Grove, East Bank Demerara

Dear Editor, At about 10:15pm on the night of Wednesday 12th July 2017 I was proceeding northwards on the Craig Public road in my car. Also in my car was my wife and two daughters, aged 8 and 5. In...

Present location of Presidential Complex has become useless

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Present location of Presidential Complex has become useless

Dear Editor, In recent times, there surfaced what appeared to be a plot to assassinate the President of Guyana. According to some sources, the release of this information was a clever ploy by the...

Bartica Post Office must upgrade facilities for customers

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bartica Post Office must upgrade facilities for customers

Dear Editor, Bartica is one of the latest Municipalities in Guyana. The beach at the band stand and other areas, the black water that once you get in you don’t want to get out, the beautiful...

Protected Areas Commission seems to be backpedalling

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Protected Areas Commission seems to be backpedalling

Dear Editor, Please grant us a space in your newspaper to share our concern. The Chenapou Village Council takes note of the press release by the Protected Areas Commission (PAC) which was carried in...

Georgetown is on the move, but moving backwards

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Georgetown is on the move, but moving backwards

Dear Editor, Each Thursday evening, television viewers in Guyana are subjected to a most insipid programme aired locally on one of the channels called ‘Georgetown on the Move’ a production that...

GuySuco must be commended for this apprentice programme

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuco must be commended for this apprentice programme

Dear Editor, I had the privilege of attending the 56th Apprentice Graduation exercise of the Guysuco Training Centre. Port Mourant, on 12 July 2017. The programme, which commenced promptly, was well...

NEED FOR A LAW THAT COMES HEAVY WITH DETERRENCE

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on NEED FOR A LAW THAT COMES HEAVY WITH DETERRENCE

Dear Editor, My heartfelt sympathy goes out to the bereaved family of Tedroy James, aged 35, a hardworking citizen whose life was snuffed out by a cold-blooded bandit. James rose each day with one...

Among those prisoners, I bet none was from the wealthier class

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Among those prisoners, I bet none was from the wealthier class

Dear Editor, The recent destruction of the Camp Street Prison, presumably by riotous inmates makes it imperative that Guyana’s political directorate, in collaboration with the civilian authorities,...

GuySuCo’s Human Resource Director’s reply is worthless

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo’s Human Resource Director’s reply is worthless

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. E.B. John’s response in KN edition of July 11th, 2017 to my letter and wish to state categorically that I have zero interest in attacking any person(s) and maximum...

I agree with the concept that we should make education fun

Jul 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I agree with the concept that we should make education fun

Dear Editor, I have read the piece about the advocated/proposed shakeup of Caribbean education system. I agree with the thinking that “we should make education fun”. That is how we were trained...