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Cops nab robbery suspect with unlicensed gun

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops nab robbery suspect with unlicensed gun

An intelligence-led operation by ranks of the Guyana Police Force has resulted in the arrest of a couple in a car with an unlicensed 9mm pistol and seven live matching rounds. The vehicle, a white...

Fly Jamaica explains irregular operation

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fly Jamaica explains irregular operation

– says safety is its first priority Having experienced mechanical and other challenges, Fly Jamaica has, for the past week, been subjected to an irregular operation. However, passengers can...

Second pedestrian in Mahaicony crash dies

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Second pedestrian in Mahaicony crash dies

Lawrence Semple, the second pedestrian who was struck down by a car reportedly driven by a police constable on Sunday, has succumbed. The 43-year-old man died at the Georgetown Public Hospital...

This is the most progressive and sincere regulatory effort since Independence

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is the most progressive and sincere regulatory effort since Independence

Dear Editor, As one of the principal contributors to the shaping of the Broadcasting Amendment Bill (BAB) of 2017, I think it is necessary that I add my voice in an effort to proffer added context to...

The Minister is rude with language but he is an honest politician

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Minister is rude with language but he is an honest politician

Dear Editor, There have been repeated calls for the resignation of Minister Ramjattan by persons who have themselves failed to put forward any solution dissimilar to the Minister’s. Therefore, in...

There has to be a way to attract our folks to agriculture

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There has to be a way to attract our folks to agriculture

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese with a multi-racial background, I am very familiar with the problems/issues/etc. affecting poor Guyanese of Indian and African descent. As regards our African brothers,...

This GuySuCo Director is publicizing his ignorance

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This GuySuCo Director is publicizing his ignorance

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. E.B. John’s letter to print media (Aug. 3rd, 2017) titled “Letter was full of assumptions”. Editor, it is clear that, this GuySuCo Director is bent on either...

The Minister said sugar doesn’t have a future

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Minister said sugar doesn’t have a future

Dear Editor, I read through a media report, that embattled Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan is reported to have said, during a visit to the Caricom Cement factory...

City Hall’s non-tender awards should be investigated

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall’s non-tender awards should be investigated

Dear Editor, CITY HALL has awarded non-tender contracts to three new garbage companies. This event should send out alarm bells ringing at all levels of the media. Awarding such contracts is a huge...

These mysterious plane crashes in our interior

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on These mysterious plane crashes in our interior

Dear Editor, It’s very strange that, given Guyana’s good aviation record and standards, local aircraft are suddenly crashing. It’s one thing for planes to crash, but the frequency and location...

A pensioner desperately begs the NIS for his entitlement

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A pensioner desperately begs the NIS for his entitlement

Dear Editor, I, the undersign hereby implore to your newspaper to permit me space to highlight my plight that I have been enduring from the National Insurance Scheme, the past two years. My name is...

President orders police promotions halted

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on President orders police promotions halted

– Opposition says commission’s independence trampled The Opposition is raising concerns about Government’s interference, after the Police Service Commission was purportedly written to late...

I find UG Chancellor Harris’ words offensive

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I find UG Chancellor Harris’ words offensive

I don’t want to single out for criticism any diaspora personality who has returned here to work. In two previous columns on the Vice Chancellor of UG, I carefully worded my paragraphs to avoid any...

WORRYING TRENDS

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on WORRYING TRENDS

The 2017 mid-year economic report is something of a mixed bag, in the sense that while revenue has increased by 13 percent or $97 billion, and production in some sectors has increased, the decline in...